The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 46 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter XXVII

XXVII. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley . CHAPTER XXVII. 1. Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley ⌈⌈ between ⌉⌉ ?' 2. ⌈⌈ Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This ⌉⌉ accursed valley is for those who are accursed for ever: Here shall all ⌈ the accursed ⌉ be gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things. E Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be their place of judgement. 3. In the last days there shall be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King. G g Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be the place of their habitation. 3. In the last times, in the days of the true judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever: here shall the godly bless the Lord of Glory, the Eternal Kin. 4. In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless Him for the mercy in accordance with which He has assigned them (their lot).' 5. Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth His ⌈ glory ⌉ and lauded Him gloriously.

Themes

◆Cosmic Dualismtheology

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

The text establishes a stark geographical and moral division between the blessed land for the righteous and the accursed valley for the wicked.

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◆Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

God is depicted as actively assigning the lot of the righteous and the accursed according to His mercy and justice.

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◆Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The Lord is depicted as an active Eternal King who judges, assigns lots, and receives blessing.

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◆Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

Enoch concludes the vision by blessing and lauding the Lord of Glory, demonstrating direct address and praise.

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◆Psychopomp Journeycosmology

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

Uriel acts as a guide explaining the geography of the afterlife realms to Enoch during his visionary tour.

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◇Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

[auto] The passage explicitly details the gathering of the accursed for judgment in the last days and describes the spectacle of righteous judgement.

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Related passages · 1 parallel

◆egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 18 (part 11)

“He shall (5) enter into the Fields of Aaru in peace, to learn the bidding of him who dwelleth in Tattu; (6) there shall wheat and barley be given unto him; there shall he flourish as he did upon (7) earth; and he shall do whatsoever pleaset…”

Both passages describe a place of judgement and reward in the afterlife, with the righteous being blessed and the accursed being punished. They share the theme of divine justice and the allocation of souls based on their deeds.