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Survey of ancient sources on Enoch.

Overview

Ancient Jewish sources

Genesis

Gen 5:18-24 -- [18] When Jared had lived one hundred sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch. [19] Jared lives after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters... [21] When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Mathuselah. [22] Enoch walked with the elohim after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. [23] Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. [24] Enoch walked with the elohim; then he was no more, because Elohim took him.

1 Enoch

Book of Sirach

Sir 44:16 -- Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up, an example of repentance to all generations.

2 Enoch

Early Christian sources

Gospel of Luke

Genealogy of Jesus -- Luke 3:37 -- ...the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan...

Hebrews

Hebrews 11:5 -- By faith Enoch was transferred, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had transferred him; for before his transference he had the witness that he had pleased God well.

Epistle of Jude

Jude 1:14-15 -- It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones...

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 ====1 Enoch====
-The Book of Enoch, traditional Ethiopian Commentary (2011, Magābē Mesṭir Gērāwarq), Book
-The traditional commentary of 1 Enoch, so far preserved only in manuscripts, has been published in 2011 by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawāhedo Church. The book is printed in Addis Abeba by Tensaē Printing press. Reference is made to Magābē Mesṭir Gērāwarq, specialist of Ethiopic Poetry and the Old Testament through his picture right before the beginning of the verse by verse commentary. The text is in Ge’ez and the commentary in Amharic. Instead of 108 chapters, 1 Enoch is divided into 42 chapters.
-[[Category: 1 Enoch (text)|2011 Magabe]]
 ====Book of Sirach====