{"product_id":"the-angelological-codex-a-critical-and-visual-compendium-of-angel-traditions-9798259390959","title":"The Angelological Codex: A Critical and Visual Compendium of Angel Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. C. Meridian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe reference readers keep beside the Bible, Qur'an, and commentary shelf: a serious, illustrated map of how angel traditions actually develop across Scripture, Second Temple literature, patristic and medieval theology, rabbinic and mystical Judaism, liturgy, Islam, and the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Angelological Codex: A Critical and Visual Compendium of Angel Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e brings together \u003cb\u003e144 fully developed entries\u003c\/b\u003e on figures, scenes, themes, symbols, and reception histories. Each entry pairs historically grounded commentary with \u003cb\u003etradition-aware iconography\u003c\/b\u003e so you can see how angels are imagined, argued over, and prayed to in real communities-not reduced to a single \"generic\" angel lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e144 entries\u003c\/b\u003e spanning scriptural foundations through Second Temple and apocryphal currents, rabbinic and mystical Jewish reception, patristic and late antique Christianity, medieval hierarchies, Islamic angelology, liturgy and devotion, regional folk reception, Renaissance esoteric currents, and modern global interpretation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVisual plates\u003c\/b\u003e keyed to each entry's tradition-specific visual language-designed for readers who learn as much from image as from text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed sources and scholarly framing\u003c\/b\u003e: entries are tied to real textual witnesses and academic literature, with contested questions flagged instead of smoothed over.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHonest plurality\u003c\/b\u003e: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Reform and rabbinic Jewish, Hekhalot and kabbalistic streams, Sunni, Shi'i, and Sufi voices are treated with specificity-no single tradition presented as the silent default for everyone else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for: \u003c\/b\u003e clergy and thoughtful lay readers who want one trustworthy volume; students and scholars who need a comparative on-ramp; teachers and catechists; artists, designers, and iconographers who need historically grounded visual prompts; and anyone tired of angel content that reads like internet folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want angelology as a \u003cb\u003eliving, contested, richly illustrated field of study\u003c\/b\u003e-not a list of names and vibes-this codex is built for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom The Meridian Press.\u003c\/b\u003e A flagship scholarly and visual reference for readers who care what the texts and traditions actually say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882968793239,"sku":"9798259390959","price":7457.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798259390959.webp?v=1781098439","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-angelological-codex-a-critical-and-visual-compendium-of-angel-traditions-9798259390959","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}