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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Book of Giants
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Book of [4/20/2014 11:44:10 PM] Directory to the DeadSea ScrollsCollection:Introduction: The Story ofthe ScrollsTexts from the Dead SeaScrollsTimetable of Dead SeaScroll ScholarshipResources for FurtherStudyRecommended Books Return to:Gnostic Society LibraryGnosis Archive DEAD SEA SCROLLS TEXTSThe Book of Giants4Q203, 1Q23, 2Q26, 4Q530-532, 6Q8 Introduction and CommentaryIt is fair to say that the patriarch Enoch was as well known tothe ancients as he is obscure to modern Bible readers. Besidesgiving his age (365 years), the book of Genesis says of himonly that he "walked with God," and afterward "he was not,because God had taken him" (Gen. 5:24). This exalted way oflife and mysterious demise made Enoch into a figure ofconsiderable fascination, and a cycle of legends grew up of the legends about Enoch were collected already inancient times in several long anthologies. The most importantsuch anthology, and the oldest, is known simply as The Bookof Enoch, comprising over one hundred chapters.
giving his age (365 years), the book of Genesis says of him only that he "walked with God," and afterward "he was not, because God had taken him" (Gen. 5:24). This exalted way of life and mysterious demise made Enoch into a figure of considerable fascination, and a cycle of legends grew up around him.
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