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p. xxx ABBREVIATIONS, BRACKETS, AND SYMBOLS SPECIALLY USED IN THE TRANSLATION OF 1 ENOCH E denotes the Ethiopic Version. G s denotes the fragments of the Greek Version preserved In Syncellus: in the case of 8 b -9 b there are two forms of the text, G s1 G s2 . G g denotes the large fragment of the Greek Version discovered at Akhmîm, and deposited in the Gizeh Museum, Cairo. The following brackets are used in the translation of 1 Enoch: ⌈ ⌉ . The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are found in G g but not In E. ⌈⌈ ⌉⌉ . The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are found in E but not in G g or G s . 〈 〉 . The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are restored. [ ] The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are interpolations. ( ). The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are supplied by the editor. The use of thick type denotes that the words so printed are emended. † † corruption in the text. . . . = some words which have been lost.