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The Book of Enoch was considered as scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (16:4)[24] and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus and Tertullian, who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to [[Christ]]. | The Book of Enoch was considered as scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (16:4)[24] and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus and Tertullian, who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to [[Christ]]. | ||
==Enochic Judaism== | |||
The main peculiar aspects of the Enochic Judaism are the following: | |||
* the idea of the origin of the evil caused by the fallen angels, who came on the earth to unite with human women. These fallen angels are considered ultimately responsible for the spread of evil and impurity on the earth; | |||
* the absence in 1 Enoch of formal parallels to the specific laws and commandments found in the Mosaic Torah and of references to issues like Shabbat observance or the rite of circumcision. The Sinaitic covenant and Torah are not of central importance in the Book of Enoch; | |||
* the concept of "End of Days" as the time of final judgment that takes the place of promised earthly rewards; | |||
* the rejection of the Second Temple's sacrifices considered impure: according to Enoch 89:73, the Jews, when returned from the exile, "reared up that tower (the temple) and they began again to place a table before the tower, but all the bread on it was polluted and not pure"; | |||
* a Solar calendar in opposition to the Lunar calendar used in the Second Temple (a very important aspect for the determination of the dates of religious feasts); | |||
* 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== | |||
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[52] 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)[12]:562–563 | |||
* the sinners usually seen as the wealthy ones and the just as the oppressed (a theme we find also in the Psalms of Solomom.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch Book of Enoch]</ref> | |||
==Fallen Azazael== | ==Fallen Azazael== | ||