| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
Both collectively and individually we have a deep and abiding fascination with angels. This book explores depictions of angels in the visual arts and in scripture and associated apocryphal and mystical writings, specifically in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and Islamic, Zoroastrian and other ancient and latter-day accounts. It examines the visual clues, artistic conventions and attributes that have been set down to help us to recognise angels in their particular roles and functions. Certain writings have had a particularly influential bearing on our understanding of angels. This text focuses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed June 17, 2019) |
| Subject |
Angels -- Religious aspects
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527535435 |
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1527535436 |
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