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Apocrypals: 61: Countless Large Gregs (The Second Book of Enoch)

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NOTES ON 1-2 Enoch

First Enoch is a composite text, consisting of five separately redacted works that were combined by a later editor.

Book of the Watchers (cc. 1-36)

Book of Parables [of Enoch] (cc. 37-71)

Book of Luminaries (cc. 72-82)

Book of Dreams [Dream Visions] (cc. 83-90)

Letter of Enoch (cc. 91-108)

Though written much later, 2 Enoch is also a composite - unfortunately, except for the appendix, the divisions don't have agreed-upon titles.

cc. 1-22: The Ten Heavens

cc. 23-37: Revelation [Secrets] of Enoch

cc. 38-68: Moral Instruction

Appendix: Exaltation of Melchizedek

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3 Enoch and the Cosmic Secrets

3 Enoch and the Cosmic Secrets -

The final section of 3 Enoch contains several heavenly features in a somewhat random order. Metatron reveals these “secrets of the cosmos.”

Chapter 41 describes the letters by which the world was created. These letters are not identified in this section, but in chapter 44 the letters of the Torah are specifically mentioned so it is not unlikely the letters that created the universe are the Hebrew…

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Who is the Angel Metatron?

Who is the Angel Metatron? -

3 Enoch explains how the Rabbi Ishmael journeyed into heaven and saw God’s throne and chariot guided by the archangel Metatron. The general form is a report of a vision and an explanation of elements of the vision by Metatron. Since this angelic being is not mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible, so it is important to understand who Metatron was in the post-biblical traditions.

Metatron becomes…

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2 Enoch and the Sermon on the Mount - 2 Enoch 38-63

2 Enoch and the Sermon on the Mount - 2 Enoch 38-63 -

When Enoch returns to his family in chapter 38 he begins to instruct them in what he has learned while in heaven. Enoch He mourns for his children who have not seen the face of the Lord (chapter 39) and then urges them to pay close attention because all which he is about to say he learned directly from the Lord (40:1). He recounts heavenly wonders (the storehouses of the winds, etc.) and…

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Resources for 2 Enoch (Slavonic)

Resources for 2 Enoch (Slavonic) -

I am happy that Jim Davila  has been posting links to my Enoch series on his PaleoJudaica blog.  He also included a few links to older posts on PaleoJudaica that might be of interest.

I failed to mention in my introductory post that 2 Enoch was only known in Slovonic until recently.  In No longer ‘Slavonic’ only: 2 Enoch attested in Coptic from Nubia, Jim reports on the re-discovery of fragments…

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Enoch and the Mysteries of God - 2 Enoch 23-37

Enoch and the Mysteries of God - 2 Enoch 23-37 -

After he becomes like the angels, Enoch is instructed by Vrevoil, the swiftest of the archangels who records all the Lord’s deeds. After being instructed for 30 days and 30 nights, Enoch records this instruction in 366 books (22:10-23:6; Recension A has 360 books). After writing the books, Enoch is invited to sit next to the Lord with Gabriel.

God proceeds to explain “mysteries” of creation and…

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