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Ancient writings related to the biblical prophet Enoch are collected in the Ethiopian Book of Enoch. The Ethiopian book of Enoch, sometimes known as 1 Enoch, was previously highly revered by Jews and Christians. Later, it lost favor with important theologians due to its contradictory views regarding the traits and behaviors of fallen angels. Many of the early church fathers readily accepted the Enochian writings and a sizable number of other works that were either lost or eliminated from the Bible, such as the Book of Tobit and Esdras, as "apocryphal" literature. The term "lost" or "missing" books of the Bible has been used to refer to these apocryphal works, which are not accepted as canonical texts outside of the Ethiopian church. They offer distinctive perspectives on how early Christian teachings evolved. Because Dead Sea Scrolls and fragments of these manuscripts were discovered concurrently, it is highly likely that the authors of the New Testament were influenced by these writings when they penned their works. To know more about the history of the Ethiopian book of Enoch, what the book of Enoch contains, canonicity of the book in different religions, the book of giants, why the book of Enoch was removed from the biblical canon and much more..