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36 results for "watchers"
1. Hebrew Bible, Job, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 118
2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 118, 191
6.1. "וַיְהִי כִּי־הֵחֵל הָאָדָם לָרֹב עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּבָנוֹת יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם׃", 6.1. "וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ שְׁלֹשָׁה בָנִים אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָפֶת׃", 6.1. "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,",
3. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 331, 332
22.5. "לֹא־יִהְיֶה כְלִי־גֶבֶר עַל־אִשָּׁה וְלֹא־יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל־עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה׃", 22.5. "A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.",
4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 6 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
5. Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings, 2.11 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
2.11. "וַיְהִי הֵמָּה הֹלְכִים הָלוֹךְ וְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רֶכֶב־אֵשׁ וְסוּסֵי אֵשׁ וַיַּפְרִדוּ בֵּין שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיַּעַל אֵלִיָּהוּ בַּסְעָרָה הַשָּׁמָיִם׃", 2.11. "And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both assunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.",
6. Hebrew Bible, 1 Kings, 22.19 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
22.19. "וַיֹּאמֶר לָכֵן שְׁמַע דְּבַר־יְהוָה רָאִיתִי אֶת־יְהוָה יֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסְאוֹ וְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם עֹמֵד עָלָיו מִימִינוֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ׃", 22.19. "And he said: ‘Therefore hear thou the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on his left.",
7. Hesiod, Works And Days, 202-292, 325-334, 336-341, 724-740, 742-759, 741 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49
741. I’ll not praise it – it does not gladden me.
8. Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel, 1.4, 8.2 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
1.4. "וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן־הַצָּפוֹן עָנָן גָּדוֹל וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ סָבִיב וּמִתּוֹכָהּ כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ׃", 8.2. "וָאֶרְאֶה וְהִנֵּה דְמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמַטָּה אֵשׁ וּמִמָּתְנָיו וּלְמַעְלָה כְּמַרְאֵה־זֹהַר כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַלָה׃", 1.4. "And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the colour of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.", 8.2. "Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of electrum.",
9. Herodotus, Histories, 4.67 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 331
4.67. There are many diviners among the Scythians, who divine by means of many willow wands as I will show. They bring great bundles of wands, which they lay on the ground and unfasten, and utter their divinations as they lay the rods down one by one; and while still speaking, they gather up the rods once more and place them together again; ,this manner of divination is hereditary among them. The Enarees, who are hermaphrodites, say that Aphrodite gave them the art of divination, which they practise by means of lime-tree bark. They cut this bark into three portions, and prophesy while they braid and unbraid these in their fingers.
10. Anon., 1 Enoch, None (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 332, 346
98.2. For ye men shall put on more adornments than a woman, And coloured garments more than a virgin: In royalty and in grandeur and in power, And in silver and in gold and in purple, And in splendour and in food they shall be poured out as water.
11. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 14.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 346
14.6. For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing,the hope of the world took refuge on a raft,and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
12. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 16.7 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 346
16.7. He was not propitiated for the ancient giants who revolted in their might.
13. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 7.9 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
7.9. "חָזֵה הֲוֵית עַד דִּי כָרְסָוָן רְמִיו וְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין יְתִב לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא כָּרְסְיֵהּ שְׁבִיבִין דִּי־נוּר גַּלְגִּלּוֹהִי נוּר דָּלִק׃", 7.9. "I beheld Till thrones were placed, And one that was ancient of days did sit: His raiment was as white snow, And the hair of his head like pure wool; His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.",
14. Anon., Testament of Zebulun, 3 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •enochic literary tradition, place of book of the watchers in Found in books: Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 113
15. Septuagint, 3 Maccabees, 2.4 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 346
2.4. You destroyed those who in the past committed injustice, among whom were even giants who trusted in their strength and boldness, whom you destroyed by bringing upon them a boundless flood.
16. Anon., Jubilees, 4.20, 5.1-5.2, 7.21-7.24 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76; Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 346
4.20. and she bare him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch. 5.1. And it came to pass when the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, 5.2. that the angels of God saw them on a certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful to look upon; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose, and they bare unto them sons and they were giants. 7.21. And these are the sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad--this (son) was born two years after the flood--and Lud, and Aram. 7.22. The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan, Tubal and Meshech and Tiras: these are the sons of Noah. 7.23. And in the twenty-eighth jubilee Noah began to enjoin upon his sons' sons the ordices and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, 7.24. and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity.
17. Ovid, Amores, 1.8 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 331
18. New Testament, Jude, 14, 2, 25, 6-8, 18 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 55
19. New Testament, Apocalypse, 1.1, 22.18-22.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 95
1.1. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ, ἥν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς δεῖξαι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ,ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαιἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάνει, 22.18. Μαρτυρῶ ἐγὼ παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντιτοὺς λόγουςτῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου· ἐάν τιςἐπιθῇ ἐπ̓αὐτά, ἐπιθήσει ὁ θεὸςἐπʼ αὐτὸντὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ· 22.19. καὶ ἐάν τιςἀφέλῃ ἀπὸτῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τῆς προφητείας ταύτης, ἀφελεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸτοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆςκαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τῆς ἁγίας, τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ. 1.1. This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, 22.18. I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book. 22.19. If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
20. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 7.34, 7.36 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 331
21. Anon., Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, None (2nd cent. CE - 7th cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 331
22. Tertullian, On The Apparel of Women, 1.3 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 55
23. Pseudo Clementine Literature, Homilies, 8.12 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers/rebellious angels, instructions by Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 402
24. Epiphanius, Panarion, 4.16 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 55
25. Anon., Apostolic Constitutions, 6.16 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 55
26. Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q405, 0  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
27. Anon., Apocalypse of Abraham, 17  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
28. Anon., 4 Ezra, 11-13  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 95
33. Anon., 3 Enoch, 6-7, 5  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 268, 270
34. Anon., 2 Enoch, 22  Tagged with subjects: •watchers, in Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
35. Anon., Testament of Abraham A, 11, 10  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 76
36. Etymologicum Magnum Auctum, Etymologicum Magnum, None  Tagged with subjects: •divine watchers in hesiod Found in books: Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 47