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| [[File:Ezekiel's Wheel John Kratovo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ezekiel's Wheel]] | [[File:Ezekiel's Wheel John Kratovo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ezekiel's Wheel]] |
| [[File:Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch — Folio 15? „Vision des Hesekiel“.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ezekiel's encounter with the [[Merkabah]] and the Living Creatures]] | [[File:Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch — Folio 15? „Vision des Hesekiel“.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ezekiel's encounter with the [[Merkabah]] and the Living Creatures]] |
| The '''living creatures''', '''living beings''', or '''''hayyot''''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] חַיּוֹת ''ḥayyōṯ'') are a class of [[heaven]]ly beings in [[Jewish mythology]]. They are described in the prophet [[Ezekiel]]'s vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth chapters of the [[Book of Ezekiel]]. References to the sacred creatures recur in texts of [[Second Temple Judaism]], in rabbinical ''[[merkabah]]'' ("chariot") literature, in the [[Book of Revelation]] in the Christian [[New Testament]], and in the [[Zohar]]. | The '''living creatures''', '''living beings''', or '''''hayyot''''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] חַיּוֹת ''ḥayyōṯ'') are a class of [[heaven]]ly beings in [[Jewish religion]]. They are described in the prophet [[Ezekiel]]'s vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth chapters of the [[Book of Ezekiel]]. References to the sacred creatures recur in texts of [[Second Temple Judaism]], in rabbinical ''[[merkabah]]'' ("chariot") literature, in the [[Book of Revelation]] in the Christian [[New Testament]], and in the [[Zohar]]. |
| According to [[Judaism|Jewish]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] traditions, there are four living creatures, although their description varies by source. The symbolic depiction of the four living creatures in religious art, especially [[Christian art]], is called a [[tetramorph]]. | According to [[Judaism|Jewish]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] traditions, there are four living creatures, although their description varies by source. The symbolic depiction of the four living creatures in religious art, especially [[Christian art]], is called a [[tetramorph]]. |
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