Vidění proroka Henocha

The book offers insight into a little-known ancient text attributed to the biblical forefather Enoch. This text, which was probably written at the turn of the Christian era, was not discovered for modern research until the 18th century. Enoch’s visions, describing future events, are in fact the anonymous author’s response to a crisis and the related question of why the righteous are being persecuted in this world and why there is no indication that God is on their side. In the form of a comprehensive interpretation, he tries to show that God has foreseen this situation since the creation of the world and has woven its solution into the order of creation. This will manifest itself in the end time in the form of a reversal of the fate of the righteous and the wicked. This elaborate plan is what David Cielontko’s book attempts to unravel and describe. He offers insights into the thinking, reasoning, and imagination of ancient Jews, naming some of the lesser-known messianic ideas as well as the various ways in which the figure of Enoch was conceptualised in antiquity.