From the watchers to the sethites to the magi: reinterpretations of Genesis in the syriac Revelation of the Magi
The present article examines the depiction of the Magi and their homeland in the Revelation of the Magi, a Christian apocryphon that purports to offer the perspective of the Magi themselves on their journey to Bethlehem. In this text the Magi come not simply "from the East" (Matt 2:1), but...
| Subtitles: | Theme section / Sezione monografica: Angels, watchers, giants reimagined in early Judaism, Christianity and Islam |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Ed. Morcelliana
2019
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Henoch
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-242 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Star of Bethlehem
/ Urgeschichte (Bible)
/ Paradise
/ Seth Biblical character
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Apokryphon der Magier
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