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Thursday 19 October 2017

Why does the Bible exclude the Book of Enoch?

Why is the Book of Enoch not included in the English Bible? Book of Enoch 1:1 reads: "The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed." So presumably those who put together the list of scriptures that decided which are in the Bible did not get blessing from the Book of Enoch so maybe that was because they either didn't know about it or never read it or simply were not its intended audience: Maybe they were neither righteous nor elect.