Monday, December 1, 2025

Michael and Gabriel Being "Princes" in Jewish/Rabbinic Literature

  

In b. Ḥag. 12B, Michael is called השר הגדול “the great prince” (see § Jude 9). ‖ Genesis Rabbah 63 (40B) Michael and Gabriel = שרים; Gen. Rab. 78 (49D) Michael and Gabriel = שרים של מעלה “the princes of those above” (of the angel world); (Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck, A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash, ed. Jacob N. Cerone, 4 vols. [trans. Andrew Bowden and Joseph Longarino; Bellingham, Wash.: Lexham Press, 2021], 3:737)