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Gathering of Angels

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One very interesting section of this work has to do with the abundance of angels that appear during the time of the Apocrypha and Psuedigrapha period, a time of crisis for the Jewish people in Israel. Celestial messengers and helpers multiplied so much so that according to Margolies they were denied a place in the Canon.
This book is a gathering of Hebrew and Jewish angels from the Bible to Isaac Singer. It has brief introductions and explanations but is not a deep philosophical work, but rather a work of story and example.
How to put it all together in meaning terms is I think left to the reader. But the author has done a very illuminating work of assembling and introducing the divine helpers.

I love this book. There are so many books about angels, but there are precious few of Angels in Jewish culture. I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes in angels (I do) and specifically people of the Jewish faith. I'm so glad I was able to get this book from Amazon.com as I had left my copy behind after I moved out of my marital home after my divorce. Going to a bookstore is hard for me, and as I remember the price was much higher when I bought it there.