Noah in the Animal Apocalypse (1 En. 89:1-9)

Drawnel, Henryk

Noah in the Animal Apocalypse (1 En. 89:1-9)

dc.contributor.author	Drawnel, Henryk
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-26T07:08:55Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-26T07:08:55Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	The Aramaic description of the flood in 1 En. 89:1–9 has survived in two fragments from Qumran (4Q206 frg. 8 I and frg. 9), which contain a shorter text than the Ethiopic translation. This article is an analysis of the presentation of the figure of Noah in the longer version of the Ethiopic Animal Apocalypse in the context of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch and in relation to Mesopotamian traditions associated with the flood. After being told the secret about the flood by a “man” (an angel), Noah, the white bull, works as a carpenter and builds a huge boat. After the flood, transformed into a “man” (a supernatural figure in the symbolism of the Animal Apocalypse), he leaves his three sons. This description of Noah brings him closer to the main characters of the flood in Mesopotamian sources.
dc.identifier.citation	„The Biblical Annals”, 2024, T. 14, nr 3, s. 399-422
dc.identifier.doi	10.31743/ba.16154
dc.identifier.issn	2083-2222
dc.identifier.issn	2451-2168
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/7674
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo KUL
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
dc.subject	Ethiopic Enoch
dc.subject	Animal Apocalypse
dc.subject	flood
dc.subject	Noah
dc.subject	Mesopotamian myth about the flood
dc.title	Noah in the Animal Apocalypse (1 En. 89:1-9)
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article