Azazel
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In the Hebrew Bible, the name Azazel represents a desolate place where a scapegoat bearing the sins of the Jews was sent during Yom Kippur. During the late Second Temple period, Azazel came to be view
"And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for Azazel." Lincoln Cathedral
The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt, 1854
Illustration of Azazel in Dictionnaire infernal by Collin de Plancy (1863)
Mount Azazel (Jabel Munttar) in the Judean Desert
Book of Enoch
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The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the patriarch Enoch who was the father of Methuselah and the great-grandfather of Noah. The Book of Enoch co
Azazel
…of the Hebrew Bible canon), Azazel came to be viewed as a fallen angel responsible for introducing humans to forbidden knowledge, as described in the Book of Enoch. His role as a fallen angel partly remains in Christian and Islamic traditions. In the Hebrew Bible, the term is used three times in Chapter 16 of the…
Chester Beatty XII, Greek manuscript of the Book of Enoch, 4th century
4th century AD manuscript, with the end of 'The Epistle of Enoch' and the beginning of the Passion homily of 'Melito'; note the large text reading ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΝΩΧ (EPISTOLĒ ENOCH)
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