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Is there anyplace that one can find out about angles?
    One would think that the subject would be almost commonplace in religious writings but outside
Billy Graham's book , I cannot think of any other.

Answer
You do have the best book that was ever written about angels in Rev. Graham's book.

However, there is more to be learned if you feel like doing the leg work.  

You start by buying ("used" in large bookstores or on line)or borrowing an Exhaustive Concordance.  The best that I've found is "Strong's Exhaustive Concordance".  This big book has every word used in the Bible, its definition, the Greek and Hebrew meanings, AND where you can find all the places it is used.

Then look up each place where the word angel, angels or messenger..is used.  

Take notes on each passage or type them out.  And finally put together all the characteristics of the various kinds of angels.   Then you will know as much as Billy Graham or any other student of the Bible.

To make it easier, you can instead buy a computer program with Strongs Concordance on it and transfer all the passages to your Word Pad or word processor.

It is a lot of fun with the disc and you can do this  with any topic/word in the Bible.  

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Dean Gade

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I can answer questions concerning the translating of specific words and translations of the New Testament. I can give the etemology of Greek words, primarily in the Koine Greek, but also in Classical Greek. I can also give explanations of much of the Bible having read it many times and written many Bible studies.

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I studied Greek in earning my BA at a university and my DTh. and MDiv. at an accredited seminary. I was a diviity student at both the university and seminary, spending most of those eight years studying the Bible.

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