Theological Anthropology and the Enochic Book of Watchers (1 En. 6-16)
Theological Anthropology and the Enochic Book of Watchers (1 En. 6-16)
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神学人类学和《以诺守望者书》(1 En 6-16)
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10.1163/9789004334762_003
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2016
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Loren T.
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Stuckenbruck;Loren T.
Nowhere in 1Enoch is there a discernible citation of or allusion to the divine creation of “Adam” in Gen 2: 7. Nevertheless, as the following discussion will argue, a not entirely different theological anthropology emerges in the early Enochic traditions preserved in the Book of Watchers. Thus, in turn, the place of the human being within the created order as the Enochic texts preserve can be placed in conversation with the early chapters of Genesis. In particular, the present paper shall take the core units of the Book of Watchers—chs. 6–11 and 12–16—as a point of departure.Before outlining what the early Enochic tradition has to say about human beings, we may appropriately begin with a brief summary of what the opening chapters of Genesis divulge in this regard. 1 In the Priestly and Yahwist creation accounts of Gen 1 and 2, respectively, the human being, though having much in common with other beings of the created order, ultimately occupies a distinctive place. On the one hand, humanity shares with the animal world the status of being a “living creature”(Gen 2: 7 [ נפ ש חי ה; ψυχὴ ζῶσα]; cf. 1: 20, 24). In addition, along with animals, humans are told to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth”(so 1: 28 [פר ו ה א רץ א ת ומ לא ו ור בו; αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε καὶ πληρώσατετὴνγῆν]; 9: 7; cf. 1: 22; 9: 1). Furthermore, accordingtotheYahwist, not