Motif
Afflicted righteous transformed into light and enthroned
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A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Enoch THE DREAM-VISIONS. (LXXXIII-XC.) / THE CONCLUDING SECTION OF THE BOOK. (XCII-CV.) / FRAGMENT OF THE BOOK OF NOAH. (CVI-CVII.) / CVIII. AN APPENDIX TO THE BOOK OF ENOCH.; lines 5279-5340 confidence: high
The faithful love God rather than gold, silver, worldly goods, or earthly food; they give their bodies to torture, are tried by the Lord, found pure, love heaven more than worldly life, suffer abuse and shame from wicked people, and receive assigned blessings and recompense.
The faithful who love God and heaven, renounce wealth and earthly food, and endure torture and shame are summoned, transformed, brought into shining light, seated on thrones of honour, and made resplendent.
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