Gabra'el
Beta Israel · numen · Beta Israel traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Gabra'el is one of the four archangels who stand before the throne of God in the Book of Enoch, the Geez scripture canonical to Beta Israel. He is set over Paradise and the serpents and, with Michael, Raphael and Fanuel, is commissioned to bind and punish the rebel Watchers before the Flood. In Beta Israel liturgy he is invoked among the guardian angels of the four quarters.
Domains
- heavenly hierarchy
- judgement
Powers
- executes the judgement of heaven
Epithets
- Gäbrəʾel — the might of GodEncyclopaedia Aethiopica, ed. S. Uhlig, s.v. 'Gäbrəʾel,' Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Mika'elR. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch, Oxford, 1912, ch. 40. (secondary)
- companion: Rufa'elR. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch, Oxford, 1912, ch. 40. (secondary)
Sources
- Gabriel is one of the four archangels of the presence in the Book of Enoch, set over Paradise and the serpents, sharing in the judgement of the Watchers.: Maṣḥafa Hēnok (1 Enoch), Geez, chs. 9–10, 20, 40; ed. R. H. Charles, Oxford, 1906/1912. (primary)