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Representative of what?  "Normative Judaism" is for the most part the 
descendant of
the Pharisaic school of thought, as the rabbis are the inheritors of the 
Pharisees.
Though 1 Enoch and other apocalyptic works were valued by the Covenant 
Community
["Essenes"] of Qumran, so far as I can determine, they have not been a part 
of any
know canon of the Pharisaic sages, i.e., rabbinic Judaism.  That, I thought, 
was the
question.

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org


Ian Hutchesson wrote:

> Solomon Landers write:
> >Aramaic fragments of 1 Enoch ...
> >... was not a part of any known canon of the Hebrew or Jewish Bible,
> though it
> >appears to have been in use by sectarians or adherents of alternative
> "Judaisms."
>
> As the text appeared abundantly at Qumran along with all the major OT/HB
> works and is cited in CD as having value, it would seem to be
> representative, unless you for some reason consider the people who were
> responsible for the Qumran deposit as being 'sectarians or adherents of
> alternative "Judaisms."' If this is the case, how do you justify the 
> position?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>