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001 2012532042
003 DLC
005 20131023075342.0
008 130603s2013 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012532042
020 $a9781848853720 (hbk.)
020 $a1848853726 (hbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBL477$b.R44 2013
082 00 $a202/.1509$223
100 1 $aRees, Valery,$d1947-
245 10 $aFrom Gabriel to Lucifer :$ba cultural history of angels /$cValery Rees.
260 $aLondon :$bI.B. Tauris,$c2013.
300 $axv, 272 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-253) and index.
520 $aFor sceptics, angels may be no more than metaphors: poetic devices to convey, at least for those with a religious sensibility, an active divine interest in creation. But for others, angels are absolutely real creatures: manifestations of cosmic power with the capacity either to enlighten or annihilate those whose awestruck paths they cross.
650 0 $aAngels.
650 0 $aAngels$xHistory.