Eastern Orthodox reception

The Eastern Orthodox tradition does not include 1 Enoch in its canonical scripture, but the Slavonic Apocalypse of Enoch (2 Enoch) was transmitted within the Slavonic Christian milieu in two recensions (Long J/JR, Short U).

• 2 Enoch is preserved only in Slavonic (~12th–17th c. MSS) but is widely believed to derive from a 1st-c. CE Jewish or Judaizing Christian original (Andersen, Böttrich, Orlov).
• Greek fragments of 1 Enoch (Codex Panopolitanus, Syncellus's Chronographia) circulated in Byzantine Christianity.
• The Watchers tradition is preserved in patristic citation (Origen, Cassian, etc.) and in some demonological strands.
• Liturgical use — limited; Slavic Old Church Slavonic prayer traditions occasionally echo 2 Enoch.

Notable scholarship

• F. I. Andersen, 2 Enoch in Charlesworth, OTP vol 1 (1983).
• C. Böttrich, Das slavische Henochbuch (1995).
• A. Orlov, Slavonic Pseudepigrapha multiple essays.

See also

• chapter index
• overview — Byzantine / Slavic transmission context (stub).