Does the Book of 1 Enoch Belong in the Bible? (part 2)

Описание: This episode is part 2 of 2 addressing a video from Dan McClellan called "Was 1 Enoch considered inspired scripture? (   • Was 1 Enoch considered inspired scripture?  ) "


Dan McClellan claims to be a Latter-day Saint, although his views don't reflect those of typical Mormons. He has impressive credentials and he uses them to make Tiktok and YouTube videos that promote a deconstructionist view of Scripture under the guise of "Data ＞ dogma." He also promotes leftist political ideas that are uniformly Marxist and identity politics.


This episode reviews a bit then looks at McClellan's arguments for why 1 Enoch is behind the New Testament doctrines of demons and hell. We look at possible explanations for Jude 1:14-15 quoting 1 Enoch 1:9. Then, we examine McClellan's claim that Jesus' statement "I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven" was likely a reference to the "animal apocalypse" vision in 1 Enoch chapters 86-90. We then see examples in the New Testament where eschatology comes from Daniel rather than 1 Enoch.


Sources Cited:


Dan McClellan, "Was 1 Enoch considered inspired scripture? (   • Was 1 Enoch considered inspired scripture?  ) "


Dan McClellan, YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach (https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/...) , (SBL Press, Atlanta, 2022).


Flavius Josephus, Against Apion (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2849/...) (Translated by William Whiston)


First Enoch (https://www.ccel.org/c/charles/otpseu...) (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)


Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 66:24 (https://www.sefaria.org/Targum_Jonath...) , Sefaria.org.


Judith 16 (NSRVUE) (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...) , BibleGateway.org.


"Aratus, Phaenomena (https://www.theoi.com/Text/AratusPhae...) ," theoi.com.


"Cleanthes’ Hymn to Zeus (https://www.hellenion.org/zeus/cleant...) ," hellenion.org.


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