The Book of Enoch tr. by R.H. Charles [1917]

The Book of Enoch, written during the second century B.C.E., is one of the most important non-canonical apocryphal works, and probably had a huge influence on early Christian, particularly Gnostic, beliefs. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell, angels and devils, Enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels, the appearance of a Messiah, Resurrection, a Final Judgement, and a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth. Interspersed with this material are quasi-scientific digressions on calendrical systems, geography, cosmology, astronomy, and meteorology.

This etext has been prepared specially for sacred-texts, and is a great improvement over other versions on the Internet, with the introduction, correct verse numbering, page numbers from the 1917 edition, and intact critical apparatus.

The Book of Enoch

Enoch's Journeys through the Earth and Sheol

The Parables

The First Parable

The Second Parable

The Third Parable

Book of Noah--a Fragment

The Book of the Courses of the Heavenly Luminaries

The Dream-Vision

The Concluding Section of the Book

Fragment of the Book of Noah

An Appendix to the Book of Enoch