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The last shall be first (1)

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1st century CE
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Roman Empire 		Channel
Neo-Assyrian texts
New Testament

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Some logia’s morals of the New Testament can be compared to Babylonian omen apodoses. These are the old sayings around which the stories and parables were built.

CT 38 48.ii.59 and CT 28 39.11:
He who reclined in the front will arise in the rear.

Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty 192:
(The Assyrian king) abases the mighty and raises up the lowly.

Matthew 20:16, Luke 14:11, 18:14:
The last shall be first, and the first, last.

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CT 38 48.ii.59
CT 28 39.11
Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty 192
Luke 14:11
Luke 18:14
Matthew 20:16

Bibliography

Reiner 1998, 651-652Reiner, Erica. “Apodoses and Logia.” In: M. Dietrich and I. Kottsieper (eds.). "Und Mose schrieb dieses Lied auf." Studien zum Alten Testament und zum Alten Orient. Festschrift für Oswald Loretz zur Vollendung seines 70. Lebensjahres mit Beiträgen von Freunden, Schülern und Kollegen. Münster: Ugarit 1998, 651-654.

Amar Annus


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