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Notes

Key ideas to preserve

  • Early Christians knew 1 Enoch well.
  • Some treated it as Scripture; many did not.
  • The debate was about canonical status, not whether the book mattered.
  • Heiser's position is that canonicity is not required for interpretive usefulness.
  • Peter and Jude's use of Enoch does not automatically settle canon, but it does settle importance.

Why this framework is necessary

Without this framework, the portfolio will repeatedly re-argue basic distinctions:

  • canon vs usefulness
  • inspiration vs interpretive importance
  • quotation vs canonical endorsement
  • acceptance vs theological utility

Likely reuse targets

  • articles on Enoch and the New Testament
  • canon discussions
  • authority discussions
  • methodology sections in longer books