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2 Enoch, The Book of Secrets: New Translation

TheSecond Book of Enoch(Slavonic Enoch) or "The Book of Secrets or Enoch" is an ancient Jewish spiritual composition. Though named after Enoch, it was not written by the biblical Enoch himself. He is the main character in the story of heavenly ascent, but not the author of the text we have today. Analyzing the medieval manuscripts, scholars estimate the text's composition sometime after the second century CE.This new translation presents the ancient, reconstructed text in modern, easy-to-read English. The primary goal of this new translation was to produce the text of 2 Enoch accessible to an average modern reader, intelligible, and esthetically enjoyable.Read more

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