Passover

[pez]

A slightly strange question. In the Old Testament, Book of Exodus, it described what the Egyptians Israelites had to do at Passover to avoid their first borns being killed... in the actual Book, the Lord said He would be passing over, but commonly people say it was the Angel of Death.

Did this Angel of Death have a name? Was he Azrael, or a different angel?

*googles and wikipedias and everything*

Comments

[maeran.livejournal.com]

Um, you mean Israelites, not Egyptians, right? ^^

The Christian Bible itself rarely ever gives angel names. I think Michael was the only named one for that. I'm sure other Bibles mention more. But like any other myth, there are many versions/variations depending on which tradition you follow. For one, Wikipedia gives Samael for Judaism, and Azrael for Islam. I'm sure there are tons of books on angels out there, if you need more thorough references.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

.....that's what I meant, yes. XDDDD;

Hm... is that a "popular" name that's used? Kind of like, when people think about the foretelling of births, they'd usually think Gabriel...

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

is THERE a...

*fails at typing*