Английская Википедия:Investiture of Abbaton

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italic title The Investiture of Abbaton, the Enthronement of Abbaton,Шаблон:Sfn or the Encomium on AbbatonШаблон:Sfn (alternatively spelled Abaddon; Шаблон:Smallcaps Or. 7025), is an apocalyptic, pseudepigraphical, and apocryphal text.Шаблон:Efn-ua It describes the creation of Adam by God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit; the fall of Satan; and the transformation of Muriel into Abbaton, the angel of death. The sole extant copy is dated to 981, and while its present version probably dates to the 700s, it may have an original from the 600s. It is purportedly written by Timothy of Alexandria.

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The Investiture of Abbaton has only one extant copy in the Sahidic dialect of Coptic.Шаблон:Sfn It is an apocalyptic text in the investiture genre.Шаблон:Sfn The surviving copy is dated to 981.Шаблон:Sfn While its present version likely dates to the 700s, an original may date to the 600s.Шаблон:Sfn The sole manuscript (Шаблон:Smallcaps Or. 7025, CC 0405Шаблон:Sfn) was copied from another in Esna and donated to a church in Edfu, both in present-day Egypt.Шаблон:Sfn The text was inspired by the Testament of Abraham and is purportedly written by Timothy of Alexandria, though this attestation is false.Шаблон:Sfnm In Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʿ's Шаблон:Lang (كتاب الإيضاح, 'explanation' or 'elucidation'), he attributes the Investiture of Abbaton to Theophilus of Alexandria (likely due to the close spellings of Timothy and Theophilus in Arabic), though which Theophilus he refers to is unclear.Шаблон:Sfn While scholar Шаблон:Ill writes that the story has a Muslim origin, this is also unclear, and Islamic angel of death stories (ʿIzrāʾīl) may have the same source material as the Investiture of Abbaton.Шаблон:Sfn

After an introduction by Timothy of Alexandria, six pages of which have been lost,Шаблон:Sfn the text describes the creation of Adam (including Jesus defending Adam to God, and his contribution to Adam's creation alongside the Holy Spirit and God), the fall of Satan (precipitated by a cherub), and the angel Muriel becoming Abbaton, the angel of death.Шаблон:Sfn Seven angels refuse to go to Eden to bring materials to form Adam because they predict the fall of man, but Muriel obliges; as a result, he is given control over the earth and humankind, and his name becomes Abbaton, the angel of death.Шаблон:Sfn He becomes a kind of king with a molten throne, similar to Hermetic and gnostic interpretations of demons and the Demiurge, respectively.Шаблон:Sfn It mentions John the Evangelist and responds to his questions about the angel of death.Шаблон:Sfn

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