1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.27 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •images, of angels Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654| 1.27. "וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָם׃", | 1.27. "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.", |
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2. Anon., 1 Enoch, 106.1-106.12, 106.18, 107.2 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •images, of angels Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 644, 647, 648, 649, 654 | 106.1. And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became 106.1. was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And 106.1. aid unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast 106.1. have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and 106.2. pregt by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house 106.3. was very bright. And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed with the Lord of righteousness. 106.4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him and" 106.5. fled, and came to his father Methuselah. And he said unto him: ' I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and hi 106.6. countece is glorious. And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be 106.7. wrought on the earth. And now, my father, I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling-place i 106.8. amongst the angels.' And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth; for he had heard that 106.8. hall die [he and his sons shall be saved]. And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days. And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets. 106.9. thou come to me ' And he answered and said: ' Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision 106.11. thereupon lighted up the whole house. And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened 106.12. his mouth and blessed the Lord of heaven. And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.' And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: 'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity. Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and 107.2. manner of good comes upon it. And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that thi |
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3. Philo of Alexandria, On The Confusion of Tongues, 169, 179 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654 | 179. Very appropriately therefore has God attributed the creation of this being, man, to his lieutets, saying, "Let us make man," in order that the successes of the intellect may be attributed to him alone, but the errors of the being thus created, to his subordinate power: for it did not appear to be suitable to the dignity of God, the ruler of the universe, to make the road to wickedness in a rational soul by his own agency; for which reason he has committed to those about him the creation of this portion of the universe; for it was necessary that the voluntary principle, as the counterpoise to the involuntary principle, should be established and made known, with a view to the completion and perfection of the universe. XXXVI. |
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4. Philo of Alexandria, On Flight And Finding, 71, 68 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654 | 68. On this account, I imagine it is, that when Moses was speaking philosophically of the creation of the world, while he described everything else as having been created by God alone, he mentions man alone as having been made by him in conjunction with other assistants; for, says Moses, "God said, Let us make man in our Image." The expression, "let us make," indicating a plurality of makers. |
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5. Philo of Alexandria, On The Change of Names, 31 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •images, of angels Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654 | 31. On which account it is said in the scriptures, "Let us make man in our own image," that if it receives a bad impression it may appear to be the work of others, but if it receives a good impression it may then appear to be the work of him who is the Creator only of what is beautiful and good. By all means, therefore, that must be a good man to whom he says, "I am thy God," as he has had him alone for his creator without the cooperation of any other being. |
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6. Philo of Alexandria, On The Creation of The World, 75 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •images, of angels Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654 | 75. It is on this account that Moses says, at the creation of man alone that God said, "Let us make man," which expression shows an assumption of other beings to himself as assistants, in order that God, the governor of all things, might have all the blameless intentions and actions of man, when he does right attributed to him; and that his other assistants might bear the imputation of his contrary actions. For it was fitting that the Father should in the eyes of his children be free from all imputation of evil; and vice and energy in accordance with vice are evil. |
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| 7. Anon., Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, None (2nd cent. CE - 7th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •images, of angels Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 654 |
