The Book of the Secrets of Enoch New edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1. Short Account of the Book -- 2. The Slavonic MSS -- 3. The Text followed in the Translation -- 4. The Language and Place of Writing--main part of the Book written originally in Greek at Alexandria, but some sections originally in Hebrew in Palestine -- 5. Relation of the Book to Jewish and Christian Literature. Authors and Writings influenced directly or indirectly by this Book: --Book of Adam and Eve, Apoc. of Moses, the pseudo-Cyprian De Montibus Sina et Sion, Apoc. of Paul, St. Augustine, Sibylline Oracles, Irenaeus, Origen, Clement of Alex., Ascension of Isaiah, Ep. of Barnabas, New Testament, Tests. of the Twelve Patriarchs -- 6. Integrity and Critical Condition of the Book -- 7. Date and Authorship. Originally Hebrew sections--pre-Christian: the rest 1-50 A. D. The author--an orthodox Hellenistic Jew of Alexandria -- 8. Some of the author's views on Creation, Anthropology, and Ethics -- 9. The value of this Book in elucidating contemporary and subsequent religions thought -- 1. Sin the cause of death -- 2. The Millennium -- 3. The Creation of Man with freewill and the knowledge of good and evil -- 4. The Seraphim -- 5. The Intercession of Saints -- 6. The Seven Heavens--an early Jewish and Christian belief -- The Book of the Secrets of Enoch. Translation and Notes -- Appendix. Melchizedekian Fragment -- Additional Note on the Phoenixes -- Index I. Passages from the Scriptures and ancient writers -- Index II. Names and SubjectsPublisher Marketing: Translated from the Slavonic by W. R. Morfill. Edited, with Introduction and Notes by R. H. Charles For 1200 years this book was known only to a few people in Russia. When it was finally revealed to the world in 1892, it was announced that it was a Slavonic version of The Book of Enoch. This was wrong, Once translated, it was found that we have an entirely different book on and about Enoch, described, by the editor, as having no less value than the other book. This is a completely new and valuable pseudoepigraph, one which every person should read who is interested in Apocalyptic literature and the origins of Christianity. This particular book was read extensively by many separate Christian groups during the first three centuries, and it has left us today with many traces of its influence. It is now time to bring this book back into print so we may relearn its value to the world. This work was written in Egypt and we have determined that its author or original editor was a Hellenistic Jew. The Greek original has been lost to history, but the Slavonic text somehow survived. In its original Greek form it had a direct influence on the writers of the New Testament. This book was also referred to by Origen and used by the Church father, Irenaeus. It was read by, and considered valuable, by the heretics of the day in addition to mainstream Christians. This may be one reason why it was excluded from the Bible. We do not believe in banning or keeping hidden important works that have proven to be of such value in the past. We hope this book will enlighten and inform those who are seeking the truth. Contributor Bio:  Charles, Robert Henry Robert Henry Charles (1855-1931) was a biblical scholar and theologian. He is known particularly for English translations of apocryphal and pseudepigraphal works, and editions including Jubilees (1895), the Book of Enoch (1906).