Why would an antinomian
group respect 1 Enoch?
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Robert Grant thinks 2
nd
cen Gnostics
(antinomian, anti-Jewish) developed
from 1
st
cen Essenes (legalistic, Jewish).
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Gnostics
were
interested in Jewish
traditions (Cain, serpent, etc.).
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Grant thinks some Gnostics were
disillusioned Essenes.