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| Title: Dann wird der Orient herrschen und der Okzident dienen. Zur Begründung eines gesamtvorderasiatischen Standpunktes im Kampf gegen Rom Secondary Title: Spiegel und Gleichnis. FS für Jacob Taubes Pages: 40-48 Type: Book Section Year: 1983 Abstract: "According to a so-called Hystaspes oracle reported by Lactantius (Divine Institutions 7:15,11) the Roman Empire will fall, and the East will rise to power. The oracle is a non-ethnic version of hopes elsewhere expressed in specifically Jewish (Josephus, Jewish War 6:312-314) or Zoroastrian terms. The non-ethnic version reflects Eastern peasant opposition to Roman rule, taxation, and the cruelties of debt slavery". Keywords: Cultural and Religious History of the Ancient World |