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Gilgamesh in bar Konai (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


Keywords
Peleg
Period
9th century CE
Channel
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars


Text
Theodore bar Konai, Liber scholiorum:
The ninth century Nestorian bishop Theodore bar Konai includes among his scholia to the book of Genesis a list of postdiluvian monarchs that is synchronized with the generations from Peleg to Abraham. The tenth name on this roster is that of “Gilgamesh”.


Source (list of abbreviations)
Theodore bar Konai, Liber scholiorum

Bibliography

Reeves 1992, 121Reeves, John C. Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony. Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions. Monographs of the Hebrew Union College 14. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press 1992.

Amar Annus


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