Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources

Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources
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Download or read book Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources written by E.J. van Donzel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander's alleged Wall against Gog and Magog, often connected with the enclosure of the apocalyptic people, was a widespread theme among Syriac Christians in Mesopotamia. In the ninth century Sallam the Interpreter dictated an account of his search for the barrier to the Arab geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih. The reliability of Sallam's journey from Samarra to Western China and back (842-45), however, has always been a highly contested issue. Van Donzel and Schmidt consider the travel account as historical. This volume presents a translation of the source while at the same time it carefully looks into other Eastern Christian and Muslim traditions of the famous lore. A comprehensive survey reconstructs the political and topographical data. As so many other examples, also this story pays witness to the influence of the Syriac Christian tradition on Koran and Muslim Traditions.


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