jewish angelology
Preserved but no longer current.
In the book of Tpbit we are told how he travelled with Tobias into Media and back again, instructing him on the way how to marry Sara and to drive away the wicked spirit. Milton calls him the "sociable spirit " and the "affable archangel" (Paradise Lost, vii, 40), and it was he who was sent by God to advertise Adam of his danger.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “jewish angelology” mean?
In the book of Tpbit we are told how he travelled with Tobias into Media and back again, instructing him on the way how to marry Sara and to drive away the wicked spirit. Milton calls him the "sociable spirit " and the "affable archangel" (Paradise Lost, vii, 40), and it was he who was sent by God to advertise Adam of his danger.
Is “jewish angelology” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.