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'''Metatron''' (Hebrew מטטרון) or ''Mattatron'' (a differentiation of Metatron) is the name of an [[angel]] in [[Judaism]] and some branches of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Mythology Christian Mythology]. There are no [[references]] to him in the Jewish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh Tanakh] or Christian Scriptures ([[New Testament|New]] and [[Old Testament]]). Although he is mentioned in a few brief passages in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud Talmud], Metatron appears primarily in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah medieval Jewish mystical texts] and other post-scriptural [[esoteric]] and [[occult]] sources. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_literature Rabbinic] tradition, he is the highest of the [[angels]] and serves as the [[celestial]] [[scribe]], though there is no [[consensus]] as to his genesis, nor is there a Christian consensus on his position in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_angelic_hierarchy hierarchy of angels] or [[existence]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatron]
'''Metatron''' (Hebrew מטטרון) or ''Mattatron'' (a differentiation of Metatron) is the name of an [[angel]] in [[Judaism]] and some branches of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Mythology Christian Mythology]. There are no [[references]] to him in the Jewish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh Tanakh] or Christian Scriptures ([[New Testament|New]] and [[Old Testament]]). Although he is mentioned in a few brief passages in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud Talmud], Metatron appears primarily in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah medieval Jewish mystical texts] and other post-scriptural [[esoteric]] and [[occult]] sources. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_literature Rabbinic] tradition, he is the highest of the [[angels]] and serves as the [[celestial]] [[scribe]], though there is no [[consensus]] as to his genesis, nor is there a Christian consensus on his position in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_angelic_hierarchy hierarchy of angels] or [[existence]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatron]
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