The biblical writer (Gn 5:21-24) called attention to the enigmatic figure of Enoch in several ways: he holds the seventh position of the patriarchal genealogy and his full earthly life span is far and away the lowest. Many other traditions not present in the Bible are fully elaborated in the apochryphal cycle of Enoch (Ethiopic, Slavonic, and Hebrew books of Enoch). Within the Qumran community the figure of Enoch became particularly relevant. Moreover, since he was mysteriously removed by God, he was well qualified to be a revealer of heavenly secrets. Although all this makes of him a special patriarch, bound to be hold in the highest esteem by the rabbis, none of the legends linked to him left any trace in the authoritative rabbinic source...