3 Enoch (Hebrew Enoch)

c. 5th–6th century AD · Early Jewish / Second Temple Texts

About this text

A later Jewish mystical text where Rabbi Ishmael ascends to heaven and encounters Metatron (identified as the transformed Enoch). Part of the Merkabah (chariot mysticism) tradition.

Significance

Important for understanding later Jewish mysticism and the development of angelic hierarchies.

Key excerpts

Excerpts forthcoming. The full text is available in the public-domain library.

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This text is one of 17 in the Early Jewish / Second Temple Texts category, and one of 62 across the entire library.