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ID: 901000493
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000493
Record Type: Character/Person

Gabriel, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)

Note: In the three Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—one of the archangels. Gabriel was the heavenly messenger sent to Daniel to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat and to communicate the prediction of the Seventy Weeks. He was also employed to announce the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and to announce the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary.

Names:
Gabriel, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Gabriel (Abrahamic religion character) (English,U,N)
Gabriel, Saint, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character) (English,U,N)
Jibrīl (Abrahamic religion character) (Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Jibrāʾīl (Abrahamic religion character) (Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Gibrāʾīl (Abrahamic religion character) (Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Gavriʾel (Abrahamic religion character) (Hebrew (transliterated),U,N)
גבריאל (Abrahamic religion character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Gabriel, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography), Annunciation to the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)) [901001052]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... archangel
.....(angels (spirits), spirits (beings), people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Gabriel, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11G184 the Archangel Gabriel
Gabriel (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2014010191
Gabriel, Saint, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Jibrīl (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Jibrāʾīl (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Gibrāʾīl (Abrahamic religion character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Gavriʾel (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
גבריאל (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Gabriel," accessed 30 June 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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