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EPHRAIM ISAAC 375<br />

In conclusion, <strong>the</strong> figure of Enoch that emerges from postbiblical<br />

Jewish literature, including works attributed to him, is manifold. He is at<br />

once a heavenly traveler, a prophet, a seer, a priest, an ascetic, a scribe, a<br />

mediator, a Jewish proselyte, <strong>and</strong> an eschatological judge. However, of all<br />

<strong>the</strong> traditions of Enoch, <strong>the</strong> most intriguing is that in at least one genre<br />

of later Jewish thought he is also an archangel, indeed <strong>the</strong> very famous<br />

<strong>and</strong> beloved Archangel Michael.

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