Sacred Narratives: offer week, Nov 9 to 15

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Mon Nov 9

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What you're buying

Not sure what a guide to Enoch actually gives you? Here it is, plainly.

There are three different books called Enoch. 1 Enoch holds the Watchers story and the visions of judgment. 2 Enoch follows Enoch up through the heavens. 3 Enoch is a later mystical text centered on Metatron. Most confusion starts when the three get blended together.

A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch walks you through all three in 20 chapters of plain English, with explanations and selected quotations. It's a guide to the ancient texts, not the texts themselves. It's in Kindle and paperback on Amazon, and the book page shows an excerpt and the contents first.

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Giants guide story

  • Frame 1: "Which name would you look up first?" Name cards: Nephilim (Genesis 6:4), Anakim (Numbers 13:33), Og (Deuteronomy 3:11).
  • Frame 2: Real page 2 of the giants guide (The Nephilim) with callouts. "The name, the passage, and a short explanation together."
  • Frame 3: "Get the free illustrated giants guide" + guide cover. "The Nephilim, the Anakim, Og and Goliath in one PDF, with the verse for each. Free for your email address."

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Giants' Nightmares

What did the giants dream about before the Flood? The Book of Giants, found in fragments among the Dead Sea Scrolls, gives them nightmares.

This video counts down three of them: a tablet sinking under water, a garden destroyed by water and fire, and a vision of God coming down to judge, with books opened. The dreams troubled the giants enough that they went looking for someone who could explain them.

Curious about the giants the Bible itself names? Our free illustrated giants guide puts the Nephilim, the Anakim, Og and Goliath in one PDF, with the verse for each. Enter your email to get it.

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Tue Nov 10

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Watchers vs giants

Who are the Watchers, and who are the giants? In 1 Enoch they're two different groups, and mixing them up makes the story hard to follow.

The Watchers are angels who descend on Mount Hermon and take human wives (1 Enoch 6). The giants are their children, the next generation in the story (1 Enoch 7). Even after the giants die, 1 Enoch says their spirits stay on the earth as evil spirits (1 Enoch 15:8). When you read a passage, first ask which group it's describing.

Want the longer version? Read two chapters free: the Watchers and the Nephilim, adapted from A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch. It's a plain English PDF with the verse for every quotation, free when you enter your email.

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Two chapters story

  • Frame 1: "In 1 Enoch, the Watchers and the giants have different roles." Cards: Watchers, angels who descend (1 Enoch 6); Giants, their offspring (1 Enoch 7).
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Twenty chapters

What's actually inside a beginner's guide to Enoch? Here's the map.

The Enoch writings cover more ground than most people expect. The story starts with the Watcher crisis and follows Enoch's journeys. Then come the visions of judgment and the Son of Man. 3 Enoch shows Enoch transformed into the angel Metatron. And the legacy reaches from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the tradition that links Enoch with Idris.

A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch covers those five parts in 20 chapters of explanations with selected quotations, in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. Look over the contents and read an excerpt on the book page before you choose.

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Wed Nov 11

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Enoch Saw Heaven

What did Enoch see when he was taken up to heaven? 1 Enoch describes it in vivid detail.

This video walks through three images from his vision: a house hot as fire and cold as ice, a second house built of flames, and streams of fire beneath the throne. Enoch says he can't describe its splendor. He reaches this vision because the Watchers asked him to carry their petition to God.

Their story starts earlier, on Mount Hermon. Read two chapters free: the Watchers and the Nephilim, adapted from A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch. It's a plain English PDF with the verse for every quotation, free for your email.

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Thu Nov 12

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Read the opening

How does the Watchers story read in plain English? Here's how our free chapters open.

"They were called the Watchers." From there, Chapter 2 explains who they were, how two hundred of them made a pact in the days of Jared (1 Enoch 6), and why Mount Hermon matters. Chapter 3 follows their children, the giants that Genesis 6:4 calls the Nephilim.

Read two chapters free: the Watchers and the Nephilim, adapted from A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch. Enter your email and we'll send you the PDF, with the verse for every quotation.

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Is this the complete Book of Enoch?

Is this the complete Book of Enoch? No, and it's worth knowing the difference before you buy anything.

"The Book of Enoch" usually means 1 Enoch, an ancient work preserved in full only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch are separate writings with their own stories.

Our book is a beginner's guide to the major stories and ideas in 1, 2 and 3 Enoch, with explanations and selected quotations. The appendix points you to translations of the original texts. A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch is in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. Read the contents and an excerpt on the book page first, then decide.

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Fri Nov 13

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The Watchers' Petition, a reading

What happened when the Watchers asked to be forgiven? Here's a reading from our book.

In 1 Enoch, the Watchers are too ashamed to speak to heaven themselves, so they ask Enoch to write a petition for them. He writes up their request, sits by the waters of Dan reading their words, and falls asleep. In his sleep he sees God's answer.

The reading comes from A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch, which walks through 1, 2 and 3 Enoch in 20 chapters of plain English, with explanations and selected quotations. It's in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. Read an excerpt and the contents on the book page first.

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Sat Nov 14

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Judge the writing

Will this guide actually read in plain English? Judge the writing for yourself.

"The Enoch texts are obsessed with justice. Specifically with its apparent absence in the present world and its guaranteed arrival in the future."

That's from Chapter 13, The Final Judgment. It's also a useful key to 1 Enoch: the visions keep returning to why the wicked seem to win now, and answer with a judgment still to come.

A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch introduces the Watchers, the giants, Enoch's journeys and the differences between the three Enoch texts in 20 chapters, with explanations and selected quotations. Kindle and paperback on Amazon. See the contents and choose your format on the book page.

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Giants in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Did the giants have names? Fragments of the Book of Giants, found among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, say yes.

This video covers three moments from those fragments: Mahaway, who calls on his father Baraqel; the brothers Ohyah and Hahyah and their sleepless night; and Gilgamesh, a name you may know from Mesopotamian epic, among the giants.

The Book of Giants builds on the story in 1 Enoch, where the giants are the children of the Watchers. Read two chapters free: the Watchers and the Nephilim, adapted from A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch. It's a plain English PDF with the verse for every quotation, free for your email.

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Sun Nov 15

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Why read a guide?

Why read a guide when Enoch is free online? Fair question. The ancient texts are easy to find. Knowing what you're looking at is harder.

Open a public domain translation of 1 Enoch and you're straight into names like Semyaza and Azazel, with nobody telling you that 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch are separate works.

The value of a guide is the explanation and the organization: who's who, which of the three texts you're reading, and where to go next. Read a passage first and decide whether this approach helps you.

A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch has 20 chapters, in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. The book page shows an excerpt and the contents before you choose.

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Enoch Prophecies

How does 1 Enoch tell the history of the world? With animals.

In one of its visions, people appear as animals. The Flood is told through them, the sheep are handed over to lions and wolves, and a ram with a great horn rises and fights back. R.H. Charles dated this vision to the 160s BC.

Enoch's visions are among the hardest parts to follow on your own. A Beginner's Guide to the Book of Enoch explains them, along with the Watchers, Enoch's journeys and the three Enoch texts, in 20 chapters with selected quotations. It's in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. See the contents and an excerpt on the book page first.

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