The Book of Enoch: Translated From the Ethiopic, With Introduction and Notes by George H. Schodde

by George Henry Schodde

Originally published in 1882. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Genres: Religion

302 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2015

About the author

1854-1917

Reviews

[Owlseyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The existence of such a Book of Enoch, made certain from these numerous quotations, was the source of considerable perplexity and anxiety to Christian theologians, and numerous and curious were the conjectures concerning its authorship and character"

"The book of Enoch is an apocryphal work. Etymologically the word 'apocrypha' does not, and originally did not, possess the "sensus in malam partem" in which it is now generally used"

I had to read it all, one of the reasons being I had a sort of intellectual quarrel with a work peer. He (a Seventh-Day Adventist) was adamant affirming that the book is “apocryphal” and "not inspired by God".

After reading it, though at times one notices issues regarding the authorship (it seems in some instances the author is not the same as in the beginning), I have found it a very good (unavoidable) account of pre-flood times, and also one text to ponder regarding predictions on the future.


UPDATE

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[Holybooks.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Jewish work, ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. The texts were written in the years between 300 and 100 BC. The Book of Enoch is not accepted as part of the Canon of Scripture as used by Jews, apart from the Beta Israel canon; nor by any Christian group, apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church canon. The work is in the Public Domain and you can find a free PDF version here: https://www.holybooks.com/the-book-of...

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Book of Enoch (available for free here: http://www.holybooks.com/the-book-of-...) is considered part of the Apocrypha. It was written primarily by two authors, one in the first century BCE, the other in the second century BCE. Some have thought the book might form a link between the Old and New Testaments. However, there is simply too much in this work that seems to be pure fantasy. It talks of a world with angels lusting and sleeping with human women, goes deeply into the generations of Adam through Noah. Enoch is Noah's great-grandfather or some such apparently and Seth, Adam's son, is Enoch's great-great-great grandfather. Oh and there's a race of giants three thousand ells tall (Chapter 7) that figures throughout the book.

This work looks to me like it was meant to be Talmudic fiction, I use that phrase in the same way we today would use the phrase Christian fiction to represent that particular branch of fantasy. I can't believe the work was ever meant to be taken seriously as gospel, though of course some do.

The reason I read this work was because it was mentioned by H. P. Lovecraft as the earliest work by man to capture a sense of awe at the unknown needed by any writer of horror fiction.

Fragments like the Book of Enoch and the Claviculae of Solomon well illustrate the power of the weird over the ancient Eastern mind, and upon such things were based enduring systems and traditions whose echoes extend obscurely even to the present time. Touches of this transcendental fear are seen in classic literature...

I think Lovecraft is really reaching here to ascribe any element of the weird to this work. Perhaps he figured going this far into antiquity gave the horror genre the gravitas required to make it a more scholarly field. Unfortunately, there is very little horror here. The most horrific chapters of the book are chapters 98-102, which describe in considerable detail the consequences of leading a wicked life and the damnation to hell that results. Chapters 103-105 undo this horror to an extent by exhorting the reader to do right and instructions regarding what this is.

I give this work two stars because it was a chore to read and it's impossible for me to imagine anyone but the translator deriving pleasure from the task. The book does not appeal to modern day tastes. I will say it was an excellent translation. I appreciate that the book was rendered into modern English, and I found the translator's explanations every five to ten chapters of the previous five to ten chapters as invaluable as the translated material itself. I can't imagine reading this text in another translation without these notes and getting anything worthwhile at all from the text.

[Maliha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Book of Enoch ( حضرت ادریس علیہہ اسلام کی کتاب) is a religious text translated from the ethiopic ( a language ) to English by George Henry Schodde in 1882.
It is that part of the original bible ( بائیبل) & Torah (تورات ) which is not accepted by both christians & Jews as a law of their religion . They just take it as a scripture .
It narrates the reasons behind the great flood (طوفانِ نوح ). How the whole world became morally corrupt to an extent that it had to be washed away by a great flood when Noah (نوح علیہ اسلام ) was ready to sail with the boat & it's dwellers .

Most people know about Toofan e Noah but many do not know what happened before that as this book states. It also mentions the connection of this world to & with the other world/s before the great flood & about Nephilims (Giants ).
The 1947 discovery of the DSS (Dead sea scrolls ) re-emphasized the same text which was said to have been written in 300-200 BCE.
One can read it only if have a deep interest in religiois text & want to know about how REALITY IS MORE THAN A FICTION .

Thx for reading .

[Troy Labbe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really fun read. Not sure how legitimate it is, but definitely enjoyed it. Gives you an idea of what it could have been like pre-flood.

[Tom Green · Rating 1 out of 5]

Of you like heresy, it's a fun read.