The Number Seventy-two: Biblical and Hellenistic Beginnings to the Early Middle Ages

This article treats the widespread and complex symbolism of the number seventy-two from the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 to Isidore of Seville in the early seventh century. Whereas later authors attribute the notion of seventy or seventy-two original nations and languages in the world to Genesis 1...

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Main Author: Major, Tristan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols 2013
In: Sacris erudiri
Year: 2013, Volume: 52, Pages: 7-45
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