Andrei Orlov Noah Younger Brother Revisited

HENOCH, VOL. XXVI, 2004 NOAH’S YOUNGER BROTHER REVISITED: ANTI-NOACHIC POLEMICS AND THE DATE OF 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, Milwaukee Several years ago, in an article published in this journal, I argued that 2 Enoch contains... More

HENOCH, VOL. XXVI, 2004 NOAH’S YOUNGER BROTHER REVISITED: ANTI-NOACHIC POLEMICS AND THE DATE OF 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, Milwaukee Several years ago, in an article published in this journal, I argued that 2 Enoch contains systematic polemics against the priestly Noahic tradition. 1 My study tried to demonstrate that in the course of these polemics the exalted features of Noah’s story, such as his miraculous birth, his leading roles as the originator of animal sacrificial practice and a bridge over the Flood become transferred to other characters of the Slavonic apocalypse including Methuselah, Nir, who defined in the story as “Noah’s younger brother,” and his miraculously born child Melchisedek. 2 The analysis showed that the transferences of Noah’s features and 1 A. Orlov, " Noah s Younger Brother : Anti-Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch," Henoch 22. 2 (2000) 259-73. 2 Noachic polemics take place in the last chapters of the Slavonic apocalypse (chs 68-72 Less