[B-Greek] Rev 7:4
goranson at duke.edu
goranson at duke.edu
Tue Apr 3 07:13:02 EDT 2007
Quoting Juan Stam <juanstam at ice.co.cr>:
>
> The very important tribe of Ephrain is also omitted, though curiously his
> father Joseph (never a tribe) is included. As to Dan, although Testament of
> Dan speaks of the apostasy of Dan, it also tells of their repentance and
> restoration. In the list of tribal territories in Ezek 48 (supposedly
> eschatological in the thought of Ezekiel), the tribe of Dan is in first
> place.
In case it's of interest, in
"The Exclusion of Ephraim in Rev. 7:4-8 and Essene Polemic against Pharisees."
Dead Sea Discoveries 2/1 (1995) 80-85
I offer an explanation for the choice of the tribe names in this list.
Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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