Knowra Book of Enoch Book of Enoch The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic work attributed to Enoch, the ancestor of Noah. Its complete text survives in Geʽez within the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition.
1 Enoch : A composite Jewish apocalyptic work, also called the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, preserved in full in Geʽez. This is the conventional scholarly name for the work as a whole.
Second Temple Judaism : The diverse Jewish religious culture of the Second Temple period, from the sixth century BCE to the first century CE. The work emerged within this varied world of Jewish interpretation and apocalyptic expectation.
Enoch : A biblical patriarch who, in Genesis, walked with God and was taken away without a recorded death. The work presents this brief biblical figure as its visionary author and recipient of revelation.
Ethiopian biblical canon : The collection of scriptures recognized by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, including books absent from most other Christian canons. 1 Enoch’s canonical status is one of the clearest differences between Christian traditions.
2 Enoch : An ancient Jewish work about Enoch’s heavenly journeys, preserved chiefly in medieval Slavonic manuscripts. It shares the central figure but has a distinct text and transmission history.
Book of the Watchers : The opening major section of 1 Enoch, recounting rebellious angels, their offspring, and Enoch’s visions. It supplies the work’s best-known account of the Watchers and their judgment.
Book of Giants : An ancient Jewish work about the giant offspring of the Watchers, known from fragments among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Its related Watchers traditions show that Enochic writings circulated beyond 1 Enoch.
Jude the Apostle : A figure named Jude in the New Testament, traditionally identified as an apostle and author of the Epistle of Jude. The Epistle of Jude quotes a prophecy attributed to Enoch.
Epistle of Jude : A short New Testament letter that warns against false teachers and invokes Jewish traditions about judgment. Its quotation of an Enochic prophecy shows the work’s early influence on Christian writing.
3 Enoch : A late antique Jewish mystical work in which Enoch becomes the angel Metatron. It is a later, distinct Enochic work rather than a section of 1 Enoch.
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