{"database": "deitydb", "table": "v_public_angelic_beings", "rows": [[53, "ENT_ISR_RAGUEL", "Raguel", "Israelite/Second Temple", "Angelic Being", "divine vengeance; justice; luminaries; cosmic order; punishment of transgression", "Raguel (\"Friend of God\" or \"Shepherd of God\") is one of the seven holy angels who stand before God in 1 Enoch 20:4: \"Raguel, one of the holy angels, who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries.\" His domain is distinctive \u2014 he oversees the execution of divine vengeance specifically against the luminaries (sun, moon, stars) when they transgress their ordained courses, as described in the Astronomical Book of 1 Enoch (chs. 72-82). This gives him a unique cosmological function among the seven: while Michael protects the righteous and Raphael heals, Raguel enforces the moral-astronomical order of the cosmos itself. In the Book of Tobit (2:15 in the Sinaiticus text, though this is textually variant), a figure related to Raguel appears in the narrative context alongside Raphael, suggesting his name was current in Second Temple angelological speculation broadly. Raguel also appears in 1 Enoch 23:4 as a heavenly judge figure. In Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity (where 1 Enoch is canonical), Raguel is venerated as one of the seven archangels alongside Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Sariel, and Remiel. He completes the seven-archangel council of 1 Enoch 20 alongside the four archangels already attested in the canonical Hebrew Bible and the Deuterocanon (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel) and the two other 1 Enoch-specific figures (Remiel, Sariel). Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination (2016) pp. 79-82."]], "columns": ["rowid", "entity_id", "canonical_name", "tradition", "category", "primary_domains", "short_note"], "primary_keys": ["rowid"], "primary_key_values": ["53"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.890379999873403, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}