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Sons of God (Biblical Hebrew: בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים, romanized: Bənē hāʾĔlōhīm, [1] literally: "the sons of Elohim" [2]) is a phrase used in the Tanakh or Old Testament and in Christian Apocrypha. The phrase is also used in Kabbalah where bene elohim are part of different Jewish angelic hierarchies.
The angels over which Metatron becomes chief are identified in the Enoch traditions as the sons of God, the Bene Elohim, the Watchers, the fallen ones as the causer of the flood. In 1 Enoch, and 4 Ezra, the term Son of God can be applied to the Messiah, but most often it is applied to the righteous men, of whom Jewish tradition holds there to ...
The Hebrew term benei elohim ("sons of God" or "sons of the gods") in Genesis 6:2 [71] compares to the use of "sons of gods" (Ugaritic: b'n il) sons of El in Ugaritic mythology. [72] Karel van der Toorn states that gods can be referred to collectively as bene elim , bene elyon , or bene elohim .
The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 6–36) occurs in the Aramaic fragments with the phrase irin we-qadishin, "Watchers and Holy Ones", a reference to Aramaic Daniel. [12] The Aramaic irin "watchers" is rendered as "angel" (Greek angelos , Coptic malah ) in the Greek and Ethiopian translations, although the usual Aramaic term for angel malakha ...
Bene Elohim (type) Sons of God Christianity, Judaism (type) Bezaliel: Christianity, Judaism Watcher Bihram Rabba: Mandaeism: Uthra: Presides over the masbuta, or baptism ritual Camael: Cameel, Camiel, Caniel, Kamael, Kemuel, Khamael Christianity, Judaism Archangel, leader of the Powers, one of the Dominions: Strength, Courage, Compassion ...
In the Book of Job the Council of Heaven, the Sons of God (bene elohim) meet in heaven to review events on Earth and decide the fate of Job. [49] One of their number is "the Satan ", literally "the accuser", who travels over the Earth much like a Persian imperial spy, (Job dates from the period of the Persian empire), reporting on, and testing ...
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The Watchers do not propose a community life, but a communion of prayer. The Watchers' Rule commits them to live "three moments for the essential". These are times set aside each day for prayer, in communion with other Watchers. No particular office or liturgy is imposed. Each Watcher is free to use the manuals, publications or daily reading ...