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ENNS , a See also:

town of See also:Austria, in upper Austria, 11 m. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Linz. Pop. (1900) 4371. It is situated on the Enns near its confluence with the See also:Danube and possesses a 15th-See also:century See also:castle, an old See also:Gothic See also:church, and a town See also:hall erected in 1565. Three See also:miles to the S.W. lies the Augustinian monastery of St See also:Florian, one of the See also:oldest and largest religious houses of Austria. Founded in the 7th century, it was occupied by the See also:Benedictines till the See also:middle of the 14th century. It was established on a See also:firm basis in 1071, when it passed into the hands of the See also:Augustinians. The actual buildings, which are among the most magnificent in Austria, were constructed between 1686 and 1745. Its library, with over 70,000 volumes, contains valuable See also:manuscripts and also a See also:fine collection of coins. Enns is one of the oldest towns in Austria, and stands near the site of the See also:Roman Laureacum. The See also:nucleus of the actual town was formed by a castle, called Anasiburg or Anesburg, erected in 900 by the Bavarians as a See also:post against the incursions of the Hungarians. It soon attained commercial prosperity, and by a See also:charter of 1212 was made a See also:free town.

In 1275 it passed into the hands of See also:

Rudolph of See also:Habsburg. An encounter between the See also:French and the See also:Austrian troops took See also:place here on the 5th of See also:November 1805. See also:ENOCH (Iiirt, lin, IJanOkh, Teaching or See also:Dedication). (I) In Gen. iv. 17, 18 (J), the eldest son of See also:Cain, See also:born while Cain was See also:building a See also:city, which he named after Enoch; nothing is known of the city. (2) In Gen. v. 24, &c. (P), seventh in descent from See also:Adam in the See also:line of See also:Seth; he " walked with See also:God," and after 365 years " was not for God took him." [(I) and (2) are often regarded as both corruptions of the seventh See also:primitive See also:king Evedorachos (Enmeduranki in See also:cuneiform See also:inscriptions), the two genealogies, Gen. iv. 16-24, V. 12-17, being variant forms of the Babylonian See also:list of primitive See also:kings. Enmeduranki is the favourite of the See also:sun-god, cf. Enoch's 365 years.'] Heb. xi.

5 says Enoch " was not found, because God translated him." Later Jewish legends represented him as receiving revelations on See also:

astronomy, &c., and as the first author; apparently following the Babylonian See also:account which makes Enmeduranki receive instruction in all See also:wisdom from the sun-god.' Two apocryphal See also:works written in the name of Enoch are extant, the See also:Book of Enoch, compiled from documents written 200–50 B.C., quoted as the See also:work of Enoch, See also:Jude 14 and 15; and the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, A.D. 1–50. Cf. 1 Chron. i. 3; See also:Luke iii. 37; Wisdom iv. 7-14; Ecclus. xliv. 16, xlix. 14. (3) Son, i.e. See also:clan, of See also:Midian, in Gen. See also:xxv. 4; I Chron. i. 33• (4) Son, i.e. clan, of See also:Reuben, E.

V. Hanoch, Henoch, in Gen. xlvi. 9; Exod. vi. 14; Num. See also:

xxvi. 5; I Chron. v. 3. There may have been some See also:historical connexion between these two clans with identical names. ' See also:Eberhard See also:Schrader, See also:Die Keilinschriften and das A.T., 3rd ed., PP. 540 f.

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