Uriel (אוּרִיאֵל "Light of God", Standard Hebrew Uriʾel, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛrîʾēl) is one of the archangels of post-Exilic Rabbinic tradition, and also of certain Christian traditions. His name may have analogies with Uriah. Jump to: navigation, search Elohim (אלהים) is a Hebrew word related to deity, but whose exact significance is often disputed. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... This entry deals with the supernatural beings known as archangels. ... A Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) is a religious Jewish scholar who is an expert in Jewish law. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... Uriah (אוּרִיָּה (My) light/flame of/is the LORD, Standard Hebrew Uriyya, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛriyyāh) was the name of several men in the Old Testament: In the Books of Samuel, Uriah the Hittite is a soldier in King Davids army. ...

The angels mentioned in the older books of the Hebrew Bible are without names. Indeed, rabbi Simeon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230-270 CE), asserted that all the specific names for the angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and modern commentators would tend to agree. Of seven archangels in the angelology of post-Exilic Judaism, only three, Gabriel, Michael and Raphael, are mentioned by name in the scriptures that gradually became accepted as canonical. The four others, however, are named in the 2nd century BCE Book of Enoch (chapter xxi): besides Uriel they are Reuel, and Sariel. In Enoch they testify on behalf of Humankind during the reign of the Fallen Watchers, (the Nephilim); they represent humanity's case for divine intervention, since the Watchers, led by Samyaza, were devouring mankind and all its fruits. 12th-century icon of Archangel Gabriel from Novgorod. ... Jump to: navigation, search Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ... The Archangel Raphael Raphael (Heb. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Book of Enoch hs been labeled a pseudepigraphal wok, an apocryphal work attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and some accept it as inspired Scripture. ... Raguel (Raguil, Rasuil, Rufael, Suryan, Akrasiel) is one of the 7 archangels mainly of the Judaic and Islamic traditions. ... Sariel is one of the archangels mainly on the Judaic and Islamic traditions. ... Mankind may refer to: Human beings and their society An alias of professional wrestler Mick Foley The MMORTS Mankind The morality play Mankind. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the Hebrew Bible and several non-canonical Jewish and early Christian writings, nephilim (in Hebrew הנּפלים means the fallen [ones]) are a people created by the cross-breeding of the sons of God (beney haelohim, בני האלהים) and the daughters of men. (See Genesis 6:1. ... Jump to: navigation, search Samyaza (also known as Semjaza, Semyazza, Samhazai, and Shemhazai) is a Satan-like fallen angel of Hebrew mythological tradition ranking in the heavenly hierarchy as one of the Grigori (meaning Watchers). As a Grigori, he was part of a select group of angels picked by God...

Where a fourth archangel is added to the named three, to represent the four cardinal points, Uriel is generally the fourth (Jewish Encyclopedia). He fulfills this role in Milton's Paradise Lost Book III, where Uriel, in charge of the Orb of the Sun, serves as the eyes of God, but unwittingly steers Satan towards the newly-created earth. Jump to: navigation, search John Milton, English poet John Milton, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Title page of the first edition Paradise Lost (1667) is an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton. ...

Uriel also appears in the Second Book of Esdras, an apocryphal addition in the tradition of apocalypti erature made to Esdras, in which the prophet Ezra asks God a series of questions, and Uriel is sent by God to instruct him. 2 Esdras is a Jewish-Christian apocalypse written toward the end of the first century AD. It is not accepted as scriptural by any major sect (with the exception of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church), being counted among the apocrypha. ... Jump to: navigation, search Apocrypha is a Greek word (απόκρυφα, neuter plural of απόκρυφος), from αποκρυπτειδ, to hide away. ... 1. ... Ezra (עֶזְרָא, Standard Hebrew ʿEzra, Tiberian Hebrew ʿEzrâ: short for עַזְרִיאֵל My help/court is God, Standard Hebrew ʿAzriʾel, Tiberian Hebrew ʿAzrîʾēl) was the scribe who led the second body of exiled Israelites that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem in 459 BC, and the author of the Book of Ezra...

Uriel is often identified as the cherub who "stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword," or as the angel who "watches over thunder and terror" (1 Enoch). In the Apocalypse of Peter he appears as the Angel of Repentance, who is graphically represented as being as pitiless as any demon. In the Life of Adam and Eve Uriel is regarded as the spirit (i.e.,one of the cherubs) of the third chapter of Genesis. He is also identified as one of the angels who helped bury Adam and Abel in Paradise. A cherub (Hebrew כרוב; plural cherubim, כרובים) is an angelic creature mentioned several times in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, and in the Book of Revelation. ... The recovered Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is extant in two translations of a lost original, one Greek, one Ethiopic, which diverge considerably. ... The Life of Adam and Eve is a Jewish pseudepigraphical writing, the original of which was perhaps written around 70 BCE. The texts that have survived are later variants written in Greek, Latin, Slavonic, Armenian, Georgian and Coptic (fragments only). ...

Stemming from medieval Jewish mystical traditions, Uriel has also become the Angel of Sunday (Jewish Encyclopedia), Angel of Poetry, and one of the Holy Sephiroth. He wrestled Jacob at Peniel and is depicted as the destroyer of the hosts of Sennacherib. He told Noah about the upcoming Great Flood, and checked the doors of Egypt for lamb's blood during the plague. He also holds the key to the Pit during the End Times and led Abraham to the West. Sephirah, also Sefirah (Hebrew language סְפִירָה Enumeration); plural Sephiroth or Sefiroth סְפִירוֹת. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (יַעֲקֹב Holder of the heel, Standard Hebrew YaÊ¿aqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic يعقوب YaÊ¿qÅ«b), later known as Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל Prince with God, Standard Hebrew Yisraʾel, Tiberian Hebrew YiÅ›rāʾēl; Arabic اسرائيل Isr... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Noah or Nóach (Rest, Standard Hebrew נוֹחַ Nóaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew × Ö¹×—Ö· Nōªḥ; Arabic نوح Nūḥ), is a Biblical figure who according to Genesis built an ark to save his family and a selection of the worlds animals from the Deluge (an example of divine retribution). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Deluge by Gustave Doré The story of a Great Flood sent by God or gods to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme in myths. ... Jump to: navigation, search Medieval illustration of the Mouth of Hell Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. ... The Last Judgement - Fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo The end times are, in one version of Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming of Jesus. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم IbrāhÄ«m) is the patriarch of Judaism, recognized by Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam. ...

In modern, only marginally Christian angelology, Uriel is identified variously as a seraph, cherub, regent of the sun, flame of God, angel of the Divine Presence, presider over Tartarus (hell), archangel of salvation, and, in later scriptures, identified with Phanuel "face of God". He is often depicted carrying a book or a papyrus scroll (for his wisdom). Uriel is a patron of the Arts, and described by Milton as the "sharpest sighted spirit in all of Heaven." For other uses, see Angel (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search A seraph (Hebrew שרף, SRF; in the plural seraphim, שרפים, SRFYM) is one of a class of celestial beings mentioned once in the Old Testament (Tanakh), in Isaiah. ... A cherub (Hebrew כרוב; plural cherubim, כרובים) is an angelic creature mentioned several times in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, and in the Book of Revelation. ... Phanuel is the name given to the fourth Archangel in the Book of Enoch after Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel. ...

In apocryphal and works Uriel has been equated or confused with Nuriel, Uryan, Jeremiel. Vretil, Sariel, Puruel, Phanuel, Jehoel and Israfil.

In the 1995 film adaption of Dean Koontz's novel Hideaway, Uriel battles a demon in the end sequence.

Uriel in the

In the Golden Dawn's version of modern ism, Uriel is associated with the color Green, the direction North, the element Earth. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, in Egyptian costume, performs a ritual of Isis (not a Rite of the Golden Dawn). ... ISM is an abbreviation of: Indian School of Mines International Solidarity Movement interstellar medium ISM is also a wireless comunications band (ie. ...

See Also

• Uriel's machine (linked to archaeoastronomy and 'Noah's flood')
• Freemasonry

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External links

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Uriel
• Judaism FAQs: What about angels, demons, miracles, and the supernatural?
• [http://www.publications.villanova.edu/Concept/2003/Sensenig%20Formatted%20Paper.htm Victor Sensenig, "Always the seer is a sayer"}: themes of seeing in Paradise Lost with Milton's use of Uriel.