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Enoch, Jubilees and others · 1 Enoch 17–36

Journeys to the ends of the earth

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Reference1 Enoch 17–36
Writtenc. 300–200 BCE
SetEnoch's journeys
I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains… These are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years.

Translation: R. H. Charles, 1917 (18:13; 21:6)

Read it literally

'Stars' are beings who can disobey and be imprisoned. Enoch gets a guided tour of the prison and the machinery that moves the winds and lights.

What scholars say

A tour of a Greek-style cosmic map.

From the sky Taken up alive

Quick answers about 1 Enoch 17–36

Where is 1 Enoch 17–36 found?

1 Enoch 17–36 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912).

When was 1 Enoch 17–36 written?

c. 300–200 BCE.

What do scholars say about 1 Enoch 17–36?

A tour of a Greek-style cosmic map.

Rabbit holes in this passage

PersonEnochGenesis spends only a few lines on Enoch, and then breaks its own pattern. Everyone else in his family line dies, but of him it says only that God took him. He lived 365 years, the same number as days in a solar year. That odd ending sparked a whole library of visions, still being read today.

Sources

  1. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912)Primary text
  2. Genesis 5:18–24, King James VersionPrimary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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