TheBookofEnochisconsideredtohavebeenwrittenbyEnoch,theseventhfromAdam.ItisconsideredanapocryphalbookaswellasapartofthePseudepigrapha,althoughitisnotapartofthecanonicalApocrypha.
OnceconsideredtobeofChristianoriginbecauseofitsobviousreferencestoChrist,tenfragmentsofTheBookofEnochhavebeenfoundatQumranintheDeadSeaScrolls,itisknowntohaveexistedinitspresentformsinceatleastthe2ndCenturyBC.
TheBookofEnoch(also1Enoch[1])isanancientJewishreligiouswork,traditionallyascribedtoEnoch,thegreat-grandfatherofNoah.ItisnotpartofthebiblicalcanonasusedbyJews,apartfromBetaIsrael.ItisregardedascanonicalbytheEthiopianOrthodoxTewahedoChurchandEritreanOrthodoxTewahedoChurch,butnootherChristiangroup.
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