THE BOOK OF WATCHERS: AN ADVENTIST STUDY OF 1 ENOCH

Is Your Bible Missing One of the Scriptures?

In this exciting class, guided by a biblical studies professor, explore the Book of Enoch (1 Enoch) from an Adventist perspective, particularly focusing on the Book of Watchers, with special focus on how Ellen White utilized the first nineteenth century translation of the work. Discover why scholars believe that the "book" of Enoch is actually a collection of five books, and why the Book of Watchers (the first major section) owes its creation to four or more different people. Explore the earliest origins of Satan and how Jews before the time of Jesus were attempting to make sense of his backstory.

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    1. How to use this course

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    2. Before we begin...

    3. Hi, I'm Your Professor

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    4. An Academic Approach to the Bible

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    5. Private Tutoring

    1. 1. Welcome to the Class!

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. 2. How Bibles Differ From One Another and Why

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    3. 3. What Is the Apocrypha?

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    4. 4. Protestant Ignorance about Enoch

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    5. 5. What is Pseudepigrapha?

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    6. 6. What is the Book of Enoch?

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    7. 7. Overview of the Book of Enoch: History Channel Clip

    8. Read: Eerdman's Introduction to Book of Watchers

    9. 8. Jude Quotes from 1 Enoch

    10. 9. Evangelists Respond to 1 Enoch

    11. 10. How Many Authors?

    12. 11. A Non-Enochic Work?

    13. 12. Concluding Thoughts

    14. Homework Assignment

    15. Read it For Yourself: Book of Watchers - Hermeneia Translation

    16. Student Resource: Eerdmans Commentary on Book of Watchers

    17. Student Resource: Hermeneia Commentary on 1 Enoch 1-5

    1. Q&A: Can We Benefit from Non-Canonical Books?

    2. Q&A: Who Wrote the Book, If Not Enoch?

    3. Q&A: Did These Books Originally Claim Enochic Authorship?

    4. Q&A: Did Paul Use 1 Enoch?

    5. Q&A: Did Revelation Know 1 Enoch?

    6. Q&A: What Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal?

    7. Student Resource: Dead Sea Scroll Fragments (Translations)

    8. Q&A: Why Did 1 Enoch Lose Popularity?

    9. Q&A: Septuagint and 1 Enoch

    10. Q&A: Influence of 1 Enoch on Protestantism and Biblical Studies

    1. John J. Collins, "Before The Fall: The Earliest Interpretations of Adam and Eve"

    2. Gregory Mobley, Birth of Satan excerpt: "Satan Between the Testaments"

    3. August 6 (North America / Australia) Recording

    4. August 6 (UK / European) Recording

    1. Book of Giants (Dead Sea Scroll Fragments)

    2. Matthew Goff, "Where's Enoch? The Mythic Geography of the Qumran Book of Giants"

    3. Was Noah A Giant? John Reeves Explores This Issue in this Article

    4. August 13 UK Recording

    5. August 13 US Australia Recording

    1. Protestant Reception of the Apocrypha

    2. Ellen White's Use of the Apocrypha

    3. Ellen White's Use of the Pseudepigrapha

    4. European Session Recording (Aug 20)

    5. American / Australian Recording (Aug 20)

About this course

  • $49.99
  • 46 lessons
  • 19 hours of video content

Instructor

Matthew Korpman

Matthew J. Korpman is an adjunct professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at La Sierra University. He is completing his PhD in New Testament studies and is a graduate of Yale University's Divinity School. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles in the world's top academic journals, edited articles for Oxford, and published the bestselling book "Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the Bible Faithfully" (Quoir, 2019).

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