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INTRODUCTION

have based this book on Michael A. Knibb's scholarly
translation of the Ethiopian manuscripts, (The Ethiopic

Book of Enoch, Oxford University Press), which I believe to
be the best translation currently available.
I first heard about the Book of Enoch a few years ago, while I was

researching into ‘End of Days’ prophesies. When I finally managed
to get hold of a copy, I discovered that it was a very strange and

unusual book. The first time I read it I was skeptical and somewhat
puzzled; I wondered who would have written an odd book like this.

I knew that Enoch, (Hanokh in Hebrew), was very favorably
mentioned in Genesis, and I discovered that Enoch’s book

describes the Exodus and Moses very favorably (although not by
name).

So my first theory was that it might have been written around the
same time as the Torah, perhaps around 1,400 BC. However, after
several readings I could find no plausible theories. The prophecy

of the animals is extremely precisely written and obviously refers
to events well after Moses (see my notes on that chapter).
Additionally, who would have dared to produce a book with

people such as Moses described in terms of farm animals? Michael
Knibb, whose translation I have used to produce this book, studied

all available manuscripts and sources, and it is clear that this book
was well known and studied in many countries well before the

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