“... At the same time, it suggests another possible connection with 1 En- och, particularly chapters 6-11, an originally independent unit within BW that recounts the descent of the Watchers with no reference to En- och. After 1 Enoch 6-8 recounts the angelic descents from heaven and the resultant proliferation of sin and bloodshed on the earth, 1 Enoch 9 depicts the archangels Michael, Sariel, Raphael, and Gabriel petitioning God, in response to the outcries of the blood-gorged earth (7 : 6) and suffering human victims of violence (8:4; 9:2). As in 3 Enoch 5, the angelic petition is heeded by God, who responds by sending Sariel to warn Noah of the upcoming Flood (1 Enoch 10: 1-3; see also 10: 14-22) and by commissioning Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael to punish Asael, Semihazah, and the Giants respectively (10:4-13). Other portions of 1 Enoch will give Enoch the role of testifying against the fallen Watchers, in a manner that implies his elevation above the angels (see esp. 1 Enoch 12-16 [^W^]). However, in 1 Enoch 6-11, the situation is resolved through the petition of the archangels and God's positive response to their requests. Enoch himself remains wholly absent from the divine- archangelic process of judgement and punishment, as in 3 Enoch 5 (§§7-8). This raises the interesting possibility that 3 Enoch 5 (§§7-8) was specifically influenced by 1 Enoch 6-11. If so, this would not only explain its depiction of efficacious angelic complaint by the ministering angels, who seem to be identified with the archangels of 1 Enoch 9, but would also account for the strange absence of any reference to Enoch- Metatron within this unit. ...”