“... Several details in these descriptions of Metatron’s expertise in the secrets recall similar conceptual developments already known not only from early Enochic but also Yahoel traditions. First, the peculiar emphasis on the se- crets associated with “the orders of creation” found in 3 Enoch recalls the early Enochic booklets, more specifically, the Astronomical Book, in which Enoch’s initiation into astronomical, cosmological, and meteorological lore by Uriel can also be viewed as pertaining to such orders. A similar theme unfolds in 2 Enoch, wherein the secrets of creation stand at the center of the Lord’s revelations to the elevated Enoch. In the Apocalypse of Abraham as well, the secrets of creation, now refashioned as the mysteries of the Hayyot and the Leviathans, represent a pivotal part of the patriarch’s initiation by Yahoel. ...”