Motif
Angels created at the beginning of creation
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A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Jubilees, or, The Little Genesis CHAPTER II. 10-17 5 / CHAPTER I. 18-26 7 / CHAPTER I. 27-29 9 / CHAPTER II. 1-2 II; lines 4653-4727 confidence: high
The note states, “On the first day he created... the angels,” cites Job 38:7, and says the sons of God are regarded as admiring spectators of creation.
The passage states that angels were created on the first day and cites Hermas for first-created holy angels.
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