The Book of Enoch

Description

The Book Of Enoch, an ancient Hebrew apocalyptic religious text, is one of the most important non-canonical apocryphal works, and probably had a huge influence on early Christian, particularly Gnostic, beliefs. Ascribed by tradition to Enoch (the great-grandfather of Noah), the texts are dated to around 300-200 BC. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell, angels and devils, Enoch introduced concepts such as the appearance of a Messiah, Resurrection, a Final Judgement, and a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth. The text also describes the fall of the Watchers - angels who fathered the angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. Interspersed with this material are quasi-scientific digressions on calendrical systems, geography, cosmology, astronomy, and meteorology.

This book has 45,365 words, and 82 pages in the PDF version. This translation was originally published in 1917.

Production notes: This ebook of The Book of Enoch was published by Global Grey in 2021, and updated on the 24th January 2024. The artwork used for the cover is 'Elijah and Enoch' by an unknown artist.