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Enoch (/ ˈ iː n ə k / ⓘ) [note 1] is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible. The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God.
After the birth of Enoch, the Hebrew text of Genesis 4:17 is unclear. Either Cain built a city and named it after the mighty Enoch, or else Enoch built a city. [1] In the King James Bible, the text makes it clear that Cain built the city and named it after his son. According to the Book of Jubilees 4:9, Enoch's mother/aunt was named Awan.
Judging by the number of copies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Enoch was widely read during the Second Temple period.Today, the Ethiopic Beta Israel community of Haymanot Jews is the only Jewish group that accepts the Book of Enoch as canonical and still preserves it in its liturgical language of Geʽez, where it plays a central role in worship. [6]
Enoch Samways, a character in Roald Dahl's novel Danny, the Champion of the World; Enoch Soames, eponymous protagonist in a short story by Max Beerbohm; Enoch Snow, from the musical CAROUSEL; Enoch Malachi "Nucky" Thompson, protagonist of the television series Boardwalk Empire; Enoch Wallace, protagonist of the Clifford D. Simak novel Way Station
In Lee Albert Siegel's Love and the Incredibly Old Man: A Novel, he explored a fictionalized conversation between Zotiel, who was a guardian of the Garden of Life, and Enoch. The angel brought Enoch to a spring within the garden after the latter whispered to the former a "password" given by God.
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Ananiel, Anânêl (Aramaic: עננאל, Greek: Ανανιας) was the 14th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels who are mentioned in an ancient work titled the Book of Enoch. The name Ananiel is sometimes translated as "Rain of God" even though the name is often confused with the name Hananiel.
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