Guide
Mystical and Theurgic Hymns
By Carol Bakhos
Both the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature include prayers invoking the praise of God by angels or divine beings. Through these prayers, human worshipers associated themselves with the heavenly beings who ministered to God.
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