Special thanks to Bredren Jason Naphtali
who found this translation (by M. Knibb) of the Ethiopian text in the
S.O.A.S. Library at the University of London.
I first heard about the Book of Enoch a few years ago, while I was researching
into 'End of Days' prophesies. When I finally managed to get hold of a copy, I
discovered that it was a very strange and unusual book. The first time I read it
I was sceptical and somewhat puzzled; I wondered who would have written an
odd book like this. I knew that Enoch, (Hanokh in Hebrew), was very
favourably mentioned in Genesis, and I discovered that Enoch's book
describes the Exodus and Moses very favourably (although not by name).
So my first theory was that it might have been written around the same time as
the Torah, perhaps around 1400 BC. However, after several readings I could
find no plausible theories. The prophecy of the animals is extremely precisely
written and obviously refers to events well after Moses (see my notes on that
chapter). Additionally; who would have dared to produce a book with people
such as Moses described in terms of farm animals?
Michael Knibb, whose translation I have used to produce this book, studied all
available manuscripts and sources, and it is clear that this book was well
known and studied in many countries well before the time of Jesus. The
earliest known surviving fragments and quotations in various languages show
that this is the same book, and that the Ethiopians have preserved it well.
In the end I was convinced that the book is really Enoch's true account of
otherwise forgotten events that occurred in early times; events that we have no
other surviving records of.
Enoch left us a book that describes people of an advanced culture The
Watchers; blond-haired people that Enoch's people considered to be Angels of
God, and it was written on the instruction of the Watchers. The standard
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The biblical book of 1 Enoch, translated by Michael A. Knibb and revised in 2...
The biblical book of 1 Enoch, translated by Michael A. Knibb and revised in 2...
The biblical book of 1 Enoch, translated by Michael A. Knibb and revised in 2...
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