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Jeremiel
Jeremiel answers waiting souls in 2 Esdras 4:36–37. Read the passage in its dialogue with Uriel and compare the distinct name Remiel.
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Pravuil brings books and a writing reed to Enoch in 2 Enoch 22–23. Examine the teaching scene and the book total in the cited English…
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Dumah is named in Sanhedrin 94a and Shabbat 152b. Compare the soul-guardian passages without turning their different views into one afterlife system.
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Jahoel, also discussed as Jaoel or Yahoel, guides Abraham in the Apocalypse of Abraham. Read Box’s translation on the divine name and heavenly song.
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Araqiel is associated with the signs of the earth in 1 Enoch 8. Read the brief attribution and distinguish it from later expansions of his…
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Mastema in Jubilees: the remaining spirits, Abraham’s test and opposition to Moses. Read the passages and distinguish the book from Genesis and Exodus.
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Abezethibou appears as Abezithibod in Conybeare’s Testament of Solomon. Read the one-winged demon’s account of Egypt, the Red Sea and the pillar.
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Baradiel is named over hail in 3 Enoch 14. Compare that office with the variants in chapter 17 and distinguish Barakiel and Baraqijal.
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Armaros in 1 Enoch: a named Watcher associated with resolving enchantments. Read the relevant passages without invented powers or etymologies.
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Compare Shamsiel’s teaching of solar signs in 1 Enoch with Shimshiel’s daylight office in 3 Enoch, keeping the two textual settings distinct.
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