Can someone help me find some texts?

Kristin · 2025-04-30T02:40:08+00:00

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I need help trying to get to the pseudepigrapha, specifically text of 1Enoch. I have tried just doing a search, as well as the Factbook, but I can only find books talking about it. I am sure I have it somewhere in one of my resources, but I can't figure out how to find it. I need 1Enoch 6 if it matters. I also need Reuben 5, and I can't find either.

Thank you for any help anyone can provide.

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Aaron Hamilton

milestone:pseudepigrapha:"Testament of Reuben"

pseudepigrapha, not bible

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MJ. Smith

As Enoch is treated as a Biblical reference as search for milestone:bible:"Enoch 1:1" should find you all the copies of the text you have in your library. milestone:pseudepigrapha:"1 Enoch 1.1"works equally well. Usually I would start at Brannan, Rick. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: A Guide. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2022. Which will usually provide a direct link:

The Testament of Reuben — A pseudepigraphal text in which Reuben recounts his life's journey with focus on his sins and his strengths.

                 Alternate Title:      The Testament of Reuben, the First-Born Son of Jacob and Leah

                 Category:      Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

                 Type:      Testament

                 Factbook:      The Testament of Reuben

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“The Testament of Reuben, the first-born son of Jacob and Leah” — Robert Henry Charles, ed., Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913), 296.

“The Testament of Reuben, the First-Born Son of Jacob and Leah” — Robert Henry Charles, ed., Commentary on the Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913), 296.

“Testament of Reuben, the Firstborn Son of Jacob and Leah” — James H. Charlesworth, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (New York;  London: Yale University Press, 1983), 782.

“The Testament of Reuben” — James L. Kuge, “Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs,” in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture: Translation, ed. Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2013), 1705–1715.

“Testament of Reuben” — Ken Penner and Michael S. Heiser, “Old Testament Greek Pseudepigrapha with Morphology” (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2008).

Rick Brannan, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: A Guide (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2022).

MJ. Smith

I should have mentioned that I maintain a collection of all my paraBiblical texts which I search as my last resort.

Kristin

Hi @MJ. Smith,

Thank you for your help, and I was able to find Enoch that way. Once I was in that resource, I was able to find Reuben also. Even though I found it, I tried searching for that also just to know how, but I can't find that as a milestone the same way. Can you see what I am doing wrong?

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Aaron Hamilton

milestone:pseudepigrapha:"Testament of Reuben"

pseudepigrapha, not bible

Kristin

pseudepigrapha, not bible

haha :) Ya, that fixed the problem. :) Thank you.

DMB

You don't say whether you want 'the text' or a translation. Chances are, you have Swete (Codex Panopolitanus).

DMB

Well, there went yet another comment down the drain … clicked on Post Comment and erased the comment.

DMB

Codex Panopolitanus (Swete).

Kristin

You don't say whether you want 'the text' or a translation. Chances are, you have Swete (Codex Panopolitanus).

Hi @DMB,

Ya, I actually didn't care, I just needed to find the reference in any text since it is just regarding my note import. If I was reading it though, I likely also wouldn't care since I know once I had any text with the reference I could easily find the parallel. So I just did because of this post, but I'm not sure if the Greek I was reading was Swete or not. I tried to look at the info in light of your comment, but I couldn't learn anything of it since it was in parallel. I then shut the info box which closed the tab. :/ Well, I need to take a break anyway, so I will continue tomorrow. This note import is taking a super long time, but I am so grateful for their anchor system. That is truly helpful.

Well, there went yet another comment down the drain … clicked on Post Comment and erased the comment.

That's so strange how that keeps happening to you. Even once when I clicked "discard copy," a little box came up asking me if I really wanted to. So given that, I am kind of surprised it is deleting your drafts instead of posting them.