Uriel

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Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Uriel from across Jewish tradition.

Ezra Demands to Know Why God Let Babylon Destroy Israel

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Thirty years after Babylon burned Jerusalem to the ground, a man named Ezra lay on his bed in the city of his captors and could not sleep. His thoughts boiled. His heart raged. Bec...

The Angel Uriel Reveals the Signs of the End of Days

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Uriel took Ezra back to the beginning. Before the portals of the world were in place. Before the winds blew or thunder sounded. Before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered...

The Mourning Woman Who Transforms into a Shining City

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

This is one of the most stunning visions in all of Jewish literature. A grieving woman becomes a city of light. And no one — not even Ezra — sees it coming. God had told Ezra to go...