Mel Jackson has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is The Ultimate Book of Fallen Angels, Watchers, Giants, the Nephilim and the Books of Enoch.
The Ultimate Book of Fallen Angels, Watchers, Giants, the Nephilim and the Books of Enoch
Summary
This work explores the heavens and the earth through the eyes of Enoch. It chronicles the events as a group of holy angels called the Watchers fall from grace, desert their heavenly home and trade eternal life to taste the forbidden lust for earthly women. This work looks closely at the anguish and regret felt by the fallen ones as they realized what they had done and the consequences that followed. We explore how the Watchers felt about their offspring with the women, the Nephilim, the Eljo, and the Men of Renown.
We see the Grigori, part of the band of fallen angels, imprisoned in heaven, mournfully singing lamentations of sorrow and regret to the Lord. We see our own mortal failings as we watch the holy and beautiful angels end as the enemies of their own creator.
In this book, we bring together several popular works into one volume.
The Books of First Enoch (The Ethiopic Book of Enoch), Second Enoch (The Slavonic Secrets of Enoch), and Third Enoch (The Hebrew Book of Enoch) are presented with two versions of The Book of Giants, all with extensive commentary. Within the commentaries, we see how the mysterious prophecy uttered by Daniel comes alive and makes perfect sense when it is placed within the Enochian calendar. From these ancient texts and many others, such as Jasher, Jubilees, the Lilith myth, several Gnostic text, and numerous other books, a chronological narrative like no other is produced. The narrative plays like a mystery novel, which lays out a timeline of events from the beginning of creation to the punishment of the fallen angels and the defeat of Satan. At the end of the book an additional chapter is added, which lists the names of major angels and demons and their duties or functions.
Years of research and the vast amount of information presented in this work makes it one of the ultimate resources of knowledge and history regarding Fallen Angels, the Watchers, Giants, and Nephilim.
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The Apocrypha: The Complete Volume
Summary
The official editions of the King James contained the books of the Apocrypha until 1796. Most printers did not clear inventories and change to the 66-book version we know today until the mid 1800's. Etymologically, the word "apocrypha" means "things that are hidden", but why they were hidden is not clear. Some have suggested that the books were "hidden" from common use because they contained esoteric knowledge, too profound to be communicated to any except the initiated...others have suggested that such books were hidden due to their spurious heretical teaching. The Apocrypha: The Complete Volume contains the following: A Brief History, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Letter (Epistle) of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah, Baruch, Prayer of Manasseh (Manassas), Bel and the Dragon, Wisdom of Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, Additions to Esther, Tobit, Judith, Susanna, Psalm 151, Enoch, Jubilees, 1 Clements, Shepherd of Hermas, Book of Jasher, and an Overview of Books.
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The Books of Maccabees: Containing the Books of 1, 2, 3, and 4 Maccabees
Summary
1 Maccabees - The book presents the Jewish leaders Judas, Jonathan, and Simon as devout people and has little sympathy for people who favor Hellenization, but nowhere does the text mentions divine intervention. Chapter one to two: The Hellenization of Judah and the non-violent resistance by Mattathias is covered; Chapter three to nine: Tells of the Military actions by Judas the Maccabaean ("battle hammer:): after 166 where the temple is purified; Chapter nine to 12: recounts the continued warfare led by Judas' brother Jonathan (160-143), who, benefiting from wars of succession in the Seleucid Empire, restores the fortunes of the Jewish nationalists and adds to their territories; Chapter 13-16: The third brother, Simon, achieves political independence and founds the Hasmonaean dynasty. 2 Maccabees - The book has a much greater interest in theology than first Maccabees. Second Maccabees is not as well written and has a less polished form. The pagans are defined as "blasphemous and barbarous nations", but there are also severe censures of apostate Jews. We find a theological features in second Maccabees such as the resurrection of the body in 7.11; 14.46. This stand in stark contrast first to Wisdom and Philo, both of which teach the immortality of the soul. We have concepts of eternal life and death and in 12.43 the intercession of the living for the dead, an element on which the Catholic church bases the belief in purgatory and prayers for the dead. 3 Maccabees - The book is a misnomer because the book has nothing to do with the Maccabees, who are never mentioned in it. The book is a story about a situation in which the Jewish people, this time in Egypt, were in danger of being annihilated by a Hellenistic monarch, who was attempting to top their religious convictions and practices. 4 Maccabees - The book belongs to the Maccabees series only because it deals with the beginning of the persecution of Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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The Apocrypha: Including Books from the Ethiopic Bible
Summary
The number of books in the Bible depends on which Bible is being referenced. Protestant and Catholic churches recognize 27 New Testament books. Protestants recognize 39 books of the Jewish canon in the Old Testament. Roman Catholics hold 46 books of the Old Testament as canon, along with expanded versions of Esther and Daniel. In addition to the 73 books of the Catholic Bible, the Orthodox Church adds three more books to their canon. By far, the largest canon of all is found in the Ethiopic Church, whose Bible totals 81 books. This Apocryphal volume contains the books of the Catholic, Orthodox, and Ethiopic Bibles, which include: 1 Esdras 2 Esdras 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees 3 Maccabees 4 Maccabees Letter (Epistle) of Jeremiah The Prayer of Azariah, Baruch Prayer of Manasseh (Manassas) Bel and the Dragon, Wisdom of Sirach Wisdom of Solomon, Additions to Esther Tobit Judith Susanna Psalm 151 Enoch Jubilees 1 Clements Shepherd of Hermas
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