Book of Enoch

The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch also known as 1 Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch is an apocryphal book attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, dated to Maccabean times (ca. 160s BC). It is generally considered pseudepigraphal by most Christians but, it is accepted by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as inspired Scripture and is part of their official canon. It is the oldest of the three pseudepigrapha attributed to Enoch. 1 Enoch is found complete only in Ethiopic with more than 40 manuscripts, but fragments exist in Greek and Latin and Aramaic fragments of the book were also found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.