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| − | Among the patriarchs Enoch was the first greatly revered since the time of Adam. Abrahamic religions revere him as a pious man who "walked with God." Three apocryphal works are attributed to Enoch and Rabbinic tradition identifies Enoch as the Metatron,<ref group=" | + | Among the patriarchs Enoch was the first greatly revered since the time of Adam. Abrahamic religions revere him as a pious man who "walked with God." Three apocryphal works are attributed to Enoch and Rabbinic tradition identifies Enoch as the Metatron,<ref group="Notes">Metatron is an archangel in Judaism. According to Jewish medieval apocrypha, he is Enoch, ancestor of Noah, transformed into an angel.</ref> the angel who communicates God's word. In the Kabbala, the written version of once secret oral Rabbinic teachings, Enoch is identified as the one who communicated God's revelations to Moses as well as dictating the Book of Jubilees. The New Testament has three references to Enoch (Luke 3:23-38<ref group="Notes">36 son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, 37 son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan, 38 son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.</ref>, Hebrews 11:5<ref group="Notes">5 By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.” </ref>, Jude 14-15<ref group="n">14 It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is cominga]"[a] with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict everyone of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”</ref>). |
Because he was a righteous man it is believed that God opened Enoch's eyes. In the Book of Enoch Chapter 1 it was written: | Because he was a righteous man it is believed that God opened Enoch's eyes. In the Book of Enoch Chapter 1 it was written: | ||
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- Topic in Antediluvian Patriarchs. By Charles Kamins.
- Enoch the seventh generation after Adam was the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah.(Genesis 5:3-18)
Enoch and the Abrahamic religions
Among the patriarchs Enoch was the first greatly revered since the time of Adam. Abrahamic religions revere him as a pious man who "walked with God." Three apocryphal works are attributed to Enoch and Rabbinic tradition identifies Enoch as the Metatron,[Notes 1] the angel who communicates God's word. In the Kabbala, the written version of once secret oral Rabbinic teachings, Enoch is identified as the one who communicated God's revelations to Moses as well as dictating the Book of Jubilees. The New Testament has three references to Enoch (Luke 3:23-38[Notes 2], Hebrews 11:5[Notes 3], Jude 14-15[n 1]).
Because he was a righteous man it is believed that God opened Enoch's eyes. In the Book of Enoch Chapter 1 it was written:
- 2. And he took up his parable and said--Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.
Educated by angels
It needs to be clearly understood that here it is plainly stated that Enoch was educated by angels "and from them I heard everything." Even though he was educated by them, Enoch wrote that angels had fallen and caused many problems for humans. In his early writings Enoch passed judgment on the angels and revealed their crimes against humans and God. Even so that didn't stop him later from working together with angels eventually becoming one and then a leader of angels, the Metraton, leader of all angels and spokesman of God. It needs to be repeated that it is a step down for a human to become an angel. This fact affects the reliability of Enoch's revelations.
Apocryphal Books of Enoch
The pseudigraphical Books of Enoch are believed to have been written in the third century BCE or shortly after. The works of Enoch were popular in the centuries before Jesus and copies were found in the Caves at Qumran alongside the Dead Sea Scrolls. The authors of the early gospels were familiar with the content of the texts and influenced by it. The text was utilised by the Essen community that originally collected the Dead Sea Scrolls. Enoch is mentioned in the geneaologies of Jesus by Luke (Luke 3:37). In the Letter to the Hebrews it says "... that he pleased God." Thirdly he is mentioned in the Epistle of Jude (1:14-15) which quotes a prophecy from the Book of Enoch which Jude interpreted to refer to Jesus:
14 It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is coming[a] with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict everyone of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
The three aporcyphal works attributed to Enoch are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Books of Enoch. The works recount the testimony of Enoch how he was taken up to Heaven and taught all secrets and mysteries by angels. In his testimony Enoch boasts that he was appointed guardian of all celestial treasures and appointed chief of archangels.
The first part of Enoch describes the fall of the Watchers, angels who, in an act of deliberate defiance to the Creator, took wives among earthly women and gave birth to chldren, the Nephilim. These events took place during his father Jared's generation. These fallen angels approached Enoch and educated him, according to the texts, in order that Enoch might intercede with God on their behalf after they had been condemned for their actions. Later Enoch prophesizes a judgment to come on all the earth as a result of the corruption brought upon humanity by the fallen angels in apparent reference to the flood which takes place during the lifetime of Noah, Enoch's great, great grandson. God sought to rid the world of the Nephilim and the people corrupted by them.
The book consists of five sections:
- The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36)
- The Book of Parables of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71)
- The Astronimcal Book (1 Enoch 72-82)
- The Book of Dream visions (1 Enoch 83-90)
- The Epistle of Enoch (1 Enoch 91-108)
Scholars believe these sections were independent works, composed at different times, and the result of much editing over the centuries.
Classic Rabbinic literature
The early view was that Enoch was a pious man, taken to Heaven and given the title Great Scribe.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Metatron is an archangel in Judaism. According to Jewish medieval apocrypha, he is Enoch, ancestor of Noah, transformed into an angel.
- ↑ 36 son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, 37 son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan, 38 son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
- ↑ 5 By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”
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