In The Bible As Book - The Hebrew Bible and the Judaean Desert Discoveries contains a very interesting contribution by Philip S. Alexander titledlilithu said:Most people assume that was refering to angels, but I didn't want to make that assumption. Don't know what else they could be.
The Enochic Literature And The Bible: Intertextuality And Its Implication
in which he writes, in part:Refering to the topic at hand, he continues ...It is evident from even a cursory reading of I Enoch that it is a patchwork of different sources of very different dates. Five of these have been distinguished. They are, in probable order of composition: (1) The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries (I Enoch 72-82); (2) The Book of the Watchers (I Enoch 1-36); (3) The Book of Dreams (I Enoch 83-90); (4) The Epistle of Enoch (I Enoch 91-108); and (5)The Similitudes or Parables of Enoch (I Enoch 37-71). ...
Enoch is fascinating on a number of levels. For those looking for the millieu that gave rise to the Jesus myth/legend, verses such as the following are at least intriguing:Now let us turn to our second biblical passage, the account of the Sons of God in Genesis 6:1-8. This text too is pervasive in the Enochic literature, but the fullest allusions to it are, not surprisingly, in the Book of Watchers, of which it forms the bedrock. The most important passages are in chapters 6, 7, 15 and 16 (cf., 4Q201; 4Q202; 4Q204). ...
Here we find a very clear reading of Genesis 6:1-8 which answers unequivocally all the exegetical questions which were raised earlier. The 'Sons of God' are identified as angels, specifically with an order of angels known as Watchers. They descended to earth on Mount Hermon, the name of which recalls the oath which they swore to bind themselves to go through with their rebellious act of leaving their proper heavenly station and tresspassing into the domain where they did nor belong. ...
The story of the expulsion of humankind from Eden was clearly known to the authors of the Enochic writings: it provides them with their vision of paradise where the righteous will be rewarded (see, for example, 25:4-6), but for the redactor of the Book of the Watchers it is not the Fall of Adam that is the primary cause of the corruption of the world, but the Fall of the Watchers (I Enoch 32:6; cf., 9:6,9,10; 10:8). There are interesting parallels between the two Falls: both cast women in a baleful role, both have to do with forbidden knowledge, but clearly, for whatever reason, the Enochic writers found the Fall of Angels a better vehicle for their theological ideas than the story of the Garden of Eden.
- ibid
I Enoch 70:1-3
(1) And it came to pass after this that the Son of Man was raised up to the Lord of the Spirits from those who dwell on earth. (2) And he was lifted up in the chariots of the spirit, and his name vanished from among them. (3) And from that day I was no longer counted among them. And he placed me between two regions, between the north and the west, where the angels took the cords to measure for me that place for the elect and righteous.