Angelic choir

Elohim

Elohim (Gods)

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The oldest attribution here is Angelic choir of Netzach, first attested 1170 CE.

Angelic choir of

  • Netzach

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1170 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Seventh of Maimonides's ranks. Confusingly, 'Elohim' is here a rank of angel, not the divine name; the plural form suggests a collective of divine emanations.

    Evidence

    1. Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon, Rambam), Mishneh Torah, 1170–1180 — Yesodei HaTorah 2:7

      · Original Hebrew, Maimonides c. 1180

      There are ten names given to the angels: Chayot HaKodesh, Ophanim, Erelim, Chashmalim, Seraphim, Malachim, Elohim, B'nei Elohim, Cherubim, and Ishim.

      Maimonides's ten angelic ranks. The pairing of each class with a specific sephirah is a later Kabbalistic development. Available on Sefaria.

    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table VI, col. IX

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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