The Enochite Writings of the Second Temple Period

The Enochite writings of the second temple period would have been unrecognizable to Abraham and Moses. The Old Testament was adamant that Satan was a divine function, but now he's personified as an evil fount of all evil. And of course, the Enochites also invented the afterlife. In the Old Testament, the blessings and curseings attached to the divine contract were realized in less world, not the next. It was clear to all Jews after the arrival of the Romans that their social and political situation was the exact opposite to the pretensions of the scriptures and prophets. Their province was a desert backwater. What was to be done? A tragic winnowing of the heirs