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Is the Book of Enoch quoted in the New Testament?

Yes, the Book of Enoch is quoted in the New Testament. The Epistle of Jude (verses 14-15) quotes 1 Enoch 1:9 directly, showing that the text was known and valued among early Christian writers (Canon & Reception - Canon and reception of the Book of Enoch).

Beyond that single explicit citation, 1 Enoch was widely read in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, and it was known to the writers of 2 Peter and Revelation as well. Although later Jewish and Western Christian canons did not include it as scripture, its influence on those New Testament books remains clear from the shared language and themes (Canon & Reception - Canon and reception of the Book of Enoch).

This reception history helps explain why the complete work survived in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition even while it became an apocryphon elsewhere: the same circles that produced the New Testament already treated Enoch’s visions as authoritative enough to quote.

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