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SIBYLLINE ORACLES , a collection of Apocalyptic writings, composed in imitation of the heathen
Jews and, later, by the Christians in their efforts to win the heathen
The extant fragments and conglomerations of the Sibylline oracles, heathen, Jewish and Christian, were collected, examined, translated and explained by C. Alexandre in a monumental edition full of exemplary learning and acumen. On the basis of his results, as they have been scrutinized by scholars like Schiffer and Geffcken, it is possible to disentangle some of the different strata with a certain degree of confidence. 1. Book III. contains Jewish oracles relative to the Golden Age established by Roman supremacy in the East
Egypt
Greece
2. Book IV. is a definite .attack upon the heathen Sibylthe Jews and Christians did not attempt to pass off their " forgeries " as genuineas the mouthpiece of Apollo by a Jew who speaks for the Great
review (49-114) of ancient history from the Assyrian empire. There are references to the legendary escape of Nero to Parthia
3. Book V. contains a more developed form of the myth of Nero redivivus in which a panegyric on him (137-141) has been brought up to date by some Jew or Christian, and eulogies of Hadrian and his successors (48-51) side by side with the legend of the miserable death of Titus in quittance of his destruction of Jerusalem (411-413) which probably represents the hope
4. The remaining books appear to be Christian (some heretical) and to belong to the 2nd and 3rd centuries. End of Article: SIBYLLINE ORACLES If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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