Ich werfe nun einen Blick in die Jewish Encyclopedia (New York, 1906):
ENOCH, BOOKS OF (Ethiopic and Slavonic):
"Apocryphal works attributed to Enoch. From Gen. v. 24 ("Enoch walked with God" and "God took him") a cycle of Jewish legends about Enoch was derived, which, together with apocalyptic speculations naturally ascribed to such a man, credited with superhuman knowledge, found their literary expression in the Books of Enoch. Of this literature a collection of fragments or single, independent pieces has come down to us in the socalled "Ethiopic Enoch," whereas the Slavonic Book of Enoch gives, as it were, a résumé of most of the current oral or literary traditions about its hero, which it brings into a certain system of its own. . .
Date and Value.
The book was probably written between 50 B.C. and 70 A.D. . .
Another very interesting feature is the presence of evil in heaven—the fallen angels in the second heaven, and hell in the third. . .
The idea of hell in the third heaven may have been derived from expectations expressed in Isa. 1xvi. 23, 24; that is, that the pleasures of the righteous in paradise will be enhanced by seeing the sufferings of the wicked."
ENOCH, BOOKS OF (Hebrew) – See Apocalyptic Literature.
"Even up to the present day this book has been confounded with "Pirḳe Hekalot," also said to have been written by R. Ishmael . . . "
ENOCH, BOOKS OF (Ethiopic and Slavonic):
"Apocryphal works attributed to Enoch. From Gen. v. 24 ("Enoch walked with God" and "God took him") a cycle of Jewish legends about Enoch was derived, which, together with apocalyptic speculations naturally ascribed to such a man, credited with superhuman knowledge, found their literary expression in the Books of Enoch. Of this literature a collection of fragments or single, independent pieces has come down to us in the socalled "Ethiopic Enoch," whereas the Slavonic Book of Enoch gives, as it were, a résumé of most of the current oral or literary traditions about its hero, which it brings into a certain system of its own. . .
Date and Value.
The book was probably written between 50 B.C. and 70 A.D. . .
Another very interesting feature is the presence of evil in heaven—the fallen angels in the second heaven, and hell in the third. . .
The idea of hell in the third heaven may have been derived from expectations expressed in Isa. 1xvi. 23, 24; that is, that the pleasures of the righteous in paradise will be enhanced by seeing the sufferings of the wicked."
ENOCH, BOOKS OF (Hebrew) – See Apocalyptic Literature.
"Even up to the present day this book has been confounded with "Pirḳe Hekalot," also said to have been written by R. Ishmael . . . "