Ancient World Culture

Ancient Angel

Well, I thought that you have probably read about angels in your study, so, I thought I would send a picture from the British Museum. This is a Protective Spirit and is one of histories early versions of an angel!!! The monster(angel) has a dagger but he is protecting the King , who is standing beside him..and not trying to harm him!

Actually, there are also very early angels from Zoroastrian religion, this is from Iran (Persia)…The prophet was called ‘Zoroaster’..

So, why do angels appear in the Bible?

Because the Israelites were taken to Babylon as prisoners by the Assyrians and then Babylon was invaded by the Persians from Iran. The Persians allowed the Israelites(Jews) to return back to Judah and they took back the ideas that they saw from the Assyrians and Persians…When the Jewish people wrote the Bible (old Testament) they included many ideas that they had seen from those other civilizations..

Ancient World Culture