This study examines the euhemeristic interpretation of Genesis 6:1–4 as it appears in Ephrem of Nisibis’ Commentary on Genesis and its influence on Syriac and Ethiopic commentary traditions. I suggest that Ephrem’s attempt to mitigate the angelic interpretation of Genesis 6 ironically mirrors his own angelology. The distinctive components he adds to the Watchers myth (different geography, diet, and bodies) are central virtues in Ephrem’s attempt to make virginity and monasticism ideals for all Christians. For Ephrem, the angels are paradigms of these ideals, and those who achieve them become equal to the angels. Surprisingly, these distinctive components reappear in the Ethiopian commentary tradition on Genesis (andemta), but unlike Ephrem, the andemta makes the equation of Sethites with angels and monks quite explicit. Overall, this analysis between Ephrem and the andemta reveals the influence of Syriac interpretation on the Ethiopian commentary tradition as well as the centrality of angelology in the Sethite reading of Genesis 6:1–4.

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我们中间的天使？以弗仑关于创世纪和埃塞俄比亚传统的评论中的守望者神话和天使学

这项研究考察了《创世记》 6：1-4的委婉解释，该解释出现在尼西比斯以弗所书《创世记》注释中，以及它对叙利亚和埃塞俄比亚评论传统的影响。我建议以弗仑（Ephrem）减轻对创世记6（Genesis 6）的天使解释的尝试具有讽刺意味地反映了他自己的天使论。他为守望者神话增添了与众不同的成分（不同的地理，饮食和身体），这是以弗仑为所有基督徒建立童贞和修道理想的主要美德。对以弗仑来说，天使是这些理想的典范，实现这些理想的人与天使平等。出乎意料的是，这些独特的成分再次出现在埃塞俄比亚关于创世纪（andemta）的评论传统中，但与以弗仑不同，安德拉姆特（ememta）使塞特人与天使和僧侣之间的方程式非常明确。全面的，