Texts

I am not interested in continuing the spread of common knowledge- simply repeating truisms that everyone has heard before and generally agrees with. Rather I am interested in finding out and sharing where these ideas originate from. As much as possible I will be keeping a catalogue of the texts and sources for all of what we know about angels, demons and the rest of the spirits. Be it common knowledge or obscure trivia- I want to know the source- regardless of whether that source is canonical scripture or a pseudepigrapha and satirical grimoire. As should all people want to know the true source for everything we claim to know.

As with the supernatural creatures these texts describe- I wonder how to group these texts. My current method of research leads me to organize them chronologically by when they were supposedly written. But what if we want to see all of the apocalyptic writings together- or the poetic- or the historical. What if I want to see the all of the canonical texts or just the non-canonical ones? And whose canon are we using? For those reasons- this will simply be a list of all the sources. Either by name or by date- I have yet to decide. Other pages will be created to discuss the categories of texts. The different canons, the genres, the people groups, the dates...

## List of Categories for texts

Perhaps charts would be more useful here then a list of links.

Canonical

Non-Canonical

Apocryphal

Christian

Jewish

Canaanite

Apocalyptic

Catholic

Protestant

Evangelical

Fundamentalist

Modern

New Age

Alien

Conspiracy

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Prose

Poetry

History

## List of Texts

In chronological order of archeological evidence.

I was uncertain whether or not to list fictional works here. However, the label of fictional reveals a bias when it is applied to other's texts. Perhaps it should instead be considered whether the author intended their work to be taken as fiction or fact. Regardless, fiction tends to color how believers interpret their texts. Take Paradise Lost and Dante's Inferno as examples. While no one I know of regards those texts as scripture or divinely inspired, the ideas found within reflect the beliefs common at the time and went on to influence the beliefs of many in that day and even today. Wether it was Milton's intention or not, his portrayal of Satan sparked or influenced the Romantic's promethian tragic hero Satan.

It will be tedious and sometimes monumental, but in my endeavor to collect all the opinions and texts regarding angels, I will include fictional works as they capture the ideas of the period, even if they are parody or deconstruction they tell us something about how the people viewed angels and the Bible.

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezekiel

Daniel

Isaiah

Tobit

Enoch

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

Jude

Revelation

Mishneh Torah, Maimonides

The Quran

Zohar

The Alchemy of Happiness https://www.google.com/books/edition/The\_Alchemy\_of\_Happiness/pkQMe3nw0GsC?hl=en

Maseket Atzilut, Jacob Nazir

Malius Malificarum

Berit Menuchah, Abraham ben Isaac of Granada

Paradise Lost

Reshit Chochmah, Eliyahu de Vidas

The Divine Comedy

Kabbalah (What are the Kabbalistic texts?)

Dante's Inferno

The Revolt of the Angels

Given the amount of texts that are written in the modern period and the frequency with which individuals can post or publish statements- it may be beneficial to begin listing authors rather than works at this point. The author's page will list their works. For texts that have multiple authors, the text will be listed here the same as above.

Gustave Davidson's Dictionary of Angels

Contact with Beings of Light

Angels: God's Secret Agents 1975 Billy Graham

Sandman Neil Geiman

Passion of the Christ

The Bible Series

The Unseen Realm Dr. Michael Heisner

Lucifer FOX

The Bible Project Series on Spiritual Beings

BEMA Podcast

The Chosen

https://billygraham.org/

https://www.ollison.org/