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The Apocalypse of Abraham mocks Barisat as fire burns his feet and reduces him to ashes. In Revelation, Jesus' feet are similarly described like bronze refined in a furnace, echoing the same image of a divine figure amid fire.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Apocalypse of Abraham 5:9
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
9 And on returning I found Barisat fallen backwards, and his feet surrounded by fire and horribly burnt. 10 I burst into a fit of laughter, and I said to myself: "Truly, O Barisat, you can kindle the fire and cook food!" 11 And it came to pass, while I spoke (thus) in my laughter he (i.e. Barisat) was gradually burnt up by the fire and reduced to ashes. 12 And I brought the food to my father, and he ate. 13 And I gave him wine and milk, and he was gladdened and blessed his god Merumath. 14 And I said to him: "O father Terah, do not bless your god Merumath, and do not praise him, but rather praise your god Barisat because, loving you more, he has cast himself into the fire to cook your food!"
Revelation 1:15
New Testament
12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet, and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. 14 His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. 15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
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Notes and References
Andrei A. Orlov
The Gods of My Father Terah: Abraham the Iconoclast and the Polemics with the Divine Body Traditions in the Apocalypse of Abraham
(pp. 40-41) SAGE; Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 18.1, 2008
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