Editing Azazel (section)

{{Short description|Biblical figure identified with fallen angel}}
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{{distinguish|Azazil|Azrael}}
[[File:Detail of East Window, Lincoln Cathedral (14224253959).jpg|thumb|"And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for Azazel." [[Lincoln Cathedral]]]]
[[File:William Holman Hunt - The Scapegoat.jpg|thumb|''[[The Scapegoat (painting)|The Scapegoat]]'', by [[William Holman Hunt]], 1854]]
In the [[Hebrew Bible]], the name '''Azazel''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|z|eɪ|z|əl|,_|ˈ|æ|z|ə|ˌ|z|ɛ|l}}; {{langx|he|עֲזָאזֵל}} ''ʿĂzāʾzēl'') represents a desolate place where a [[scapegoat]] bearing the [[Jewish views on sin|sins of the Jews]] was sent during [[Yom Kippur]]. During the late [[Second Temple period]] (after the [[Development of the Hebrew Bible canon|closure of the Hebrew Bible canon]]), Azazel came to be viewed as a [[fallen angel]] responsible for introducing humans to [[forbidden knowledge]], as described in the [[Book of Enoch]]. His role as a fallen angel partly remains in [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Islam]]ic traditions.