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Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels | 
 enlarge | Author: Gustav Davidson
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 8284
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 386
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 002907052X
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780029070529
ASIN: 002907052X
Publication Date: October 1, 1994
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Condition: Paperback has some wear. Outside of pages have a small black line. Inside text is unmarked. 20
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Product Description
The result of sixteen years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts, the classic reference work on angels is beautifully illustrated and its reissue coincides with the resurgence of belief in angels in America.
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 Interesting but not all you'd expect September 25, 2008
I recently bought the book and i was very excited to look up the names of popular angels, learning new ones, reading about the certain classes and such. The book covers the alphabetical order as it promises, but never clearly breaks down each class to tell you what it consists of, it simply says who certain people believe is in each class and in what order the classes are. To put it bluntly, it classifies angles but doesn't explain the categories and tries to make up for this by giving you classification after classification. What bothered me most about the book is that in the end it gives incantations to "summon angels and make them obbey you", which made me wonder if the whole book is laughable all together. I doubt anyone reading the book was looking to join a cult, and i feel the author lost a start of quality by including such rubbish in a well researched book. Another thing that might surprise you is how it talks about there being 7 or 10 heavens (then citing Dante), but never does the author stop to mention that the christian bible which is widely read and which he claims to have started from, states that there are only 3, that God lives in the 3rd heaven and that because of it Raphael or Michael can't be the rulers of that heaven.
Aside from this, it still an enjoyable book with an intruduction where the author talks about how he started on this hobby and the general information that he has on them. Great to flip through, but after 2 hours you won't be nearly as interested in it.
 Not for True Believers in God of Abraham Issac & Jacob September 10, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Occultic - skimmed book looked at references (mostly occult) placed in trash can & delivered to dump! HAD to use up one star to rate it but it is a minus infinity of don't read.
 Huge amount of info August 18, 2008
This book contains a huge amount of information and is able through a great deal of research to connect a lot of religions and schools of thought. Thick, in paperback is good as a light weight guide.
 complete and well-researched June 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book appears to be very complete, if incredibly dry to read. Look, it's a *dictionary* -- it says so in the title. It's not something you read cover to cover, but you can use it to look up particular Angels by name, and then locate the relevant source material. Davidson makes thorough use of the rabbinic and kabbalistic literature, including fairly obscure midrashim, and in his Introduction he gives this Jewish source material equal or more-than-equal attention. I find this fairly refreshing, since I was expecting a much more Christian-centric approach. Note also that this edition is a reprint of the 1967 original, and that there is no index (unfortunately).
Dictionary of Angels May 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a gift and a very comprehesive book on the angelic realm. Love
this book!
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