Puriel
Appearance
(Redirected from Puruel)
Puriel (also Pyriel, Puruel, Pusiel and Pyruel and Purel) is an angel who appears in the apocryphal work of the Testament of Abraham, the 2nd-century apocalyptic tale of Abraham's journey to heaven.[1] Puriel is described as "fiery and pitiless,"[2] and is one of the two angels (along with Dokiel) charged with the task of examining the soul of each person brought to heaven after death.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Abraham, Testament of at jewishencyclopedia.com
- ↑ Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, p. 230, LCCN 66-19757
- ↑ Angels in Judaism at the Internet Encyclopedia of Religion Archived 2007-01-19 at the Wayback Machine