By P. J. Harland, Robert Hayward
This article comprises 19 essays on prophecy and apocalyptic. The subject has been selected to coincide with the sunrise of the recent millennium within the yr 2000. The papers learn a variety of biblical and early Jewish texts, in addition to the translation of the Bible in additional contemporary instances.
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I n t h e m a t t e r o f T a m a r , m y Y o u rest a n d e n c a m p in t h e m i d s t o f w a r like a n d t h e r e is n o k i n g d o m o r p e o p l e t h a t shall TN and other Targums ing with have Balaam's prophecy. ing the ' m a n ' and undoubtedly of Jacob-Israel's of N u m . 24:9. rescued m y son J o s e p h son, you were innocent. 35 associated Jacob's Philo has done the lion i m a g e r y interpretation to an much the same, army encamping; he remarks before embarking on Balaam's final bless- oracle, the linkfor as Hebrews w e r e e n c a m p e d (έστρατοπεδευκότας) in o r d e r , r e s e m b l i n g a city r a t h e r than a than direct; but camp (Vit.
Vit. Mos. I. 284) N o t h i n g in t h e Bible suggests this c l i m a x of Philo's s e c o n d oracle. T h e Targumic evidence Balaam is t h u s e s p e c i a l l y v a l u a b l e , and is b e s t a p p r e c i a t e d i n l i g h t o f P h i l o ' s o v e r a l l t r a i n o f t h o u g h t . F i r s t ( Vit. Mos. I. 2 8 2 ) h e tells h o w B a l a k s e n t B a l a a m to get g o o d (αισίους) by m e a n s of birds a n d voices (οιωνούς καί φήμας). h o w e v e r , p r o p h e s i e d that G o d w o u l d b e a shield for the auspicies Balaam, Hebrews: h e h a d s c a t t e r e d t h e evils o f t h e E g y p t i a n s a n d b r o u g h t u p I s r a e l a s o n e m a n .
All t h i s s m a c k s o f t h e R o m a n t r i u m p h . T h e w o r d s έ π ι ν ί κ ι ο ν ύ μ ν ο ν in p a r t i c u l a r suggest c h a n t s s u n g d u r i n g t h e t r i u m p h a l p r o c e s s i o n a victorious 23 imperatorP To qualify for a triumph, the victor of must This very phrase is found in Plutarch's Life of Romulus 16 describing one of the archetypical triumphs of a Roman leader. h a v e b e e n a m a g i s t r a t e p o s s e s s i n g h i s o w n auspicia, t h a t is, t h e to consult the o m e n s , especially those of birds: at least five right thousand of a foreign e n e m y m u s t h a v e b e e n killed, w i t h o u t r i g h t victory e n s u ing.