Ibises and Egypt in the Animal Apocalypse: A new identification
The allegorical quartet of birds which prey upon the sheep in 1 Enoch 90.2 have been variously identified by early-modern and modern scholars, with no solution reaching consensus. This article proposes the “hobay” should be translated as “ibises” and accordingly represent an Egyptian people-group. I...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Enoch 90
/ Birds
/ Ibis
/ Egyptians
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Pseudepigrapha
B 1 Enoch B Apocalyptic Literature B roman Egypt B Egyptian Judaism B Animal Apocalypse |
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