Ananiel
Ananiel, Anânêl (Hebrew/Aramaic: עננאל, Greek: Ανανιας) was the 14th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels who are mentioned in the Book of Enoch, an ancient Jewish religious text. The name Ananiel is sometimes translated as "Rain of God" though it is often confused with the name Hananiel. Michael Knibb interprets the name as "cloud of God",[1] which is the literal meaning of the name in Hebrew. The Arabic form of the name entered the language through Coptic translations from Greek.[2]
Ananiel was entrusted by God "all the trees of the earth, its plants, the rain, the dew, the heat, the simoom, the wind and as many [atmospheric phenomena] as there are in summer and winter."[3] He is also known as an angelic guard of the gates of the South Wind,[4] one of three gates that control the weather, described in The Book of Enoch.[5] Conversely, according to the tradition of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Ananiel is the name of one of the seven holy archangels.[6]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Knibb, Michael A.,The Ethiopic Book Of Enoch, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, repr. 1982.
- ↑ Peinado, Miguel A. G. and Membrives, Eva M., Aspects of Literary Translation: Building Linguistic and Cultural Bridge in Past and Present, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2012.
- ↑ Peinado, Miguel A. G. and Membrives, Eva M., Aspects of Literary Translation: Building Linguistic and Cultural Bridge in Past and Present, Germany: Narr Francke Attempto Veriag GmbH + Co. KG, 2012.
- ↑ Davidson, Gustav, A Dictionary of Angels, New York: The Free Press, 1971.
- ↑ The Book of Enoch, IAP, 2009
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Davidson, Gustav (1967). A Dictionary of Angels. The Free Press ISBN 978-0029070529
- Membrives & Peinado (2012). Aspects of Literary Translation: Building Linguistic and Cultural Bridge in Past and Present. Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag ISBN 978-3823367086
- Knibb, Michael (1979). The Ethiopic Book Of Enoch. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198261636
- (2009). The Book of Enoch. IAP. ISBN 978-8562022456
