Talk:Raphael (archangel)

message: Is Israfel the same as Raphael?  If so, could the material from that article be merged into this? --Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 09:14, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: IIRC, Raphael and Uriel were alternate names for the same Archangel, or at least their names were etymologically related or confused with one another in early contexts.  I'm not entirely sure about the connection to Israfel, though I may have some information somewhere here in my home.  Of course, sources both ancient and modern can be awfully darned variable on these matters.  The names of Raphael and Israfel may have been interchangeable in some treatments, and distinct in others, as is very often the case with Archangels, Angels, Seraphs, Cherubs, and all the other choirs of the Heavenly Host. --Corvun 10:18, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
As mentioned in the article Israfel is the Arabic name for the Hebrew angel Raphael.
I think the articles should be merged.
--Sam 00:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Corvun - what is your evidence that "Raphael and Uriel were alternate names for the same Archangel, or at least their names were etymologically related or confused with one another in early contexts"? They seem distinct to me and the Hebrew roots are different referring to healing and light, respectively.
--Sam 00:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Israfel]] 

message: Suggest deleting the sentence:
 "The Hebrew word for a doctor of medicine is Rophe connected to the same root word as Raphael."
This fact is not interesting or relevant to the article.  Many 3 letter roots in Hebrew occur in many contexts.
--Sam 00:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hebrew word for a doctor is Rophe 

message: Since modern Judaism rejects the deuterocanonical books, how is Raphael a figure in Judaism?  Of course, since the books were produced by Jews, there must have been some connexion at one time, but surely not now?  Nyttend 14:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Judaism 

message: Are there any really notable bits in the Literature section? It looks like a catch-all for trivia to me. If I don't hear a defense of it, I may delete it soon. Mlouns 01:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Last call on the Literature section. I will likely delete it really soon. Mlouns (talk) 01:38, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete Literature section? 

message: I replaced the image with an image in the public domain which serves the same purpose and is of higher quality.  "The former image" was a two demensional reproduction of an Icon copyrighted by Monastery Icons http://www.monasteryicons.com/.   As such it is copyrighted by Monsatery Icons. That image ought to be deleted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Commment (talk • contribs) 09:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Last call -- does anyone want to keep any of this, or shall I axe the paragraph? Mlouns (talk) 01:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image Change 

message: I removed a sentence (the one starting "Seen here...") that seemed to me referring to an accompanying illustration. That illustration isn't in the article and, looking back over two years of edits, hasn't been in the article since at least February of '09. If someone wants to dredge up the illustration, vet it, and restore the sentence, it would probably work better as a caption anyway. --Jay (Histrion) (talk • contribs) 09:38, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to missing illustration 

message: Raphael is also mentioned in the Book of Tobit, the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and in the writings of Jakob Lorber. It seems Raphael is an angelic society much like Michael and Gabriel that are mentioned in the protestant (66 book) Bible.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billcompugeek (talk • contribs) 07:15, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raphael in other books 

message: "Vectorial representation of Archangel Raphael atop a fish." Words fail me. Is this "original research"? I don't think it's an illustration of any cultural phenomenon related to the subject of the article. —Wegesrand (talk) 16:35, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is weird for art. Although a fish is common iconography for Raphael, as explained next to the image. The question is: do we have a plethora of representative art that we can substitute for this one, or is this the only free stuff available to illustrate the article? If we can replace it, I would fully support that. Elizium23 (talk) 18:43, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bizarre illustration 

message: complete the sentences.If you answer them correctly,the boxed letter will spell confirmed.
confirmedconfirmed
 ةهمملكقفغعظطضصشسزرذدخحجثتبﺁائؤإأ  ىيوةه  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.168.196 (talk) 21:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review 

message: A Conversation is happening on the Talk page of Michael (archangel), the Proposal is changing the Article's Name from Michael (archangel) to Michael the Archangel, if this Change happens this article will probably change his name from Raphael (archangel) to Raphael the Archangel, see This Talk Page to Reaching a Consensus. (Pseudo-Dionysius the areopagite (talk) 21:27, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael the Archangel 

message: This person is getting to be a pest. For what it;s worth, I can attest that his idea of how Arabic should be transcribed is wrong. I think an IP block is in order. Achar Sva (talk) 11:54, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  2001:8f8:1335:758d:90d6:c82e:a1f5:16db  and his edits