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Berossus on the antediluvian history (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


 		Keywords
antediluvian age
Berossus
kings
lists
Period
9th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars

Text
Synkellos, Chronographia 30:
In his second book, Berossus described the ten kings of the Chaldeans and the period of their rule, 120 sars, that is 432,000 years, up to the Flood.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Synkellos, Chronographia 30

Bibliography

Adler and Tuffin 2002, 40Adler, W. and P. Tuffin. The Chronography of George Synkellos. A Byzantine Chronicle of Universal History from the Creation translated with introduction and notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Cf. Berossus on the antediluvian history (5)
Cf. Berossus on the antediluvian history (6)
Cf. Berossus on the antediluvian history (7)
Cf. Berossus on the antediluvian history (8)
Cf. Berossus on the antediluvian history (9)
Cf. Flood story according to Cosmas (1)
Cf. The seven sages sent down to depths (1)
Cf. The ten antediluvian kings (1)

Amar Annus


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