▁stock p ile ▁" say ▁much ▁about ▁the ▁value ▁accord ed " ▁such ▁writ ings ▁( V ander K am , ▁ 2 0 0 8 / 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   1 8 4 ). ▁ ▁As ▁far ▁as ▁compar isons ▁that ▁might ▁be ▁made ▁with ▁' can on ical ' ▁texts , ▁the ▁books ▁of ▁Daniel ▁and ▁ 1 ▁En och ▁both ▁have ▁similar ities ▁( to ▁give ▁just ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁possible ▁par alle ls ) ▁in ▁their ▁vision ary ▁elements : ▁taking ▁up ▁the ▁vis ions ▁of ▁both ▁Daniel ▁and ▁En och , ▁or ▁even ▁of ▁the ▁gi ants ▁O hy ah , ▁H ah y ah , ▁and ▁Mah way . ▁Indeed , ▁St uck en b ruck ▁suggests ▁that ▁" th ese ▁similar ities ▁... ▁allow ▁for ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁Daniel ▁ 7 ▁knew ▁the ▁early ▁En och ic ▁trad itions ▁well ▁enough ▁to ▁draw ▁on ▁and ▁then ▁adapt ▁them ▁for ▁his ▁own ▁purposes . ▁Now here ▁is ▁this ▁clearer ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁throne - the oph any ▁itself " ▁( p .   1 1 9 ). ▁The ▁bib lic al ▁and ▁ap oc ry phal ▁accounts ▁speak ▁of ▁a ▁king ▁of ▁heaven ▁sitting ▁upon ▁his ▁throne , ▁and ▁the ▁Ar ama ic ▁text ▁A 1 2 ▁has ▁other ▁corresponding ▁elements . ▁The ▁texts ▁differ , ▁however , ▁in ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁gi ants ' ▁account , ▁God ▁comes ▁down ▁from ▁heaven . ▁ ▁Several ▁such ▁text ual ▁variants