10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGELOPHANY»
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angelophany in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
angelophany and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Angels: Ancient Whispers of Another World
In fact, the nearest we get to an angelophany of any description is in Matthew's
account of the resurrection. As the women come to the tomb an angel descends
from heaven with a great earthquake, Matthew describes his appearance: “His ...
1. Gnosis. and. Angelophany. TODAY. IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, as it once
was, to regard as dualistic or nihilistic all the sects of the early Christian era that
are labeled Gnostic. It is clear that early Christianity represents a diversity of ...
Zechariah is offering the daily incense when he witnesses an angelophany (1.8-
20; cf. Judges 13). The angel's heavenly origin indicates that authoritative
knowledge is disclosed at this point (1.13-17). His speech sets the scene for the
story ...
Jonathan Knight, Jonathan Knight Nfa, 2005
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Plots of Epiphany: Prison-Escape in Acts of the Apostles
... and the Mythopoesis of Christian Origins in Acts 1—7 ................ .. 93 3.1. Prison
-escape as Angelophany ............................................................. .. 94 3.1.1.
Appearance of the"Ayye)\og Kupiou 96 3.1.2. Liberating Character of the
Angelophany .
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Peter in the Gospel of John: The Making of an Authentic Disciple
1]; (2) without the advent of an angelophany to enlighten her to the nature or
significance of the morning's events, she rushes off to find Peter and BD and
inform them of the body's theft / removal [v. 2];4 (3) she returns to the tomb with
them, ...
6
Luke-Acts: Angels, Christology and Soteriology
5. Luke. 24: An. Angelophany. of. the. Risen. Christ? Luke's resurrection
narratives in general and the Emmaus experience in particular provide further
evidence for the angelomorphic Christ. In the latter Jesus appears to two
travellers, initially ...
Crispin H. T. Fletcher-Louis, 1997
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Angel Veneration and Christology: A Study in Early Judaism ...
75-103) made it possible to observe that, in extant literature from antiquity, the
most common literary setting for an angel's rejection of worship was that of an
angelophany (see pp. 81-87, esp. p. 84 n. 98). We have also noted that the
opening ...
Loren T. Stuckenbruck, 1995
8
The Encyclopedia of Angels
An angelophany is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime event, usually in response to a
crisis or severe psychological need. For example, an angelophany bolsters
spiritual faith or jolts one on to a spiritual path. Angels are most likely to appear
as ...
Grass, Ostergeschehen 111 ('a mere doublet of the angelophany'); Fuller.
Formation 78 (again 137), who concludes that the earlier tradition of an
angelophany has been converted into a christophany (but Matthew retained the
angelophany!) ...
ANGELOPHANY “Angelophany” is the visible or otherwise tangible manifestation
of angels to human beings. The concept is similar to theophany, the visi- ble
manifestation of a diety. In traditional angel lore, angels often visit human beings,
...
Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, James R. Lewis, 2008
