Round 1: Tossup 7

In midrashic (“mid-RAH-shick”) tradition, this was the first figure to hold a distinction shared by Serah bat Asher (“SEH-rakh bot ah-SHAIR”) and Pharoah’s daughter. R. H. Charles altered a line addressing this figure as “the son of man who was born to righteousness” to avoid its messianic connotations. The ten heavens and the fall of Satanail appear in a text titled for this figure that Bogomils read in Old Church Slavonic. A Merkabah (“mair-kah-BAH”) text attributed to Rabbi Ishmael identifies this figure with an angel whom Elisha ben Abuyah (10[1])saw sitting in the presence of God, (10[1]-5[1])named (10[1])Metatron. (10[3])In (10[1])Islam, (10[2])this figure is identified with the prophet Idrīs (10[4]-5[3])(“ih-DREESS”). This figure titles a book preserved only in Ge’ez (-5[1])(“guh-EZZ”) that describes fallen angels (10[2])fathering (10[1])Nephilim in its (10[1])Book of the Watchers. For 10 points, name this father of Methuselah who titles three apocryphal books and is said to have “walked with God.” (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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