From: Bill.Gates@MSN.com   
      
   Some of this was made up by Milton when he wrote "Paradise Lost", (which is   
   easy enough to obtain.)   
      
      
      
   Apparently on date Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:15:40 -0700, Camilla Cracchiolo   
    said:   
      
   >   
   >There is a vast body of stories about Judeo-Christian-Islamic religion   
   >that do not appear in the Bible, Torah or Koran.  For example, the   
   >story of the war in heaven, Lucifer's fall, the story of Lilith AND   
   >her various demonic offspring the Lilim (which kind of doesn't make   
   >sense that there would be any Lilim since she was damned to have all   
   >her children die by the end of the day, but oh well...)   
   >   
   >Also the names of various angels, what their heavenly duties are, what   
   >their rank in heaven is, what they are made of.  The same with the   
   >demons and djinn.   
   >   
   >Where does all this stuff come from?  More to the point, where is it   
   >written down?  Does it come from the Kabala?  The Midrash? The Talmud?   
   >The Hadith?   
   >   
   >And where can I find these stories?  Is a copy of the Kabala a good   
   >place to start?  Are there condensed versions of things like the   
   >Midrash, Talmud and Hadith (which I understand run to dozens of   
   >volumes in complete editions) that might have these stories?  And   
   >which a person who is not interested in all the fine points of Jewish   
   >and Islamic law might be able to read?   
   >   
   >Or should I look to books on folklore and if so, can you give me some   
   >titles to start with? Any recommendations?   
   >   
   >Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
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   >              Camilla Cracchiolo   
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