On Neglected Hebrew Versions of Myths of the Two Fallen Angels

The present study presents and discusses two Hebrew versions of the myth of fallen angels previously unknown to modern scholarship. Their protagonists are Shemhaza’el and ‘Azza, and the mythical drama whose actors they are takes place at the beginning of the process of creation. Those versions are p...

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Main Author: Idel, Mosheh 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 6
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Haggadah / Midrash / Fall of the angels / Text history / Ashkenazim
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
KBA Western Europe
NBH Angelology; demonology
TB Antiquity
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Shemhaza’el
B fallen angels
B Bahya ben Asher Halewah
B Ashkenazi cultural center
B Shlomo Simhah
B stream of traditions
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