VanderKam, J. | Old Testament Pseudepigrapha - School of Divinit. James C. VanderKamUniversity of Notre Dame [James VanderKam is Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has also taught at North Carolina State University. He is an expert on the Enoch literature and the world's formost living authority on the book of Jubilees. This paper will treat 1-2 Enoch, with primary emphasis falling on the earlier and more familiar 1 Enoch. I. A. 1 Enoch: 1 Enoch, preserved in a full, 108-chapter form in Ethiopic, consists of five parts and one appended chapter. 1-5 a theophany followed by an eschatological admonition6-11 the angel story (stories)12-16 Enoch and the failed petition of the angels who descended17-19 Enoch's first journey20-36 Enoch's second journey (chap. 20 is a list of angels who are connected with the journeys) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Among the many Dead Sea Scrolls is a work called the Book of Giants which is also closely tied to the person of Enoch and is based on the story about the angels who sinned. II. A. 1. 2. 3. B. The Book of Enoch and The Secrets of Enoch. The Book of Enoch Index. Contents Start Reading Page Index Text [Zipped] 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.
Interspersed with this material are quasi-scientific digressions on calendrical systems, geography, cosmology, astronomy, and meteorology. This etext has been prepared specially for sacred-texts, and is a great improvement over other versions on the Internet, with the introduction, correct verse numbering, page numbers from the 1917 edition, and intact critical apparatus. Title Page Editors' Preface Introduction Abbreviations, Brackets and Symbols Specially Used in the Translation of 1 Enoch The Book of Enoch The Parables.