Angels
The wider order he belongs to. Angels in Judaism and the merkabah tradition, Mika'il in the Qur'an as the angel of provision and rain, the hierarchies of Pseudo-Dionysius, and the Persian, Ottoman and Iraqi miniatures that painted them.
Part of Saint Michael
23 moments in this segment.
- - Irakischer Maler um 1280 002. Illustration of an angel from an Iraqi manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation), c. 1280. Islamic cosmological manuscripts do depict angels including Mika'il, who is named in the Qur'an alongside Jibril.
- - Arabic-manuscript. 1375-1425; part of the Islamic cosmological illustration tradition.
- - Osmanischer Meister 001. Ottoman miniature with an angel figure, c. 1480-1510; an example of figural angel imagery in Ottoman court painting.
- - Wonders of creation manuscript angel image. Angel figure in a later manuscript of al-Qazwini's Wonders of Creation, 17th century; figural angels appear in Persian and Ottoman book painting rather than in mosque decoration.
- - Angels in the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholar Andre Wenin's university MOOC lecture on the role of angels in Jewish and Christian scripture.
- - Persian Impact on Judaism and Angelology. Explainer on the argument that Jewish angelology developed markedly during and after the Persian period, a longstanding scholarly proposal.
- - Assessing the Impact of Zoroastrian Culture on the Talmud. Leiden University lecture on the methodological pitfalls in claims that Zoroastrianism shaped rabbinic Judaism, including its angelology.
- - A Rabbi on Michael's Plea Before God. A Chabad rabbi retells the rabbinic account of a heavenly dispute involving the angel Michael, illustrating Michael's role as advocate for Israel in Jewish tradition.
- - Jibril and Mika'il in the Islamic Tradition. Yaqeen Institute episode with Omar Suleiman on the two archangels named in the Quran, including Mika'il, the Islamic counterpart of Michael.
- - Metatron and the Angelology of 3 Enoch. Lecture on the Sefer Hekhalot, a fifth or sixth century Hebrew text whose angelic hierarchy sits alongside the archangel traditions that include Michael.
- - Angels From a Jewish Perspective. Rabbi Jeff Berger's contribution to an inter-religious symposium at the Al-Mahdi Institute on the Jewish understanding of angels.
- - Malka Simkovich: The Second Temple Period as a Cultural Bridge. Lecture on how Second Temple Jewish literature, including the apocalyptic and Enochic texts, bridges the Hebrew Bible and later Jewish and Christian tradition.
- - Reappraising 'Sectarian Judaism' of the Second Temple Period. The 2023 Montefiore Lecture at the Parkes Institute challenging the standard picture of Second Temple Judaism as a field of competing sects, the setting of Michael's earliest textual appearances.
- - Angels in Judaism: From the Biblical Period to Josephus. Gideon Amir's lecture for the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies tracing the development of Jewish angelology through the Second Temple period.
- - The Apocalyptic Imagination: John J. Collins on Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. Interview with the author of the standard survey of Jewish apocalyptic writing, the genre in which Michael emerges as a named archangel.
- - Akhatriel: How the Divine Glory Became the First Angel. Lecture on the emergence of angelic emanation in early Kabbalah, a later chapter in the Jewish angelological tradition that names Michael among the great angels.
- - Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil: Islamic Angelology Explained. A long Arabic lecture by Sheikh Muhammad al-Arifi setting Mika'il alongside Gabriel and Israfil within the Islamic doctrine of the angels.
- - Second Temple Judaism, 500 BCE to 100 CE. Historical survey of the Second Temple period, the era in which Jewish angelology developed and the archangel Michael was first named.
- - Persian Imperial Mythology and the Origins of Jewish Demonology. UCLA Jewish Studies lecture by Mark Leuchter arguing against the standard account that Hellenistic-era Jewish lore about demons and angels derives from Persian encounter.
- - Mika'il in Islam: The Angel of Rain and Provision. An Arabic account of Mika'il as Islam holds him, the angel charged with rain and sustenance (rizq), and his standing among the archangels of Islamic angelology.
- - The Human and Beyond: Humans and Angels. Shalom Hartman Institute shiur by Melila Hellner-Eshed on the rabbinic comparison of humans and angels, from the institute's Rabbinic Torah Seminar.
- - Who Is Angel Mikaeel in Islam?. An English-language Islamic account of Mika'il, the angel of rain and rizq named in Quran 2:98, and his role in Islamic teaching on the unseen.
- - Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture: Michael on the Right. A discussion of Mika Ahuvia's scholarly study of angels in late-antique Judaism, arguing that Michael and Gabriel were central rather than marginal to Jewish thought.