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The main peculiar aspects of the Enochic Judaism are the following: | The main peculiar aspects of the Enochic Judaism are the following: | ||
* the idea of the origin of the evil caused by the | * the idea of the origin of the evil caused by the [[Fallen Angelics]], who came on the earth to unite with human women. These [[Watchers]] or [[Fallen Angelics]] 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 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; | ||
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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 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: | 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: | ||