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CCM pianist Enoch began his music ministry in 1984, touring India in the hope of bringing the word of Christianity to the nation's citizens; in the years to follow he travelled well over 250,000 miles annually to deliver his songs of praise and worship to the far corners of the world. Enoch's recordings include Give Thanks..., Hymns from the Heart, Ivory Persuasion, Rhythm & Roses and Let the Earth Proclaim, cut with the Otis Skillings Orchestra and the Sandi Patty Family. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Encyclopedia of Judaism: Enoch
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(Ḥanokh). Biblical figure. Enoch was the son of Jared (Gen. 5:18), the seventh generation after Adam. In contrast to the other antediluvians, Enoch lived only 365 years (the number of days in the solar year). The Bible declares that he "walked with God; then he was no more, for God took him" (Gen. 5:23).

This unusual description of Enoch's death sparked the imaginations of the writers of pseudepigrapha and the rabbis of the later Midrash. Thus, two pseudepigraphic books are ascribed to him, while for the midrashic rabbis, Enoch's translation to heaven (interpreted as a bodily assumption) betokened his role there as heavenly scribe. According to these sources, Enoch was the inventor of all sciences and knowledge since he was privy to the secrets of God and could decipher the writing on the heavenly tablets. These and similar legends are to be found throughout the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (see also I Enoch; II Enoch).

In sharp contrast, there is not a single reference to Enoch in the whole range of tannaitic literature. Early Christian sources, however, contain many legends about Enoch. The silence of the early rabbis regarding Enoch is attributable to the New Testament's citation of Enoch and Elijah as two witnesses to the truth of the ascension of Jesus to heaven (Revelations 11:3). Perhaps as a reflection of this, an early Midrash declares that Enoch vacillated between being a righteous man and a sinner. God, therefore, "took him" before he could relapse into sin.

It was only after the threat of early Christianity to the integrity of Judaism had come to an end that Jewish authors began to weave legends around Enoch. A late Midrash asserts that Enoch ascended to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by a fiery steed. Furthermore, he was one of nine righteous men who did not suffer pangs of death and entered paradise alive. The Zohar, as well as earlier mystic literature, takes up many of the early legends centering on Enoch.

 
Bible Guide: Enoch
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1. The eldest son of Cain, and father of Irad; the world's first city was named after him (Gen 4:17).

2. Son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He lived 365 years (some have suggested that he was a solar hero). The cryptic statement which relates to Enoch as a man who "walked with God and he was not, for God took him" (Gen 5:24) gave rise to various mystical and esoteric interpretations, suggesting a miraculous translation of Enoch alive from earth to heaven, where he enjoyed an intimate fellowship with God, as did Elijah later on. In Ecclesiasticus 44:16 he is described as a "sign of knowledge to all generations", implying that he was the source of esoteric knowledge. The idea that Enoch was transported alive to heaven is prevalent in later Judaism and Christianity (see Heb 11:5).

Concordance
ENOCH 1: Gen 4:17-18
ENOCH 2: Gen 5:18-19,21-24. I Chr 1:3. Luke 3:37. Heb 11:5. Judev. 14

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Enoch
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Enoch (ē'nək) , in the Bible.

1 Son for whom Cain named the city he built.

2 Father of Methuselah. It was said of him that he walked with God—a phrase used also of Noah—and also that like Elijah he was translated to heaven. An alternate form is Henoch.

 
Wikipedia: Enoch
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For Enoch from the bible, see Enoch (ancestor of Noah).
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Enoch (from Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ, Modern Khanokh Tiberian Ḥănôkh; Greek: ενωχ, Enôkh; Arabic Name:اخنوخ, "initiated, dedicated, disciplined") is a Hebrew name.

Hanoch is related to the Hebrew word chinuch, meaning enlightenment, wisdom, spirituality.

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Biblical occurrences

The Bible has several occurrences of that name:

  • Enoch, the son of Jared, a great-grandfather of Noah, and father of Methuselah (Genesis 5:1-18).[1]
  • Enoch, son of Cain [2], after whom Cain named the first city he founded, is not the same Enoch son of Jared (Genesis 5:18).
  • Hanoch (Enoch), son of Reuben [3]
  • Hanoch (Enoch), one of the five sons of Midian [4]

Note: Enoch is often confused with Enos (or Enosh). Enos is recorded as a grandson of Adam (Genesis 5:5-6), and great grandfather of Enoch (Genesis 5:18).

  • The only recorded words of Enoch, the son of Jared, surviving in the New Testament are his prophesying about men, whereby God shall be coming with His saints to judge and convict them (Jude 1:14-15). [5] The quotation is from 1Enoch 1:9 which is part of the pseudepigrapha and is also part of the Dead Sea Scrolls [4Q Enoch (4Q204[4QENAR]) COL I 16-18].[6]

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References

  1. ^ Genesis 5:18-24
  2. ^ Genesis 4:17
  3. ^ Genesis 46:9
  4. ^ I Chronicles 1:33
  5. ^ Jude 1:14-15
  6. ^ Clontz, T.E. and J., "The Comprehensive New Testament with complete textual variant mapping and references for the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, Josephus, Nag Hammadi Library, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Plato, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Talmud, Old Testament, Patristic Writings, Dhammapada, Tacitus, Epic of Gilgamesh", Cornerstone Publications, 2008, p. 711, ISBN 978-0-977873-71-5

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