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Lost Book of Enoch : A Comprehensive Transliteration of the Forgotten Book of the Bible

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This book is based on the Ethiopic book rather than the Slavonic, which is known as "the Secrets of Enoch"."The Lost Book of Enoch" is a much better,readable version.
Jude 14 tells of Enoch as a prophet.So,an Enochian book did have an influence on the NT.
Discoveries of copies of the book among the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran prove the book was in existence before the time of Christ.
Mr. Lumpkin has added scripture quotes where there is a relationship to the text in this book.Editor's notes and Author's notes are also helpful,and explanatory.
This book is prophetic of Jesus Christ.It is also apocalyptic.
You can read the names of the fallen angels and the mighty archangels.
While this book is not included in the Bible,it does have value in giving us a glimpse of the beliefs of the early church and before that even.
I haven't found anything in this book that contradicts Scripture yet.
I recommend "the Lost Book of Enoch" by Joseph Lumpkin over any other book of Enoch.

This book connects the dots of doctrine and prophecy in the scriptures. It goes into more detail about the "Sons of God (Angels) that left their positions in heaven to marry human women", having children that became giants and introducing violence, sorcery, and evil spirits into the world.

It seems the revelations of Enoch were very similar to that of the prophet Daniel and John the writer of Revelations. It also seems obvious that the first christians and some Jewish sects, including Jesus Christ, were fimiliar with the Book of Enoch and considered it a part of scripture. I can understand why some questioned it's authenticity because of when the book became available and the awesome visions and supernatural scenes discribed. But if one compares them to the bible/canon we have now one can see a lot of similarities and parallels. The book of Enoch does not take anything away from what we already have, but confirms it. What struck me was the large amount of prophecies to The Elect One/ The Messiah and the naming of about 20 of the chief angels/holy ones that were in charge of about 200 other angels that had children with human women. Also the naming of a few other good angels that are not very familiar to most protestants, like Uriel, Raphael and Phanuel.

There is some debate as to whether Angels are able to procreate with human or not, but I think if you search the popular scriptures carefully you will see that is not a valid arguement. Many times angels have appears to the patriachs as "men" including the 3 that appeared to Abraham and Sarah and the ones that rescued Lot and his family. Also, I have (and some of you readers) have heard of persons, men and women, that have been attacked by evil spirits that assaulted them sexually. It was not God's plan for angels to have intercourse but because these angels in Noah's day sin's and transformed there bodies to have intercourse like humans, they were judged and cast into prison until judgement day. As far as I know, God has not allowed angels/or demons to have offspring with humans again.

Lastly, the events described in Enoch reminds one of the old myths and lengends from all over the world of god's and beings procreating with humans and other gods to produce heroes and great men of old. Examples: Lengends of Zeus and Hercules, the gods of Egypt and Odin and Thor, etc. Maybe some of these myths are reflections of what happened before the great flood. (?) Just an observation on my part.

Read the Lost Book of Enoch and do your own research and discussions.

44 reviews praising this book to the skies, and none telling you what the book is. I'm going to get slammed for saying something different...


What this book is:

It's a rewrite from English to English by the C.E.O. of a world outreach ministry called, "Karate For Christ." of someone else's translation - apparently mainly based on R.H. Charles' translation from the Coptic of 1912 - of a Jewish "pseudepigrapha" [meaning it has nothing to do with the Enoch of Genesis 5] compiled sometime over the period 3BC to 1BC, with the exception of a few later additions by Christians.

Why would anyone want to buy this?

There's a much better translation - a real translation, from Coptic - in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments (9780385096300): James H. Charlesworth. And buying those two big volumes - with all the other contents, not just 2 Enoch, 3 Enoch, works out a lot cheaper than buying one-off reprints like this. Plus you get extensive notes, introductory essays, and modern scholarship.

But maybe that's the point? The modern scholarship would spoil the fun. Who wants a holy book that has notes showing that the "Enoch" quotes from Second Temple sources, in other words only a few years before Christ and 4,000 years after Enoch is supposed to have been born.

So if you're happy with what the book is - a stripped down rewrite of someone else's translation, of a 3C BC book by someone who isn't Enoch - then, go ahead. But do so knowing what you're buying.

ALTERNATIVE READING SUGGESTION:
Jewish Literature Between The Bible And The Mishnah, with CD-ROM, Second Edition (9780800637798):
This is a great medium sized starter book introducing all the "lost books" of the period between Daniel and the New Testament.

I love my Bible. However, if you ever wondered who Jude was talking about when he quoted Enoch, or what Peter was talking about when he mentioned the angels being chained under darkness for leaving their proper domain or what was meant in Genesis when the "sons of God" went into the daughters of men and created giants...then this is the book for you. Suddenly these "difficult" passages become crystal clear. It could also explain how so many of the ancients like Job, Noah & Abraham had very specific types of knowledge about God...assuming these writings have been around as long as it claims. And this is a very good translation. As I prayerfully read it, I become a bit disgusted that it was hidden & supressed for so long. If the disciples and quite possibly Jesus himself studied Enoch, shouldn't we? And if we need to change our doctrines to line up with God reveals to us, so be it. We shouldn't supress inspired writings to line up with our doctrines. I believe there's a divine reason why specific fragments of this book were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. I also love the many visions of Enoch where the writer uniquely conveys many events that are also detailed in Ezekiel, Isaiah and Revelation, to name a few. The writer of Enoch said that this book is for a remote generation to come; so put down your remote and read this book :)

I feel the author did a good job in putting this manuscript together. The book starts out in genuine old testament style that smacks of authenticity. However, as the book goes on the style changes somewhat, seems to lose its solid beginnings and drifts off into the mystic. It is obviously a composite work that has been corrupted through the centuries by a barrage of gnostic and imaginative authors. No doubt there is some original text of Enoch in here, but weeding out the bunk is a difficult, if not impossible task.

Nevertheless, on the parts that do not contradict scripture, it offers information not readily found anywhere else, especially at its beginning. Ideas that were helpful to me included the origin of the nephilim, defining the "sons of God", and the identities of the fallen angels who commited this attempt to create a hybrid spawn and foil the prophecy of redemption and judgement through the seed of man.

I recommend that christians who read this work do so cautiously. The information in here is intriguing; no doubt some of it is credible, but the work has become corrupted through the ages and it is obvious that this is why it was not included in the divinely inspired biblical scripture.

According to the biblical narrative (Genesis 5:21-24), Enoch lived 365 years, far less than the other patriarchs in the period before the Flood. Enoch allegedly walked with God who turned him into the archangel Metatron.

He called the people back to his forefathers' religion, but only a few listened to him, while the majority turned away. According to the Talmud Selections when the people went astray, Enoch who lived a pious life in seclusion was given prophethood. He came among the people and by his sermons and speeches made the people give up the idolatory and obey the Command of God. Enoch ruled them and during his reign there was peace and justice.

Prophet Enoch and his followers left Babylon for Egypt. There he carried on his mission, calling people to what is just and fair, teaching them certain prayers and instructing them to fast on certain days and to give a portion of their wealth to the poor.
Enoch was the first to invent books and writing, much like Thoth the scribe.
The ancient Greeks declare that Enoch is the same as Mercury / Hermes Trismegistus writing the Emerald Tablets of Thoth.
Enoch taught the sons of men the art of building cities, and enacted some admirable laws. He discovered the knowledge of the Zodiac, and the course of the Planets; and he pointed out to the sons of men, that they should worship God, that they should fast, that they should pray, that they should give alms, votive offerings, and tenths. He reprobated abominable foods and drunkenness, and appointed festivals for sacrifices to the Sun, at each of the Zodiacal Signs.

Enoch's name signified in the Hebrew, Initiate or Initiator. The legend of the columns, of granite and brass or bronze, erected by him, is probably symbolical. That of bronze, which survived the flood, is supposed to symbolize the mysteries, of which Masonry is the legitimate successor from the earliest times the custodian and depository of the great philosophical and religious truths, unknown to the world at large, and handed down from age to age by an unbroken current of tradition, embodied in symbols, emblems, and allegories.
There was a substantial Zoroastrian Influence on Judaism when Jewish exiles were exposed to the Persian religion during the Babylonian captivity. Some Jews adopted Enochian tradition in Babylon during the Exile and brought it back to Canaan when Cyrus gave them leave to Return. The Enochian Jews were detested by the priesthood in Jerusalem, and they were forced to flee into the desert before 300 BCE. Naturally, they supported the Maccabees during the uprising of 165 BCE. The Enochians at Qumran 'updated' the text to include Judah the Hammer in the big story.
The last of the Essene stragglers buried the secret book in Cave IV at Qumran c.70 CE. The urban Christians and Jews of the Near East rejected it. The authors of the Apocalypse rewrote and retitled it, but they didn't understand the heptadic structure of the original lines, the arrangement of sevens. Only the students of the Merkabah in Babylonia possessed the key to the Enochian mystery.
The Book of Enoch is a pseudo-epigraphal work that claims to be written by a biblical character. It was not included in either the Hebrew or most Christian biblical canons, but could have been considered a sacred text by the sectarians. The original Aramaic version was lost until several Dead Sea Scroll fragments were discovered in Qumran Cave 4 - providing parts of the Aramaic original.
The Book of Enoch was first discovered in Abyssinia in the year 1773 by a Scottish explorer named James Bruce. In 1821 The Book of Enoch was translated by Richard Laurence and published in a number of successive editions, culminating in the 1883 edition.
Enoch acts as a scribe, writing up a petition on behalf of the fallen angels, or fallen ones, to be given to a higher power for ultimate judgment.
Christianity adopted some ideas from Enoch, including the Final Judgment, the concept of demons, the origins of evil and the fallen angels, and the coming of a Messiah and ultimately, a Messianic kingdom.
The Book of Enoch was removed from the Bible and banned by the early church. Copies of it were found to have survived in Ethiopia, and fragments in Greece and Italy.
Enoch is the supposed author of 366 books, collectively termed Enochian literature. The most famous writings bearing his name are the First, Second, and Third Books of Enoch, ranked among the large body of literature termed apocryphal and pseudepigraphical, meaning that they are noncanonical (not accepted into the body of recognized books of the Bible) and are-in the case of the pseudepigrapha-attributed to some person of note and written in the style of genuine biblical books. Most interesting of all the legends is the one in which Enoch was transported to heaven and there transformed into the angel Metatron. Once there, he was, with the divine flourish, made into Metatron, the angel of the face, high priest of the heavenly temple, and one of the supreme angels in all of the celestial hierarchy-not to mention the tallest of angels, with 36 wings and 265,000 eyes.

The three so-called pseudepigraphical works were allegedly written by or under the influence of the antediluvian patriarch Enoch, who was taken up to heaven by the Lord, an event described in the Book of Genesis (5:24); pseudepigraphical writings are those that are noncanonical (meaning not accepted into the body of biblical books) and were composed in a style intending to resemble or appear as authentic biblical literature, often assuming the title of some personage known to the audience. In the case of the Books of Enoch, the actual writers or compilers chose a figure who was the source of many legends and tales, the most notable being his transformation by God into the truly powerful angel Metatron. While decidedly uncanonical, the three books remain fascinating and colorful reading, as well as treasures of detail and fanciful images concerning angels.
1 ENOCH-Known also as the Ethiopic Book of Enoch from the fact that the only surviving complete manuscript of it is in Ethiopic , this is the oldest of the three Enoch books, dating to the mid-second century B.C., although it actually comprises various sections, each dated differently: "The Book of Noah"; "Similitudes"; "The Dream Visions"; "Apocalypse of the Weeks"; and "The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries." Aside from material on Gehenna and heaven and the nature of evil, the text is full of stories and accounts of angels. The writer covers the fall of angels, the names of the archangels, and the fire of the luminaries of heaven. The reader thus encounters such angelic personages as Raguel, Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael, Michael, and Saraqael.

2 ENOCH-Known also as the Slavonic Book of Enoch because the only extant version is a Slavonic translation of the Greek original text, this specific edition dates to the seventh century A. D., although it is based on a much older Jewish text of the first century. A.D. While similar in some ways to the first book of Enoch and perhaps using it as a source, the Slavonic Enoch details Enoch's journey through the seven heavens, the life of Enoch's successors, especially Methuselah, and then gives a forecast of the Great Flood that encompassed the world in later generations. There are descriptions of angels residing in the heavens.

3 ENOCH-Also called the Hebrew Apocalypse of Enoch, this is a Jewish writing dating probably to the second century A.D. It was allegedly written by the noted Rabbi Ishmael, a brilliant scholar of Palestine during the early second century A.D. He reputes to recount his journey to heaven, where he beheld the very throne of God, along with the hosts of angels. His information was granted to him by the archangel Metatron, the onetime patriarch Enoch. This work remains perhaps the single greatest compendium of angelic lore, including a comprehensive assemblage of angels, archangels, and holy creatures, such as the watchers and holy ones.

I bought this book first and then decided I wanted to read all three Books of Enoch for a comparison
study. All have proven to be an interesting addition to my studies in the Word of God.

This book used to be read along side the Tora, over the years that practice disappeared. I really feel as though this book should have been included in the Cannon of Scripture. It is a very eye opening book, and since Enoch walked with God for that many years, why not include it in the Cannon? I believe it was a great book to read. I've read it twice. What a Kingdom we can all look forward to one day be welcomed into.

I was excited to read and own this book. Then I read it. The English translation is horrible. Terrible sentence structure, and absolutely no command of the English language. The information is interesting, if you can get past the terrible sentence structures. I hate to write a bad review, I am usually a great audience for all artistic endeavors as I alway go, or read with excitement at the outset. Unfortunately, this is one book, I have to be honest, don't waste your money. Also, not for nothing, but the author obviously doesn't know what the word transliteration means, he apparently is in good company which is also extremely disappointing. More accurately it is a translation of the text.
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I dislike the way this book is written. It is written in one sentence chapters. The author never expounds on the thoughts which Enoch was trying to portray. I wish I had made a different choice.