The Book of Enoch - Softcover

Tice, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585090808 ISBN 13: 9781585090808

Publisher: Book Tree,US, 1999

Synopsis

This is considered to be the most important book left out of the Bible. During the first two hundred years of Christianity it was the most widely read of all texts. This is the best available version because it was originally written in Ethiopic and the translator, R. H. Charles, directly and accurately translated it. It also includes additional research, which Charles added at a later time. He said of this work, “The influence of I Enoch on the New Testament has been greater than that of all the other apocryphal and pseudepigraphical books put together.” It is referred to in the Hebrew Zohar, The Book of Jubilees, The Epistle of St. Jude, and other ancient texts. Written mostly in the second century BC, it explains how evil came into the world with the arrival of the “fallen angels.” Enoch was chosen to be a scribe in the judgment process due to his neutral human standing. Many of the ideas adopted by Christianity were first found in this book, including the Final Judgment, the concept of demons, the origins of evil and the Messianic Kingdom. If you wish to go to “the source” of Christianity, this is a great place to start. This is by far the most complete and accurate version which every serious researcher and student should have.

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"'The greatest importance of Enoch is that it was not only a pre-Christian book, but also a post-Christian book, a text from their Jewish background kept and used by the earliest churches. When we use Enoch as a 'context' for the New Testament, many early Christian ideas come into a much clearer focus, and many of the gaps in the New Testament can be bridged.' From The Lost Prophet: The Book of Enoch and its Influence on Christianity by Margaret Barker"

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Tree,US
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585090808
• ISBN 13: 9781585090808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Charles R. H.