2 Enoch

2 Enoch / Book of the Secrets of Enoch — Morfill & Charles — Section 93

1 Lo! I purposed to say a subtle word, Sok. 2 Sok. om. is ὃ message aS it were something created, Sok. things and in little things, A. 3’ A word * Both in great ° Upon the earth having rule by My wisdom, Sok. ῳκείωται θείῳ λόγῳ, τῆς μακαρίας φύ- σεως... ἀπαύγασμα yeyouus, κατὰ δὲ τὴν τοῦ σώματος κατασκευὴν ἅπαντι τῷ κόσμῳ" συγκέκριται γὰρ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν, γῆς καὶ ὕδατος καὶ ἀέρος καὶ πυρύς, ἑκάστου τῶν στοιχείων εἰσενεγκόντος τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος πρὸς ἐκπλήρωσιν αὐταρκεστάτης ὕλης, ἣν ἔδει λαβεῖν τὸν δημιουργόν, ἵνα τεχνιτεύσηται τὴν For the later Talmudic views cf. Weber, 202-204; Malan’s Book of Adam and Eve, pp. 209-15. Inthe Anglo-Saxon Ritual (cire. 950), to which Dr. Murray has called my attention, man is said to be made out of eight substances: ‘ Octo pondera de quibus factus est Adam. Pondus limi, inde factus est caro; ὁρατὴν ταύτην εἰκόνα. pondus ignis, inde rubeus est sanguis et calidus; pondus salis, inde sunt salsae lacrimae; pondus roris, inde factus est sudor; pondus floris, inde est varietas oculorum; pondus nubis, inde est instabilitas mentium ; pondus venti, inde est anhela frigida ; pondus gratiae, inde est sensus hominis.’ 9. Seven natures. Here again the text is very untrustworthy and the follow-