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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Why Bother?; How God Looks at Us: Imagers of God; Where God Wants Us: At Home with God; What God Has Planned for Us: Eternal Rule with Christ; What to Expect; Chapter 1: Old Testament Terminology for the Heavenly Host; Terms that Describe Nature; 1. "Spirit" (rûaḥ; Plural: rûaḥôṯ); 2. "Heavenly Ones" (šamayim); 3. "Stars" (kōḵeḇı̂m); 4. "Holy Ones" (qedōšı̂m); 5. "Gods"/"Divine Beings" (ʼelōhı̂m); Terms that Describe Status in Hierarchy; Terms that Describe Function; 1. "Angel" (malʼāk; Plural: malʼāḵı̂m) |
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2. "Minister" (Verb: šrt, Piel Stem: šērēt)3. "Watcher" (ʿı̂r; Plural: ʿı̂rı̂n); 4. "Host" (ṛabaʼ; Plural: ṛeḇaʼôt); "Mighty Ones" (gibborı̂m, ʼabbı̂rı̂m); 5. "Mediator" (mēlı̂ṛ); 6. "Cherubim" (keruḇı̂m); "Seraphim" (śerāp̱ı̂m); Summary; Chapter 2: The Heavenly Host in Service to God; Shared Abilities for Service; Participation in God's Heavenly Council; 1. Contributing to Council Resolutions; 2. Bearing Witness to God's Decrees; 3. Assisting in God's Governance of the Human World; Responsive Obedience to Divine Decisions; 1. Delivering Divine Decrees |
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2. Explaining Divine Activity3. Executing Divine Judgment; Praising the Most High God; Chapter 3: Important Angels; The Angel of Yahweh; The Commander of Yahweh's Army; The Destroying Angel of Passover; Gabriel, Michael, and the Prince of the Host; Chapter 4: The Language of the Heavenly Host in Second Temple Judaism; General Congruence; Rejection of Divine Plurality?; Vocabulary of the Heavenly Host in the Septuagint (LXX); Vocabulary of the Heavenly Host in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Chapter 5: Second Temple Jewish Angelology; Nature and Abilities; Angels as Men; Naming the Angels. |
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The Heavenly Host: Soldiers of the Most HighThe Divine Council: Scenes of Praise and Judgment; Guarding, Interceding, Interpreting; Prominent Angels as Second Yahweh Figures; Chapter 6: The Heavenly Host in the New Testament; New Testament Terminology for the Heavenly Host; New Testament Angelology: Nature, Abilities, Status; New Testament Angelology: Service in Heaven and on Earth; 1. Ministry on Behalf of Believers; 2. Judgment of Unbelievers; 3. Service in Heaven; Chapter 7: Special Topics in New Testament Angelology; Who Are the "Angels of the Seven Churches" in Revelation 1-3? |
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1. Proposed Identifications2. Features of the Text as Clues to Identification; Can "Fallen Angels" Be Redeemed?; Are Fallen Angels Included in Reconciling "All Things"?; Are Angels Denied Redemption?; Who Are the "Elect Angels" in 1 Timothy 5:21?; What Are "Tongues of Angels"?; Chapter 8: Myths and Questions about Angels; "Angels Have Wings ... and They're Women, Too"; "Is the Angel of the Bottomless Pit Good or Evil?"; "Angels Can No Longer Rebel"; "Angels Exist outside Time and Space"; "Angels Can Read Minds and Manipulate the Material World"; "Angels Take People to Heaven." |
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"Believers Have the Authority to Command Angels." |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Angels -- Christianity -- Miscellanea.
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Angels -- Christianity. |
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Electronic books.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Print version: Heiser, Michael S. Angels : What the Bible Really Says About God's Heavenly Host. Ashland : Lexham Press, ©2018 9781683591047 |
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9781683591054 (electronic book) |
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1683591054 (electronic book) |
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