FROM GABRIEL TO LUCIFER

Book ID/图书代码： 06545012B56141

English Summary/英文概要： ’Fiery the angels fell; slow thunder rolled around their shores, burning with the fires of Orc.’ Whether in recent popular culture, or back across countless centuries, angels have perpetually enthralled and even terrified us. ’Every single angel is terrible,’ wrote the German Romantic poet Rilke: ’and so I hold myself back from the dark bird-cry of my anguished sobbing.’ For sceptics, angels may be no more than metaphors: poetic devices to convey, at least for those with a religious sensibility, an active divine interest in creation. But for others, angels are absolutely real creatures: manifestations of cosmic power with the capacity either to enlighten or annihilate those whose awestruck paths they cross. Valery Rees offers the first comprehensive history of these beautiful, enigmatic and sometimes dangerous beings, whose existence and actions have been charted across the eons of time and civilization. Whether exploring the fevered visions of Ezekiel and biblical cherubim; Persian genii; Arab djinn; Islamic archangels; the austere and haunting icons of Andrei Rublev; or Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire and the more benign idea of the watchful guardian angel, the author shows that the ubiquity of these celestial messengers reveals something profound, if not about God or the devil, then about ourselves: our perennial preoccupation with the transcendent.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “燃烧着的天使陨落了，闪电划过天际，妖怪肆虐而出。”无论是在流行文化中，还是过往无数个世纪中，天使始终令人们着迷，但有时也令人害怕。“每一个天使都是可怕的。”德国浪漫主义诗人里尔克这样说道：“所以我远离那黑色的不祥之鸟，痛苦地呜咽着。”人们总是保留着怀疑的态度，天使可能只存在于诗歌表达中，要比喻其他事物时才会出现，多数也是带着宗教色彩的。但是对于其他一些人来说，天使是实实在在存在的，他们是伟大宇宙力量的体现，可以鼓舞敬仰他们的人，或是消灭那些邪恶的人。瓦列里•里斯的这部作品介绍了历史上所有关于天使的刻画，这种美丽，神秘有时还十分危险的生物已经在人类文化中存在了好几个世纪了。作者向我们介绍了以西结书中激昂的观点，圣经中的基路伯，波斯魔仆，阿拉伯神灵，伊斯兰大天使等故事，还有安德烈•卢布那令人难以忘怀的严肃；维姆•文德斯的欲望之翼，和那些善良的守护天使。这些无处不在的天使会向人们揭示深刻的道理，如果不是上帝或是恶魔的话语，便是关于我们自己的永不停止的超越。(XAT)

Awards/获奖情况：“无论是作为人与神之间的中间者，还是混杂在善良与邪恶之间的生灵，天使在人类文化中占据相当重要的位置。在这本有趣的《从加百利到路西法》中，Valery Rees向读者展示了天使在宗教和历史中扮演的相当多面的角色。她也使人们熟悉到了这个时常被忽略的生灵。”——Christopher Rowland，牛津大学，爱尔兰圣经释经学院长，《布莱克与圣经》的作者。

“我们对天使的兴趣与迷恋似乎越来越强了，Valery Rees的新书生动有力地解释了这种与日俱增的兴趣从何而来。这部作品非常有思想，有智慧。《从加百利到路西法》介绍了在世界上大多数国家的宗教和文化中天使所占的地位。”——Oliver Leaman，肯塔基大学哲学教授，犹太学教授

’Whether as mediators between the divine and human, or involved in the complex intertwining of good and evil, angels form a central part of human culture. In her fascinating book, From Gabriel to Lucifer, Valery Rees offers her readers a tantalising glimpse of the multi-faceted role angels have played in religion and history. She thereby helps restore to a more prominent position this much-neglected feature of human experience.’ - Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland’s Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford, and author of Blake and the Bible ’Our fascination with angels and the angelic seems to go from strength to strength, and in her readable new book Valery Rees provides a lively and engaging account of why that is. Thoughtful and intelligent throughout, From Gabriel to Lucifer is a thorough and thought-provoking guide to the role of angels in many of the world’s religions and cultures.’ - Oliver Leaman, Professor of Philosophy and Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Kentucky

About the Author/作者介绍： Valery Rees是文艺复兴时期作品学者中的佼佼者，她是伦敦经济科学学院的资深成员。她参与了《马西里欧•费奇诺》的合编，其中包括《他的神学》，《他的哲学》和《他的遗产》（2002年），同时也是BBC电台4一流节目《我们的时代》的定期嘉宾。

A prominent scholar of the Renaissance, Valery Rees is a Senior Member of the School of Economic Science in London. She co-edited Marsilio Ficino: His Theology, His Philosophy, His Legacy (2002), and has featured as a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s flagship ideas programme, In Our Time.

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