Resources on the Book of Enoch
last update: 2025-02-17
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Introduction
- wikipedia: The Book of Giants (A Book of Moses connection)
- The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 13 (Hugh Nibley’s 1977 Ensign article)
- Could Joseph Smith Have Drawn on Ancient Manuscripts When He Translated the Story of Enoch?: Recent Updates on a Persistent Question (Interpreter)
Critical
- Revisiting Joseph Smith and the Availability of the Book of Enoch (Colby Townsend’s Dialogue Fall 2020 article)
- Returning to the Sources: Integrating Textual Criticism in the Study of Early Mormon Texts and History (Colby Townsend’s Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies 2019 article with a section on Mahijah, Mahujah, and Mahaway)
Apologetic
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Textual Criticism and the Book of Moses: A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 1 of 2 (Interpreter 2020)
Contains a response to Townsend’s argument that the occurrence of Mahijah was the result of misreading Emma’s handwriting of Mahujah.
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Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2 (Interpreter 2020)
Pushes back against Townsend’s argument that Mahaway from the Qumran Book of Giants scroll is not a good linguistic match for Mahijah/Mahujah from the book of Moses.