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Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : |
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The Sibyls occupy a conspicuous place in the traditions and history of ancient Greece and Rome. Their fame was spread abroad long before the beginning of the Christian era. Heraclitus of Ephesus, five centuries before Christ, compared himself to the Sibyl "who, speaking with inspired mouth, without a smile, without ornament, and without perfume, penetrates through centuries by the power of the gods." The ancient traditions vary in reporting the number and the names of these weird prophetesses, and much of what has been handed down to us is legendary. But whatever opinion one may hold respecting the various legends, there can be little doubt that a collection of Sibylline Oracles was at one time preserved at Rome. There are, moreover, various oracles, purporting to have been written by ancient Sibyls, found in the writings of Pausanias, Plutarch, Livy, and in other Greek and Latin authors. Whether any of these citations formed a portion of the Sibylline books once kept in Rome we cannot now determine; but the Roman capitol was destroyed by fire in the time of Sulla (B. C. 84), and again in the time of Vespasian (A. D. 69), and whatever books were at those dates kept therein doubtless perished in the flames. It is said by some of the ancients that a subsequent collection of oracles was made, but, if so, there is now no certainty that any fragments of them remain.
Author | : Rieuwerd Buitenwerf |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2021-08-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004496777 |
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This volume contains a thorough study of the third book of the Sibylline Oracles. This Jewish work was written in the Roman province of Asia sometime between 80 and 40 BCE. It offers insights into the political views of the author and his perception of the relation between Jews and non-Jews, especially in the field of religion and ethics. The present study consists of three parts: 1. introductory questions; 2. a literary analysis of the book, translation, and commentary; 3. the social setting of the book. It aims to further the scholarly use of the third Sibylline book and to improve our knowledge of early Judaism in its Graeco-Roman environment.
Author | : J. L. Lightfoot |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 2007-12-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0199215464 |
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The Sibyl was a legendary figure in Greco-Roman antiquity. J. L. Lightfoot describes how the verse prophecies attributed to her were taken over by Hellenistic Jews, and later by Christians, as a vehicle for their own understandings of prophecy, and provides an edition, translation, and commentary on the first and second books of extant oracles.
Author | : Herbert Newell Bate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Oracles |
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Author | : Milton S. Terry |
Publisher | : Alpha Edition |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-12-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789353955786 |
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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author | : Herbert Bate |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2012-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781290428248 |
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author | : Lactantius |
Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3849621405 |
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"The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. This volume is accurately annotated, including * an extensive biography of the author and his life Contents: The Divine Institutes Book I. Of the False Worship of the Gods. Book II. Of the Origin of Error. Book III. Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers. Book IV. Of True Wisdom and Religion. Book V. Of Justice. Book VI. Of True Worship. Book VII. Of a Happy Life. The Epitome of the Divine Institutes A Treatise on the Anger of God On the Workmanship of God, or the Formation of Man Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died. Fragments of Lactantius The Phoenix A Poem on the Passion of the Lord General Note. Footnotes:
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Apocryphal Books (Old Testament) |
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Author | : William Whiston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1715 |
Genre | : Oracles |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Stone Potter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780198144830 |
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The Sybylline Oracles that provide narratives of Roman history are our best sources for popular understanding of contemporary events, since they were written by those with no obvious connection with the government. The Thirteenth Oracle is particularly interesting as it remains the only first-hand narrative of the critical years of the mid-third century AD, when the empire stood on the brink of political collapse. This book contains the first new edition of the text of the Thirteenth Oracle since 1902, an extensive historical introduction, and a detailed commentary that discusses disputed points of chronology, and how the authors, living in Roman Syria, viewed both the great rival powers of Roman and Persia, and the war that ensued. This work should be of particular value to scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and historians interested in the history of the late Roman empire.