i think if we look at history, we probably have lost more than we have retained as far as scripture of the ancient faith. enochs time period was before Moses ever wrote Genesis or the first 5 books of the Bible. i personally have read the different sections of the book of enoch. it is an interesting read and intruiging to be honest. it seems consistant that God would have Him record what He saw when He was taken away to be with God. thats what God has always done, even as late as John he calls Him into Heaven, and has Him record the things He sees.
this is true of ezekeil who looked up into heaven and saw the throne, of Isaiah who did the same and a few others also. each time we have an account of something spectacular and Heavenly its because God chose someone and showed them, and commanded them to write it down. part of the book of enoch is supposed to have been authored by His Grandson Noah after the flood. its really an interesting read giving accounts of things we read briefly of in the scripture, but in detail. whether its credible or not, Jude certainly wuoted from it and its dated in agreement to the latest at 2oo years prior to the coming of Jesus.
this of course means it was accepted scripture and Jude even labels it prophetic. its a direct quote from the book, and there are several other areas that it is apparent John, and peter both had read it because they use terminology and imagery only found in enoch, and not in the other scriptures. to me it should be read and considered prayerfully and yet not held to the value we find from genesis to revelation because God is able to Get His entire message to us in His written Word.
i have looked into some other texts also the books of adam and eve, some of the apocryphal books, the macabeean books. there is alot of ancient jewish text dated after malichi, but before the events of matthew. in those 400 years of silence in the bible, there are alot of jewish texts that hold immense value though shouldnt be considered equal at least in my mind to the books of the Bible.
there are things in some of them, that really make you start to think they are legitamate, because they flow with the same rythym you are saying in your op, the same points like the bible does again and again, but with different aspects of the same subjects, definately ancient scripture or text from the jewish time periods we read of in the bible is of great value for discernment and helps understand things we read in the bible because much of those type of texts are historical records and accounts of events that happened between malachi, ( the end of the prophets,) and matthew the start of the fulfillment of Gods Word through the prophets.
