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Enoch, Jubilees and others · 1 Enoch 14:8–22

The house of crystal

Reference1 Enoch 14:8–22
Writtenc. 300–200 BCE
SetEnoch's journey
The winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire… and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals.

Translation: R. H. Charles, 1917

Read it literally

Enoch is lifted into a building of crystal walls ringed with fire, 'hot as fire and cold as ice'. A station in orbit.

What scholars say

Earliest Jewish heavenly-ascent vision.

Taken up alive Looks like technology From the sky

Quick answers about 1 Enoch 14:8–22

Where is 1 Enoch 14:8–22 found?

1 Enoch 14:8–22 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912).

When was 1 Enoch 14:8–22 written?

c. 300–200 BCE.

What do scholars say about 1 Enoch 14:8–22?

Earliest Jewish heavenly-ascent vision.

Rabbit holes in this passage

PersonEnochThe man who 'walked with God: and he was not; for God took him,' and who became the hero of an entire library of visions.

Sources

  1. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912)Primary text
  2. Genesis 5:18–24, King James VersionPrimary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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