TY - BOOK AU - Poirier,John C. TI - The tongues of angels: the concept of angelic languages in classical Jewish and Christian texts T2 - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe SN - 9783161505690 (pbk.) AV - BL477 .P657 2010 U1 - 235.3014 23 PY - 2010/// CY - T�ubingen PB - Mohr Siebeck KW - Angels KW - Language KW - Language and languages KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Judaism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-202) and index; Introduction -- Hebrew as the language of the angels -- Hebrew-speaking angels and linguistic ideology in Tannaitic tradition -- The esoteric heavenly language : fairly certain cases -- The esoteric heavenly language continued : less certain cases -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Two additional solutions for 'the speech of palm trees' (b. B.Bat. 134a //b. Sukkah 28a) -- A: The 'Palmgeister' in T.-S. K 1.56 and 1.147 -- B: Palm trees as neoplatonic heliotropes -- Appendix 2: A partial reponse to Christopher Forbes on the nature of New Testament glossolalia ER -