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At a glance

Traditional author: Enoch (attributed)
Traditional date: 2nd century BCE manuscript; work older (medium confidence)
Traditional audience: Readers of Corpus Witness’s Canon & Books shelves

Listed in: Ethiopian related literature.

Meaning of 4Q201 Enoch Fragment

A short public-domain English excerpt of 1 Enoch as preserved in the 4Q201 Qumran tradition, for reading alongside the manuscript witness.

Traditional understanding

Aramaic fragments of 1 Enoch from Qumran Cave 4, showing that the book was copied and read among Jews before the time of Christ. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church receives 1 Enoch as Scripture; Books shows an English text of the work preserved in this tradition, not a facsimile.

Historical context

4Q201 preserves portions of 1 Enoch in Aramaic, showing Second Temple copying independent of later Ethiopic transmission.

Setting of the writing

Manuscript excerpt shelf entry linked from Canon History manuscripts.

Literary shape

Short excerpt chapter for manuscript witness study.

Themes

manuscript-witness
1-enoch
dead-sea-scrolls

4Q201 Enoch Fragment chapter by chapter

4Q201 — Aramaic 1 Enoch fragment

4Q201 Enoch Fragment 1 — Enoch's blessing and coming judgment

The excerpt opens with Enoch's blessing on the righteous who will endure the day of tribulation, then reports his vision of the Holy One and the coming of ten thousands of holy ones to execute judgment. The passage matches material known from wider 1 Enoch witnesses, including the line quoted in Jude.

Meaning: English of the work preserved in this manuscript tradition; not a diplomatic facsimile. The fragment shows Second Temple interest in Enochic revelation before later Ethiopic canonization.