Sefer Raziel HaMalakh

The Sepher Raziel HaMalach ( Hebrew: ספר רזיאל המלאך ) is a grimoire of the 13th century, which is also known under the name of " Sefer Raziel " and "Book of Raziel ".

Confusion

The Sepher Raziel HaMalach is often confused with the medieval Grimoire Sepher Ha - Razim. The Sepher Ha - Razim is

  • An independent book and
  • Included in some versions of the Sepher Raziel HaMalach.

The Sepher Ha - Razim found in most versions of the Sepher Raziel HaMalach in the sixth chapter again. The confusion be attributed to James George Frazer. He writes in his book " Folklore in the Old Testament " that " Noah learned from a holy scripture, such as the ark was to build. Those Scriptures had been given to Adam by the angel Raziel. In it should all knowledge find; the human and the divine. " Confusing but could also have arisen from two misconceptions. Sepher (Hebrew ספר ) in Hebrew means " book" and is often found in the title of medieval grimoires. The first misconception arose because the name Raziel (Hebrew " mystery of God " ) and Razim (Hebrew "secrets" ) are traceable to the same root word: " raz " (Heb. רז ). Ha Malach (Hebrew המלאך ) means: " the angels ". The second misconception is based on a misunderstanding of content. In the Sepher Razim instructions are conveyed to the building of the ark of Noah. The Sepher Raziel HaMalach was taken according to the legend of Noah in the ark. In Sepher Raziel is of Noah 's Ark or read anything.

Legend

After Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, to them the consequences of their sin was aware. Therefore, Adam began to pray. God heard his prayer and sent the angel Raziel to them. He should give them those divine secrets that should lead back to paradise Adam and Eve again. In some legends it is said that the angel at the age of 130 came to Adam. In another legend is told that Adam was first visited by 635. This scripture should have been engraved on a sapphire board according to legend.

According to rabbinic tradition, the book was stolen by the cherubim. They did not agree that Adam should be given to such knowledge. They threw it in the depths of the sea. Then God commanded the angels Rehab for the book to dive and it again returned to Adam.

By Adam came the book into the hands of Noah. It saved Noah about the Flood and gave it to Abraham. Abraham migrated to Egypt. There Egyptians and Jews alike dealt with the book. Centuries later - during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness - Moses was inaugurated by Metatron ( Enoch ) in the mysteries of the Sepher Raziel HaMalach. From Moses the knowledge to David and then went to Salomon should be. King Solomon is still regarded as the wisest man on earth, and as a master of Kabbalah.

History

There are many different versions of the "Sefer Raziel ". There are editions in different languages ​​with different content. Most historians date the book to the 13th century and in the literary circles of King Alfonso X, who is also known as Alfonso the Wise ( 1221-1284 ). He founded a translation in Toledo Academy composed of Jews, Christians and Muslims. There, Arab and Jewish works were translated into Latin and Spanish.

The "Book of Raziel " should come from Alfonso Translation Academy. Not as a result of a translation, but as a composite conception of older texts. It would therefore be in this form about eight centuries old, but composed of older texts.

Some historians are of the opinion that it is derived from a Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages; either by Eleazar of Worms (1160-1238) or of Isaac the Blind ( 1160-1235 ). The first printed Sepher Raziel goes back to the year 1701 and was expelled from Amsterdam.

Bibliographic references

Early humanists such as Abbot Trithemius (1462-1516) and Agrippa (1486-1535) used the Sefer Raziel as extensive quotation source for their works. Even Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), Johannes Reuchlin (1455-1522) and Guillaume Postel (1510-1581) were familiar with this book. Bibliographic information on the " Sefer Raziel " are few. It is in the " Sword of Moses " mentioned in the " Dictionary of Angels " by Gustav Davidson and annexed to the translation of Aryeh Kaplan Jesirah of. There also is that there were different editions of the book in the 19th century 25. The Sepher Raziel is also mentioned in James Hastings ' Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics ". Joshua Trachtenberg writes in his book "Jewish Magic and Superstition " that there was an issue of Sepher Raziel in German, which is entirely on the version of Amsterdam ( 1701) is different. An edition of the Hebrew manuscripts as well as the Latin version of the " Sefer ha - Razim " have Rebiger Bill and Peter Shepherd published ( Sefer ha - Razim I and II - The Book of Secrets I and II, Mohr Siebeck Verlag: Tübingen 2009).

Expenditure and references

  • Steve Savedow: Sepher Rezial Hemelach: The Book of the Angel Rezial - Red Wheel / Weiser / Conari ( English ) ISBN 978-1-578-63168-1
  • Avraham Yaakov Finkel: Kabbalah: Selections From Classic Kabbalistic Works From Raziel HaMalach To The Present Day - Targum Pr 2003 ( English ) ISBN 978-1-568-71218-5
  • James George Frazer: Folklore in the Old Testament - Avenel Abridged ( English ) ISBN 978-0-517-67251-8
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