The Book Of The Words Of The Archangel Michael

Synposis
The Book Of The Words Of The Archangel Michael is a Dead Sea Scroll fragmented text. The narrative consists of the Angel Michael engaging other Spirits over a cryptically-described event(s) that have taken place on the earth, and then proceeds to prophecy. It is unique, because it is one of few texts claimed to written by Angels; another being The Book Of Jubilees.

Canonicity
It is possible that the Essenes held this document as scripture, but it was never considered divine by anyone else, as it does not exist in any other documents, and has never been quoted from by others.

Dating
Unknown

4Q529
1 Words of the book which Michael spoke to the angels [...] 2 He said: « [I] found there troops of fire [... There] 3 [I saw] nine mountains: two to [the] Eas[t, and two to the West, and two to the North, and two] 4 [to] the [Sou]th. There I saw [the] angel Gabriel [...] 5 in ... and I showed him his vision. And he said to me: [...] 6 In my book of my Great One, the Lord Eternal, it is written: Behold [... between] 7 the sons of Ham and the sons of Shem. And behold, my Great One, the Lord Eternal [...] 8 when keshabin (?) tear from azdara (?) [...] 9 And behold, a city will be built to the name of my Great One, [the Lord Eter- nal ...] 10 all that is wicked shall be done before my Great One, [the] Lord [Eternal ...] 11 And my Great One, the Lord Eternal, will remember his crea- tion [...] 12 [to] my [Gre]at One, the Lord Eternal, to him the mercy and to him [...] 13 In the distant province there will be a man [...] 14 is he; and he will say to him: «Behold, this [...] 15 to me silver and gold [...] and he will sa[y ...] 16 [and] the righteous man [...]