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
Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the belie ...
. Puriel is described as "fiery and pitiless," 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.
Angels in Judaism
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Angels of death
Individual angels
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