Although there are plenty of named and unnamed angels mentioned in both the Torah and the New Testament Bible, Archangel Raphael is likely one of the most recognized by scholars as well as casual ...

The young man [Raphael] said, “Take courage! God’s healing is near; so take courage!” ―Tobit 5:10b The archangel Raphael is presented within the beautiful story of Tobit―a biblical novella within the ...

The prophetic vision of the return to Zion includes partnership in the spiritual realm between the Jewish people and the nations of the world. As we witness the fulfillment of several elements of ...

The Book of Tobit, written two centuries before the coming of Christ, tells the story of two families, both Children of the House of Israel, whom, in the midst of the pain and bewilderment of exile, ...

The Victorian painter William Holman Hunt garlands Raffaello Santi (1483-1520) with the faintest of praise. Raphael was a quick learner, said Holman Hunt in his Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite ...