Noachic traditions in the Book of Parables: Two parallels from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/17/10/2021
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Feldman, Ariel
year: 
2021
Full title: 

Noachic traditions in the Book of Parables: Two parallels from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume: 
30
Issue / Series Volume: 
4
Abbreviated Series Name: 
JSP
Pages: 
186-197
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

This note draws attention to two passages from the so-called Noachic interpolations in the Book of Parables where Noah traditions embedded in Qumran scrolls may provide helpful parallels. First, it suggests that the dating of the vision in 1 En. 60:1 is illuminated by a comparison to the Flood chronology in 4Q252. Second, it points out a similar use of Isa 24:18–20 in 1 En. 65:1–5, 9 and 4Q370. In both instances, the suggested parallels highlight the Parables’ use of the Flood as a prototype of an eschatological judgment.

Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Scroll / Document: 
4Q252
Scroll / Document: 
4Q370
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
1 Enoch
Passage: 
60:1
Composition / Author: 
1 Enoch
Passage: 
65:1–5
URL: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09518207211011763
Label: 
25/10/2021
Record number: 
108 016