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Title: | Angels. |
Authors: | Angel, Joseph Walsh, Matthew |
Keywords: | angels Bible bibliography |
Issue Date: | Aug-2014 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Citation: | Angel, Joseph. (August 2014). Angels. In Oxford Bibliogrpahies Online (Biblical Studies). August, 2014, modified 27Feb2019. |
Abstract: | Angels are supernatural beings who serve a variety of functions in biblical literature. The term most often used to denote angels in the Hebrew Bible, mal’ak, means “messenger.” The Septuagint frequently translates mal’ak with the Greek angelos, from which the English word “angel” derives. While angels are mentioned several times in the earlier writings of the Hebrew Bible, in the literature of the Second Temple period a veritable explosion of interest in them is found. Jewish writings of this era exhibit a sustained interest in identifying the various ranks and orders of the angels as well as in naming individual angels and delineating their specific functions. The extensive angelological speculation of this period deeply influenced later forms of Judaism and as well as constituting an important element of the Jewish heritage of early Christianity. |
Description: | Signed bibliography |
URI: | http://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195393361-0079 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4543 |
ISBN: | 9780195393361 |
Appears in Collections: | Yeshiva College: Faculty Publications |
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