1 Enoch - Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah?

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Heger, Paul
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2010
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1 Enoch - Complementary or Alternative to Mosaic Torah?

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Journal for the Study of Judaism
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41
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The lack of explicit reference to the Sinaitic revelation in 1 Enoch led scholars to posit a dissident group of Enochic Judaism that abandoned the Torah, preferring Enoch's revelation. However, the absence of Sinai was imperative for upholding 1 Enoch's fictitious primeval origin, while implicit references to Sinai abound. Moreover, omission is not proof of non-existence, since many “normative” texts do not mention the Mosaic Torah either. The opinion that so-called Enochians fostered natural law against Torah is untenable, because it does not explain the ritual rules acknowledged by all of Israel. Also there is no evidence for either a split in Jewish society by this purported Enochian group or existence of theological disputes.

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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/jsj/2010/00000041/00000001/art00002
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22/03/2010
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4 954