Sariel
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Sariel (Hebrew and Aramaic: שָׂרִיאֵל Śārīʾēl, "God is my Ruler";[2][3] Greek: Σαριηλ Sariēl, Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Souriēl;[4][5] Amharic: ሰራቁያል Säraquyael, ሰረቃኤል Säräqael) is an angel mainly from Judaic tradition. Other possible versions of his name are Suriel, Suriyel (in some Dead Sea Scrolls translations), Seriel, Sauriel, Saraqael, Sarakiel, Suruel, Surufel, and Souriel.
In
He is not to be confused with the fallen watcher Sahariel (Hebrew & Aramaic: שַׂהֲרִיאֵל Śahărīʾēl; "God is my moon")[8] who bears a similar name. In 1 Enoch (8:1) he is said to have taught humans the course of the moon.[9]
In traditional texts
The fallen watcher Sariel (Sahariel), according to the
In this same book, the archangel Sariel is one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits that sin in the spirit, and is one of the angels who look upon the bloodshed on Earth, along with Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Uriel.
In the book of 2 Enoch he is listed, with the name of Samuil or Sariel, as one of the angels that brought Enoch to heaven.[12]
The book of War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, from the Dead Sea Scrolls, lists the name of Sariel (שריאל, "God is my Ruler") along with Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel as names to write upon the shields of soldiers in a tower during maneuvers (1QM 9,15). It is used on the shields of the third Tower (1QM 9,16).[13]
The angel Suriyel is briefly mentioned in the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan as bearing Adam and Eve from the top of a high mountain to the Cave of Treasures.[14]
- "… bring what he had brought, and give it to Adam. And they did so, one by one. 6 And God commanded Suriyel and Salathiel to bear up Adam and Eve, and bring them down from the top of the high mountain, and …" - Bible. O. T. Apocryphal books. English First Book of Adam and Eve.
In the Ladder of Jacob Sariel is dispatched by the Lord to Jacob to explain to him the meaning of the dream about the ladder.
The book of
The University of Michigan has a section in its library collection devoted to Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity, Protective Magic, Babylonian Demon Bowls. One clay bowl from Seleucia-on-Tigris dated to the 6th or 7th century A.D. lists Sariel twice:
- "I wrote all of the curses upon a new bowl of clay and I sent back the curses of those who cursed Negray daughter of Denday to their masters until they release and bless in the name of Sariel the angel and Barakiel the angel and in the name of Sariel and Barakiel you release from the curses of those who curse Negray daughter of Denday as a man is freed from the house of bondage and from the house of weapons amen amen selah"[16]
See also
References
- ^ Meinardus, Otto F. A. (3 July 2015). "The Heavenly Host in the Coptic Tradition". becomeorthodox.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 8268. sar".
- ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7786. sur".
- ^ "رؤساء الملائكة الآخرين - كتاب الملائكة | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "الذكصولوجيات الواطس – ذكصولوجية السمائين | شاشف إن أرشى أنجيلوس | سبعة رؤساء الملائكة | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "The Book of Enoch, Chapter XX". Sacred-Texts.
- ^ "Origen, Contra Celsum, Book VI Chapter 30".
- ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7720. saharon".
- ^ "The Book of Enoch, Chapter VIII". Sacred-Texts.
- ^ Enoch 6
- ^ Enoch 8
- ^ "2 Enoch [Longer recension, ms. J] (tr. F. Andersen), Chapter 33".
- ^ War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness (War Rule), 1QM, Column 9, Lines 15-16
- ^ Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan 31:6
- ISBN 9780226044477. Entry: "PGM III. 1-164".
- ^ "PROTECTIVE MAGIC Babylonian Demon Bowls". University of Michhigan. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
External links
- University of Michigan Demon Bowls Exhibit 37 Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 19504