Talk:Elijah

Ilyas ??? Eliah ???

There is something seriously wrong in this page. Jesus (In Quran "Isa") says "Eli..Eli".. In the translations "Eli" or "Eliah" means "God"... Jesus says "Oh Allah"... So the corresponding usage of "Eliah" in Quran is "Allah".

"Eliah" is not used as Elyasa !!! Elyasa is the Prophet Ilyas. This mistake should be corrected in this text.

Data Base Problems, Etc.

I just tried to add a second paragraph to the introduction and whole sections of the essay dropped away. Anybody know what's going on?

This is the paragraph I tried to add:

Elijah appears on the scene with no fanfare. We know nothing of his origins or background. His name, Elijah, "God is Lord," may be a name applied to him because of his challenge to Baal worship<ref>"Elijah." ''Encyclopedia Judaica.'' Keter Publishing House: Jerusalam. 1971. p 633.</ref>. Even the title of "the Tishbite" is problematical as there is no reference from the period to a town or village of Tishbe.

"Controversy over Elijah's Return" Elijah's Cup and Elijah's Chair are two different traditions and have very different origins. I am presently trying to summarize a great many traditions and legends now.

Good Grief, even this page ins't right!

use of yaweh

the name yaweh is not really recognized well i mean i feel that the word g-d should be used instead in refrence to g-d as the other is just a theory on the name of g-d and it just seems odd to use that in all the articles refrencing g-d rather than just within the article refering to itsself or rather just mentioned as a theoretical name wherever it would be applicable but i feel it should not be used here

References in literature

The prophet who appears early in Moby Dick is named Elijah. This prophet says 'only one will return" regarding the voyage of the Pequot. He is central to the theme of omens. He is the first of three, the other two are the ship captains Ahab and the Pequot encounter in the voyage.

Why no list of notable persons claiming to be Elijah?

Why no list of notable persons claiming to be Elijah? --87.71.212.161 (talk) 15:25, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Change from BC to BCE

Some years ago an editor changed BC to BCE. I can't see any discussion about it. If it is a religous reason to change it, we could perhaps compromise by using the jewish calendar,the christian and the islamic or any other. Why is BCE superior to any of those? What is the common era anyway and for whom? I would personally like to use the muslim, the jewish and christian rather than BCE. 77.16.64.32 (talk) 14:51, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

@77.16.64.32 . 105.8.1.23 (talk) 13:48, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

This has already been settled in Wikipedia in favor or BC/AD:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/BCE-CE_Debate 68.204.170.8 (talk) 23:27, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

That link says "This is a failed proposal." We have a guideline at WP:ERA. Doug Weller talk 12:27, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

BCE is the accepted academic and scholarly denominator used throughout modern scholarship. Saintstephen000 (talk)

There is no reason to change it when it has been excepted for hundred's of years. The Capitalist forever (talk) 09:02, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

@The Capitalist forever There's no point in joining an old discussion. But I hope you read the guideline I mentioned above. Doug Weller talk 10:21, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

It was User:Editor2020 in April 2021, with this edit. StAnselm (talk) 04:37, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I have reverted it - this started as a BC article, and per WP:ERA, it should not have been changed without discussion. StAnselm (talk) 04:41, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Since this is a topic that comes from the Hebrew Bible, the current status on WP, as far as I understand it, would be to use the BCE format. If this is the start of a discussion of the matter here, then I am declaring that I am in support of it, i.e., of reinstating the change that had been done by Editor2020. That is because this is the format that is preferred in academic studies of the subject, and it is neutral religiously. Thank you, warshy ^(¥¥) 15:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)