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all these questions some revelations, which surpass
human understanding. Their principal personages are
Enoch, Moses (pbuh) , Baruch, Ezra. These writings are
evidently the product of the painful and disastrous
epochs of Judaism.” [1] Consequently, they cannot be
fully understood any more than the Apocalypse that
bears the name of St. John the Apostle. Fourthly, these
Apocalypses have been interpolated by the Christians.
In the Book of Enoch, “the Son of Man” is also called
“the Son of Woman” and “the Son of God,” thus
interpolating the Church theory of Incarnation; surely,
no Jewish Seer would write “Son of God.” Fifthly,
it would be noticed that the Messianic doctrine is a
later development of the old prophecies concerning
the Last Apostle of Allah, as foretold by Jacob (pbuh)
and other Prophets. It is only in the Apocrypha and
the Apocalypses, and especially in the Rabbinical,
writings, that this “Last Deliverer” is claimed to
descend from David (pbuh) . True, there are prophecies
after the Babylonian captivity, and even after the
deportation of the Ten Tribes into Assyria, about a
“Son of David (pbuh) ” who would come to gather the
dispersed Israel. Nevertheless, these predictions were
fulfilled only partly under Zorobabel - a descendant
of King David (pbuh) . Then after the Greek invasion the
same predictions were preached and announced, and
we only we only see a Judah Maqbaya fighting with a
slight success against Antiochus Epiphanes. Besides,
this success was temporary and of no permanent value.
The Apocalypses, which carry their visions down to
the time after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
and Vespasian, foretell “the Son of Man” who will
appear with great power to destroy the Roman power
and the other enemies of Israel. Twenty centuries had

[1] Munuel de Litterature Juive. Nancy, 1927