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To: RoosterRedux

Enoch was a Godly man whose story is told in scripture. Not some retelling of a Mesopotamian demon tale.


3 posted on 12/27/2018 11:25:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

There is a lot of good information on this from a Christian scholar here:

http://drmsh.com/tag/mesopotamia/


4 posted on 12/27/2018 11:30:29 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: BenLurkin
There are Flood narratives in just about every culture on Earth. In this article, the Mesopotamian lore offers a competing narrative to the Bible which, though it may be wrong, still offers insights about that period. The article explains how Jewish lore differs from that of the Mesopotamian lore.

There is nothing to fear from studying this stuff. It won't threaten your faith.

BTW, nowhere in this article is Enoch anything except what we believe him to be...a Godly man.

5 posted on 12/27/2018 11:30:34 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: BenLurkin
As you know, there is very little about Enoch in Scripture.

Have you read the Book of Enoch? Lots to learn about Enoch in the Pseudepigrapha.

9 posted on 12/27/2018 11:39:10 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: BenLurkin
"Enoch was a Godly man whose story is told in scripture. Not some retelling of a Mesopotamian demon tale."

Yet the book of Jude appears to refer to 1 Enoch as prophecy.

10 posted on 12/27/2018 11:40:38 AM PST by circlecity
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