v_public_angelic_beings: 55
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | ENT_ISR_REMIEL | Remiel | Israelite/Second Temple | Angelic Being | resurrection; souls of the dead; hope; eschatology; divine mercy; afterlife | Remiel ("Thunder/Mercy of God") is the seventh archangel in the council of 1 Enoch 20:8: "Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise." His specific domain is therefore the resurrection — he presides over the souls of the dead in their eschatological passage. In 2 Baruch 55:3 (Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, c. 100 CE), Remiel is explicitly identified as the angel who presides over the souls of the dead, confirming the 1 Enoch 20 assignment. He appears in 1 Enoch 20 as "Jeremiel" in some manuscript traditions, and this variant appears in 4 Ezra 4:36 where Jeremiel/Remiel answers Ezra's question about how long it will be until the resurrection of the righteous. The identification of Remiel with Jeremiel in 4 Ezra and with the angel of resurrection across multiple Second Temple texts establishes him as one of the most functionally defined of the seven archangels — he has a specific eschatological role (presiding over the resurrection) that distinguishes him from the other six. In the Ethiopian Orthodox archangel veneration tradition, Remiel is venerated alongside the other six on specific feast days. Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination (2016) pp. 79-82; Nickelsburg, 1 Enoch 1 (Hermeneia, 2001) pp. 297-299. |