Is Revelation just a rip-off of the Book of Enoch?

[Richard1965]

Originally Posted by 2Q&Lrn&Hlp

The Book of Enoch is falsely ascribed to Enoch.

It is a collection of extravagant, unhistorical, Jewish myths.

This uninspired, apocryphal book was penned many centuries after Enoch's death,
probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E.

So, Enoch could not possibly be the writer of the “Book of Enoch.”

It appears to be the product of 'critical interpretation elaborations' on the very brief Genesis reference to Enoch.

Both Jude and the writer of the Book of Enoch apparently had access to the same source of information about Enoch, because Jude would never have quoted from an unreliable source.

Jude wrote under divine inspiration. (2 Timothy 3:16)
God’s holy spirit guarded him from stating anything that was not true.

That is obviously not the case with the person who wrote the Book of Enoch.

"Does the Bible Quote From the Book of Enoch?"

So, why did Jude quote from it then?...

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by tishlyn

I am listening to the book series in its entirety as I am reading this forum, and yes it has similarities to the book Revelation, but I also think of Nostradamus, the one who also had "prophecies" of the times to come. I don't know if "Enoch" the one we know who didn't die but walked with God, is the same author but all I can say is there are indeed similarities. Giants to my knowledge in Genesis, are those "fallen angels i.e. demons" that were involved physically (sexually) with humans.

My understanding is that there was a genre of biblical literature known as "apocalyptic", in which the authors preached end times if the Hebrews did not mend their ways. You can see this in the recordings of the OT prophets, and culminated in the Babylonian Captivity. See what happens when you shun the way of the Lord, so the Biblical record seems to state?

Jesus Himself was something of an apocalyptic, as others in this thread have implied from things they quote.