Charles — Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Vol. II — Section 1271
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Work: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament — Vol. II
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hsu_856b1da5-fd6c-4f8d-bf07-93a4c814b9f1This identity belongs to this edition’s reading. Cross-witness correspondence awaits review.
R. H. Charles ed. 1913, Vol. II
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departed spirits]; xlviii. 16, lii. 6, lvi. 6). But in v. 35 the Zromptuaria are undoubtedly the chambers containing the souls of the righteous dead. It would be strange if a few verses later the same expression were used, without any limiting phrase, to denote something else. In this case the Ὁ Loe (underworld, Sheol) will be a general term for the abode of the souls of the wicked dead, where they await the final judgement. This is the meaning of Sheol (Hades), apparently, in the Johannine Apocalypse, where Hades and Death are always combined, and (like the wicked) are consigned to the l…
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