Azrael
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Azrael is the canonical angel of death in Islam. An Angel with a similar name appears in the 16th century Classical Ethiopic version of Apocalypse of Peter, but as an angel of hell who avenges those w
According to Brendan Cole, this painting of Azrael is linked to a 1892 poem by Delville called "Azraël" (published in his book Les Horizons Hantés)
A Six-Winged Seraph (Azrael) by Mikhail Vrubel, 1904
Apocalypse of Peter
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The Apocalypse of Peter, also called the Revelation of Peter, is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and a work of apocalyptic literature. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Chr
Azrael
…ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam. An Angel with a similar name appears in the 16th century Classical Ethiopic version of Apocalypse of Peter, but as an angel of hell who avenges those who had been wronged during life. Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael holds a benevolent…
The fragment of the Apocalypse of Peter held by the Bodleian Library
Dante and Virgil in Hell, an 1822 painting by Eugène Delacroix. Dante very likely read the Apocalypse of Paul and references it in The Divine Comedy; the Apocalypse of Paul was heavily influenced by the Apocalypse of Peter.
A transcription of the prologue to the Apocalypse of Peter (Ethiopic version)
Codex Tchacos p 33