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The Book of Enoch

Notes

(11) THE BOOK OF NOAH (pages 50-53)

Noah's book was probably written when he was the head of the family and like
Methuselah he claims to speak with Enoch. He seems to have written this before the

flood; and once again there are some interesting details.

The most important passage is at 67.2. This indicates that the boat is being
constructed at the time of writing. Noah may have written this piece in order to

persuade his sons to come and live with him, inside "the wooden structure.” Noah may

not have seen a boat like this before, and perhaps was not sure what to call it.
There seems to be a background of unusual geological events. At the beginning,

65.1, Noah says the earth has tilted, later, at 67.11, he says the Hot Springs became
cold. This does fit with the theories of Charles Hapgood in his book ‘The Path of the

Pole’ where he suggests that the huge ice melt (that probably caused the flood) occurred
when the poles shifted – perhaps due to an impact from space. The North Pole shifted

from Hudson’s Bay to its present position. At 65.3 Noah says the earth is ‘afflicted and

shaken’ and he does seem quite alarmed by it.
There is also talk of molten metal and a smell of sulphur, 67.6, but this may be

pollution from the metalworking described at 65.7. Production of metals, and weapons,
may have become quite large scale by Noah's time.

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