Egyptian-Hebrew stream·The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)·Book II — Book of Parables (Similitudes)·Chapter XXXVII — The Parables Begin
Prologue to the three Similitudes
Enoch announces the three parables he received — beginning of the second Book of Enoch (the Similitudes), addressed to those of distant generations who shall walk in righteousness.
Source context
- Theme
- opening vision and declaration of the three Parables given to Enoch, son of Jared
- Soul-faculty
- Consciousness Soul
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Hebrew prophetic traditionThe structural form of a heavenly commissioning followed by a threefold revelatory mandate parallels the inaugural visions of Isaiah (ch. 6) and Ezekiel (ch. 1), where the seer receives divine authorization before transmitting cosmic teaching.
- Babylonian / Mesopotamian apocalypticThe triadic organization of disclosed mysteries shows cross-tradition congruence with Akkadian omen literature, where revelation is typically organized in numbered series conveying hierarchical celestial knowledge.
Chapter XXXVII
XXXVII-LXXI
CHAPTER XXXVII.
1The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom--which Enoch the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. 2. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I lifted up my voice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth: Hear, ye men of old time, and see, ye that come after, the words of the Holy One which I will speak before the Lord of Spirits. 3. It were better to declare (them only) to the men of old time, but even from those that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom. 4. Till the present day such wisdom has never been given **by** the Lord of Spirits as I have received according to my insight, according to the good pleasure of the Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me. 5. Now three parables were imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the earth.
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