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Angels, in a variety of religions, are regarded as spirits. They are often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek """"""" (aggelos), a translation of """" (mal'akh) in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh); a similar term, """""" (Mal""kah), is used in the Qur'an. The Hebrew and Greek words originally meant messenger, and depending on the context may refer either to a human messenger (possibly a prophet or priest, such as Malachi, "my messenger", but also for more mundane characters, as in the Greek superscription that the Book of Malachi was written "by the hand of his messenger" (""""""")) or to a supernatural messenger,[1] such as the "Mal'akh YHWH," who (depending on interpretation) is either a messenger from God,[2] an aspect of God (such as the Logos),[3] or God Himself as the messenger (the "theophanic angel.")[1][4]
The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spirits found in many other religious traditions. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's tasks.[5]
The theological study of angels is known as angelology. In art, angels are often depicted with wings; perhaps reflecting the descriptions in Revelation 4:6"8 of the Four Living Creatures (Greek: "" """"""" """) and the descriptions in the Hebrew Bible of cherubim and seraphim (the chayot in Ezekiel's Merkabah vision and the Seraphim of Isaiah). However, while cherubim and seraphim have wings in the Bible, no angel is mentioned as having wings.[6]
The word angel in English is a fusion of the Old English word engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele. Both derive from the Latin angelus which in turn is the romanization of the ancient Greek """"""" (angelos), "messenger",[7] which is related to the Greek verb """"""" (angell"), meaning "bear a message, announce, bring news of" etc.[8] The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean a-ke-ro attested in Linear B syllabic script.[9][10]
The Bible uses the terms """" """"" (mal'akh Elohim; messenger of God), """" """" (mal'akh YHWH; messenger of the Lord), """ """"" (b'nai Elohim; sons of God) and """"""" (ha-qodeshim; the holy ones) to refer to beings traditionally interpreted as angels. Later texts use other terms, such as """""""" (ha'elyoneem; the upper ones).
Scholar Michael D. Coogan notes that it is only in the late books that the terms "come to mean the benevolent semidivine beings familiar from later mythology and art."[11] Daniel is the first biblical figure to refer to individual angels by name,[12] mentioning Gabriel (God's primary messenger) in Daniel 9:21 and Michael (the holy fighter) in Daniel 10:13. These angels are part of Daniel's apocalyptic visions and are an important part of all apocalyptic literature.[11] Coogan explains the development of this concept of angels: "In the postexilic period, with the development of explicit monotheism, these divine beings"the 'sons of God' who were members of the divine council"were in effect demoted to what are now known as 'angels', understood as beings created by God, but immortal and thus superior to humans."[11] This conception of angels is best understood in contrast to demons and is often thought to be "influenced by the ancient Persian religious tradition of Zoroastrianism, which viewed the world as a battleground between forces of good and forces of evil, between light and darkness."[11] One of these "sons of God" is "the satan", a figure depicted in (among other places) the Book of Job.
Philo of Alexandria identifies the angel with the Logos as far as the angel is the immaterial voice of God. The angel is something different than God Himself, but is conceived just as a God's instrument.[13]
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