From Kings to Monsters: Jewish Perspectives on the Hellenistic and Roman Empires in Sibylline Oracles 3 and 5

Both the third and fifth books of the Sibylline Oracles engage with the threat and challenges of the political powers of their day, the Hellenistic and Roman respectively (Sib. Or. 3:657-714; 5:28-34, 155-161, 342-359). Both books also construe these powers as part of the reason for the arrival of G...

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Main Author: McBay, Susannah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-230
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Empire / Sibylline books / History / Chaos / Idea of God / Wrath / Warrior (Motif)
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Sibylline Oracles
B Alexandrian Judaism
B combat myth
B Divine Warrior
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