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The book describes the link between Enoch, son of Jared (great-grandfather of Noah) and his transformation into the angel Metatron. Metatron says, "He [the Holy One] called me, 'The lesser YHWH ' in the presence of his whole household in the height, as it is written, 'my name is in him ' " (12:5, Alexander's translation).
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]
Some points that appear in 1 Enoch and 3 Enoch are: Enoch ascends to Heaven in a “storm chariot” (3 Enoch 6:1; 7:1) Enoch is transformed into an angel (3 Enoch 9:1–5; 15:1–2) Enoch is enthroned in Heaven as the exalted angel Metatron (3 Enoch 10:1–3; 16:1) Enoch receives a revelation of cosmological secrets of creation (3 Enoch 13:1–2)
In the Books of Enoch, the first Book of Enoch devotes much of its attention to the fall of the watchers. The Second Book of Enoch addresses the watchers (Gk. egrḗgoroi) who are in fifth heaven where the fall took place. The Third Book of Enoch gives attention to the unfallen watchers. [11] The use of the term "watchers" is common in the Book ...
In the book of Enoch, four angels that stand before the Lord of Spirits are given as: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel. According to some scholars, the Second Book of Enoch identifies Uriel, known in various traditions under the names of Phanuel or Sariel, as the Angel of the Presence or else as one of the Angels of the Presence. [6]
[6] [7] The angel's name is not mentioned anywhere else in the book nor in other biblical texts. There is some speculation that Zotiel is synonymous with the cherub Johiel, the guardian of the Garden of Eden , [ 2 ] although an interpretation of the line in the text where Zotiel's name appears, it could be inferred or implied that Enoch met ...
Asbeel (Heb. עזב azab "to abandon" + אל el "God", meaning "God has forsaken" or "deserter of God") is a fallen angel that appears in the first book of Enoch, chapter 69, verse 5: "And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled their bodies with the daughters of men."
Examples of use of the Hebrew term מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה are found in the following verses, here given in the King James Version translation: Genesis 16:7–14. The angel of the Lord appears to Hagar. The angel speaks as God himself in the first person, and in verse 13 Hagar identifies "the L ORD that spoke to her" as "The God Who sees".