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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Book of Enoch is the most notable extant apocalyptic work
outside the canonical Scriptures. It describes the fall of the
Watchers, the angels who fathered the Nephilim (cf. the bene
Elohim, Genesis 6:1-2). The fallen angels went to Enoch to
intercede on their behalf with God after he declared to them their
doom. The remainder of the book describes Enoch's visit to Heaven
in the form of a vision, and his revelations.
This is a reprint of the Apocryphal Book of Enoch: The Prophet
which was first discovered in Abyssinia in the year 1773 by a
Scottish explorer named James Bruce. Bruce, a sort of 18th century
Indiana Jones, may have seen the Ark of Covenant at Axum, and was
able to obtain the ancient Coptic Christian text, approximately
2000 years old. In 1821 The Book of Enoch was translated by Richard
Laurence and published in a number of successive editions,
culminating in the 1883 edition. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, or the
Nag Hammadi Library, the Book of Enoch, translated from the
original Ethiopian Coptic script, is a rare book that was
suppressed by the early church and thought destroyed. Today it is
back in print in this expanded, deluxe edition, using the original
1883 revised text.
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