The Book of Enoch - Softcover

Charles D.D., Robert Henry; Charles, R H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602065683 ISBN 13: 9781602065680

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

The early Christian Fathers and the Essenes of Qumran respected 'The Book of Enoch' but by the 4th century AD the text was deemed heretical and all extant copies were destroyed. Then in the 18th century, a surviving Ethiopic version was found. It tells of 'Watchers', visions, a Son of God, the universe's make up and the apocalyptic final judge

About this title

About the Author:

The author who revised The Book of Enoch made as (little) and (few) revisions in it as possible. For he desired to have the original text. But the fact is that there were several portions of the scroll of Enoch which renders various verses missing. There were literally pieces of the document of Enoch which were lost or destroyed. And so the author, having already written the entire book of Nathan the prophet and also having written the book of Gad the seer, felt well qualified to fill in the missing parts of Enoch. So without tampering with the parts of Enoch that we do have, the author, by faith, filled in the parts that we don't.

Review:

"'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"

About this edition

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1602065683
• ISBN 13: 9781602065680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136