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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

But it's accurate. It's true that we don't know if Yahweh is the best way to spell YHWH, but it is, for now, the recognized spelling, and the name is well understood to be the name of the Israelite god. In the book of Kings, "God" (or g-d, as you put it) has a name, and it's not "God" it's Yahweh. --GiantInsects (talk) 12:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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.

"fixed a lie"

About I fixed a lie: previosly there was a date of death, but he didn't die, according to any source: there was one WP:SOURCE WP:CITED that he died circa 849 BCE. Now I added a second and a third WP:RS that he died circa 850-849 BCE.

All people born before the 20th century CE are now dead. Pretending otherwise is pseudohistory. tgeorgescu (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claiming someone before the 20 century is Alive is not necessarily pseudohistory unless they claim that it is history. 174.89.177.201 (talk) 00:55, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not everything that you don’t like is pseudohistory. 174.89.177.201 (talk) 00:59, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, it is a subjective religious belief. But the objective historical fact is that he died. tgeorgescu (talk) 01:47, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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