What in the Word? Does Jude Quote Enoch as Prophecy? | Wes Huff on Jude 14–15
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Mar 11, 2026 
Wes Huff, an aspiring New Testament scholar finishing a PhD and vice president of Apologetics Canada, discusses Jude 14–15 and its relationship to 1 Enoch. He unpacks why Jude’s line sounds like a quotation, how ancient readers treated 1 Enoch, different interpretive options, and what this means for using extra-biblical traditions in theological argumentation.
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Jude Intentionally Echoes Familiar Enochian Tradition
- Jude likely quotes or alludes to First Enoch to engage a well-known Jewish tradition rather than to canonize it.
- Wes Huff explains 1 Enoch is a compilation of apocalyptic writings popular in Second Temple Judaism, known to Jude's audience.
First Enoch Is Composite Literature Not Genesis Enoch
- First Enoch is a multi-part pseudepigraphal apocalypse compiled from texts dated between the 3rd century BC and 1st century AD.
- The only full surviving copy is in Ethiopic, but fragments appear in Greek, Aramaic, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Pseudepigraphal Books Used Famous Names To Teach Apocalyptic Ideas
- 1 Enoch belongs to popular pseudepigraphal and apocalyptic genres that proliferated in the intertestamental period.
- These works used famous biblical names to convey prophetic/apocalyptic themes but were not written by the historical figures they bear.
