This is an example of George Noory on Coast to Coast AM from tonight's show. They repeat the show so I was able to write this down the second time I heard it. Obviously I've had to leave parts out because I don't know shorthand, but I quoted the relevant parts accurately.
The guest was Dr. Ken Hanson referred to as a Judaist and not an Old Testament Scholar, but anyway he is a professor and is a great guest.
He was on discussing The Book of Enoch which, according to him, is an apocalyptic book, and is not considered part of the official Biblical cannon. I haven't read it.
Anyway, this was on tonight's show, and, once again Bigfoot said to me "I can't believe George Noory is for real."
Ken Hanson: ...James Bruce was travelling in Ethiopia in Aksum likely looking for the Ark of the Covenant where he found three copies of the Book of Enoch and brought them to Europe in 1773.
(The Book of Enoch is referenced in a few other parts of the Bible, so this cleared up the mystery as there were no copies of it in Europe prior to this.)
George Noory then asks why the Book of Enoch was suppressed after it was written and Hanson first replies likely because it was considered too apocalyptic and then adds...
Ken Hanson...but it was kept in Ethiopia where Beta Israel regard it as cannon.
George Noory: Ethiopia, is that where it was rediscovered?
Hanson recovers well realizing that George Noory is barely listening to him saying something like "Yes, as I said, James Bruce brought it to Europe from Ethiopia in 1773."
There is a lot of fascination with the Book of Enoch because of the mention of the Nephilim and the Anunnaki. The Book of Genesis has the odd line 'there were giants in those days' which is regarded as a reference to the Nephilim and the Anunnaki. For those not familiar, the Annunaki were said to be fallen angels who 'had relations' with 'the daughters of men' which created these giants, the Nephilim.
Of course, as Hanson mentioned, this can be taken literally or metaphorically, but, from the Book of Enoch, the evil Nephilim were the reason God flooded the Earth and saved only Noah and his family among humans.
However, I think one can also see how some would interpret these giants as aliens, which is what ancient alien scholars say.
One last aside to this which has also gone on too long already: There is something of a fad of studying the Book of Enoch. The Jewish mysticism, The Kabbalah, derives from the Book of Enoch and studying The Kabbalah was a fad about 15-20 years ago (for instance, Madonna converted to Judaism to study it.) So, these faddists got it backwards! Obviously it makes far more sense to study the main source before studying the Mystical take.
