Gabriel

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 48

Gabriel (Heb., 'man of God') is, in the Jewish angelology, one of the seven archangels (see ANGEL). The Mohammedans hold Gabriel in even greater reverence than the Jews; he is called the spirit of truth, and is believed to have dictated the Koran to Mohammed.

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