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Podcast: Unraveling Revelation
Episode: Jesus and the Book of Enoch
Description: We take it for granted that “the Son of Man” is a messianic title. After all, Jesus applied it to himself more than 80 times in the New Testament.However, we’ve learned just recently that the title was unknown to Jews until the writing of the Book of Parables, chapters 37–71 of the Book of 1 Enoch, in the late 1st century BC. (Yes, it’s in Daniel 7, but as a description—“one like a son of man”—rather than a title.)We discuss the Essene community near the Sea of Galilee, authors o...