This is a three part series. (here, here and here)
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Oct 05 2009
Intersection: 1st Enoch 82.4-7 and Daniel 7.25
The Book(s) of Enoch are a series of mini-sections touching on differing themes and providing fodder for biblical studies, especially those who study the Second Temple period. In 1st Enoch 82.4-7 we find an account of one Jewish sect in a war of propaganda against other Jewish sect over the abandonment of the Lunar Calendar:
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Jul 22 2009
How do you Interpret the Bible?
During a recent discussion at Jason’s blog, the subject of biblical interpretation and children came up. Jason started the conversation with a thought on the interpretation of Genesis 6.1-4. Many use this passage, mixed with the non-canonical, but important, book of Enoch I. They use the understanding found in those pages and apply it to Genesis to create what I consider a very bad doctrine – human/angel copulation. For these people, ’sons of God’ literally mean those children produced by this act. (This is also the beginning of the Serpent Seed doctrine).
