Book of Parables

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The Book of Parables is a major apocalyptic section of 1 Enoch that presents visionary revelations about judgment, the afterlife, and a messianic “Son of Man” figure.

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Label Occurrences
Book of Parables canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apocalyptic text ⓘ
section of 1 Enoch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Similitudes of Enoch ⓘ
linked to: 1 Enoch
associatedWith Enoch ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
non-canonical in most other Christian traditions ⓘ
centralFigure Anointed One ⓘ
Chosen One ⓘ
Righteous One ⓘ
Son of Man ⓘ
containedIn Ethiopic Book of Enoch (1 Enoch) ⓘ
linked to: 1 Enoch
dateOfComposition likely 1st century BCE–1st century CE ⓘ
features eschatological judgment ⓘ
heavenly court scenes ⓘ
punishment of sinners ⓘ
resurrection or vindication of the righteous ⓘ
visionary revelations ⓘ
genre apocalyptic literature ⓘ
influenceOn New Testament Son of Man traditions ⓘ
early Christian Christology ⓘ
early Jewish messianism ⓘ
language Geʿez (Ethiopic) ⓘ
linked to: Ge'ez
narrativeVoice first-person revelations of Enoch ⓘ
notFoundIn Qumran Enoch manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Scrolls
originalLanguage likely Aramaic ⓘ
possibly Hebrew ⓘ
partOf 1 Enoch ⓘ
portrays Son of Man as eschatological judge ⓘ
Son of Man as light to the nations ⓘ
heavenly enthronement of Son of Man ⓘ
preexistent Son of Man ⓘ
preservedIn Ethiopic manuscripts of 1 Enoch ⓘ
relatedWork Astronomical Book ⓘ
Book of the Watchers ⓘ
Dream Visions ⓘ
Epistle of Enoch ⓘ
linked to: 1 Enoch
religiousTradition Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
setting end-time judgment scene ⓘ
heavenly realms ⓘ
structure three parables ⓘ
subject Son of Man figure ⓘ
afterlife ⓘ
angels and fallen angels ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
heavenly journeys ⓘ
righteous and wicked ⓘ
theologicalTheme condemnation of oppressive rulers ⓘ
heavenly wisdom revealed to Enoch ⓘ
universal judgment ⓘ
vindication of the righteous ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Enoch → hasPart → Book of Parables ⓘ
Enochic literature → hasMajorWork → Book of Parables ⓘ
Book of Dream Visions → relatedWork → Book of Parables ⓘ