The Canonization of 1 Enoch

The legendary book of Enoch is often viewed as esoteric or even blasphemous. The book consists of five separate but very related works. The most famous of these being the book of the watchers. The book itself, usually referred to as 1 Enoch, is not the main focus of this video, however. While most churches around the globe do not accept the text as canonical, the Ethiopian church does. So today, we will be exploring how this often misunderstood text became part of the Ethiopian canon. Join me as I discuss the canonization of 1 Enoch.
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[@anilin6353]

So much cosmology is taken so much from the Book of Enoch and has echos in the rest of the Old Testament. I cannot stress this enough watch the Apocrypha podcast on the book of Enoch

[@kavikayourmom4556]

Quality content as usual ~

[@exnihilo5087]

Great video! First Enoch has always been an interest of mine. Any plans to make a video on the origins of the Qurʾān?

[@rubinmarshak5452]

Hi, I’m one of the members of the team, currently I am working on an origins of the Quran video. Soon after it comes out we will be doing a Quran show on Saturdays to accompany our Atheist Sunday School and Friday Apocryphal Podcast. I’ve still got a few books to finish before writing the script but look for it soon!

[@exnihilo5087]

@@rubinmarshak5452
Awesome!

[@summertea4382]

Hi there, I am huge fan of your work but do you guys ever do Islamic material? People of the Cave, or Seven Sleepers as it is known in Christian writings is one that is shared both in Islamic and Christian tradition, so it would be great if you guys would make a video on this, contrast and compare the two versions or something - I love your work and that would be interesting to watch. All the love and peace though

[@makkonen0]

Some scholars say those two theories, but from Ethiopian cannon Ethiopians began as Bet Israel then later naturally converted to Christianity. Ethiopia has clear documentation and artifacts to hold this claim. Falasha means "cut off". This due to the Bet Israel not converting to Christianity with the rest of the country. Similar to the phrase Galla meaning "he declined" for the Oromo who rejected Christianity.

[@leulll8066]

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[@FxUxCxMx]

Ok these being were not seen as angels, more like heroes of antiquities that were before Abraham and his covenant. There was no banishment because this story comes from the time before they believed in the ascension of souls. These heroes reside in shoel, or the Hebrew underworld, much like the fields of elsyium in Greek/Roman religion, a place for the glorious dead. Enochs story is the beginning of a transition and for that transition to happen they gave respect to the heroes who would not join them in heaven by explaining their importance to the people as ancestors that were partly divine.