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Chaldean cosmology according to Jacob of Edessa (1)

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 		Keywords
creation of the universe
Period
7th century CE
Byzantine Empire 		Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars

Text
Marud probably derives either from Nimrod or Marduk.

Jacob of Edessa, Hexaemeron:
First everything was darkness and waters before there were gods and men, and the spirit hovered over the waters and created these seven (planets) Then he made to them heaven and earth and the signs of zodiac … And it made Bel first and after him Marud as lords of the gods.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Jacob of Edessa, Hexaemeron

Bibliography

Segal 1970, 2Segal, J. Edessa the Blessed City. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1970.

Amar Annus


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