Motif
Blessed immortality of righteous souls
blessed_immortality_of_righteous_souls
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
jewish pseudepigrapha (1) · zoroastrian (1)
jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Jubilees, or, The Little Genesis INTRODUCTION 11 / INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCTION; lines 3492-3660 confidence: high
The passage says hope of bodily resurrection is abandoned and righteous souls enjoy blessed immortality after death, with the expectation next found in Ethiopic Enoch xci-civ.
The passage states that righteous souls enjoy blessed immortality after death while bodily resurrection is abandoned.
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zoroastrian
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The Zend-Avesta, Part III: The Yasna, Visparad, Afrinagan, Gahs, and Miscellaneous Fragments YASNA XLV. / YASNA XLV. 123 / YASNA XLV. 12, / YASNA XLV. 127; lines 7618-7708 confidence: medium
“the soul(s) of the righteous” desire blessings “in the eternal-Immortality”; these are “blessings to the righteous” but “woes to the wicked,” established by Ahura Mazda through His kingdom as creator.
The souls of the righteous are said to desire blessings in eternal Immortality, and praise is directed to the divine home of song.
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