1 Enoch (R. H. Charles)

The Book of Enoch, translated from the Ethiopic by R. H. Charles. 108 chapters.

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1 Enoch is in the Old Testament of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. No other church counts it as Scripture. Charles gives the Ethiopic and, where it survives, the Greek; in a few places he prints both, one under the other, each with its label. The chapters follow Charles’s order, and his headings are shown as he wrote them. Published in 1917. It is free to use.

Before you read

Charles’s marks

Charles marks the text to show where the copies differ. His key, as he gives it:

⌜ ⌝ words found in the Greek copy from Akhmîm but not in the Ethiopic.
〚〛 words found in the Ethiopic but not in the Greek.
‹ › words restored.
[ ] words added later (interpolations).
( ) words supplied by Charles.
Bold a word Charles corrected (emended). He printed these in thick type.
† † the text is damaged here.
... some words have been lost.

Part I

Chapters 1 to 36

Charles heads these chapters only with their numbers, I to XXXVI.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Part II

The Parables

Chapters 37 to 71. Charles calls them The Parables.

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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

Part III

The Book of the Courses of the Heavenly Luminaries

Chapters 72 to 82.

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72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82

Part IV

The Dream-Visions

Chapters 83 to 90.

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83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

Part V

The Concluding Section of the Book

Chapters 91 to 105. Charles prints chapter 92 first, then 91, then 93. He prints 91:12 to 17 inside chapter 93, after 93:10, so those verses are on the page for chapter 93.

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92 91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105

Part VI

Fragment of the Book of Noah

Chapters 106 and 107.

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106 107

Part VII

An Appendix to the Book of Enoch

Chapter 108.

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108