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According to the pseudepigraphal ''Revelation of Moses'', another name for Jophiel is Dina (Hebrew: דִּינָה Dīnā, "Judgement"). In the text, Jophiel/Dina is described as an angel of the seventh heaven, a [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] guardian of the Torah (and wisdom itself), who taught 70 languages to souls at the dawn of creation. The [[Zohar]] lists her as a Great Angel Chief in charge of 53 legions who superintend Torah-readings on the [[Sabbat]]h. Jophiel is said to be a companion to the angel [[Metatron]]. | According to the pseudepigraphal ''Revelation of Moses'', another name for Jophiel is Dina (Hebrew: דִּינָה Dīnā, "Judgement"). In the text, Jophiel/Dina is described as an angel of the seventh heaven, a [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] guardian of the Torah (and wisdom itself), who taught 70 languages to souls at the dawn of creation. The [[Zohar]] lists her as a Great Angel Chief in charge of 53 legions who superintend Torah-readings on the [[Sabbat]]h. Jophiel is said to be a companion to the angel [[Metatron]]. | ||
[[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]] and [[Thomas Rudd]] name Jophiel as the teacher of Shem. | [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]] and [[Thomas Rudd]] name Jophiel as the teacher of Shem and the Intelligence of Jupiter with [[Hismael]] being the daemon of the same. | ||
In the Anglican tradition, Jophiel is recognized as an archangel. She is often depicted in iconography holding a flaming sword, such as the stained glasses at St Michael's Church in Brighton, St Peter and St John's Church in Kirkley, Holy Trinity Church in Coventry and a mural at St. John's Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee. | In the Anglican tradition, Jophiel is recognized as an archangel. She is often depicted in iconography holding a flaming sword, such as the stained glasses at St Michael's Church in Brighton, St Peter and St John's Church in Kirkley, Holy Trinity Church in Coventry and a mural at St. John's Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee. | ||
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Her planetary intelligence is the Starry Heaven. Rudd attributes the [[Zodiac]] to Jophiel along with the Sephira Binah instead of [[Archangel Zaphkiel]]. [[Athanasius Kircher]] names Jophiel as ''Angelus pulchritudinis'', "angel of beauty." | Her planetary intelligence is the Starry Heaven. Rudd attributes the [[Zodiac]] to Jophiel along with the Sephira Binah instead of [[Archangel Zaphkiel]]. [[Athanasius Kircher]] names Jophiel as ''Angelus pulchritudinis'', "angel of beauty." | ||
[[Category:Archangels]] | [[Category:Archangels]] | ||