Enoch is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah.
20 Facts About Enoch
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Enoch was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible.
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The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God.
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The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him", which is interpreted as Enoch's entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions, and interpreted differently in others.
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Enoch is the subject of many Jewish and Christian traditions.
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Enoch was considered the author of the Book of Enoch and called the scribe of judgment.
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In Islam, Enoch is identified with Idris and is considered a prophet.
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Enoch appears in the Book of Genesis of the Pentateuch as the seventh of the ten pre-Deluge Patriarchs.
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Enoch is considered by many to be the exception, who is said to "not see death".
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Enoch was taught all secrets and mysteries and, with all the angels at his back, fulfils of his own accord whatever comes out of the mouth of God, executing His decrees.
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Some esoteric literature, such as 3 Enoch, identifies Enoch as Metatron, the angel which communicates God's word.
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In consequence, Enoch was seen, by this literature and the Rabbinic kabbalah of Jewish mysticism, as the one who communicated God's revelation to Moses, and, in particular, as the dictator of the Book of Jubilees.
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One view regarding Enoch that was found in the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, which thought of Enoch as a pious man, taken to Heaven, and receiving the title of Safra rabba.
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Later elaborations of this interpretation treated Enoch as having been a pious ascetic, who, called to mix with others, preached repentance, and gathered a vast collection of disciples, to the extent that he was proclaimed king.
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The Book of Enoch was excluded from both the Hebrew Tanakh and the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint.
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The Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price includes chapters that give an account of Enoch's preaching, visions, and conversations with God.
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In Islam, Enoch is commonly identified with Idris, as for example by the History of Al-Tabari interpretation and the Meadows of Gold.
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Idris is closely linked in Muslim tradition with the origin of writing and other technical arts of civilization, including the study of astronomical phenomena, both of which Enoch is credited with in the Testament of Abraham.
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Idris seems to be less mysterious in the Qur'an than Enoch is in the Bible.
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Enmeduranki appears as the seventh name on the Sumerian King List, whereas Enoch is the seventh figure on the list of patriarchs in Genesis.