Enoch Apocryphal: The Son Of Jared

Enoch has been described as the most important ancient Jewish writing not to have been included in the Old Testament. It was composed in the apocalyptic genre which, broadly speaking, refers to works containing a revelation in the narrative form given by a heavenly figure to a human being concerning the nature of the cosmos and the secrets of God’s divine purpose for humanity and the creation and its renewal.

This book is an apocryphal text that is mentioned by some New Testament letters (Judas, Hebrews, and 2nd of Peter). Until the elaboration of the Vulgate, around the year 400, the first followers of Christ mentioned it openly in their texts and accepted it as real. After the Vulgate, he fell into oblivion. However, the book is very interesting and seems real. Enoch's book has been preserved only in one copy, in its entirety, in Ethiopia, and for this reason, it is also called Ethiopian Enoch.