The overall fascination with fallen angels and demons was a big deal in 2nd Temple era Judaism where Christianity comes from
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But -- possibly in reaction to Christianity -- later rabbis rejected the idea of fallen angels
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And the Christian fascination with interpreting the "prince of Tyre" from Isaiah as metaphorically the prince of the fallen
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There's a whole discussion to be had about how Judaism in the 2nd Temple was very heterodox
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And Christianity is basically the Essene tradition of Judaism that survived by mutating and jumping into proselytizing non-Jews heavily
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And rabbinical Judaism is the Pharisee branch of Judaism (Jesus' nemeses who are unfairly tarred with a broad brush in the Gospels)
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Who maintained their identity by strongly rejecting a lot of ideas that the Essenes embraced that later became Christian
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A lot of metaphysical/mystical purity stuff - water baptism, demonology, a comfort w quasi-polytheism
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Wait since when is Christianity in any extant form at all tolerant of quasi-polytheism?
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According to rabbinical Judaism, since it became identifiable as Christianity
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Which is why Judaism is very strict now about never letting anyone get carried away ascribing divinity to a human teacher again
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