The short version (Genesis) and the long version (the First Book of Enoch)

[Scooby Snacks]

Was there a point to this thread? We can read long Bible quotes in the Bible.

[whoppers]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Was there a point to this thread? We can read long Bible quotes in the Bible.

Why are you here then? Shoo.

[InsaneInDaMembrane]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Was there a point to this thread? We can read long Bible quotes in the Bible.

The point was made when Vizio entered.

[Richard1965]

Originally Posted by whoppers

Heh heh that's a nice summary of the matter. I need to learn some brevity with my posts!

See my posts above concerning the use by the early Church and the New Testament here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/45280893-post12.html and this webpage here: https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.c...eter-and-jude/, and my brief comments on the evolution of the text to its more Christological form (as opposed to its earlier, shorter Aramaic form) here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/45282814-post14.html.

There's nothing wrong with the book of Enoch, it fills in the gaps...

[whoppers]

Originally Posted by Richard1965

There's nothing wrong with the book of Enoch, it fills in the gaps...

I agree with you.

It is curious that you say that, though. Does that work make up part of your particular Jewish tradition?
How do you feel about the Book of Jubilees?

[InsaneInDaMembrane]

Originally Posted by Richard1965

There's nothing wrong with the book of Enoch, it fills in the gaps...

It sure does. The Genesis tale is heavily truncated or the Enochian tale is , welll, the result of an imaginative mind.