Is the book of Enoch an inspired writing that Christians should study like the Bible?
The book of Enoch isn’t sacred, that is, it isn’t a part of inspired Scripture. Rather, it is part of a group of books known as “pseudepigrapha,” which means “false writings.” Here is some helpful information on the subject from Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary: “A collection of Jewish books containing various forms of literature, using names of famous people in Israel’s history for the titles of the books. The real authors are unknown. Such names as Ezra, Baruch, Enoch, Solomon, Moses, and Adam are used to add authority to the writing… The books in the Pseudepigrapha were written by pious Jews living in either Palestine or Egypt. They were concerned that the Jews live according to the law of Moses” (1986, article “Pseudepigrapha”). The New Testament writer Jude quotes Enoch (Jude 14-15). We have no doubt that the real Enoch of Genesis 5 spoke these words, and that they had been passed on by tradition from his time. There is a similar (albeit not exact) quotation in the book of
