Drafts by Vicente Dobroruka
Esboços - histórias em contextos globais, 2020
This article looks at some aspects of Ibn Fadlan’s journey to the steppe during the 10th Century ... more This article looks at some aspects of Ibn Fadlan’s journey to the steppe during the 10th Century to ostensibly establish friendly relations between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Volga Bulgars. He left a detailed account of his trip, which includes remarks on the mythical people of Gog and Magog, traditionally considered the eschatological enemies of the civilized world. Ibn Fadlan was somewhat incongruent regarding his portraits and opinions of the Slavic or Turkic people he found in the steppe. The main contribution of this article relates to Gog/Magog and modern conceptions of the “Silk Roads”, especially concerning their extension in the North paths and their permanence in the longue durée. In this respect, some modern theses regarding these issues must be tackled, most remarkably, that of Peter Frankopan and Barry Cunliffe. Other Arabic travels to the North are also examined in order to discuss cultural continuities and breaks between the steppe and the Mediterranean world. The main objective of this article is to show that Ibn Fadlan, in spite of his alleged accuracy, also shared, even if en passant, some of the literary topoi of his time and subsequent historians and geographers added to the mythical apocalyptic theme nearly forgotten currently, namely the boundaries of civilized world and Gog/Magog. This article concludes that Ibn Fadlan was probably the first Arabic historian to believe and thrive on the study of these people, whereas his successors overstated information about them, from the 13th Century on.
Revista Diálogos Mediterrânicos www.dialogosmediterranicos.com.br, 2019
This article makes an attempt to link Eunus’ revolt (i.e. The First Slave Revolt”, 135-132 BCE), ... more This article makes an attempt to link Eunus’ revolt (i.e. The First Slave Revolt”, 135-132 BCE), more directly his prophetic utterances and Syrian provenance to other events and stories that happened during the Second Century BCE, in the aftermath of the defeat of Anthiochus III the Great in 190 BCE; the so-far unobserved links are provided by
prophecies against Rome uttered in otherworldly fashion and preserved by Phlegon of Tralles in his Mirabillion. These utterances fit in the pattern of Eastern revenge prophecies against Rome (much like the ones found in the Sibylline Oracles), with the peculiarity that, in the mouth of Eunus, the slave who lead the Revolt, they appear first as mockery in the eyes of his owner. It is the main objective of this article to show that for Eunus, this was far from mockery and was, indeed, a way of reassuring the vengeance of the East, given all the circumstances of his “kingship”.
JSQ, 2006
This is a discussion on the role of chemically-induced visions in several apocalypses, one of the... more This is a discussion on the role of chemically-induced visions in several apocalypses, one of them from the Second Temple period and the others, Zoroastrian.
Oracle of Hystaspes - A new introduction and translation, 2020
A new translation and introduction by Vicente Dobroruka with Robert A. Kraft The sheer volume of ... more A new translation and introduction by Vicente Dobroruka with Robert A. Kraft The sheer volume of vaticinia and prophecies, not to mention the many visionary activities attributed to Hystapes makes any effort in the guise of a short presentation, such as this, very difficult. However, it has been our intention to treat what is left attributed to Hystaspes as a coherent collection of texts, even if not as a different oracle in itself. 1 Such an admonition is considered necessary by the authors of this entry, so that the reader does not think that by collating several bits and pieces of passages in ancient authors we may have a full-fledged text called the "Oracle of Hystaspes". This is one reason why we chose, instead, to present the lengthier passages and deal with them as they should be: as separate pieces of evidence of possibly more than one oracle attributed to a Persian seer. 2 This does not mean that the texts presented herein do not make sense when taken as a whole: rather, we wish to avoid an all too common mistake that former scholars of immense ability and intelligence have done in dealing with such fragmentary material. This mistake can be summarised as trying to collate pieces of "evidence" found scattered in order to make a complete text. 3 1 This has been tried before, albeit with distinct results than those we present here; cf. John R. Hinnells. "The Zoroastrian doctrine of salvation in the Roman world-A study of the
Papers by Vicente Dobroruka
This article discuss the relationship between escatology and history conception in Flavius Joseph... more This article discuss the relationship between escatology and history conception in Flavius Josephus" work, taking into consideration two kinds of analysis: the relationship created by him between the jews messianic expectations and the apocalyptic literature
[English] : This article makes an attempt to link Eunus’ revolt (i.e. The First Slave Revolt”, 13... more [English] : This article makes an attempt to link Eunus’ revolt (i.e. The First Slave Revolt”, 135-132 BCE), more directly his prophetic utterances and Syrian provenance to other events and stories that happened during the Second Century BCE, in the aftermath of the defeat of Anthiochus III the Great in 190 BCE; the so-far unobserved links are provided by prophecies against Rome uttered in otherworldly fashion and preserved by Phlegon of Tralles in his Mirabillion . These utterances fit in the pattern of Eastern revenge prophecies against Rome (much like the ones found in the Sibylline Oracles ), with the peculiarity that, in the mouth of Eunus, the slave who lead the Revolt, they appear first as mockery in the eyes of his owner. It is the main objective of this article to show that for Eunus, this was far from mockery and was, indeed, a way of reassuring the vengeance of the East, given all the circumstances of his “kingship”. Abstract [Portuguese] : Este artigo busca ligar a revol...
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy, 2013
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy, 2013
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy, 2013
EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
This paper presents an overview of problems posed by the issue of Persian influence on Second Tem... more This paper presents an overview of problems posed by the issue of Persian influence on Second Temple Jewish thought.
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy, 2013
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
The Embroidered Bible: Studies in Biblical Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Honour of Michael E. Stone
Oracula: Revista de Estudos do Cristianismo Primitivo, 2007
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Drafts by Vicente Dobroruka
prophecies against Rome uttered in otherworldly fashion and preserved by Phlegon of Tralles in his Mirabillion. These utterances fit in the pattern of Eastern revenge prophecies against Rome (much like the ones found in the Sibylline Oracles), with the peculiarity that, in the mouth of Eunus, the slave who lead the Revolt, they appear first as mockery in the eyes of his owner. It is the main objective of this article to show that for Eunus, this was far from mockery and was, indeed, a way of reassuring the vengeance of the East, given all the circumstances of his “kingship”.
Papers by Vicente Dobroruka
prophecies against Rome uttered in otherworldly fashion and preserved by Phlegon of Tralles in his Mirabillion. These utterances fit in the pattern of Eastern revenge prophecies against Rome (much like the ones found in the Sibylline Oracles), with the peculiarity that, in the mouth of Eunus, the slave who lead the Revolt, they appear first as mockery in the eyes of his owner. It is the main objective of this article to show that for Eunus, this was far from mockery and was, indeed, a way of reassuring the vengeance of the East, given all the circumstances of his “kingship”.