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* an interest in the angelic world that involves life after death.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch Book of Enoch]</ref> | * an interest in the angelic world that involves life after death.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch Book of Enoch]</ref> | ||
==Essenes== | ==Essenes== | ||
The relation between 1 Enoch and the [[Essenes]] was noted even before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While there is consensus to consider the sections of the Book of Enoch found in Qumran as texts used by the Essenes, the same is not so clear for the Enochic texts not found in Qumran (mainly the Book of Parables): it was proposed | The relation between 1 Enoch and the [[Essenes]] was noted even before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While there is consensus to consider the sections of the Book of Enoch found in Qumran as texts used by the Essenes, the same is not so clear for the Enochic texts not found in Qumran (mainly the Book of Parables): it was proposed to consider these parts as expression of the mainstream, but not-Qumranic, essenic movement. The main peculiar aspects of the not-Qumranic units of 1 Enoch are the following: | ||
* a Messiah called "Son of Man", with divine attributes, generated before the creation, who will act directly in the final judgment and sit on a throne of glory (1 Enoch 46:1–4, 48:2–7, 69:26–29) | * a Messiah called "Son of Man", with divine attributes, generated before the creation, who will act directly in the final judgment and sit on a throne of glory (1 Enoch 46:1–4, 48:2–7, 69:26–29) | ||