The Origins of Angels with Mika Ahuvia

The Origins of Angels with Mika Ahuvia

What Magic is This? Podcast

Many within the realms of Magic, Spirituality, and Mysticism are well aware of heavenly messengers which are called Angels. While many are familiar with the depictions of them as winged celestial beings, their origins and deeds are a bit less well known in today’s world. Angels were incredibly important to the Ancient Jewish peoples, and more recent scholarship has begun to uncover to what extent Angels played a role in the nascent Judaic worldview. One of these scholars is my guest for this show- Author and professor Dr. Mika Ahuvia!

Dr. Mika Ahuvia is an associate professor of Classical Judaism in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. She teaches courses in Jewish Studies, Comparative Religion, and Global Studies. She received her Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University in 2014, specializing in the formation of Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity. Her recent book On my Right Michael, On my Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture was released in 2021 and is a fantastic work which elucidates so much about these Heavenly Messengers!