{"id":12743,"date":"2024-03-06T03:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T02:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theholyscript.com\/?p=12743"},"modified":"2024-03-06T03:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T02:04:02","slug":"what-happened-to-the-book-of-enoch-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theholyscript.com\/what-happened-to-the-book-of-enoch-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To The Book Of Enoch In The Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious text, traditionally ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. It is not part of the biblical canon as used by Jews, apart from the Beta Israel canon, nor accepted in the Christian biblical canons. It is considered to have been composed during the period of Second Temple Judaism, is traditionally attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and has been considered as extant for thousands of years. Today, some scholars believe the Book of Enoch to be a composite work and a pseudepigraphical text which probably originated from an advanced Jewish sect in the 3rd century BC.<\/p>\n

In popular culture, the story of The Book of Enoch is most well known in Christian circles due to its mention in the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha is a term used to describe texts written after the death of Jesus that are not found in the Old or New Testament of the Bible. The Book of Enoch is often referred to as the “forbidden” book of the Bible because it is not included in the canon. It is however found in some early manuscripts and was likely known and read by some early Jews and early Christians.<\/p>\n

The Book of Enoch is considered to be a pseudepigraphical text attributed to the biblical figure of Enoch, the seventh patriarch in the genealogy of Adam. The text is divided into five main sections, including the Book of Watchers, the Book of Parables, the Book of Celestial Luminaries, the Book of Dream Visions, and the Epistle of Enoch. Estimated to have been written in the second century BCE, the Book of Enoch’s history and authorship continues to be debated to the present day.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest mysteries associated with the Book of Enoch is its mysterious disappearance from the Bible. According to some scholars, it was removed from the Bible by religious authorities as early as the 2nd century AD, and by a 5th century council all incidences of the book were completely removed from the accepted canon of Scripture. As a result, the original text of the Book of Enoch has been lost in the mists of time, and all that remains is a fragmentary text from various ancient manuscripts.<\/p>\n