▁four ▁words ▁remain ▁( the ▁names ▁of ▁No ah ▁and ▁his ▁three ▁sons ). ▁ ▁J . T . ▁Mil ik ▁believed ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁originally ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁En och ic ▁work , ▁the ▁five - section ed ▁' E no ch ic ▁Pent ate uch ' ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁called , ▁including ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Watch ers , ▁the ▁Astronom ical ▁Book , ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Dream s , ▁and ▁the ▁Ep ist le ▁of ▁En och ▁( with ▁its ▁Ap ocal yp se ▁of ▁We eks ); ▁Mil ik ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁Q um ran ▁Gi ants ▁had ▁actually ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Eth iop ic ▁ 1 ▁En och ' s ▁' Sim il itudes ' ▁( or ▁' Par ables ') ▁section . ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁these ▁En och ic ▁writ ings ▁would ▁have ▁held ▁significance ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁century . ▁Indeed , ▁the ▁early ▁Christian ▁church ▁tre as ured ▁En och ▁and ▁held ▁it ▁canonical . ▁However , ▁during ▁the ▁Christian ▁era ▁after ▁the ▁Apost les , ▁the ▁collection ▁was ▁alter ed ▁and ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁narr ative ▁( Gi ants , ▁it ▁is ▁thought ) ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Par ables . ▁Also , ▁due ▁in ▁no ▁small ▁part ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁Alexand rian ▁philosoph ers ▁who ▁ill - f av ored ▁it ▁— ▁its ▁contents ▁thought ▁by ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁H ellen istic ▁era ▁to ▁be ▁fool ish ▁or ▁strange ▁—