Angels [electronic resource] : a history / David Albert Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, David Albert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Angels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, faeries, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? In this introduction to the history of angels, David Albert Jones outlines some of the more prominent stories and speculations about angels in Judaism, Islam, Christianity and post-Christian spiritualities. He reflects on the way angels are portrayed in art, whether as young men in the Hebrew Scriptures, androgynous winged creatures of the pre-Raphaelites, or the masculine statue of the Angel of the North. He also considers angels in films suc

Contents:

Contents; Picture Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 A Brief History of Angels; 2 Picturing Angels; 3 What is an Angel?; 4 Divine Messengers; 5 Ministering Spirits; 6 Heavenly Hosts; 7 Fallen Angels; 8 Wrestling with Angels; Further Reading; References; Index of Locorum; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-50192-5

9786612501920

0-19-157394-9

OCLC:

609859845