Jewish angelic hierarchy

Jewish angelic hierarchy

Maimonides, in his "Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah", counts ten ranks of angels in the Jewish angelic hierarchy, beginning from the highest:

References

* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1521&letter=A Jewish Encyclopedia, "Angelology"]


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