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14 books of 370 · oldest first
Christian scripture and mysticism 14
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3rd century BCE–1st century CE
1 Enoch
First Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic collection that names Michael, Gabriel and Raphael among a group of holy angels. The work assigns them distinct responsibilities,...
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Probably 3rd–2nd century BCE
Book of Tobit
The Book of Tobit is an ancient Jewish narrative in which Raphael travels in disguise, guides Tobias, heals Tobit and delivers Sarah. Near the story's conclusion Raphael...
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Final form c. 167–164 BCE
Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel is the earliest canonical biblical source to name Gabriel and Michael. Gabriel appears as an interpreter of visions, while Michael is described as one of the...
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c. 500
The Celestial Hierarchy
Organises the angels into a systematic hierarchy.
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c. 500
The Divine Names
Explains how divine names express manifestations of a God ultimately beyond all names.
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c. 500
The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
Connects earthly liturgy and hierarchy to their celestial counterparts.
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c. 500
The Mystical Theology
A foundational text of apophatic mysticism: God is approached by stripping away concepts and affirmations.
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14th century
The Cloud of Unknowing
late 14th-century English mystical work
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Basel, 1494
De Verbo Mirifico
On the Wonder-Working Word: a dialogue arguing that the name of Jesus is the pronounceable form of the Tetragrammaton. Christian Cabala's founding argument, and its founding...
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Hagenau, 1517
De Arte Cabalistica
On the Art of Kabbalah: three books of dialogue, and the first full European account of the subject as a subject. It is where a Latin reader could find out what the sefirot were...
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1911
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undated
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undated
The Gospel of Thomas
Coptic-language early Christian non-canonical gospel, part of the Nag Hammadi library
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undated
The Sibylline Oracles
collection of oracular utterances in Greek hexameter, containing Hellenistic/Roman mythology with Jewish, Gnostic and Christian stories