On Honi the Circle-Maker: A Demanding Prayer
1963; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 56; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0017816000024792
ISSN1475-4517
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
ResumoOne spring in the latter half of the month Adar, some time after the death of Salome Alexandra (76–67 B.C.), “there was a certain Onias, who, being a righteous man and dear to God, … in a rainless period prayed to God (ηὔξατο τῷ Θεῷ) to end the drought, and God … heard his prayer and sent rain …” The story of Honi (Onias), so plainly told by Josephus, is reported much more dramatically in the talmudic sources. According to one source, the drought had lasted three years.
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