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Gadreel

Gadreel appears in 1 Enoch 69:6–7, where he is connected with Eve and weapons of death. Compare the passage with Genesis and Azazel’s story.

Asmodeus is the demon in Tobit. Compare his story with Ashmedai in the Talmud and Asmoday in the Goetia, with primary references.

Raziel is associated with divine secrets and the Book of Raziel. Compare the book’s legends with its publication history and Agrippa’s angelology.

Kokabiel teaches the constellations in 1 Enoch. Compare the Watcher with Kokbiel, the planetary prince in Odeberg’s translation of 3 Enoch.

Phanuel is one of the four presences in 1 Enoch 40, associated with repentance and hope. Compare this passage with other angel lists.

Remiel is a holy angel in 1 Enoch 20. Compare the resurrection passage with similarly named Watchers and Jeremiel in 2 Esdras.

Sandalphon, or Sandalfon, is the crown-weaving angel of Chagigah 13b. Read the Talmudic passage and distinguish it from later traditions.

The nine orders of angels in Pseudo-Dionysius’s Celestial Hierarchy, organized into three groups with references to the original work.

Wormwood is the name of the star that falls from heaven in Revelation 8:10–11. Its fall makes a third of the rivers and springs bitter,…

Moroni is described as an angel of light, and he is most widely known for his role in facilitating the translation of the Book of…