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Nimrod as the king and sage (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


 		Keywords
Nimrod
Period
3rd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Christian-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 1.30:
In the seventeenth generation, Nimrod first reigned at Babylon and built a city, and from there he moved to Persia and taught them to worship fire.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 1.30

Bibliography

Livesey and Rouse 1981, 212Livesey, Steven J. and Richard H. Rouse. “Nimrod the Astronomer.” Traditio 37 (1981) 203-266.

Amar Annus


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