3 Enoch (the Hebrew Book of Enoch)
Contents — 54 chapters
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About this book
3 Enoch (the Hebrew Book of Enoch, Sefer Hekhalot) is a merkabah-mysticism text of the late-antique to early-medieval Heikhalot literature. It narrates Rabbi Ishmael’s ascent to the divine chariot and his encounter with Metatron, "the lesser YHWH," and describes creation by letters, including "the planets and the constellations." The Odeberg 1928 edition (English + Hebrew + commentary) is the complete edition hosted here.
Relevance to this project
Creation by letters including "the planets and the constellations" (13:1); Metatron the "lesser YHWH" and the seventy names. The merkabah-stratum text carrying the creator-letter theology and the 70-name motif (§13).