by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
2 Enoch 39: 1-6 As for you, you hear my words, out of my lips, a human being created equal to yourselves; but I, I have heard the words from the fiery lips of the Lord. For the lips of the Lord are a furnace of fire, and his words are the fiery flames which...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
2 Enoch 22:1-4 And on the 10th heaven, Aravoth, I saw the view of the face of the Lord, like iron made burning hot in a fire and brought out, and it emits sparks and is incandescent. Thus even I saw the face of the Lord. But the face of the Lord is not to be...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
Apocryphal Literature Apocryphal compositions are essentially rewritten Biblical passages which either retell or supplement the biblical text. These compositions are represented as independent works and not as commentaries to the Bible. As similar material was...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
1 Enoch 14:19-25 And I observed and saw inside it a lofty throne–its appearance was like crystal and its wheels like the shining sun… It was difficult to look at it. And the Great Glory was sitting upon it–as for his gown, which was shining more...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
Testament of Levi 1-13: The Sanctity of the Priesthood Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.352-354. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs were preserved in a Greek text containing testaments for each of the twelve sons of...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Apocryphal Literature
Fragment of the Book of Noah Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.341-342 and Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of...
