The Book of Enoch 58
Book II The Book of Parables (Similitudes) Chapters 37–71 · late 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE
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.
Dating & manuscripts. Notably ABSENT from the Qumran fragments, unlike every other section. This absence anchors the long scholarly debate over the Parables' date and the origin of their 'Son of Man' figure.
Chapters 46 and 48 draw directly on Daniel 7 for the titles 'Head of Days' and 'Son of Man'. The section also contains Noahic interpolations (e.g. 60, 65-69).
1 Enoch is an anthology of five distinct works, composed over roughly three centuries.
The Blessedness of the Saints.
Enoch begins speaking the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect who receive a glorious lot.
1nd I began to speak the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect.
2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect, For glorious shall be your lot.
3 And the righteous shall be in the light of the sun. And the elect in the light of eternal life: The days of their life shall be unending, And the days of the holy without number.
4 And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits: There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord.
5 And after this it shall be said to the holy in heaven That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith: For it has become bright as the sun upon earth, And the darkness is past.
6 And there shall be a light that never endeth, And to a limit (lit. ' number ') of days they shall not come, For the darkness shall first have been destroyed, And the light established before the Lord of Spirits And the light of uprightness established for ever before the Lord of Spirits.
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Enoch begins speaking the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect who receive a glorious lot.
The righteous shall be in the light of the sun and the elect in the light of eternal life and the days of their life shall be unending.
They shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits and there shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord.
It shall be said to the holy in heaven that they should seek the secrets of righteousness the heritage of faith bright as the sun upon earth.
There shall be a light that never endeth after the darkness first has been destroyed and the light of uprightness established for ever before the Lord of Spirits.
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In brief
Enoch begins to speak the third parable concerning the righteous and elect, whose glorious lot includes unending life in the light of the sun and eternal life. They find peace and righteousness as darkness ends and everlasting light is established before the Lord of Spirits.