page_title: Azazel
hierarchical_section_title: Azazel
caption_attribution_description: Views from Herodion (Herodyon, Herodium) - view of Mount Azazel (Jabel Muntar) מבט מהרודיון על הר העזאזל (ג'בל מונטאר)
context_page_description: Azazel is, according to the Book of Enoch, a fallen Angel. In the Bible, the name Azazel appears in association with the scapegoat rite; the name represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews during Yom Kippur was sent. During the Second Temple period, he appears as a fallen angel responsible for introducing humans to forbidden knowledge. His role as a fallen angel partly remains in Christian and Islamic traditions.
context_section_description: Azazel (/əˈzeɪzəl, ˈæzəˌzɛl/; Hebrew: עֲזָאזֵל‎; Arabic: عزازيل‎, romanized: ʿAzāzīl) is, according to the Book of Enoch, a fallen Angel. In the Bible, the name Azazel appears in association with the scapegoat rite; the name represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews during Yom Kippur was sent. During the Second Temple period, he appears as a fallen angel responsible for introducing humans to forbidden knowledge. His role as a fallen angel partly remains in Christian and Islamic traditions.
caption: Mount Azazel (Jabel Munttar) in the Judean Desert
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