[Alamo-Girl]

I have not compared the Ephraim Issac translation of Enoch (Charlesworth's Pseudepigrapha circa 1983) to the Catholic New Jerusalem Bible circa 1985.

However, the Catholic Encyclopedia commentary references the Charles translation circa 1893 - obviously long before the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery. This leads me to suspect the NJB translation of 1 Enoch is Charles'.

Again, I recommend Charlesworth's Pseudepigrapha for those looking for the most current, scholarly translation - comparing phrase by phrase via footnotes - the ancient 1 Enoch (Ethiopic) texts themselves as well as Charles' translation et al. Charlesworth's Pseudepigrapha also includes 2 Enoch (Slavonic) and Enoch (Hebrew.)

There just isn't a basis for comparison of his work to a single book translation.

[Quix]

Thanks big.

Much appreciate your wisdom on the issue.

[jacquej]

I am not Catholic, but have a copy of the 1985 Jerusalem Bible, and really like it.

I wanted to get several copies for my children, especially my son, who converted to Catholicism several years ago. I found that it was out of print, and that the newer version of it isn’t the same aa the 1985 version...

Makes me wonder why the need to make changes so soon!