Angels

Further Reading

The Bible:
Genesis chapter 1 for the Cherubim, 16 for Hagar's angel, 18-19 for Abraham's angels, 22 for the binding of Isaac, 28 for Jacob's ladder; Exodus 3 for the burning bush; Numbers 22 for the story of Balaam, Joshua 5; Judges 6;
The two great visionary passages of angels are Isaiah 6 and Ezekiel 1.
For New Testament angels see especially St Matthew, chs 1-2; St Mark 1, St Luke 1-2, and Revelation.

The Koran, A. J. Arberry (transl.) (Oxford World's Classics)

The Koran, N. J. Dawood (transl.) (Penguin Classics) (both versions have a helpful index)

Book of Enoch, tr. R. Charles (SPCK, 1994)

The Celestial Hierarchy printed in Pseudo-Dionysius the Complete Works, translated by Colm Luibheid (Paulist Press, 1987)

David Keck, Angels and Angelology in the Middle Ages (Oxford University Press 1998)

Glenn Peers, Subtle Bodies: Representing Angels in Byzantium (University of California Press, 2001)

Deborah Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

Soheil Muhsin Afnan, Avicenna: his Life and Works (Greenwood Press, 1980)

H. C. Moolenburgh, A Handbook of Angels, ( C.W. Daniel, 1984)

James R. Lewis, Angels A-Z (Gale, 1995)

Martin Israel, Angels: Messengers of Grace (SPCK, 1995)

Mortimer Adler, The Angels and Us, (Macmillan, 1982)