Another perspective comes from the Book of Enoch, a text found among the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948.
The Book of Enoch is something that has been passed down from the Kaloo.
But if uh written also in the Ethiopic Book of Enoch—that is not accepted by the Catholic church, but is accepted by African church.
In the Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch), Enoch entrusts his revelations and visions—covering the Flood, world history, and the Last Judgment—to Methuselah for preservation.
The Slavonic Book of Enoch (2 Enoch) depicts Methuselah seeking a blessing from Enoch and receiving instructions on righteous living; after Enoch's departure to heaven, Methuselah and his brothers build an altar and celebrate in praise of God.
And I think one of the most interesting exclusions was in the definition of the Hebrew canon that decided the Book of Enoch wouldn't be in it.
And if you want to know what's in the Book of Enoch, it's easy to find.
But during all that time, you could have just taken a trip to Ethiopia and read one of their Bibles because they kept the Book of Enoch in it.
Well, whether you buy one off Amazon or you go to Ethiopia and read one of their Bibles, get into the Book of Enoch and it won't take you long before you work out why it wasn't included.
But there's actually a rich cultural exchange described in the Book of Enoch whereby these beings come who are described as watchers.
But I love the Book of Enoch.
That's why the Gnostic texts and the Book of Enoch were excluded at the beginning of Christianity: to keep the picture simple so that obeying God and obeying the state amount to more or less the same thing.
Solomon referenced Mount Hermon as the Lion’s Den, a location associated with the descent of the Watchers—angelic beings from the Book of Enoch.
The Book of Enoch describes 200 Watchers descending to Mount Hermon, mating with human women, and producing Nephilim.
The Book of Enoch, possibly authored by the Essenes, may have originated from this community.
Book of Enoch and Daniel, for instance, reference watchers, thrones, and a divine return.
The Book of Enoch, considered apocryphal, describes the fall of angels from heaven, interpreted as exiled spirits.
The study examines passages from the Book of Enoch, particularly chapter 6, which describes the descent of the Watchers—angels who fell from the heavens after becoming enamored with human women.
The Book of Enoch describes a celestial rebellion tied to the interventionist/non-interventionist divide:
Turnage, an author who has studied more than three hundred translations of ancient Mesopotamianand Vedic writings, including the extrabiblical Book of Enoch, wrote, “After studying [Sitchin’s] theory, Ibegan my own contemplation of the pre-biblical Babylonian Epic of Creation or Enuma Elish.
142.) Josephus attributes the invention of the constellations to the family of the antediluvian Seth, the son of Adam, while Origen affirms that it was asserted in the Book of Enoch that in the time of that patriarch the constellations were already divided and named.
Wallis references the Book of Enoch and Sumerian stories, where advanced non-human entities, such as the Watchers and Igigi, are depicted as catalysts for human civilization.
The Book of Enoch, a pseudepigraphical text influential in early Jewish and Christian traditions, highlights Mount Hermon as the gathering site of the Watchers (a group of fallen angels).
In the Book of Enoch, Mount Hermon symbolizes a place of transgression, where divine beings breached the boundary between the heavenly and earthly realms.
In discussing the term "scapegoat" found in Leviticus 16, Skiba explains that it refers to Azazel, a name linked to the fallen angels in the Book of Enoch.
He believes that without the Book of Enoch, these references cannot be fully understood.
Skiba addresses claims that the Book of Enoch contradicts the Bible, particularly the claim that angels helped Noah build the ark.
Rob Skiba presents a detailed defense of the Book of Enoch, supporting the idea that fallen angels mated with humans to produce the Nephilim both before and after the flood.
The Book of Enoch provides additional context, describing the severe judgment that fell upon the Watchers who participated in this experiment.
Sepehr draws parallels between Plato's account and passages from the Bible, particularly in Genesis and the Book of Enoch, where it is said that angels, referred to as the "sons of heaven," took wives from among human women and produced hybrid offspring.
Well, he’d know it from the Book of Enoch.
Disgusted by all this, "the Gods" decided to have a Great Flood to rid the earth of the Nephilim and other ghastly creatures (according to the Book of Enoch.
The "Book of Giants" shares themes and ideas with the "Book of Enoch," particularly the first part of it (1 Enoch 1–36), known as the Book of the Watchers.
References to Grigori appear in the Book of Enoch and Book of Jubilees.
The Book of Enoch states that there were two-hundred Grigori, but only their leaders are identified and named: