24
NOV
2024

Angels of the Nations-II. In-depht: L’angelo di Israele e gli angeli delle nazioni nelle fonti midrashiche (Massimo Giuliani)

Abstract The angel of Israel and the angels of nations in Midrashic sources The essay focuses on one of the fundamental books for Jewish exegesis, namely the Bereshit Rabbà, and particularly on two episodes that concern the patriarch Ja’akov, better known as Jacob, present in Genesis:
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23
AUG
2014

Angels of the nations-II. In-depth: L’angelo vicario del Dio d’Israele (Gian Luigi Prato)

Abstract The God of Israel’s vicarious angel: origin and necessity of a substitutive political function This paper analyzes the origins of the concept of the Angel of the Nation within the Judaic tradition. The main features and functions of the intermediary figure of the divine messe
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23
AUG
2014

Angels of the nations-II. In-depth: Le nazioni tra l’Angelo e la Bestia nell’Apocalisse

Abstract The expression «Angels of the nations» does not appear in the Book of Revelation. Nevertheless, on the one hand, the angels operate between God and the nations, and thus all have some kind of relationship with peoples, or at least with individual humans; on the other hand, th
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