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Seraphim: Snakes or Angels?
"The image of the seraph as a snake probably comes from Egyptian art."
In the Bible, in Jewish liturgy, and in other texts, God is sometimes described as being surrounded by seraphim—often imagined as angels. But, as Benjamin Sommer points out, the word literally means “snake,” and that is probably how these beings were originally conceived:
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Seraphim: Snakes or Angels?
"The image of the seraph as a snake probably comes from Egyptian art."