... are seven mountains in paradise and seven archangels. (Enoch 20:1-25:1) The use of the number seven in both Revelation and Enoch speaks to the influence of the study of Gematria (Jewish numerology) on early Gnostic Christianity more than it speaks to Revelation "copying" Enoch, according to David E. Aune.12 Seven, in Jewish numerology, represents "Divine number of ... ...

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