The special points of interest that should be studied in seeking to realize the importance of these books of Enoch for the study of Christian origins are the problems of evil, including, of course, the subjects of dæmonology, and future judgement; the Messiah and the Messianic Kingdom—the title “Son of Man” is of special importance—and the Resurrection. There are, of course, other subjects which will suggest themselves in studying the book. ABBREVIATIONS, BRACKETS, AND SYMBOLS SPECIALLY USED IN THE TRANSLATION OF 1 ENOCH E denotes the Ethiopic Version. G^s denotes the fragments of the Greek Version preserved in Syncellus: in the case of 8^b-9^b there are two forms of the text, G^{s1} G^{s2}. G^g denotes the large fragment of the Greek Version discovered at Akhmîm, and deposited in the Gizeh Museum, Cairo. * * * * * The following brackets are used in the translation of 1 Enoch: ⌜ ⌝. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are found in G^g but not in E. 〚 〛. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are found in E but not in G^g or G^s. ‹ ›. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are restored. [ ]. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are interpolations. ( ). The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are supplied by the editor. The use of =thick type= denotes that the words so printed are emended. † † = corruption in the text. A series of points, ... = some words which have been lost. Footnote 1: _Jewish and Christian Apocalypses_, pp. 15, 16 (1913). Footnote 2: G. H. Box, _The Ezra Apocalypse_, pp. 35, 36 (1912). Footnote 3: The general Pharisaic point of view regarding this may be gathered from Matt. iii. 7-10. Footnote 4: Burkitt rightly insists that we should speak of the collection as the books, not the book, of Enoch. Footnote 5: Burkitt, _op. cit._, 28-30. Footnote 6: _i. e._ the “Pious ones,” or “Saints.” Footnote 7: _Die Sadduzäer_ (1912). Footnote 8: _i. e._, according to him, i.-xxxvi., lxxii.-lxxxii., lxxxiii.-xc., xci. 12-17, xciii. Footnote 9: See Gen. v. 21-23. Footnote 10: _Op. cit._, p. 18. Footnote 11: Gen. v. 24. Footnote 12: _i. e._ “The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries,” as Charles calls it. Footnote 13: _i. e._ “the righteous”; a play on the word _Zaddûkim_, the “sons of Zadok,” _i. e._ the Sadducees. Footnote 14: Leszynsky, _op. cit._, pp. 253 ff. Footnote 15: Chaps. i.-xxxii. 6, and xix. 3-xxi. 9 in a duplicate form were discovered at Akhmîm in 1886-1887; vi.-x. 14, xv. 8-xvi. 1, and viii. 4-ix. 4 in a duplicate form, have been preserved in Syncellus; lxxxix. 42-49 occurs in a Greek Vatican MS. (No. 1809); there are also a few quotations in early Greek ecclesiastical writings; and i. 9, v. 4, xxvii. 2 are quoted in the Epistle of St. Jude 14, 15. Footnote 16: