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The Book of Enoch: Full Text

The complete text of 1 Enoch, free to read online - all 108 chapters of the R.H. Charles public-domain translation (1917), with audio narration, plain-language summaries, and every verse cross-linked to the people, places, and prophecies it names.

What is the Book of Enoch?

The Book of Enoch, or 1 Enoch, is an ancient apocalyptic work attributed to the patriarch Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. Written across the Second Temple period (roughly the third century BCE to the first century CE), it recounts the fall of the Watchers - two hundred angels who descend on Mount Hermon and father the giant Nephilim - and Enoch's journeys through the heavens, where he beholds the throne of glory and the coming judgment through the Son of Man. It is quoted directly in the New Testament Epistle of Jude, and survives complete only in Ge'ez, the language of Ethiopia, where it remains canonical scripture.

This edition is the translation of R.H. Charles (1917), which is in the public domain. It is a composite of five originally separate books, listed below.

The Book of the Watchers chapters 1-36

The oldest core of 1 Enoch: the descent of the two hundred Watchers, the birth of the giants, Enoch's intercession, and his guided journeys through the cosmos and the places of judgment.

The Book of Parables (Similitudes) chapters 37-71

Three parables revealing the heavenly Son of Man / Elect One, seated on the throne of glory to judge the kings and the mighty. The most theologically influential - and most debated - section.

The companion texts

The archive also carries three related public-domain works, each fully cross-linked with 1 Enoch: