Angel (Judaism; Christianity)
Theangel Jophiel (Heb. יוֹפִיאֵל Yōp̄īʾēl , "Beauty of God"),[ 1] [ 2] Iophiel ,Iofiel ,Jofiel ,Yofiel ,Youfiel ,Zophiel (צֹפִיאֵל Ṣōp̄īʾēl , "God is my watchman")[ 3] Zuriel (צוּרִיאֵל Ṣūrīʾēl , "God is my rock"),[ 4] archangel inChristian andJewish angelology .Jophiel is associated with beauty, art, and wisdom.
Beliefs in religions and ceremonial magic [ edit ] According toRobert Means Lawrence ,[ 5] Adam and Eve out ofParadise [ 6] According to thepseudepigraphal Revelation of Moses , another name for Jophiel isDina (Hebrew: דִּינָהDīnā , "Judgement").[ 7] Cabalistic guardian of the Torah (and wisdom itself), who taught 70 languages to souls at the dawn of creation.[ 8] Zohar lists Jophiel as a Great Angel Chief in charge of 53 legions who superintendTorah -readings on theSabbath .[ 9] Metatron .[ 6]
C. E. Clement , in her bookAngels in Art , names Jophiel as the teacher ofHam ,Japheth , andShem .[ 6] Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa [ 10] Thomas Rudd likewise name Jophiel as the teacher of Shem.[ 11]
In theAnglican tradition, Jophiel is recognized as anarchangel . Jophiel is often depicted in iconography holding aflaming sword ,[ note 1] St Michael's Church inBrighton ,St Peter and St John's Church inKirkley ,[ 12] Holy Trinity Church inCoventry ,[ 13] St. John's Episcopal Church inMemphis, Tennessee .[ 14]
Jophiel is anArchangel of theKabbalah (although some systems putRaziel in Jophiel’s place) and in several listings, including that of the early medieval theologianPseudo-Dionysus .[ 15] Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum lists Jophiel as the angel of the SephiraBinah ,[ 16] Key of Solomon variant "The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon,"[ 17] Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses ,[ 18] Calendarium .[ 19] Saturn , whileParacelsus assigns Jophiel to Jupiter.[ 6] Zodiac to Jophiel[ 20] Sephira Binah instead ofZaphkiel .[ 21] Athanasius Kircher names Jophiel asAngelus pulchritudinis [ 22] Robert Ambelain , Jophiel is in charge of theCherubim , particularly theShemhamphorasch angels Haziel, Aladiah, Lauviah, Hahaiah, Iezalel, Mehahel, Hariel, and Hakamiah.[ 23]
In John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, the Archangel Jophiel is depicted as the “cherubim with the swiftest wings.”
^ The flaming sword is also generally an attribute of the archangelUriel , but he is more often depicted in Anglican iconography holding a book (scroll) or a solar disc. 2. Angels and ‘angelic entities’ are traditionally neither specifically male or female (note: when Jophiel/Zophiel is historically referenced, the gender is universally most often female, not male).
^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3308. yophi" .^ "Inflection of יוֹפִי" .Pealim .^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 6822. ṣō·w·p̄eh" .^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 6697. ṣū·rî" .^ Lawrence, Robert M. (1898),The Magic of the Horse-Shoe, With Other Folk-Lore Notes ,Chapter III: The Number Seven atsacred-texts.com ^a b c d Davidson, Gustav (1967),A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels Iofiel , Free Press, p. 150, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757,ISBN 9780029070505 ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 1783. Dinah" .^ Gaster, Moses (1893),"Hebrew Visions of Hell and Paradise," in theJournal of The Royal Asiatic Society , p. 579, atwww.sacred-texts.com ^ Davidson, Gustav (1967),A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels Iofiel , Free Press, p. 320, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757,ISBN 9780029070505 ^ Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy,Book III, Part 1 , ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted atTwilit Grotto Esoteric Archives . ^ A Treatise on Angel Magic, by Thomas Rudd, ed. Adam McLean, p.25 & 204, (two editions):Phanes Press, 1990 Red Wheel/Weiser, 2006 ^ K, Simon (17 September 2009)."Kempe: Jophiel" .flickr.com . Retrieved28 August 2018 . ^ Glass Angel (2011)."Coventry - Holy Trinity Church" .flickr.com . Retrieved28 August 2018 . ^ "Christ Triumphant (High Altar)" .www.stjohnsmemphis.org . Archived fromthe original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved28 August 2018 .^ Davidson, Gustav (1967),A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels ISBN 9780029070505 ^ The Magical Calendar, byJohann Baptist Grossschedel (two editions): ^ The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon , anonymous, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted atTwilit Grotto Esoteric Archives ^ The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses (part 2 ), anonymous, ed. Joseph Peterson, hosted atTwilit Grotto Esoteric Archives ^ The Magical Calendar, Peterson edition introduction ^ Rudd, McLean, pp.100 (2006 ed), p.101 (1990 ed) ^ Rudd, McLean, p.204 (1990, 2006) ^ "Cabala Hebraeorum " inOedipus Aegyptiacus Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives ^ The Complete Magician's Tables, by Stephen Skinner, Golden Hoard Press, 2006, p.41 Fischer, Lynn (1996),Angels of Love and Light [with original paintings of the Seven Beloved Archangels and Their Archeiai by Marius Michael-George], Transformational Media Publications, South Yarmouth, MA "Jophiel,"Pearls of Wisdom , Volume 7 Number 43, 1994, The Summit Lighthouse, Copyright © 1997Church Universal and Triumphant "Seven Beloved Archangels Speak," 1954,The Bridge to Freedom
