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See also:MICHAEL (See also:Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like See also:God? ") , an Old Testament name, synonymous with Micaiah or See also:Micah (Num. xiii . 13; I Chron. v.13 et passim) . In the See also:book of See also:Daniel the name is given to one of the See also:chief " princes " of the heavenly See also:host, the See also:guardian See also:angel or " See also:prince " of See also:Israel (See also:Dan. x . 13, 21; xii . I; cf . See also:Enoch xx . 5 and possibly Mal. iii . I), and as such he naturally appears in Jewish See also:theosophy as the greatest of all angels, the first of the four (or seven) who surround the See also:throne of See also:God, and the antagonist of Sammael, the enemy of God . He holds the See also:secret of the mighty "word" by which God created See also:heaven and See also:earth (Enoch lxix . 14), and was " the angel who spoke to See also:Moses in the See also:Mount " (Acts vii . 38) . It was through Babylonian and See also:Persian See also:influence that names were given to the angels, and according to Kohut (Jiid .
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24) See also:Michael is parallel to Vohumano, " Ahura's first masterpiece," one of the Zoroastrian Amesha-spentas or archangels, It is as guardian angel of Israel, or of the See also: |
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