Motif
account of Evil in human history
account_of_evil_in_human_history
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Enoch WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE / REV. W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D. / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTERS; lines 787-962 confidence: high
Burkitt says 1 Enoch “contains a serious attempt to account for the presence of Evil in human history” and that this view is presupposed in the Synoptic Gospels; he also says some Sayings of Jesus appear in their true light as Midrash upon familiar words and concepts.
The passage quotes Burkitt describing 1 Enoch as a serious attempt to account for the presence of Evil in human history and lists evil as a special topic for study.
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