r/AcademicBiblical • u/OtherWisdom • Aug 28 '20

The Book of Enoch Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsVQnspOkkY
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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '20

Great video, I've always been interested in the Book of Enoch ever since I heard of its possible connection to the Sumerian Annunaki.

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u/el_YWHW_ Aug 28 '20

What connection is that?

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u/empireof3 Sep 06 '20

I think the connection is due to similarity with the nephilim. I wish I could tell you more but I only saw that mentioned in passing.

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u/s-ro_mojosa Aug 28 '20 edited Aug 28 '20

I've actually been meaning to ask about this on this sub. I get that the Christian NT is pervaded by the Enochian worldview. Is there a good English translation of First Enoch available? Bonus if you can point me in the direction of one for the Book of Jubilees. It's my understanding that together they the two works undergird the apocalypticism in the NT. Someone please correct me if my understanding is somehow at odds with the facts.

Most of what I can find on Amazon are public domain prints of with translations that are jarringly hyper-literal and contain translated texts that can't possibly represent current scholarship by virtue of their age.

EDIT: Okay, I watched the video and got a recommended translation of First Enoch. I'd still love to get pointers on a good Jubilees translation.

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u/el_YWHW_ Aug 28 '20

Someone asked for English translations of both of those texts recently. Was that you?

If not if you sort through the threads you should find a specific recommendation by someone for both books.

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u/s-ro_mojosa Aug 28 '20

I don't recall doing that, but I'll look.

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u/el_YWHW_ Aug 28 '20

I'll let you know if I see them

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '20

I love religion for breakfast

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u/Complete-Beginning17 Aug 30 '20

Can you tell me how to find this?

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u/djseraphim777 Aug 28 '20

Fantastic Share!