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:

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