The Book of Enoch is any of several pseudepigraphal works that
attribute themselves to Enoch the great-grandfather of Noah; that
is Enoch son of Jared (Genesis 5:18). Enoch is also one of the two
people in the Bible taken up to heaven without dying (the other
being Elijah) as the Bible says "And Enoch walked with God and he
was not; for God took him." (Genesis 5:24; see also Hebrews
11:5).
The Book of Enoch written during the second century B.C.E. is one of the most important non-canonical apocryphal works and probably had a huge influence on early Christian particularly Gnostic beliefs. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell angels and devils Enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels the appearance of a Messiah Resurrection a Final Judgement and a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.
The Book of Enoch written during the second century B.C.E. is one of the most important non-canonical apocryphal works and probably had a huge influence on early Christian particularly Gnostic beliefs. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell angels and devils Enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels the appearance of a Messiah Resurrection a Final Judgement and a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.
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