Friday, December 10, 2021

Version J of 2 Enoch 30:10-14: Implicit Evidence of Adam being Identified as Michael

In 2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch [J] The Longer Recension 30:10-14, we read of implicit evidence associating 'Adam' with 'Michael':

 

10 Behold, I have thought up an ingenious poem to recite:

From invisible and visible substances I created man.

From both his natures come both death and life.

And (as my) image he knows the word like (no) other creature.

But even at his greatest he is small,

and again at his smallest he is great.

11 And on the earth I assigned him to be a second angel, honored and

great and glorious. 12 And I assigned him to be a king, to reign |on| the earth, |and| to have my wisdom. And there was nothing comparable to

him on the earth, even among my creatures that exist. 13 And I assigned to him a name from the four components:

 

from East—(A)

from West—(D)

from North—(A) |South|—(M)

from South—(M) |North|—(A).

 

14 And I assigned to him four special stars, and called his name Adam. (F.I. Andersen, 2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch (Late First Century A.D.)," in James H. Charlesworth, ed., The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, 2 vols. [New York: Yale University Press, 1983], 1:150-52)