Gog and Magog: Contributions toward a World History of an Apocalyptic Motif

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Gog and Magog

Contributions toward a World History of an Apocalyptic Motif

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The tale of a collective evil force known as Gog and Magog has occupied the imagination of Jews, Christians, and Muslims for millennia, finding expression in literary and scholarly works and other cultural artifacts. This book gathers the papers from two conferences at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg by scholars ranging from history, to religious studies, to art history, and is the most thorough work on the subject to date.

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Georges Tamer, Erlangen, Lutz Greisiger, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany and Andrew Mein, St Andrews, Great Britain.

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Introduction: Gog and Magog and their Worlds
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Georges Tamer

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Beyond the Wall: Eurasian Steppe Nomads in the Gog and Magog Motif
23
Agustí Alemany

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“Impenetrable, Physical, Tall, Powerful, Beautiful?” Comparative Considerations on the Imperial Border Walls of the Ancient World (Sumer, Egypt, Assyria, China, Rome, Iran)
55
David Engels

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Gog from Magog: A Supporting Actor in the End Time Restitution
83
Susanne Talabardon

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Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature I: Literature Unconnected to the Alexander Legend Prior to Michael the Syrian
105
Mark Dickens

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The Reception of Gog and Magog in Jewish Traditions at the Emergence of Islam
133
Helen Spurling

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Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature II: Literature Connected to the Alexander Legend Prior to Michael the Syrian
153
Mark Dickens

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Gog and Magog between Exegesis and Prophecy in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries CE
211
James T. Palmer

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Gog & Magog in Byzantium – A Pessimistic Story
227
Wolfram Brandes

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The Enclosed Nations of Mandæan Lore
243
Charles G. Häberl

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Gog and Magog in Islam: A Permanent Geographic Problem
277
David Cook

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Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature III: Literature from Michael the Syrian to the Modern Era
289
Mark Dickens

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Hide and Seek with a Monster: Gog and Other Antichrists in Joachim of Fiore’s Eschatology
329
Julia Eva Wannenmacher

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Gog et Magog nondum sunt in orbe nec umquam fuerunt. – John of Rupescissa, the Hardened Dregs of the Next Antichrist and Christian Self-Criticism
339
Matthias Kaup

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The Formation of the Gog/Magog-Concept and Its Use in Medieval Latin Historiography (until 1200)
403
Hans-Christian Lehner

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Het ez sant Peter getan, / Ez wer wünders mehr dann vil. Alexander, Gog und Magog in der (deutschen) Literatur des Mittelalters
421
Florian Kragl

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Von Riesen und Rittern zum islamischen Feind. Gog und Magog in der mittelalterlichen Apokalypse-Illustration
457
Peter K. Klein

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Gog and Magog as Geographical Realities in Late Medieval Latin Europe
495
Felicitas Schmieder

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Gog and Magog or Allies? The Perception of the Ottoman Empire in Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer
507
Matthias Riedl

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Alexander and Gog and Magog in Ottoman Illustrated Texts: Presenting the Pādişāh as the End-Times’ World Sovereign in an Age of Eschatological Enthusiasm
533
W. Sasson Chahanovich

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From Turk to Tyrant: Gog in Seventeenth-Century English Ezekiel Commentary
575
Andrew Mein

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Gog and Magog in Malay-Indonesian Islamic Exegetical Works
597
Majid Daneshgar

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Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj in the Báb’s Qayyūm al-Asmāʾ
617
Todd Lawson

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Towards a Comparative and Literary Anthropology of Force and Chaos: Gog and Magog with Particular Reference to Kitāb al-Fitan by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād al-Marwazī (d.229/844) and The Tower of London by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882)
629
Ian Richard Netton

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Gog and Magog in Hasidism: Actualizing, Spiritualizing, and Marginalizing the Evil that Precedes Redemption
651
Gadi Sagiv

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“The Climate Will Change Again and Yeʾcüc and Meʾcüc Will Leave Their Places”: Gog and Magog in Two Late Ottoman Texts
669
Ellinor Morack

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“I Am the Son of Gog and Magog.” Assuming the Role of Destroyer and Renovator in a Programmatic Poem by Endre Ady (1906)
701
Tiborc Fazekas

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Asian Horsemen, Bolshevik Monsters. Europe’s Primal Fear of the East
715
Jörn Happel

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The Enemy within: A Structural Approach to the Transmission of the Motif of Gog and Magog into the Modern Dialectics of Internationalization and Nationalization
743
Christian Zolles

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Outside, Over There: Buber’s Gog and Magog and Why He Told Stories about Evil
767
Dustin Atlas

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The Faces of Gog and Magog in Islam
787
Ramy Abdin

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Awaiting the Battle of Gog and Magog: Christians, Jews, and the Yearning for Apocalyptic Times
819
Yaakov Ariel

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Gog and Magog in Muslim Teleological Eschatology: Traditional Islamic Narrations and Modern Islamist Politicizations
843
Nader El-Bizri and Zeinab Mirza

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Narrative Subordination: Comparative Approaches to Gog and Magog as Literary Figures
865
Anna Ayşe Akasoy

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GOG/MAGOG. A Disinformation Campaign
877
Marina Dessau

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“Russia is a Gog”: Scenes from a German Tradition
913
Lutz Greisiger

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Bibliography
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Index
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List of Contributors
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Gog and Magog; eschatology; Comparative religion; biblical reception

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Gog and Magog

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction: Gog and Magog and their Worlds

Beyond the Wall: Eurasian Steppe Nomads in the Gog and Magog Motif

“Impenetrable, Physical, Tall, Powerful, Beautiful?” Comparative Considerations on the Imperial Border Walls of the Ancient World (Sumer, Egypt, Assyria, China, Rome, Iran)

Gog from Magog: A Supporting Actor in the End Time Restitution

Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature I: Literature Unconnected to the Alexander Legend Prior to Michael the Syrian

The Reception of Gog and Magog in Jewish Traditions at the Emergence of Islam

Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature II: Literature Connected to the Alexander Legend Prior to Michael the Syrian

Gog and Magog between Exegesis and Prophecy in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries CE

Gog & Magog in Byzantium – A Pessimistic Story

The Enclosed Nations of Mandæan Lore

Gog and Magog in Islam: A Permanent Geographic Problem

Gog and Magog in Syriac Literature III: Literature from Michael the Syrian to the Modern Era

Hide and Seek with a Monster: Gog and Other Antichrists in Joachim of Fiore’s Eschatology

Gog et Magog nondum sunt in orbe nec umquam fuerunt. – John of Rupescissa, the Hardened Dregs of the Next Antichrist and Christian Self-Criticism

The Formation of the Gog/Magog-Concept and Its Use in Medieval Latin Historiography (until 1200)

Het ez sant Peter getan, / Ez wer wünders mehr dann vil. Alexander, Gog und Magog in der (deutschen) Literatur des Mittelalters

Von Riesen und Rittern zum islamischen Feind. Gog und Magog in der mittelalterlichen Apokalypse-Illustration

Gog and Magog as Geographical Realities in Late Medieval Latin Europe

Gog and Magog or Allies? The Perception of the Ottoman Empire in Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer

Alexander and Gog and Magog in Ottoman Illustrated Texts: Presenting the Pādişāh as the End-Times’ World Sovereign in an Age of Eschatological Enthusiasm

From Turk to Tyrant: Gog in Seventeenth-Century English Ezekiel Commentary

Gog and Magog in Malay-Indonesian Islamic Exegetical Works

Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj in the Báb’s Qayyūm al-Asmāʾ

Towards a Comparative and Literary Anthropology of Force and Chaos: Gog and Magog with Particular Reference to Kitāb al-Fitan by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād al-Marwazī (d.229/844) and The Tower of London by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882)

Gog and Magog in Hasidism: Actualizing, Spiritualizing, and Marginalizing the Evil that Precedes Redemption

“The Climate Will Change Again and Yeʾcüc and Meʾcüc Will Leave Their Places”: Gog and Magog in Two Late Ottoman Texts

“I Am the Son of Gog and Magog.” Assuming the Role of Destroyer and Renovator in a Programmatic Poem by Endre Ady (1906)

Asian Horsemen, Bolshevik Monsters. Europe’s Primal Fear of the East

The Enemy within: A Structural Approach to the Transmission of the Motif of Gog and Magog into the Modern Dialectics of Internationalization and Nationalization

Outside, Over There: Buber’s Gog and Magog and Why He Told Stories about Evil

The Faces of Gog and Magog in Islam

Awaiting the Battle of Gog and Magog: Christians, Jews, and the Yearning for Apocalyptic Times

Gog and Magog in Muslim Teleological Eschatology: Traditional Islamic Narrations and Modern Islamist Politicizations

Narrative Subordination: Comparative Approaches to Gog and Magog as Literary Figures

GOG/MAGOG. A Disinformation Campaign

“Russia is a Gog”: Scenes from a German Tradition

Bibliography

Index

List of Contributors

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