The Sibylline Oracles (Latin: Oracula Sibyllina; sometimes called
the pseudo-Sibylline Oracles) are a collection of oracular
utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls
prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state.
Fourteen books and eight fragments of Sibylline Oracles survive in
an edition of the 6th or 7th century AD. They are not to be
confused with the original Sibylline Books of the ancient Etruscans
and Romans which were burned by order of Roman general Flavius
Stilicho in the 4th century AD. Instead the text is an "odd
pastiche" of Hellenistic and Roman mythology interspersed with
Jewish Gnostic and early Christian legend.
The Sibylline Oracles in their existing form are a chaotic medley. They consist of 12 books (or 14) of various authorship date and religious conception. The final arrangement thought to be due to an unknown editor of the 6th century AD (Alexandre) does not determine identity of authorship time or religious belief; many of the books are merely arbitrary groupings of unrelated fragments.[2]
These oracles were anonymous in origin and as such were apt to modification and enlargement at pleasure by Hellenistic Jews and by Christians for missionary purposes. Celsus called Christians Σιβυλλισται (sibyl-mongers or believers in sibyls) because of prophecies preached among them especially those in the book of Revelation. The preservation of the entire collection is due to Christian writers.
The contents of this Sibylline Oracles app includes:
★ Preface
★ Book I - XIV (360066 characters)
★ Appendices
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The Sibylline Oracles in their existing form are a chaotic medley. They consist of 12 books (or 14) of various authorship date and religious conception. The final arrangement thought to be due to an unknown editor of the 6th century AD (Alexandre) does not determine identity of authorship time or religious belief; many of the books are merely arbitrary groupings of unrelated fragments.[2]
These oracles were anonymous in origin and as such were apt to modification and enlargement at pleasure by Hellenistic Jews and by Christians for missionary purposes. Celsus called Christians Σιβυλλισται (sibyl-mongers or believers in sibyls) because of prophecies preached among them especially those in the book of Revelation. The preservation of the entire collection is due to Christian writers.
The contents of this Sibylline Oracles app includes:
★ Preface
★ Book I - XIV (360066 characters)
★ Appendices
We hope you will enjoy the contents in this app. Please leave us your rating and review to help us improve in future updates and releases.
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