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Enoch ascends to Heaven in a “storm chariot” (3 Enoch 6:1; 7:1) Enoch is transformed into an angel (3 Enoch 9:1–5; 15:1–2) Enoch is enthroned in Heaven as the exalted angel Metatron (3 Enoch 10:1–3; 16:1) Enoch receives a revelation of cosmological secrets of creation (3 Enoch 13:1–2) The story about precious metals and how they ...
The description parallels the wheels that are beside the living creatures in Ezekiel 1:18; 10:12, which are said to be "full of eyes all around". The Hebrew word for "wheel" (ôpannîm) was also used in later Jewish literature to indicate a member of the angelic orders (1 Enoch 71:7; 3 Enoch 1:8; 7:1; 25:5–6, etc.).
Some resources for more complete information on the Dead Sea Scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert" [7] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book [8] and the Leon Levy Collection, [9] both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for ...
3 Enoch, a Rabbinic text in Hebrew usually dated to the fifth century AD. These recount how Enoch was taken up to Heaven and was appointed guardian of all the celestial treasures, chief of the archangels, and the immediate attendant on the Throne of God. He was subsequently taught all secrets and mysteries and, with all the angels at his back ...
The noun merkavah "thing to ride in, cart" is derived from the consonantal root רכב r-k-b with the general meaning "to ride". The word "chariot" is found 44 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible—most of them referring to normal chariots on earth, [5] and although the concept of the Merkabah is associated with Ezekiel's vision (), the word is not explicitly written in Ezekiel 1.
Hekhalot literature (sometimes transliterated as Heichalot), from the Hebrew word for "Palaces," relates to visions of ascents into heavenly palaces.The genre overlaps with Merkabah or "Chariot" literature, which concerns Ezekiel's chariot, so the two are sometimes referred together as "Books of the Palaces and the Chariot" (ספרות ההיכלות והמרכבה ).
Archangel, Cherubim [citation needed], one of the Seraphim [citation needed] Messenger, General of Military, Leader of All-Angels (in Islam), Destruction (in Judaism), God's Left Hand, Ruhul Quddus (in Islam), Ruhul Amin (in Islam), Seven Mysteries (Yazidism) Gadreel: Gadriel, Gadrel Christianity, Judaism Cherubim, Watcher Gamaliel
Text protagonists are early Tannaic Rabbis, though texts academically dated variously from Talmudic 100–500 to Gaonic 400–800 periods, and sectarian/rabbinic origins debated: Earlier texts: 3 Enoch Hekhalot Rabbati (The Greater Palaces) Hekhalot Zutari (The Lesser Palaces) Merkavah Rabbah (The Great Chariot) Later texts: