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supernatural form, try to explain the secrets of the nature,
the origin [sic] of God, the problems of good and evil,
justice and happiness, the past and the future. The
Apocalypse makes upon all these questions some revelations
which surpass human understanding. Their principal
personages are Enoch, Moses, Baruch, Ezra. These writings
are evidently the product of the painful and disastrous
epochs of Judaism." (1) Consequently they cannot be fully
understood any more than the Apocalypse which bears the
name of St. John the Apostle. Fourthly, these Apocalypses
have been interpolated by the Christians. In the Book of
Enoch "the Son of Man" is also called "the Son of Woman"
and "the Son of God," thus interpolating the Church theory
of incarnation; surely no Jewish Seer would write "Son of
God." Fifthly, it would be noticed that the Messianic
doctrine is a later development of the old prophecies
concerning the Last Prophet of Allah, as foretold by Jacob
and other Prophets. It is only in the Apocrypha and the
the origin [sic] of God, the problems of good and evil,
justice and happiness, the past and the future. The
Apocalypse makes upon all these questions some revelations
which surpass human understanding. Their principal
personages are Enoch, Moses, Baruch, Ezra. These writings
are evidently the product of the painful and disastrous
epochs of Judaism." (1) Consequently they cannot be fully
understood any more than the Apocalypse which bears the
name of St. John the Apostle. Fourthly, these Apocalypses
have been interpolated by the Christians. In the Book of
Enoch "the Son of Man" is also called "the Son of Woman"
and "the Son of God," thus interpolating the Church theory
of incarnation; surely no Jewish Seer would write "Son of
God." Fifthly, it would be noticed that the Messianic
doctrine is a later development of the old prophecies
concerning the Last Prophet of Allah, as foretold by Jacob
and other Prophets. It is only in the Apocrypha and the