Acknowledgments

PART ONE

ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUALITY IN THE EARLY ENOCH LITERATURE

1.1     The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1 – 36)
          1.1.1 1 Enoch 1 – 5
          1.1.2 1 Enoch 6 – 11
          1.1.3 1 Enoch 12 – 16
          1.1.4 Comparing 1 Enoch 6 – 11 and 1 Enoch 12 – 16
          1.1.5 Setting and Purpose of 1 Enoch 6 – 11 and 12 – 16
          1.1.6 Tradition in 1 Enoch 6 – 11 and 12 – 16
          1.1.7 1 Enoch 17 – 19
          1.1.8 1 Enoch 20 – 36
          1.1.9 Conclusion

1.2     The Book of Dream Visions (1 Enoch 83 – 90)
          1.2.1 The First Vision (1 Enoch 83 – 84)
          1.2.2 The Animal Vision (1 Enoch 85:1 – 90:42)

1.3     Other early Enoch material in 1 Enoch
          1.3.1 The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 92 – 105)
          1.3.2 The Birth of Noah (1 Enoch 106 – 107)

1.4     Review

1.5     The Book of Giants

PART TWO

ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUALITY IN THE ARAMAIC LEVI DOCUMENT

2.1     Levi and the Shechem Incident (1:1-3 / 1c 2)

2.2     Women who bring desecration (4Q213a [4QLevi^b ar] 3-4 / 3a)

2.3     The Prayer of Levi (3:1-18 / 1a:1-19)

2.4     Isaac Instructs Levi on Sexual Wrongdoing and Marriage (6:1-5 / 14-18)

2.5     Levi's Marriage and Family (10:1 – 12:9 / 62-81)

2.6     Wisdom Poem 13:1-16 / 82-98 and Future Predictions (4Q213 [4QLevi^a ar] 1 ii.12-19; 2 9-16; 3, 4, 5 and 4Q214 [4QLevi^d ar] 3 / 99-104)

PART THREE

ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUALITY IN THE BOOK OF JUBILEES

3.1     Introduction
          3.1.1 The Prologue and Introduction (1:1-29)
          3.1.2 Warnings about Sexual Wrongdoing in Jubilees 23 and 50

3.2     Warnings about Sexual Wrongdoing
          3.2.1 The Watchers
          3.2.2 Ham Uncovers his Father's Nakedness (7:7-25)
          3.2.3 Stories of Abraham
               3.2.3.1 Abram, Sarai and Pharaoh (13:11-15)
               3.2.3.2 Abraham and Circumcision (15:11-34)
               3.2.3.3 The Destruction of Sodom (16:5-9) and the Sin of Lot (16:8)
          3.2.4 Issues of Intermarriage and the Rape of Dinah
               3.2.4.1 Warnings about Intermarriage
               3.2.4.2 The Rape of Dinah
               3.2.4.3 Intermarriage in the Rest of Jubilees
               3.2.4.4 Review
          3.2.5 Reuben and Bilhah
          3.2.6 Joseph and Adultery
          3.2.7 The Speeches of Noah and the Patriarchs
               3.2.7.1 Noah Instructs his Sons and Grandsons (7:20-39)
               3.2.7.2 The Speeches of Abraham
                    3.2.7.2.1 Abraham's Blesses Jacob (1) (19:15-31)
                    3.2.7.2.2 Abraham Instructs his Sons and their Families (20:1-13)
                    3.2.7.2.3 Abraham Instructs Isaac (21:1-26)
                    3.2.7.2.4 Abraham Blesses Jacob (2) (22:10-24) and Abraham Blesses Jacob (3) (22:27-30)
               3.2.7.3 Rebecca's Instructions, Blessings and Advice
                    3.2.7.3.1 Rebecca Warns Jacob about Canaanite Women (25:1-3) and Jacob Responds (25:4-10)
                    3.2.7.3.2 Rebecca Gives Thanks for Jacob (25:11-14) and Blesses him (25:15-23)
               3.2.7.4 The Blessing of Levi and of Judah by Isaac
               3.2.7.5 Rebecca speaks of Jacob and Esau with Isaac
          3.2.8 The Language of Sexual Wrongdoing

3.3     Other Aspects related to Sexuality in Jubilees
          3.3.1 Creation and Marriage
          3.3.2 The Patriarchs and their Wives
               3.3.2.1 Abraham and Sarah
               3.3.2.2 Rebecca and Isaac
               3.3.2.3 Jacob, Leah, and Rachel
               3.3.2.4 Conclusion
          3.3.3 Sexuality in Sacred Space and Time: Eden and Beyond

3.4     Conclusion

Concluding Observations

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Ancient Sources