On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture [1 ed.] 2020051323, 2020051324, 9780520380110, 9780520380127

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On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture [1 ed.]
2020051323, 2020051324, 9780520380110, 9780520380127

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Mika Ahuvia

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Angelic Greetings or Shalom Aleichem
1. At Home with the Angels: Babylonian Ritual Sources
2. Out and About with the Angels: Palestinian Ritual Sources
3. No Angels? Early Rabbinic Sources
4. In the Image of God, Not Angels: Rabbinic Sources
5. In the Image of the Angels: Liturgical Responses
6. Israel among the Angels: Late Rabbinic Sources
7. Jewish Mystics and the Angelic Realms: Early Mystical Sources
Conclusion: Angels in Judaism and the Religions of Late Antiquity

Appendix: Table of Incantation Bowls
Bibliography
Index

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