Bible Review

The Greek term used by Ignatius in his letters is Christianismos, which he distinguishes from Ioudaismos (Judaism). See esp. Magnesians 10:1–3 and Philadelphians 6:1; on which see Pearson, The Emergence of the Christian Religion (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997), pp. 11–14.

Larry Hurtado, One God One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988).

See Nickelsburg, “Son of Man,” ABD vol. 6, pp. 137–150.

See Richard Bauckham, “Descent to the Underworld,” ABD, vol. 2, pp. 145–159, esp. pp. 156–159.

Alexander, “From Son of Adam,” p. 92.

I use the Revised Standard Version of the New Testament, which is more literal than the New Revised Standard Version.

Contrast the miraculous birth of Noah in 1 Enoch 106–107 or of Melchizedek in 2 Enoch 71. On Melchizedek see Pearson, “Melchizedek in Early Judaism, Christianity and Gnosticism,” in Biblical Figures Outside the Bible, pp. 176–202.

P.S. Alexander, “Enoch, Third Book of,” ABD, vol. 2, pp. 522–526, and his translation in OTP.

On its use by Origen (third century) and other writers, see Birger A. Pearson, “Enoch in Egypt,” ed. R.A. Argall et al., For a Later Generation: The Transformation of Tradition in Israel, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000), pp. 216–231, esp. 221–222.