This series is cross-posted with the permission of Book of Mormon Centralfrom their website at Pearl of Great Price Central   William Blake, 1757–1827: Nebuchadnezzar, 1795. The theme of the “mighty man” who becomes a depraved “wild man” stretches back to the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh, providing a backdrop for similar imagery in Enoch traditions.   As Enoch set out to fulfill his prophetic commission, it seems that his preaching...
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