Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil: Why Church Fathers Suppressed the Book of Enoch and Its Startling Revelations (Mass Market Paperback)

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Did rebel angels take on human bodies to fulfill their lust for the "daughters of men"? Did these fallen angels teach men to build weapons of war?

That is the premise of the Book of Enoch, a text cherished by the Essenes, early Jews and Christians but later condemned by both rabbis and Church Fathers. The book was denounced, banned and "lost" for over a thousand years-until in 1773, a Scottish explorer discovered three copies in Ethiopia.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet examines the controversy surrounding this book and sheds new light on Enoch's forbidden mysteries. She demonstrates that Jesus and the apostles studied the Book of Enoch and tells why Church Fathers suppressed its teaching that angels could incarnate in human bodies. Contains all the Enoch texts, including the Book of Enoch, and biblical parallels.

Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil takes you back to the primordial drama of Good and Evil, when the first hint of corruption entered a pristine world-earth.

Contains Richard Laurence's translation of the Book of Enoch, all the other Enoch texts, including the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, biblical parallels

About the Author

Elizabeth Clare Prophet is a world-renowned author and teacher. She has pioneered techniques in practical spirituality, including the creative power of sound for personal growth and world transformation. Mrs. Prophet has authored more than 25 books, and her writings have been translated into 20 languages and sold in more than 30 markets worldwide. Her lectures and workshops have been broadcast on more than 200 cable TV stations throughout the United States. She has also been featured on NBC's Ancient Prophecies and A&E's The Unexplained and has talked about her work on Donahue, Larry King Live, Nightline, Sonya Live and CNN & Company.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 524 pages
• Publisher: Summit University Press (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922729433
• ISBN-13: 978-0922729432
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,999 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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170 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read, October 10, 2000

By	Joel Brown (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

Did you ever wonder about the "sons of God" in the sixth chapter of Genesis? Well, it was a few lines summing up the book of Enoch, likely written prior to Genesis even. This book argues that Enoch is Scripture and also explains why that is so. But since as the cover reads the church fathers suppressed it, we don't find it in our Bibles today. But by drawing parallels to it and our Bible it concludes Jesus had thorough Enochian knowledge. Not only that, but that all the characters of biblical times knew of the Watchers' fall, and the adulteration of our race with Nephilim genetics. They also believe that there were 2 'falls' of the angels rather than one, as commonly thought of as result to Lucifer's fall. The first, out of pride, the Nephilim fell. Second, out of lust, did the Watchers. And as temptation befell the Watchers to incarnate male homo sapiens, the daughters of ancient man gave birth to giants, reputed to be 300 cubits tall by the books translation of Enoch. That also adds to this books value, it has the complete book of Enoch and the book of the secrets of Enoch, and excerpts from the book of Jubilees and the testaments of the twelve patriarchs. Last of all, the book has many illustrations of angel related scenes portrayed. Not a likely best seller, but a worthy read for those interested:)

139 of 166 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fun and games with fallen angels, June 11, 2002

By A Customer

This is not the space for comment on the author. Anyone wanting to know about Elizabeth Clare Prophet, her Church Universal Triumphant, and the Summit Lighthouse organization can very easily search for her own web pages on the net and form their own judgement.

One thing you will not find in this book is a cogent examination of 'Why church fathers supressed the book of Enoch'. To write on such a subject one would have to know something about the formation of the Hebrew canon - an area in which Ms. Prophet clearly has not even taken the trouble to read the standard texts (such as Leiman, Wurthwein and Tov), and then on patristics (where R.H. Charles gives a decent summary of Origen, Jerome and other fathers' views on Enoch).

However, on the positive side, for those who are looking for a copy of the Book of Enoch, some alternative suggestions:

If you are looking for a general read about all the various traditions about the Enoch mentioned in Genesis and then taken up by various Jewish, Christian and Muslim writers since, the book for you is probably 'Enoch A Man for All Generations' by the eminent professor James Vanderkam, chairman of the Society for Biblical Literature.

If you are looking for a scholarly and accurate translation of the original text of Book of Enoch as quoted in Jude 14, then the book for you is either the 1912 translation by R.H. Charles published (still) by SPCK, or the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Volume 1 ed. J.H. Charlesworth, and published by Doubleday 1983. Avoid the elderly 1821 translation by Rev. Richard Laurence if possible. If the SPCK version is out of print, there seem to be various 'reproduction' copies available from American New Age publishing houses.

If you are looking for what the NT writers thought of the so-called 'Book of Enoch' read Luke 20:35-36, Titus 1:14, Heb 1:14, 2Pe. 2:16-20,3:3,3:10-12, Jude 8, and compare Jude 14 with 1En1:9 and Deut 33:2. (But you might still need a copy of Enoch to understand what Peter and Jude were getting so upset about).

If you are looking for sensationalist stories about fallen angels then you probably will get more out of the vampire fiction of Anne Rice...

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keep baby, throw out bathwater, January 4, 2004

By	"rwmk5" (london, ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

Good translation of enoch from liberation perspective. I approached Clare with a grain of salt, and tried to consider her target audience when she was writing this intro to the text. If she is using metaphor to get accross her point then she is smarter than people are giving her credit, but then maybe I'm giving her too much credit. The interesting idea behind the book that no other reviewer mentions is its association of the watchers with the world's ruling elites, which Clare does touch upon to her credit. Credit also goes towards Clare for bringing the text to a wider readership. While they exist, you won't find any other copies of this text in a bookstore. Translation alone worth the small sticker price.