Enoch
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In the Bible
According to the Bible, Enoch was the son of Cain, who was the son of Adam and Eve. Enoch had a son named Irad and was an ascendant of Noah. Enoch's father, Cain, also named a town after him.
Source: The New American Bible: Gn 4:17-26
The Bible has several occurrences of that name:
Enoch, a direct descendant of Adam and ancestor of Noah. It is believed that he was taken away by God and became known as the angel Metatron. He is also a prophet in Islam known as Idris (Arabic: إدريس ). Enoch, son of Cain, after whom Cain named the first city he founded. Note: Enoch is often confused with Enos.
Apocryphal Books
Enoch is the protagonist of the several apocryphal books of the Old Testament:
1st Book of Enoch
1st Book of Enoch, an apocryphal book in the Ethiopic Bible.
The Book of Enoch describes the fall of the Watchers, the angels who fathered the Nephilim (cf. the bene Elohim, Genesis 6:1-2). The fallen angels went to Enoch to intercede on their behalf with God after he declared to them their doom. The remainder of the book describes Enoch's visit to Heaven in the form of a vision, and his revelations.
The book contains descriptions of the movement of heavenly bodies (in connection with Enoch's trip to Heaven), and some parts of the book have been speculated about as containing instructions for the construction of a solar declinometer (the Uriel's machine theory).
2nd Book of Enoch
2nd Book of Enoch, an apocryphal book in the Old Slavonic Bible.
The book begins with a first-person account by Enoch of a journey through the ten heavens that culminates in a meeting with God. This is followed by a discussion about the creation of the world, and God's instructions to Enoch to return to Earth and disseminate what he has learned. These teachings are then described as taking place within a 30-day stay, at the end of which Enoch is taken back to heaven and transformed into the angel Metatron. At this point, the text switches to third-person and tells the stories of Methuselah, Nir (Noah's younger brother), and Melchizedek.
3rd Book of Enoch
3rd Book of Enoch, a Kabbalistic Rabbinic text in Hebrew, attributed to Kohen Gadol Yishmael (90-135 CE).
Some points that appear in Enoch 1 and Enoch 3 are:
Enoch ascends to heaven in a storm chariot 3 Enoch 6:1; 7:1 Enoch is transformed into an angel 3 Enoch 9:1-5; 15:1-2 Enoch as an exalted angel is enthroned in heaven 3 Enoch 10:1-3; 16:1 Receives a revelation of cosmological secrets of creation 3 Enoch 13:1-2 The story about precious metals and how they won't avail there users and those that make idols from them. 3 Enoch 5:7-14 One of the characters is a hostile angel named Azaz'el/Aza'el 3 Enoch 4:6; 5:9 The main themes running through 3 Enoch are the ascension of Enoch into heaven and his change into the angel Metatron.
“ "This Enoch, whose flesh was turned to flame, his veins to fire, his eye-lashes to flashes of lightning, his eye-balls to flaming torches, and whom God placed on a throne next to the throne of glory, received after this heavenly transformation the name Metatron." - Gershom G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941/1961) p. 67
Source: Wikipedia
In His Dark Materials
In His Dark Materials, the Authority makes Enoch an angel, Metatron, who eventually becomes regent of the Kingdom of Heaven.
