Second Enoch: A Samaritan Apocalypse

By Daniel C Olson

This study marks a bold new departure in 2 Enoch studies. The book has long been regarded as one of the most baffling apocalypses to come down to us from antiquity. The present work argues that 2 Enoch was written by a 1st c. CE Samaritan author whose purpose was to incorporate the Enochic tradition into Samaritanism. By identifying Enoch as the "prophet like Moses" (Deut. 18:15, 18), both during his earthly past and in the eschatological future, the author of 2 Enoch hoped to combat the Dosithean heresy and also to persuade co-religionists to resume a full sacrificial cultus in the shadow of Mt. Gerizim.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004714502
• ISBN13: 9789004714502
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"