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==Earliest textual appearance== | ==Earliest textual appearance== | ||
The earliest surviving mention of Michael is in a 3rd century BC Jewish apocalypse, the [[Book of Enoch]]. This text lists him as one of seven archangels (the remaining names are [[Archangel Uriel|Uriel]], Raguel, [[Archangel Raphael|Raphael]], Sariel, [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]], and Remiel), who, according to a slightly later work, the Book of Tobit, "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord." The fact that Michael is introduced in both works without explanation implies that readers already knew him and the other named angels, which in turn implies that they are earlier than the late 3rd century BC (the earliest possible date of the relevant passages in the Book of Enoch), but although their origins remain a matter for speculation there is no evidence that they are older than the Hellenistic period. | The earliest surviving mention of Michael is in a 3rd century BC Jewish apocalypse, the [[Book of Enoch]]. This text lists him as one of seven archangels (the remaining names are [[Archangel Uriel|Uriel]], Raguel, [[Archangel Raphael|Raphael]], Sariel, [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]], and Remiel), who, according to a slightly later work, the [[Book of Tobit]], "stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord." The fact that Michael is introduced in both works without explanation implies that readers already knew him and the other named angels, which in turn implies that they are earlier than the late 3rd century BC (the earliest possible date of the relevant passages in the Book of Enoch), but although their origins remain a matter for speculation there is no evidence that they are older than the Hellenistic period. | ||
He is mentioned again in last chapters of the Book of Daniel, a Jewish apocalypse composed in the 2nd century BC although set in the 6th, in which a man clothed in linen (never identified, but probably Archangel Gabriel) tells Daniel that he and "Michael, your prince" are engaged in a battle with the "prince of Persia", after which, at the end-time, "Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise." | He is mentioned again in last chapters of the Book of Daniel, a Jewish apocalypse composed in the 2nd century BC although set in the 6th, in which a man clothed in linen (never identified, but probably Archangel Gabriel) tells Daniel that he and "Michael, your prince" are engaged in a battle with the "prince of Persia", after which, at the end-time, "Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise." | ||