The Book of Enoch: From the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

One of the most important Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha works of the Second Temple Period is Enoch.

According to the biblical narrative (Genesis 5:21-24), Enoch lived only 365 years (far less than the other patriarchs in the period before the Flood).

Enoch "walked with GOD."

Enoch is a figure who receives direct personal revelation from God. He sees the magnificence of God and begins to preach to those around him against sin. He warns that the sinners will be weeded out, and that God himself wi...