angelic patrons of the nations
angelic sky Jewish single tradition · 1
A group of seventy angelic beings each assigned to a nation, described in the Book of Enoch as ruling successive reigns. They are invoked in apocalyptic literature to explain the delay of the Messianic kingdom. The tradition records them as divine overseers of human societies.
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 150 – 250
- Historical notes
- Attested in the 2nd‑century CE Book of Enoch and later Danielic interpretation.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- seven archangels, primeval serpent, Leviathan, Behemoth
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“the writer of Enoch (lxxxv.-xc.) interprets the 70 years of Jeremiah as the 70 successive reigns of the 70 angelic patrons of the nations”
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