Ah, that explains this belief! The book of Enoch and the Book of Jasher! But they're more like Midrash or biblical fiction. They're not meant to be taken as the inspired Word of God, or held to the same standard. It's worrying that some Christians do such a thing. Speculations are fun but they're not godly truth.
yep!,it's probably from several extra biblical sources. weather they are to be heeded to or not i suppose is led by different denominations(some churches do,and always have included them as scripture). that said tho in years past i took strong s concordance and researched the occurrence of the term "the book of" as recorded in scripture there is listed in the bible the book of "Gad"(1chron.29;29),book of Nathan(1chron.29;29 and 9;29ect.) book of Shemaiah(2chron.12;15) and many others.
Gad and Nathan i think were actually 2nd Samuel
Book of Samuel the Seer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia here is a list of books spoken of in the bible (some we have some not)
Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ,,,,
I suppose maybe one day archeologist may unearth some or all of these(maybe not) there are several statements in scripture that could be addressed also,i.e. the statement of the writer of (Hebrews 7;3) " without father,without mother,without descendent,having neither beginning of days' nor end of life",,,that is the writer of Hebrews(writing to the Hebrews and expecting them to recognize this quote) is making a "statement/quote" in great hopes that the comparison between Melchisedek and Jesus would be instantly recognized.
But if it is so that they would recognize this quote,,,"what book was he quoting from"??,,,that is in the bible we have this exact quote never appears! Thinking about this it would seem that they(the Hebrews) would have questioned how the writer came up with the Idea that Melchisedek "had no father or mother"(all born have a father and mother),,he may not have had children,,,but "beginning of days nor end of life" also would have been questioned because it asserts that he was never born nor died.,,,but I still have no idea (where the writer is quoting this from),,,
In Egypt the Pharoe also knew of a prophecy among the Hebrews of a deliverer (verbal or written book we don't know) but he considered it to be such among the Hebrews that he ordered the first born sons to be cast into the river. I am pointing this out because Moses wrote the first 5 books(that we have) and this prophecy of "a deliverer" was extremely valid among prophecy long before the first word was written by Moses in genesis.
Across my life I have read the bible beginning to end(from the first word to the last without skipping),,then reread it till I have lost track of the times i have read certain books. I have read 1Enoch,book of the luminaries,secrets ect.,,most all of the books we refer to as "early church fathers" Iliad/Odyssey,,ect.ect. I think some books(biblical),,may have at one point been valid but after being copied/translated Incorrectly (not meaning the books we have in the bible except for errors),,,but books like "acts of Barnabas" or "the book of Barnabas"(and others),,,,"they make me wonder if at one time they were "valid books" but then after being translated/copied were "altered",,,
We don't i think know the answers to this(I would hate to say no and they be valid,or yes and they not be valid)so if you ever read them (proceed with caution!),,,in the Qumran manuscripts(dead sea scrolls) there is also a book "Essene Revelation" that is a shorter version of the book of Revelations,,,problem is it "pre-dates the Revelation of john",,,
Essene Revelation ,,,,,
But who were the Essene? and should we regard any of the books found at the dead sea? see (acts 13;1),,,"MANAEN",, he is the son of Manaen the Essene(by some sources)
Essene Revelation that is as the story goes he(Manaen of the essenes) was befriended by Herod the great and his son was (adopted and raised/educated by him),,so then the man "manaen in acts 13;1" who is "brought up with Herod the tetrarch" and then converted to Christianity.
so then in the caves at the dead sea(the Essenes books) we find a host of books that were circulated among the Hebrews(at least one denomination of them) so we can "peep into the way they thought",that is 1enoch was among their books along with Jasher,Jubalees,ect.ect.,,,,,,,"and so the teachings in them were well known in that day",,,,
That is to address your original statement in the o.p. (forgive me if i talk to much,lol),,,the "teachings of the origin of the Nephilim and dinosaurs are found with in these books,,so this is not only a "modern manner of thinking",that is that the Nephilim created the dinosaurs,giants ect.. That is the very books from Qumran(dead sea scrolls) are known to be from then(sealed in those caves) probably to protect them(preserve) because of the destruction taking place in Jerusalem in July,ad70(destruction of the temple),,,
But now these books were being copied(also found was the ink and pens,ect.) so these books were from long before this time period(notice it predates the fixing of both old and new testament cannons),,,that is we say "there not in the bible,meaning today's",,,,"but they are clearly in the books amassed together in a.d.70+ or -"
So today is 2014,and we say "it's not in the bible",,,but in a.d.70 and before many of these books "were in the temple and in the caves at Qumran",,,,so who is to judge which books the Jew's of old considered as scripture,that is "is our opinion more wise as to what they regarded as scripture than theirs?",,,,
I myself find it very curious that before Jesus came the Jews had passed these books around among themselves and then after Jesus was born and crucified then went back through these same books and "cleansed them" of any and all books pertaining to Christ. So then what is the mid-rash,ect?,,,,that is the "organized cannon,and oral traditions",,,,are only amassed and officially accepted "after the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth",,,and these are the books that they held dear before Jesus of Nazareth,and disregarded after the rise of Christianity,,,,,,,