▁earlier ▁Heb rew ▁ante ced ents . ▁It ▁was ▁of ▁course ▁the ▁great ▁R . ▁H . ▁Charles , ▁transl ator ▁and ▁publish er ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁of ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁En och , ▁who ▁assert ed ▁that ▁En och ▁was ▁" built ▁upon ▁the ▁de br is ▁of " ▁an ▁older ▁No ah ▁s aga ▁than ▁that ▁in ▁Gen esis ▁which ▁only ▁crypt ically ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁En och ▁myth . ▁But ▁Mil ik ▁himself ▁offered ▁his ▁own ▁hypothesis ▁that ▁En och ' s ▁' cre ation ▁story ' ▁and ▁law ▁of ▁God ▁account ▁naturally ▁pre date ▁the ▁M osa ic ▁S ina i ▁accounts ▁in ▁Gen esis : ▁He ▁saw ▁Gen esis ▁ 6 : 1 - 4 ▁— ▁long ▁a ▁puzz ling ▁passage ▁to ▁bib lic al ▁sch ol ars ▁— ▁as ▁a ▁quot ation ▁from ▁what ▁he ▁believed ▁ultimately ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁earlier ▁En och ▁source . ▁More ▁recent ▁scholar ship , ▁such ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁Klaus ▁Bey er , ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁( parts ▁of ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁at ▁Q um ran ) ▁was ▁" origin ally ▁composed ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁during ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁B CE , ▁while ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁gi ants ▁Gil g ames h ▁and ▁Hob ab ish ▁bet ray ▁a ▁Bab yl onian ▁proven ance " ▁— ▁which ▁Bab yl onian - orig ins ▁claim ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁name ▁appearances , ▁however , ▁is ▁ref uted ▁by ▁Martínez