The Book of Enoch

by Robert Bagley III

Why is “The Book Of Enoch” so important to anyone interested in Biblical History?The answer is simple…it is directly quoted in the New Testament by Jude (vv.14-15) and themes of the book referenced in 2 Peter 2:1. Also, the first 36 chapters have been considered Scripture in the Ethiopic Coptic Church (a church who ascribes their founder as the Apostle John).Additionally, it was one of the most significant Jewish Pseudepigrapha (writings ascribed to some other than the real author*).It is believed that The Book of Enoch was taken out of the Jewish Canon by the Sanhedrin just after Jesus' death because of the prophesies they thought pointed to Jesus as the Messiah. However, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church states, “…this view has been increasingly questioned, especially since the discovery of the Qumran fragments [where Dead Sea Scrolls were found]; for although all the other sections of 1 Enoch are well represented in these fragments, the messianic chapters (37-71) were not represented at all. Nor are they represented in the Greek and Latin fragments. It is probable, therefore, that they are a later (Christian) insertion into the Book and that it was the New Testament which influenced them rather than vice versa.”*There is no question, however, that the chapters outside chapters 37-71 are BC in their time-origin as they were part of the fragments in Qumran. For further proof, here are some stark and uncanny Book of Enoch references in the New referred to The Book of Enoch; “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Mat 5:5) pulled from “The elect shall possess light, joy and peace, and they shall inherit the earth. (Enoch 5:7 {6:9})”2."Wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. (Luke 6:24) Woe to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted; but from your riches you shall be removed. (Enoch 94:8 {93:7}).3.“Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mat. 19:28) I will place each of them on a throne of glory (Enoch 108:12 {105:26})4.“Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. (Luke 16:26) by a chasm . . . [are] their souls are separated (Enoch 22: 9,11{22:10,12})5.“That ye may be called the children of light (John 12:36) the good from the generation of light (Enoch 108:11 {105: 25})6.One direct quote in the New Testament is by Jude, a brother of Jesus 1:14-15, quoting Enoch 1:9… "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches, which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."You will love how this series of revelations help to fill in many blanks •Genesis •The description of the wickedness of the world - pre-flood of Noah•How fallen angels corrupted human seed•Destiny of angels•Future apocalyptic events explained in more detail•And much, much more!*The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, s.v. “Enoch, Books of,” 547.

Genres: Religion, Audiobook, Theology

252 pages, Paperback

Published April 10, 2016

About the author

Robert James Bagley III

Reviews

[Casan Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely insane. But awesome. Glad I read it.

[Melanie Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wildly interesting, connected and intriguing.

[Ryan Watkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating pseudepigraphal book quoted by Jude and Peter in scripture. It deals with the watchers and their activity at Mount Hermon.

[Maresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely an interesting read on a book of the Bible not canonized by Jewish or Christian leaders, yet referenced in the book of Jude in the New Testament. It certainly fills in a few gaps of the Bible. I don’t know whether it should be canonized by I think it’s well worth the read.

[Rex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wild, man. I love biblical history, and this book is referenced in a few parts of the Bible.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read Harder 2019: A book of mythology or folklore

Rating ancient texts always feels kind of beside the point to me. For the most part they just aren't going to have the same kind of readability of books from the past hundred years or so.

I picked this up because, for a writing project, I've been researching old school angels. This book- once considered canon, now considered apocrypha in the Christian tradition- sheds some light on some of the more enigmatic portions of Genesis. i.e. the nephilim, Enoch walking with God, and, yes, angels. Portions of this book are riveting in the same way that Genesis is riveting; descriptions of bizarre and lovely celestial visions interspersed with small moments of interpersonal family drama. Other parts of it are just completely opaque, still. The fixation on how the sun and moon work, visions of cows and sheep being devoured... It seemed fairly obvious that those were prophecies and that I should have picked up an annotated version of this book.

Still, I'm glad I read my Very First Apocryphal Book (and/or gnostic??? book??) from start to finish. I have so many questions about the Old Testament (and feel much more engaged with it in general than the New Testament) so it was really interesting to read an expansion on parts of Genesis that have been bothering me for years!

[Larry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apocryphal: Interesting. Provenanced (sort of). Truth Content … Questionable.

The title (of my review) fairly captures my thoughts:

1. It, like so many writings of ancient date, is interesting. If you like to learn, you may be intrigued. I was and am.
2. Apparently, it is of ancient date and contemporary thinking regards its provenance favorably. I’ve no expertise on that matter but such esteem adds interest to me.
3. Even so, I find the amount of cosmic truth (so to speak) i.e., truths regarding matters of philosophical and spiritual import, scant.

Summary: it may be of ancient date, interesting, and intriguing, but it offers little insight that isn’t elsewhere available and imo more truth laden. The author was highly occupied by apocalyptic events: recompense, revenge, doom, damnation, wrath, anger and so forth of God toward the wicked and wickedness.

[Liz Mandeville · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fire and brimstone, inscrutable metaphor and damning prophecy rule this translation by the uber Fundamentalist Robert Bagley 3rd, known to his followers as RB3.
Reading this was like going to a Sunday service at my grandparents church.
This Enoch has naught to do with the Gnostic movement and its history is in question.

[Joel Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll need to read it again. There are references to this book In1 Peter and Jude. I learned about it through reading books by Michael S. Heiser. It is only considered canonical by Coptic churches In Africa, but it adds understanding to Genesis 6:1-4.

[Marcus Goncalves · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a very interesting book to read. It does follow the timeframe of Enoch through Methuselah and up to Noah's time.

[Rosie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good rendition. Need to listen to some other author's versions.

[༺ Jason ༻ · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is biblical proof these pages have been referenced yet disregarded by historical persons. One cannot judge what the human mind can receive.

[Bree Hometown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This definitely filled in all the Genesis 6 gaps. FASCINATING!

[Esdras · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this kind of reading will appeal only to religious people or people interested in Christian mythology (or mythology in general), I'm in the latter group so I was in that set of mind when reading this.

Overall it's an interesting lecture about angels, and is not hard to see why this is now an apocryphal book for a lot of Christian religions: it diverges from some of important stories of the old testament especially the Noah's arc (get it?) and expands on some things like Nephilim, angels becoming demons and how some of them showed to humanity how to do stuff like dancing or farming. It also has a little tedious reading about lunar and sun faces, but this is a [non-canonical] biblical text so it is expected.

I don't believe this will expand your "spiritual" self but at least it will expand your knowledge about Christian mythology, it's also a light lecture so it will not take you more than a 4 or 5 hours to finish it.

[Yeshua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good rendition of the book of Enoch. However, does not contain a Commentary. In conjunction, you may want to read:

'ENOCH: THE FIRST BOOK EVER WRITTEN' by J. R. Church. (ISBN 13:978-0-941241-23-6)

[M.J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! I am at a loss as to why it was not included in the bible. It was so insightful. I t answered a lot-of questions like, what happened to Enoch when he was taken, the names of the Angels and what lead to God Wrath against the Angels sent down to earth. As a person who is into spirituality and getting closer to God this book was very inlighing about so many things. I highly recommend this book.