Abraham, the "Lord" and the malakhìm

We now analyze a story in which the malakhìms are the protagonists. We have formerly said that the need to define “spiritual” beings has led commentators to state, among other things, that when they eat and move they “only apparently” do so. We'll have a look in Chapter 18 of Genesis and judge this alleged “appearance”, along with other very unusual behaviors when attributed to “pure spirits”. Abraham is located near the oaks of Mamré, a Southern Palestine village, along the road linking the nor