On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel

On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel
Author: Mika Ahuvia
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520380118

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Introduction : angelic greetings or Shalom Aleichem -- At home with the angels : Babylonian ritual sources -- Out and about with the angels : Palestinian ritual sources -- No angels? early rabbinic sources -- In the image of God, not angels : rabbinic sources -- In the image of the angels : liturgical sources -- Israel among the angels : Late rabbinic sources -- Jewish mystics and the angelic realms : early mystical sources -- Conclusion : angels in Judaism and the religions of late antiquity -- Appendix A : table -- Appendix B : description of table.