Joe Rogan Experience #2570 - Mystery Boys · Aired Oct 23, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
Rabbis removed the Book of Enoch from the Bible because it did not jive with the Torah.
The finding
What remains unresolved
The Israel Antiquities Authority identifies Enoch among non-biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and states that it was not included in the Hebrew Bible's canon. The Ethiopian church nevertheless includes it in its own canon. Neither establishes the claimed decision by rabbis to remove it because it conflicted with the Torah. That particular action and motive are not demonstrated, so the claim remains unresolved rather than being endorsed as partly established.
Read the supporting source · www.deadseascrolls.org.il ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that Rabbis removed the Book of Enoch from the Bible because it did not jive with the Torah?
We can't say yet. The Israel Antiquities Authority identifies Enoch among non-biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and states that it was not included in the Hebrew Bible's canon. The Ethiopian church nevertheless includes it in its own canon. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2570 - Mystery Boys, aired Oct 23, 2026, at 1:13:56. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is deadseascrolls.org.il, linked below.
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