▁Western ▁China ▁( in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁X in ji ang ▁Province ) ▁have ▁subst anti ated ▁the ▁many ▁references ▁to ▁its ▁circul ation ▁among , ▁and ▁use ▁by , ▁the ▁Man ich ae ans . ▁Further ▁identification ▁of ▁the ▁Man ich ae an ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁was ▁revealed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁when ▁Jó sef ▁T . ▁Mil ik ▁discovered ▁several ▁additional ▁Ar ama ic ▁fragments ▁of ▁En och ic ▁works ▁among ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s ; ▁he ▁aston ished ▁the ▁scholar ly ▁world ▁upon ▁announ cing ▁that ▁the ▁fragments ▁bore ▁close ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁Man i ' s ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants , ▁then ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁aston ishment ▁his ▁belief , ▁too , ▁that ▁Gi ants ▁was ▁originally ▁an ▁integral ▁part ▁of ▁ 1 ▁En och ▁itself . ▁These ▁fragment ary ▁scroll s ▁in ▁Ar ama ic , ▁which ▁represented ▁an ▁En och ic ▁tradition ▁that ▁was ▁likely ▁introduced ▁to ▁Man i ▁in ▁his ▁so j ourn ▁with ▁the ▁E ces ait es , ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁primary ▁source ▁util ized ▁by ▁Man i ▁in ▁the ▁compilation ▁of ▁his ▁book , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁made ▁the ▁legend ▁of ▁the ▁Watch ers ▁and ▁the ▁gi ants ▁" a ▁corner stone ▁of ▁his ▁the ological ▁spec ulations ." ▁And ▁for ▁many ▁sch ol ars , ▁the ▁Q um ran ▁fragments ▁confirmed ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁to ▁originally ▁have ▁been ▁an ▁independent ▁composition ▁from ▁the ▁Second ▁Temple ▁period . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁fragments ▁discovered ▁at