1 Enoch, quoted in Jude

1 Enoch tells the Genesis 6 episode at length — a company of Watchers binds itself by mutual oath on Hermon so no one can defect. Jude 14 then quotes Enoch by name, as prophecy.

In plain words

1 Enoch tells the story of Genesis 6 at length, with the Watchers binding themselves by oath on Mount Hermon, and the New Testament letter of Jude quotes Enoch by name as prophecy. The canon quotes a book it does not contain: dropped for saying too much, not for being false.

The mechanism

CUSTODIAL EXCLUSION, CAUGHT — the canon quotes the text it does not contain. They did not drop Enoch because it was false; they dropped it because it said too much, and then could not un-say it

Scripture

Jude 14

How it was checked

• EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
• Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
• Plate — 4Q201 (4QEnoch-a), the oldest surviving copy of 1 Enoch, Qumran Cave 4 · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4Q201.jpg
• SourcesSCRIPTURE — Jude 14; ARCHAEOLOGY — Aramaic Enoch at Qumran; the Ethiopian canon