Metatron ( "Meṭāṭrōn", "Məṭaṭrōn", "Mēṭaṭrōn", "Mīṭaṭrōn") or Mattatron ( "Maṭṭaṭrōn") is an angel in Judaism mentioned in a few brief passages in the Aggadah and in mystical Kabbalistic texts within the Rabbinic literature. The figure forms one of the traces for the presence of dualist proclivities in the otherwise monotheistic visions of both the Tanakh and later Christian doctrine. The name Metatron is not mentioned in the Torah and the Bible and how the name originated is a matter of debate. In Islamic tradition, he is also known as Mīṭaṭrūn (), the angel of the veil. In folkloristic tradition, he is the highest of the angels and serves as the celestial scribe or "recording angel".