The Book of Enoch
1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic text, quoted in the New Testament letter of Jude (verses 14–15). It survives complete only in Ge’ez, the classical language of Ethiopia, and Aramaic fragments were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
These editions include the Ethiopic text edited by R.H. Charles and collected editions of all three books attributed to Enoch.
Compare the main English translations of 1 Enoch, from Richard Laurence (1821) and R.H. Charles (1912) to today’s scholarly standard.
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Questions
Is the Book of Enoch in the Bible?
It is part of the Bible of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches. It is not in Jewish, Catholic or most Protestant Bibles.
Which translation should I read?
R.H. Charles’s 1912 English translation is the classic public-domain edition. Our guide compares it with the other major translations.