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Apostles as the gods (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
Hermes
Paul
Period
9th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
Lord of the Gods = Zeus = Bel = Marduk, Hermes = Nebo.

Ishodad of Merw, Commentary on Acts 14:12:
This, they called Barnaba Lord of the Gods, and Paul Hermes. He calls Zeus, the son of Kronos Lord of the Gods … but they called Hermes one of the gods who was more rational and skillful and intelligent than all of the Gods; and they called him Hermes Trismegistos, that is to say, who knows three things, what is past and what is present, and what will happen; and because of this they called Paul Hermes.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Ishodad of Merw, Commentary on Acts 14:12

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 74Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus


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