Egad.

[helen99]

Excerpt of "From the Ashes of Angels" by Andrew Collins:

"...Lamech is accusing his wife of sleeping not with angels in general, but of having had relations with a specific race of divine beings known in Hebrew as 'Irin', meaning 'those who watch' or 'those who are awake', which is translated into Greek as Egrigoroi, meaning 'watchers'."

I know it's just a nuance of language, but the term 'watchers' had always seemed a bit abstract. What were they watching. Who knows. But... "Those who are awake." That's not so abstract.

Also, I like the word 'irin'.

Comments

[helen99.livejournal.com]

That looks fascinating. I will definitely read through that. Thanks!

[imieisegreti.livejournal.com]

You are more than welcome! I have read through more of it since commenting on your post, and it is very interesting. It even mentions the book you quoted from to begin with! *laughs* And from what I can see, it uses several different sources for it's information from many different books.