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On the other hand, the Babylonian Talmud portrays the angels as highly reminiscent of the rabbis themselves: they are proficient halakhists (e.g., in Menachot [14] an angel disputes the laws of fringes with Rabbi Kattina, in Avodah Zarah [15] the angel of death betrays his deep familiarity with the rules of ritual slaughter), linguists (e.g ...
An angel named Lailah is not mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.The identification of the word "night" as the name of an angel originates with an interpretation of Genesis 14:15 found in the Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 96a.
The Talmud describes the shedim as possessing some traits of angels, and some traits of humans: תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן, שִׁשָּׁה דְּבָרִים נֶאֶמְרוּ בַּשֵּׁדִים: שְׁלֹשָׁה כְּמַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, וּשְׁלֹשָׁה כִּבְנֵי אָדָם.
The Talmud states that it was proved to Elisha that Metatron could not be a second deity by the fact that Metatron received 60 "strokes with fiery rods" to demonstrate that Metatron was not a god, but an angel, and could be punished. [43]
Jacob Wrestles with the Angel, Gustave Doré (1855). Samael was first mentioned during the Second Temple period and immediately after its destruction. He is first mentioned in the Book of Enoch, which is a part of the Jewish apocrypha, along with other rebellious angels.
The name Sandalphon, which may be related to the Hebrew sandek, godfather (thereby corresponding to the tradition of a station held by Elijah with regard to evocation of the prophet in his capacity being protector of unborn children [3]), may also be derived from the Greek prefix syn-, meaning "together", and adelphos, meaning "brother"; thus approximately meaning "co-brother", since the ...
Pages in category "Angels in Judaism" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying numbers of wings or faces.