The book of enoch also 1 enoch geez mashafa henok is an ancient hebrew apocalyptic religious text ascribed by tradition to enoch the great grandfather of noah enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and giants why some angels fell from heaven an explanation of why the genesis flood was morally necessary and prophetic exposition of the . The book of enoch is one of the strangest of the books left out of the biblical canon filled with goetic angels and demons and visions of inconceivable lands beyond the sky writers have tied enoch into everything from archaeoastronomy astrology alchemy the kabbalah and gnosticism. Thebookofenoch theprophet tkanslatedfkom anethiopicmsinthebodleianlibeary bythelate kichardlaurencelld archbishopofcashel thetextnowcorrectedfromhislatestnotes . The twelve patriarchs the sons of jacob all recount reading the book of enoch their antediluvian fore father the great grandfather of noah whose book opens with these words the word of the blessing of enoch how he blessed the elect and the righteous who are to exist in the time of tribulation rejecting all the wicked and ungodly