The Book of the Secrets of Enoch: Translation

by Robert Henry Charles

Publisher:

Clarendon Press

, 1896

Overview

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch is a translation of the Slavonic version of a Greek original. This book was carefully and literally translated by the Slavonic scholar, W. R. Morfill. R. H. Charles provides commentary with technical notes aimed toward students.

Contents

Top Highlights

“and down to the lowest hell¹, *the place of judgement and the mighty hell² laid” (Page 55)

“for the child was complete in its body, like one of three years old; and spake with its lips, and blessed the Lord” (Page 90)

“the seal of the priesthood was on its breast, and it was glorious in countenance” (Page 90)

“and another Melchizedek shall be the head of the priests among the people, ruling, and serving the Lord” (Page 91)

“These are the archangels who are appointed over the angels! They hold in subjection all living things both in heaven and earth⁵.” (Page 24)

Product Details

• Title: The Book of the Secrets of Enoch: Translation
• Author: Robert Henry Charles
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Print Publication Date: 1896
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Slavonic book of Enoch › Translation; Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
• Resource ID: LLS:BKSCRTSNCHTRANS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.ancient-manuscript.translation
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-13T22:14:27Z

About Robert Henry Charles

R. H. Charles (1865–1943) is recognized as one of the leading figures in Enoch scholarship, and his masterly translation remains the standard edition of the text in English. An authority on apocalyptic literature, he became canon at Westminster Abbey in 1913 and an archdeacon in 1919. Charles is also the author of A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, vols. 1 and 2, and The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament.