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Angels : a very short introduction / David Albert Jones.

By: Series: Very short introductions ; 287.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xviii, 141 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199547302 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 202.15
Contents:
A brief history of angels -- Picturing angels -- What is an angel -- Divine messengers -- Ministering spirits -- Heavenly hosts -- Fallen angels -- Wrestling with angels.
Summary: In high art and popular culture, in religion and in spirituality, angels have been a powerful presence throughout civilization. Through young men in the Hebrew scriptures, the androgynous winged creatures of the pre-Raphaelites, and the masculine 'Angel of the North', David Albert Jones explores the different ways in which angels have been portrayed.
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A brief history of angels --
Picturing angels --
What is an angel --
Divine messengers --
Ministering spirits --
Heavenly hosts --
Fallen angels --
Wrestling with angels.

In high art and popular culture, in religion and in spirituality, angels have been a powerful presence throughout civilization. Through young men in the Hebrew scriptures, the androgynous winged creatures of the pre-Raphaelites, and the masculine 'Angel of the North', David Albert Jones explores the different ways in which angels have been portrayed.

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