RT Article
T1 Fragments of Texts and Fragmentary Textual Traditions: Rethinking the Role of Codex Panopolitanus and Ethiopic Enoch in the Reconstruction and Restoration of the Aramaic Enochic Theophany in 4QEna (4Q201)
JF Dead Sea discoveries
VO 31
IS 2
SP 143
OP 174
A1 McCarron, Alexander
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1896398561
AB Since the publication of the Aramaic Enochic manuscript fragments by J.T. Milik in 1976, the secondary Greek and Ethiopic versions have played a key role in how the Enochic fragments have been reconstructed and restored. In the case of the Enochic theophany (1 Enoch 1:1–9) in 4QEna (4Q201), the edges of the fragments are often retrospectively reconstructed and restored in dialogue with the Greek text-type preserved in Codex Panopolitanus and the Ethiopic text-types preserved in the manuscripts of Ethiopic Enoch. This study demonstrates the need for renewed reflection on how the Aramaic Enochic theophany in 4QEna is reconstructed and restored in modern editions of the fragments, and highlights the methodological dangers inherent in the application of a retrospective text-critical and reconstructive method.
K1 Aramaic
K1 Qumran
K1 Ethiopic Enoch
K1 Codex Panopolitanus
K1 Book of the Watchers
K1 1 Enoch
K1 Enochic Theophany
DO 10.1163/15685179-bja10043