Enoch ( Ethiopic Book of Enoch)

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• ENOCH, ETHIOPIC BOOK OF — (known as I Enoch; abbr. I En.), one of the most important of the apocalyptic works, dating from the period of the Second Temple. It is named after the biblical Enoch, son of Jared, about whom it is stated in Genesis 5:24 that he walked with God; …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ENOCH, SLAVONIC BOOK OF — (known as II Enoch; abbr. II En.; also entitled the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, or several variations on this), apocryphal work translated in the tenth or 11th century from Greek into Slavonic. The dating is deduced from the evidence of certain …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Enoch, books of — Enoch was a legendary hero; he lived to be 365 (Gen. 5:23), walked with God, and bypassing death was taken straight to heaven (verse 24). Such a mysterious figure was an apt character to be the pseudonymous author of sundry apocalyptic writings,… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Book of Enoch — For other writings attributed to Enoch, see Book of Enoch (disambiguation). Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

• Book of Noah — The Book of Noah is currently thought to be a non extant Old Testament pseudepigraphal work, attributed to Noah. It is quoted in several places in another pseudepigraphal work, 1 Enoch [6 11; 39:1 2a; 54:7 55:2; 60; 65:1 69:25; and 106 107.] , as …   Wikipedia

• Enoch, First Book of — ▪ sacred text also called  Ethiopic Book Of Enoch,         pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture) whose only complete extant version is an Ethiopic translation of a previous Greek translation made in Palestine from the… …   Universalium

• ENOCH — (Heb. חֲנוֹךְ). (1) Son of Cain, father of Irad. The world s first city was named after Enoch (Gen. 4:17f.). It has been suggested that the writer is punning on the root ḥnk, to found, initiate. (2) Son of Jared, father of Methuselah, seventh… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• Book of Enoch (disambiguation) — The Book of Enoch is any of several pseudepigraphal works that attribute themselves to the biblical figure Enoch, the great grandfather of Noah.* 1 Enoch is commonly referred to simply as the Book of Enoch. It survives in the Ethiopic language,… …   Wikipedia

• The Book of Enoch —     The Book of Henoch (Ethiopic)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Book of Henoch (Ethiopic)     The antediluvian patriarch Henoch according to Genesis walked with God and was seen no more, because God took him . This walking with God was… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Second Book of Enoch — The Second Book of Enoch (usually abbreviated 2 Enoch, and otherwise variously known as Slavonic Enoch or The Secrets of Enoch) is a pseudepigraphic (a text whose claimed authorship is unfounded) of the Old Testament. It is usually considered to… …   Wikipedia