Metatron

Not to be confused with Megatron, Magnetron, or Mettaton.
For other uses, see Metatron (disambiguation).
Islamic portrayal of the angel Metatron (Arabic: ميططرون) depicted in the Daqa'iq al-Haqa'iq (دقائق الحقائق 'Degrees of Truths') by Nasir ad-Din Rammal in the 14th century CE.

Metatron (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֶטָטְרוֹן‎ Meṭāṭrōn),[1][a][b][5][6] or Matatron (מַטַּטְרוֹן‎, Maṭṭaṭrōn),[7][8] is an angel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Metatron is mentioned three times in the Talmud,[9][1][10] in a few brief passages in the Aggadah, the Targum,[11] and in mystical Kabbalistic texts within Rabbinic literature. The figure forms one of the traces for the presence of dualist proclivities in the otherwise monotheistic visions of both the Tanakh and later Christian doctrine.[12] In Rabbinic literature, he is sometimes portrayed as serving as the celestial scribe.[9][11] The name Metatron is not mentioned in the Torah or the Bible, and how the name originated is a matter of debate. In Islamic tradition, he is also known as Mīṭaṭrūn (Arabic: ميططرون), the angel of the veil.[13][14]: 192 

In Jewish apocrypha, early Kabbalah, and rabbinic literature,[11] Metatron is the name that Enoch received after his transformation into an angel.

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  10. ^ "Avodah Zarah 3b:12". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Targum Jonathan on Genesis 5:24". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  12. ^ Stroumsa, Guy G. (2015). The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-198-73886-2.
  13. ^ Burge, Stephen R. (2015). Angels in Islam - Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti's Al-Haba'ik Fi Akhbar Al-mala'ik. Taylor & Francis. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-136-50474-7.
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