A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers

Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/11/04/2018
Reference type: 
Book section
Author(s): 
Goff, Matthew
year: 
2018
Full title: 

A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures: Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III
Issue / Series Volume: 
40
Series Title: 
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Editor(s): 
Géza G. Xeravits
Greg Schmidt Goering
Place of Publication: 
Berlin/New York
Publisher: 
De Gruyter
Pages: 
91-104
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

The form of 1 En. 7:2 preserved in Syncellus describes the antediluvian giants as a sequence of three generations-the giants, the Nephilim, and Elioud. The term Elioud is a well-known crux. This article suggests that the three generational sequence in the Animal Apocalypse can help elucidate the meaning of Elioud. The third animal in the list in this text, which thus corresponds to the Elioud, is “wild ass” ( ערד ). A study of this term suggests that the Elioud can be reasonably understood as “descendants” ( יליד ) of the watchers and also the forefathers of early inhabitants of Canaan, such as the Anaqim, whom the Hebrew Bible describes as a type of giant.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
1 Enoch
Passage: 
7:2
URL: 
https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110596373/9783110596373-006/9783110596373-006.xml
Label: 
16/04/2018
Record number: 
103 537