ENOCH AND LOST BIBLE BOOKS

LOST TO HIDE TRUTH?  

 They really really do Not want you to know about #Giants #Nephilim #Trolls Like in Harry Potter!

Why? What else do 'they' NOT want you to Know? Censored? Ridiculed? Denied In the FACE of Facts? Obviously #UFO! LA! #Aliens!

Smithsonian institute destroyed Giant Bones

THEY ARE OWNED BY THE (CATHOLIC CHURCH) / USA GOVERNMENT! - ( Note - Unable to find C Church original source)

https://debatemindcontrol.webador.co.uk/aliens-evil-history/aliens-giants-have-always-existed/smithsonian-institute-destroyed-giant-bones

TO GOOD TO MISS

Scrivener Bwalya
James Heinz I am enjoying and learning a lot here. Apart from the interpretive challenges of Genesis 6 (Angels marrying) what other reasons have been cited for the rejection of the book?
James Heinz
Scrivener Bwalya the book of Enoch was only rejected by Christians because it said Angel's as the Sons of God in Genesis 6
This lead Augustine to believe that Enoch didn't write the book and he called it a fable. Christians may have rejected it later on for other reasons but those reasons were not the original reason of the books rejection
City of God”, I, XV, XXIII:
"Let us omit, then, the fables of those scriptures which are called apocryphal, because their obscure origin was unknown to the fathers from whom the authority of the true Scriptures has been transmitted to us by a most certain and well-ascertained succession. For though there is some truth in these apocryphal writings, yet they contain so many false statements, that they have no canonical authority. We cannot deny that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, left some divine writings, for this is asserted by the Apostle Jude in his canonical epistle. But it is not without reason that these writings have no place in that canon of Scripture which was preserved in the temple of the Hebrew people by the diligence of successive priests; for their antiquity brought them under suspicion, and it was impossible to ascertain whether these were his genuine writings, and they were not brought forward as genuine by the persons who were found to have carefully preserved the canonical books by a successive transmission. So that the writings which are produced under his name, and which contain these fables about the giants, saying that their fathers were not men; are properly judged by prudent men to be not genuine."
However the motives of the Rabbi's were different on this. They wanted to reject Christ and deny Him as our Messiah

 

THIS IS JAMES VIEW - James Heinz

Did Enoch Actually Write The Book of Enoch?
The list of topics in the post are shown just slightly below this comment. It pertains to the question of if Enoch had actually written the Book that's ascribed to him... it covers why the Book is not included in most Bibles (with the exception of the Ethiopian Bible which is one of the oldest Christian Bibles in the world) and finally the post covers the topic regarding if the book of Enoch has remained intact. This final topic will also cover the details pertaining to the language of the book and the Apostles quotations of it.
Index of Post:

Topic #1: Did Enoch actually write the Book
Topic #2: Why was it not included among most Bibles
Topic #3: Did it remain intact

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Topic #1: Did Enoch actually write the Book of Enoch?

The oldest sources all confirm that Enoch had in fact written the Book

Two Scrolls found among the Caves of Qumran both claimed that Enoch's Book was in existence and that it had been preserved since even before Abraham.

#1 The Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls:
"Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he fathered Isaac. Isaac was sixty years old when he fathered Jacob. Jacob was sixty-five years old when he fathered Levi. He gave to Levi the Book of the Words of Enoch to preserve and pass on". From "A Biblical Chronology" from the Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q559 Col. 2 M.Wise Trans.

#2 The Essenes, another scroll found among the Dead Sea Scrolls:
From "Tales of the Patriarchs"
"Nevertheless, after five years had passed there came three men, councilors from the Egyptian court and advisers of the Pharaoh of Zoan. They came having heard of my words and my wife, and kept plying me with many gifts. They asked me for knowledge of goodness, wisdom, and righteousness, so I read to them the Book of the Words of Enoch. …in the famine that … the Book of the Words of Enoch …"
Dead Sea Scrolls ~ 1QapGen Col. X1X 23-26 Translated by Michael Wise

Additionally there were many copies of the book of Jubilees that had also been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jubilees is said to have been partially written by Moses and it even has a prophecy that Christ fulfilled in the New Testament. A Prophecy thats not found anywhere else in any of the Manuscripts predating Him. (The part about Abraham rejoicing to see Christ's day in the Temple)

Jubilees also confirms the existence of Enoch's writings as well

Jubilees 4:22 R.H. Charles Translation
And he (Enoch) testified to the Watchers, who had sinned with the daughters of men; for these had begun to unite themselves, so as to be defiled, with the daughters of men, and Enoch testified against (them) all. 23And he was taken from amongst the children of men, and we conducted him into the Garden of Eden in majesty and honour, and behold there he writes down the con-detonation and judgment of the world, and all the wickedness of the children of men.

Then the most popular evidence comes from Jude who specifically stated that his words came from Enoch the Seventh from Adam.

Jude 14-15 King James Version
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Jude in his short epistle was quoting Enoch 1:9

Enoch 1:9 R.H. Charles Translation
9And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

Now before you say that Jude was just reciting some ancient words of Enoch, either by tradition or by the Holy Spirit... We must first understand that the oldest writers who lived in that early generation, knew that Jude had in fact quoted from the Book of Enoch.

Second century Tertullian confirmed this in his own writings

Tertullian (160-220 AD)
On the Apparel of Women I 3:3:
“But since Enoch in the same Scripture has preached likewise concerning the Lord, nothing at all must be rejected by us which pertains to us; and we read that ‘every Scripture suitable for edification is divinely inspired.’ (2 Timothy 3:16) By the Jews it may now seem to have been rejected for that very reason, just like all the other portions nearly which tell of Christ. Nor, of course, is this fact wonderful, that they did not receive some Scriptures which spake of Him whom even in person, speaking in their presence, they were not to receive. To these considerations is added the fact that Enoch possesses a testimony in the Apostle Jude.” (Jude 1:14-15)

In fact it was so widely known that Jude quoted from this book that it almost had the book of Jude removed as inspired Scripture...

Jerome (342-420 AD) On Illustrious Men chapter 4:
"Jude the brother of James, left a short epistle which is reckoned among the seven catholic epistles, and because in it he quotes from the apocryphal Book of Enoch it is rejected by many. Nevertheless by age and use it has gained authority and is reckoned among the Holy Scriptures."

So we should be able to see that the ancient sources give us confirmation that Jude had quoted from this ancient book. And we can see that it was strongly believed to be actual writings from Enoch who had existed prior to the flood.
More evidence that this book was written by Enoch can be seen by Alexander the Great's refrence of it. In the late 1700's John Gill wrote a Book about the origin of the Hebrew letters. In it he mentioned a letter written by Alexander the Great to his teacher Aristotle where he mentioned a book that strongly resembled the Book of Enoch that we have today. He even indicated that this book that was in possession of those in India had in fact existed since prior to the flood.

JOHN GILL, D.D. ON THE HEBREW LETTERS, VOWEL POINTS, & ACCENTS chapter 2:
"In Syria and Mesopotamia are said to be some ancient books of the Zabians, which they pretend to be the patriarch Seth’s ; and the Arabic writers say, that Seth was the inventor of writing letters, and showed them in the Hebrew tongue. If the account that is given of Cainan, the grandson of Seth, could be credited, it would not only prove the use of letters in those early times, but that the Hebrew letters were then used; the account is what is said to be sent by Alexander the Great, when in India, to his master Aristotle, and is as follows: “When I came to such a place in India, says he, the natives told me that they had with them the sepulcher of an ancient king that ruled over all the world, whose name was Cainan, the son of Enos , who foreseeing that God would bring a flood upon the earth, wrote his prophecy of it on tables of stone, and they are here; the writing is Hebrew writing.”
ENOCH, the seventh from Adam, delivered out the prophecy referred to by the apostle Jude, ver. 14, 15, but whether it was written is not certain; it is not improbable it might be: the Jews make mention of a writing of his in their ancient book of Zohar , and in the Targum of Jonathan on Genesis 5:24, he is called the great scribe; and several of the christian fathers speak of a book of his as authentic, as Tertullian and others; and the Arabic writers tell us of pyramids and pillars erected by him, on which he engraved the arts and the instruments of them; and some writers ascribe the invention of letters and writing of books to him; but what characters he wrote and engraved in are not said"

So was this book written by Enoch? Well based on all the ancient sources we have, it seems extremely likely that it was. The Jew's that preserved it had on multiple occasions claimed Enoch wrote the book. And Alexander the Great mentioned a book that even John Gill concluded came from Enoch. What's even more interesting about John Gill's passage is that the Book of Enoch wasn't known to exist in his day until about 3-7 years after John Gill's death.

Finally the last quotation that I'd like to cover pertaining to this topic actually comes from the first individual to reject the book of Enoch (or at least the contents found within it). Rabbi Simeon who was the Greatest disciple of Rabbi Akiba (the man in charge of Jamnia which took control of the Biblical literature after Rome destroyed the Temple in 70 AD) confirmed that Enoch did in fact write the book.

Rabbi Simeon (about 160 AD) had said:
"Had I been alive when the Holy One, blessed be He, gave mankind the book of Enoch and the book of Adam, I would have endeavoured to prevent their dissemination, because not all wise men read them with proper attention, and thus extract from them perverted ideas, such as lead men astray from the Most High to the worship of strange powers. Now, however, the wise who understand these things keep them secret, and thereby fortify themselves in the service of their Master."
(Zohar 1:72b)

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Topic #2: This leads us to the next topic which was why the Book was not included as Scripture in most Bibles...

The answer to this question has actually been explained by the quotations shown above.
Once Rome invaded Isreal in 70 AD and destroyed the Temple, all Biblical literature was then handled at Jamnia. The Jews that took control of Jamnia were Pharisees and they wanted to dictate which books they felt were Scripture as well as stop the spread of Christianity. Contrary to popular opinion the different sects of Jews would not have agreed with the decisions made by these Jews.

#1: The Sadducees only accepted the five books of Moses as Scripture. Obviously they wouldn't have agreed that any more than 5 books were Scripture.

#2: The Essenes shown in the quotations above clearly believed that Enoch wrote the book, and we know Jubilees was very valuable to them since there were as many books of Jubilees as many of the traditional canon Scriptures like Genesis, Psalms ext...

#3: The Hellenistic Jews used the Greek Septuagint. We don't actually know what books they called Scripture but we do know many ancient books like Tobit and Enoch were translated into Greek. Back then there wasn't books that had been bound together. It was just a collection Scrolls. So it's logical to conclude that if the Jews translated into Greek then more than likely the Hellenistic Jews had used and called it Scripture (or included it among the Septuagint)

#4: And finally the Pharisees who supported only 22-24 Book's as Scripture... We can't actually confirm that this is the amount of books they chose to support but we do know that Josephus who was a Pharisee made this claim.

Josephus also mentioned that the Essenes had their own sacred Manuscripts and in the description of those books we see evidence of what was probably the book of Enoch (based on his description that was given)

Josephus War II, 119-61: The Life of the Essenes: "Moreover, he (pertaining to the Essenes initiation)
swears to communicate their doctrines exactly as he received them himself, to abstain from robbery, and to carefully preserve the books belonging to their school and the names of the angels. These are the oaths by which they secure their proselytes."

No book names more angels then the book of Enoch (at least that I know of) and since they had several Manuscripts of the book of Enoch we can see that this is most likely the source (on top of the fact their claim that it had originated from him)
Now some other things we should make a note of here is that many Christians did in fact call the Book of Enoch Scripture. Tertullian above clearly did. Justin Martyr in the second taught passages from it indicating he did. Irenaeus in the second century paraphrased several chapters of it. Polycarp who was the disciple of the Apostle John may have quoted from it (Irenaeus quoted a passage from Polycarps book that's no longer available to us) Origen and Clement of Alexandria both called Enoch Scripture prior to 200 AD.

So we can see the church had established the book of Enoch (at least in some circles of Christians) and many of these early Christians had direct relations with the Apostles. If Enoch wasn't important to the Apostles we wouldn't see so many early churchs with this ancient book from Israel. But these Isrealites around 100 AD (Namely Akiba) closed the Jewish canon and rejected the book of Enoch. Simeon who rejected the book of Enoch had done so based on the claim that the Sons of God were not Angel's.

"The theme of the Book of Enoch dealing with the nature and deeds of the fallen angels so infuriated the later Church fathers that one, Filastrius, actually condemned it openly as heresy (Filastrius, Liber de Haeresibus, no. 108). Nor did the rabbis deign to give credence to the book's teaching about angels. Rabbi Simeon ben Jochai in the second century A.D. pronounced a curse upon those who believed it" (Delitzsch, p. 223).

But was the rejection of writings from Enoch appropriate based on this one idea? Josephus had no problem with the view that the Sons of God in Genesis 6 were Angel's, neither did Philo (Jews that lived before 100 AD)

Josephus (37-100 AD) Antiquities of the Jew's chapter 3: "For many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants."

Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jew (20 BC-50 AD) On the Giants chapter 2:
"And when the angels of God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful, they took unto themselves wives of all of them whom they Chose."

We also see the Essenes took this view as well, not just by their confirmation of Enoch writing the book but also by other Scrolls that they had which confirmed their acceptance of this view

Essenes Dead Sea Scrolls:
4Q180 Frag. 1 The prophetic interpretation concerning the ages which God made: an age to complete [all that is] 2 and shall be. Before He created them, He established [their] workings [...] 3 age by age. And it
was engraved upon [eternal] tablets [...] 4 [...] ages of their dominion.
This is the rule of the so[ns of Noah to] 5 [Abraham un]til he bore Isaac, ten
[generations (?)...] 6 [...]
7 The prophetic interpretation concerning Azazel and the angels wh[o
went in to the daughters of man,] 8 [so that] they bore mighty men to them.
And concerning Azazel [who taught them] 9 [to love] iniquity and to pass on
wickedness as an inheritance, all [...] 10 [...] judgments, and the judgment of the council of [...]

Not only do we see Azazel mentioned here but also the same account that's given in Enoch.
The Talmud an ancient Jewish historical book (definitely not Scripture) also mentioned Jews that had taken to this understanding of Gen 6.

Yoma 67b:
"The school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: Azazel is so called because it atones for the actions of Uzza and Azael. These are the names of “sons of God” who sinned with “daughters of men” (Genesis 6:2) and thereby caused the world to sin during the generation of the Flood."

Even the Hebrew Manuscripts of Leviticus confirm this same account by the mentioning of the name Azazel. Azazel being the word thats commonly translated as Scapegoat in our modern day Bible's.

Leviticus 16:10
JPS Tanakh 1917
But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before the LORD, to make atonement over him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.

But Akiba who closed the Hebrew canon and his disciple who created a new interpretation of Genesis 6 had no problem excluding Enoch as being authorative.

“After Jerusalem’s destruction, Jamnia became the home of the Great Sanhedrin. Around 100, a council of rabbis there established the final canon of the OT” (Ed. Martin, Ralph P., and Peter H. Davids, Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments [InterVarsity Press, 2000, c1997], 185).

This last point (in my comment above) should deeply bother you... again same Jews that said only 22-24 Book's were Scripture, who neglected the other books that various Jews had accepted as being sacred... also rejected the writings from Enoch because of their own brand new interpretation of Genesis 6... not only that but the same individual who discredited Enoch for this reason admitted the book was Enoch's Writings.
What should also speak volumes to us is The fact that the earliest Christians all took the view that Angels were in fact the Sons of God in Genesis 6...

Justin Martyr
Athenagoras of Athens
Irenaeus
Clement of Alexandria
Origen
Tertullian
Archelaus
Commodianus
Cyprian
Anatolius of Laodicea
Alexander of Lycopolis

That's just to name a few there are more. Then we have to remember that Abba Garima who helped translate Enoch into Geez for the Ethiopians (around 498 AD according to some ancient legends) also called the Book of Enoch Scripture. And some Latin speaking Christians in the West must have continued to support Enoch long after Augustines rejection (around 400 AD) because Beowulf was inspired by a Latin Translation of Enoch that once existed. This this leads us to the one who was more than likely the biggest proponent to the Book of Enoch's rejection in later Christianity. Augustine helped define what books were part of the Septuagint. Although Augustine supported the Greek Septuagint, he still followed this one belief that stemmed from Rabbi Simeon. Augustine believed that the Book of Enoch must not have been written by Enoch because it taught that Angels were the Sons of God in Genesis 6.

Augustine (354-430 AD) City of God:
"Let us omit, then, the fables of those scriptures which are called apocryphal, because their obscure origin was unknown to the fathers from whom the authority of the true Scriptures has been transmitted to us by a most certain and well-ascertained succession. For though there is some truth in these apocryphal writings, yet they contain so many false statements, that they have no canonical authority. We cannot deny that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, left some divine writings, for this is asserted by the Apostle Jude in his canonical epistle. But it is not without reason that these writings have no place in that canon of Scripture which was preserved in the temple of the Hebrew people by the diligence of successive priests; for their antiquity brought them under suspicion, and it was impossible to ascertain whether these were his genuine writings, and they were not brought forward as genuine by the persons who were found to have carefully preserved the canonical books by a successive transmission. So that the writings which are produced under his name, and which contain these fables about the giants, saying that their fathers were not men; are properly judged by prudent men to be not genuine."

As we can see in his writings he even admitted that the Book of Enoch was extremely old which is contrary to modern day views. Augustine just followed the views of Rabbi Simeon (again the same Rabbi who admitted that Enoch wrote the book). According to Tertullian these Jews had actually rejected the book of Enoch because it prophesied of Christ. A claim that many Christians said for 400 years when pertaining to those extra ancient Jewish books that Christians accepted as Scripture.

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Topic #3: This leads us to the final topic, did the Book of Enoch remain the same?

Well again among the Dead Sea Scrolls Several Manuscripts of Enoch were found.

The portions of Enoch that were discovered are listed below:

Enoch 1:1-6, 1:9-5:1, 2:1-5:6, 5:9-6:4, 6:7-8:1, 6:4-8:1, 6:7, 8:2-9:4, 8:3-9:3, 6-8, 10:13-19, 12:3, 10:21-11:1, 10:3-4, 10:8-12, 13:6-14:16, 18:8-12, 22:13-24:1, 22:3-7, 25:7-27:1, 28:3-29:2, 31:2-32:3, 30:1-32:1, 32:3-6, 33:3-34:1, 35:?, 36:1-4, 74:1-2, 78:9-12, 76:13-77, 76:3-10, 78:6-8, 79:2-5, 82:9-13, 86:1-3, 88:3-89:6, 89:11-14, 89:27-30, 89:29-31, 89:31-36, 89:43-44, 89:7-16, 91:18-92:2, 92:5-93:4, 93:11-94:2, 93:9-10, 91:11-17, 103:3-4 (in Greek), 104:13-106:2, 106:13-107:2

Almost every chapter was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. If we were going to claim that the Book of Enoch had not remained the same we would assume to find variances with the Scrolls and the Ethiopian Translation. However those differences are not present indicating that the Book did in fact remained intact. To be fair there are some slight differences worth mentioning. The Book of Giants is ascribed as writings of Enoch and besides what fragments were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls this book for now is essentially lost. Enoch's Parables were also missing from the findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, although there's a very reliable source to have claimed that Enochs Parables were present but are now exclusively in the hands of a private owner.
Without Enochs Parables one could come to the conclusion that it was a later addition. But we do find this portion included in the book from very early quotations in the early church.

Tertullian and Origen (before 200 AD) both quoted Enochs Parables. When Origen openly supported the book of Enoch he was part of the Alexandrian church. His teacher Clement would have most definitely used the same translation of Enoch. Because of this we can safely conclude that the Parables were also in his translation as well. This means Enochs Parables were included in the Enoch that was in Carthage (Tertullian's translation of it) and Alexandria (Clement and Origens Translation of it) prior to 150 AD. It's very unlikely with that timeframe that Enoch's Parables would be a later addition especially since it has numerous quotations of Revelations which would have been difficult to obtain prior to Tertullian and Origen. Speaking of quotations, the early church did quote from the Book of Enoch many, many times, Tertullian especially. Because of this we can compare those translations from the early church along with the Enoch Dead Sea Scrolls and Ethiopian translation confirming that nothing from this book had changed. Besides the Ethiopian Translation of Enoch a later Greek Translation was also discovered. Those passages compliment the Ethiopian Enoch with some minor differences. The passages that most have issues with are actually solved by those slight differences in this Greek Translation. For example in Enoch chapter seven from the Ethiopian Translation it mentions the height of the Giants ranging from 450 to over 1000.... However the Greek doesn't actually list a height, instead it lists the time in which the Angels transgressed. Besides this one verse having a slight variation, the rest is almost entirely the same. Once again this gives further proof that the same book the Jew's had during the time of Christ, was in fact the same book of Enoch that we have today. And really these slight variations shouldn't really give us much concern. The Greek Translation of the Book of Esther is larger than the Hebrew Translation of it, and it has multiple passages about God whereas the Hebrew is lacking them. The Book of Esther has yet to be confirmed among the Dead Sea Scrolls although recently its been said that its surfaced. And many of the traditional Scriptures also have portions missing among the Scrolls. So I find the idea that slight variances automatically equates to the book as being false lacking. Especially when that same argument could be applied to our current Scriptures.

What about language? How could Enoch be the same since we don't really know the language that it was originally translated in. I personally find this argument silly. People who speak multiple languages are completely capable of translating books into their own language. Plus languages change over time. The Hebrew that Moses used in his writings was not the same as the Hebrew that existed during the time of Christ. Akiba in his book mentioned how an ancient Manuscript written by Moses was unreadable to the later Isrealites because the style had changed.

Akiba (around 100 AD) Full text of "The letters of Rabbi Akiba, or, The Jewish primer as it was used in the public schools two thousand years ago":

"When the High Priest Chilkijah found an old book of Moses in the Temple he could not read it, and gave it to Shapan the scribe who by advice of the King Joshijahn, brought it to the Prophetess Childa for interpretation. It is probable that it was one of the ancient early books of the law which was written in simple plain letters with regular vowels and punctuation in the Chaldean Alpha Beth, hence neither the high priest nor the scribe could read it."

What I find interesting about this quotation is that Moses had used vowels when writing the books of the law, something the later Hebrew no longer included. Another thing we need to remember is even the Dead Sea Scrolls had two forms of Hebrew. The Paleo Hebrew or Pre-Masoretic Hebrew was a different style them the later Masoretic that most Bibles are based off of today. Even the context had some variances, the Paleo Hebrew resembled the Greek Old Testament whereas the Masoretic Hebrew resembled our modern day Masoretic. The oldest manuscripts of the book of Enoch were found written in Aramaic. This is not likely the original language it was written in. It's likely that the Book of Enoch was probably written in a similar Hebrew that Moses had used when writing the book of laws but again we really don't know. We also have to remember that all the ancient books had to be restored by Esdras after Babylon conquered Israel. So even if we knew exactly what language it was originally written in, we still wouldn't have any evidence of it remaining since they all had to be restored by Esdras anyways. This was a point Tertullian had also made when defending the book of Enoch from the later Jewish Rabbi's rejection of it.

Tertullian (160-220 AD) On the Apparel of Women Chapter 3. Concerning the Genuineness of The Prophecy of Enoch: "If (Noah) had not had this (conservative power) by so short a route, there would (still) be this (consideration) to warrant our assertion of (the genuineness of) this Scripture: he could equally have renewed it, under the Spirit's inspiration, after it had been destroyed by the violence of the deluge, as, after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian storming of it, every document of the Jewish literature is generally agreed to have been restored through Ezra."

This means that just because the original language is probably lost, we have no room to complain. The language Moses wrote the book of Laws had changed. The Hebrew Moses used differed from the Hebrew that was used during the days of Christ. And the Hebrew that Akiba used changed in format from those older Hebrew that came before it. And since the Isrealites prided themselves on how well they were able to translate their Manuscripts in Greek, we should be wise enough to respect their understanding and usages of the words when they transcribed them into these various languages... I should be clear though that the older Hebrew should take precedence over the younger which may not have been as carefully preserved. But again my point is dismissing the book of Enoch based on original language would be hypocritical especially when we consider that even Hebrew has gone through gradual changes.

Finally when assessing if the book of Enoch has remained the same we should also consider just how many times the Apostles used the book. Although most only consider Judes passage of Enoch as being the only quotation. This however is very far from the truth. The Apostles actually quoted from the Book of Enoch more than 100 different times which is more than any other book. And since in the previous topic we've proven that the Book of Enoch has remained the same then we can safely conclude that the Isrealites did in fact appropriately preserve the book of Enoch that the Apostles had used and supported.

Here is a list of their quotations of the book of Enoch:

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." (Mat 5:5)
"The elect shall possess light, joy and peace, and they shall inherit the earth." (Enoch 5:7 {6:9})

"The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the son" (John 5:22)
"The principal part of the judgment was assigned to him, the Son of man." (Enoch 69:27 {68:39})

"Shall inherit everlasting life" (Mat. 19:29)
"those who will inherit eternal life" (Enoch 40:9 {40:9})

""Wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. (Luke 6:24)
Woe to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted; but from your riches you shall be removed." (Enoch 94:8 {93:7}).

"Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mat. 19:28)
I will place each of them on a throne of glory" (Enoch 108:12 {105:26})

"Woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born." (Mat. 26:24)
"Where will the habitation of sinners be . . . who have rejected the Lord of spirits. It would have been better for them, had they never been born." (Enoch 38:2 {38:2})

"Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed." (Luke 16:26)
"by a chasm . . . [are] their souls are separated" (Enoch 22: 9,11{22:10,12})

"In my Father's house are many mansions" (John 14:2)
"In that day shall the Elect One sit upon a throne of glory, and shall choose their conditions and countless habitations." (Enoch 45:3 {45:3})

"That ye may be called the children of light" (John 12:36)
"The good from the generation of light" (Enoch 108:11 {105: 25})

"The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." (John 4:14)
"All the thirsty drank, and were filled with wisdom, having their habitation with the righteous, the elect, and the holy." (Enoch 48:1 {48:1})

#1 Enoch 1:6 {1:6} - 1 Peter 4:17
#2 Enoch 1:9 {2:1} - Jude 14-15
#3 Enoch 27:2 {26:2} - Jude 15
#4 Enoch 5:7 {6:9} - Matthew 5:5
#5 Enoch 9:3-5 {9:3-4} - Revelation 17:14, 4:11: Hebrews 4:13
#6 Enoch 10:4-6,11-14 {10:6-9,15-17} - Jude 6: 2 Peter 2:4: Revelation 20:10
#7 Enoch 14:21-22 {14:23-24} - 1 Timothy 6:116
#8 Enoch 14:22 {14:24} - Revelation 5:11
#9 Enoch 18:14 {18:16} - Jude 13
#10 Enoch 21:7-9 {21:5-6} - Revelation 20:1-3
#11 Enoch 22:8 {22:9} - Luke 16:22-25
#12 Enoch 25:4-5,7 {24:9,11} - Revelation 22:2,7,14
#13 Enoch 37:1-5, 38:2,4,6 {37:1-2, 38:2,4,6} - Hebrews 12:9
#14 Enoch 38:2 {38:2} - Matthew 26:24
#15 Enoch 39:1-2 {39:1} - 1 Timothy 5:21
#16 Enoch 39:3-5,7 {39:3-4,7} - 2 Corinthians 12:1-4, 1John 14:2, Revelation 19:1
#17 Enoch 40:2-9 {40:2-8} - Revelation 4:6-8 Revelation 12:10
#18 Enoch 40:9-10 {40:9} - Matthew 19:29
#19 Enoch 45:3 {45:3} - Matthew 25:31-32
#20 Enoch 45:4-6 {45:4-5} - Luke 9:35, 2 Peter 3:13
#21 Enoch 46:3 {46:2} - Corinthians 2:2
#22 Enoch 46:5-6 {46:4} - Luke 1:52
#23 Enoch 47:1-2 {47:1-2} - Luke 18:7, 2 Peter 3:9, Revelation 6:10
#24 Enoch 47:3, 50:1-2, 56:8 {47:3, 50:1-2, 54:12} - Revelation 20:11-15
#25 Enoch 48:1 {48:1} - John 4:14, Revelation 7:17, 21:6
#26 Enoch 48:7 {48:6} - Galatians 1:14, 1 John 2:15
#27 Enoch 48:8 {48:8-9} - Revelation 14:9-10
#28 Enoch 48:10, 15:3-4 {48:11, 15:2} - Jude 4
#29 Enoch 48:4-5 {48:4} - Ephesians 1:9
#30 Enoch 51:2 {50:2} - Luke 21:28
#31 Enoch 51:4 {50:4} - Matthew 22:30
#32 Enoch 51:4 {50:5} - Matthew 13:43
#33 Enoch 53:6 {53:6} - Revelation 13:14
#34 Enoch 58:5-6 {56:5} - 1 John 2:8
#35 Enoch 61:10 {60:13} - 2 Thessalonians 1:7
#36 Enoch 62:2-4 {61:4-9} - 2 Thessalonians 2:8, 1:8-9, Revelation 6:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Matthew 24:30
#37 Enoch 62:6-7 {61:10} - Matthew 28:18
#38 Enoch 62:14 {61:17} - Revelation 3:20
#39 Enoch 63:8 {62:11} - Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 3:25
#40 Enoch 67:5-7 {66:5-7} - Matthew 13:42, 25:41, Revelation 20:10
#41 Enoch 69:27-28 {68:39} - John 5:22
#42 Enoch 71:11-12 {70:13-15} - Hebrews 11:5
#43 Enoch 77:1-2 {76:2} - Roman's 9:5, 2 Corinthians 11:31
#44 Enoch 80:1-7 {79:1-7}- Matthew 24:7, 21-22, 29
#45 Enoch 86:1 {85:1} - Revelation 9:1
#44 Enoch 89:56-57 {88:92} - Luke 13:35, Matthew 23:38
#45 Enoch 90:20 {89:29-31} - Revelation 20:12
#46 Enoch 90:21-22 {89:32} - Revelation 1:4, 4:5
#47 Enoch 90:22-26 {89:33} - Revelation 20:15
#48 Enoch 90:29 {89:39} - Revelation 3:12, Hebrews 11:10, 12:22
#49 Enoch 90:31-32 {89:41} - Revelation 3:5
#50 Enoch 91:4 {90:5} - James 1:8
#51 Enoch 92:3-5 {91:3} - 1John 1:7
#52 Enoch 91:16-17 {92:17} - Revelation 21:1
#53 Enoch 94:1 {93:1} - 1 Timothy 1:15
#54 Enoch 94:7-8 {93:7} - Luke 6:24, James 5:1
#55 Enoch 97:7-9, 98:16 {96:6-7,25} - Luke 12:16-20
#56 Enoch 99:3 {97:4} - Acts 10:4
#57 Enoch 99:6-9 {97:8} - Revelation 9:20
#58 Enoch 100:2-3 {98-3} - Revelation 14:20
#59 Enoch 104:10-11 {104:7-8} - 1 Timothy 4:1-2
#60 Enoch 108:8-12 {105:25} - Ephesians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:5, John 12:36, Luke 16:8
#61 Enoch 108:12-13 {105:26} - Revelation 3:21, Matthew 19:28

In conclusion we should be able to see that the Isrealites had claimed that they preserved a book written by Enoch. We should be able to see that the same book that was available to the Isrealites during the time of Christ, is the same book the Ethiopians had also preserved. From the assessment of quotations by those who first rejected the book we can see why their reasoning was false. We can also see that language does not deter us in any way from the reliability of this ancient text. And finally with endless amounts of quotations of the book of Enoch written by the Apostles we have further confirmation that they too had endorsed this book that was known as actual Enoch writings

Enoch 104:10-13 R.H. Charles
And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practise great deceits, and write books concerning their words. 11But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully- all that I first testified concerning them. 12Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. 13And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.

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