Enoch truly received instructions about the heavens from an angel who knew astronomy we only know in recent times. (Uriel, the Book of Enoch says, was the angelic authoritative guide to the stars and sun and moon in relation to the Earth.) This is evidenced in the Book of Enoch chapters 72 and 73, First the sun is somehow known to be greater than the moon and the moon smaller than the sun: 72:4 and 73:1. Then the size of the circumferance of moon is of the same order of magnitude as the circumferance of the heavens (sky) or in other words the Earth itself: 73:2. Thirdly what is most obvious then and now the sun and moon subtend the same angle so they look the same size to the eye and this is acknowledged in
72:37. The third fact would be obvious to Enoch but only in quite recent history have astronomers known that the moon is actually much smaller than the sun and a similar size to the Earth.
72:4 "And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire."
73:1 "And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is named the Moon."
73:2 "And her [the Moon's] circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure."
72:37 "As he [the Sun] rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal."
72:37. The third fact would be obvious to Enoch but only in quite recent history have astronomers known that the moon is actually much smaller than the sun and a similar size to the Earth.
72:4 "And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire."
73:1 "And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is named the Moon."
73:2 "And her [the Moon's] circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure."
72:37 "As he [the Sun] rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal."
