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Conflicting views are advanced on the Messiah, the Messianic kingdom, the origin of sin, Sheol, the final judgement, the resurrection, and the nature of the future life. There is an elaborate angelology and demonology, and much space is devoted to the calender and the heavenly bodies and their movements. Babylonian influences are here manifest and in a slight degree Greek. This is a translation by R. H. Charles from the Ethiopic Text with a complete analysis and notes. Considered indispensable to students of both the Old and New Testaments in understanding the problems underlying the Bible prophecies. In its present form the Book of Enoch is made up of various elements belonging to different dates and a diversity of authorship and more properly should be spoken of as "Books" of Enoch. One part belongs to the earlier Book of Noah. The following is an extract from Mr. Charles' quite long and detailed Introduction: . . . To describe in short compass the Book of Enoch is impossible. It comes from many writers and almost as many periods. It touches upon every subject that could have arisen in the ancient schools of the prophets, but naturally it deals with these subjects in an advanced stage of developement. Nearly every religious idea appears in a variety of forms, and if these are studied in relation to their contexts and dates, we cannot fail to observe that in the age to which the Enoch literature belongs there is a movement everywhere, and nowhere dogmatic fixity and finality. Though at times the movement may be reactionary, yet the general trend is onward and upward. In fact the history of the development of the higher theology during the two centuries before the Christian era could not be written without the Book of Enoch.

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A Review of This Edition - Not a Review of the Original Text        Rating:

I am writing this review to assist the reader in selecting an EDITION of the Book of Enoch. This particular Edition is exceptionally scholarly - but not particularly readable for casual students or "simply curious" individuals. I am in complete agreement with previous reviewers that "The Book of Enoch ...(is) as an indispensable aid in understanding the New Testament regarding the evolution of theology between 200 BC and 100 AD..." Clearly, this collection of "Lost Books & Manuscripts" contains critical (and vastly under-considered) information relevant to Christianity, Judaism & Islam. However, the footnotes in this Edition vastly outweigh the text. Example: one page contained two lines of text and the entire remainder of the page was footnotes. (I am an attorney, and this volume made law school text books seem like Comic Books in comparison.) Although footnotes are undoubtedly essential to understanding the text, many of the footnotes in this edition contain lengthy paragraphs of the original Aramaic or Hebrew or Greek or Ethiopian texts - written in their original languages. So, even "skimming" the footnotes requires wading through several lines of very tiny text written in other languages. Additionally, the footnotes presuppose a familiarity with theological studies that most readers (including myself) do not have. In sum, "The Book of Enoch" is a MUST READ for anyone who wishes to fully understand the roots and contexts from which modern religion evolved. BUT, unless you are a serious Theological Scholar, I would suggest you find an edition that is perhaps annotated in a more "readable" and less "scholarly" fashion.

ginger AZ        Rating:



This may be the greatest book I have ever read about the judgment and the leadership in these last days to get us safely to the other side in these last days. It lets one see as the earth fell there was a civilization that did not fall and that this civilization would be here to help us as mankind and the earth takes the next step towards ascention. It gives detailed information on those that corrupted mankind in its inocence and how this was done. It lets us know that there will be leadership set up in the next world. Maybe one of the best things about this book is it is not written to any one type of people, it is written equally to all mankind. It covers the pre-existance in ancient times of the leadership in the next world. It explains plainly some of the metaphores used in this book and the Bible. There is good detail on the punishments and rewards of the judgment. It may be suprising to some to learn how (or who) will decide some of these judgments. It explains how evil survived the flood.

Oh, wow! Why did they de-canonized this book?        Rating:

Although I haven't finished reading this book, there are a lot of Biblical Prophecies (which we read in the Bible in Genesis, Ezekiel, Revelation, etc.).

In regards to the condition of the book, it is remarkably readable! This is the complete scope of the Prophecies of Enoch ... and this is translated from ancient languages of the past. We're very fortunate to have it reprinted and remodified for readability.

The contents are quite scary in terms of the lifestyles of mankind during the days when the angels fell to earth and coexists among the flesh and blood of humankind.

If you read Genesis chapter 6 and Ezekiel 23-28, and read stories of the so-called "Greek Mythologies", then you will see that the so-called "myths" are actually REAL and not "myths" at all!

Decanonizing the books of Jaspher and Enoch is (ultimately) blurring the vision of modern mankind from knowing the Truth!

I sure hope the publishers of today can continue to reprint this book as well as the book of Jaspher and others which aligns with the Holy Bible of King James Version, New International Version and more (prior to 2000!).

There will be a time where we will come across Bibles which will REPLACE the name of Christ Jesus and state another name ... Then, we will certainly know who is at play here.

Get this book while it is in circulation.

Foundational        Rating:

Why they left this out of the KJV, I can only speculate. Enoch, a man that walked with God was shown amazing things. It flows with the rest of scripture and answers questions about the Watchers, fallen angels, demons, and the heavens. What the churches don't teach. With all info, be discerning. Pray and ask the Lord to lead you into what you should read and to give you understanding.

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