It is unnecessary to apologize for the appearance of this book, as some such work has long been a desideratum to scholars. A knowledge of Enoch is indispensable to New Testament students. It would be best perhaps, at the outset, to mention briefly the features in which this edition differs from previous editions of Enoch. I. First, the Translation is made, in the main, from a British Museum MS. which is incomparably better than those on which Professor Dillmann s Ethiopic text is based. But as this MS., which I designate G, is still unpublished, I have followed Dillmann stext, and, in every instance in which I have deviated from it in deference to Gor other British Museum MSS., I have given in my Critical Notes the Ethiopic reading adopted, and that as a rule as it stands in the MS. followed, though it may be vicious alike in orthography and syntax. These instances are in all about six hundred. It will be remarked that on p. 4they are said to be three hundred and twenty-two. The explanation of this discrepancy is to be found in the fact that the bulk of this book was already in type when the Gizeh MS. was published by M. Bouriant, and that I have allowed the Introduction to remain as it already stood before the publication of this Greek
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It is unnecessary to apologize for the appearance of this book, as some such work has long been a desideratum to scholars. A knowledge of Enoch is indispensable to New Testament students. It would be best perhaps, at the outset, to mention briefly the features in which this edition differs from previous editions of Enoch. I. First, the Translation is made, in the main, from a British Museum MS. which is incomparably better than those on which Professor Dillmann s Ethiopic text is based. But as this MS., which I designate G, is still unpublished, I have followed Dillmann stext, and, in every instance in which I have deviated from it in deference to Gor other British Museum MSS., I have given in my Critical Notes the Ethiopic reading adopted, and that as a rule as it stands in the MS. followed, though it may be vicious alike in orthography and syntax. These instances are in all about six hundred. It will be remarked that on p. 4they are said to be three hundred and twenty-two. The explanation of this discrepancy is to be found in the fact that the bulk of this book was already in type when the Gizeh MS. was published by M. Bouriant, and that I have allowed the Introduction to remain as it already stood before the publication of this Greek
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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