The Book of the Secrets of Enoch - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1585090204 ISBN 13 : 9781585090204

Editeur : Book Tree,US, 1999

Synopsis

Translated from the Slavonic by W.R. Morfill. Edited, with Introduction and Notes by R.H. Charles For 1200 years this book was known only to a few people in Russia. When it was finally revealed to the world in 1892, it was announced that it was a Slavonic version of The Book of Enoch. This was wrong, Once translated, it was found that we have an entirely different book on and about Enoch, described, by the editor, as having no less value than the other book. This is a completely new and valuable pseudoepigraph, one which every person should read who is interested in Apocalyptic literature and the origins of Christianity. This particular book was read extensively by many separate Christian groups during the first three centuries, and it has left us today with many traces of its influence. It is now time to bring this book back into print so we may relearn its value to the world. This work was written in Egypt and we have determined that its author or original editor was a Hellenistic Jew. The Greek original has been lost to history, but the Slavonic text somehow survived. In its original Greek form it had a direct influence on the writers of the New Testament. This book was also referred to by Origen and used by the Church father, Irenaeus. It was read by, and considered valuable, by the heretics of the day in addition to mainstream Christians. This may be one reason why it was excluded from the Bible. We do not believe in banning or keeping hidden important works that have proven to be of such value in the past. We hope this book will enlighten and inform those who are seeking the truth.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch cannot fail to be of interest to students of Apocalyptic literature and of the origins of Christianity. It is with a view to help such that this the first edition of the book has been undertaken. In certain respects it will appeal also to specialists in A ssyriology, So fax indeed as it does so, I have been able to do little more than refer to the leading scholars in this department, as my knowledge of such subjects is very slight, and all secondhand. This book has had a peculiar history. For more than 1200 years it has been unknown save in Eussia, where acquaintance with it goes several centuries back. Further, by its present name it was never known in any literature save the Slavonic Even in Slavonic the name was not quite constant, if we may trust one of the MSS. (B); for there it appears as The Secret Books of God which were shown to Enoch. And yet the book was much read in many circles in the first three centuries of the Church, and has left more traces of its influence than many a well-known book of the same literature (see 5), and it is undoubtedly of much greater importance in respect of exegesia In its Greek rform it passed current probably under the general designation of Enoch.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Tree,US
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585090204
• ISBN 13: 9781585090204
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Éditeur: Charles R. H.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible