Christian prophecies of the hellenistic Sage

[Albocicade]

Dear all, in greek and russian sources, we can find the Sages of the pagan Greece (Socrates, Plato, Thucydid etc) announcing the coming of Christ from a Virgin or the Triune nature of God. Those Sages are in many occasions painted on frescoes in greek, romanian, bulgarian... churches and monasteries, holding their "prophecies".

Has some of you heard of things like this in syriac or arabic literature or iconography ?

If so, I would appreciate any answer.

Thank you in advance

Albocicade

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[Nikolai Seleznyov]

Dear Albocicade,

See the attached article by S. Brock and follow this link — http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ms_mingana_syr_481_extract.htm

Kind regards,

Nikolai

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[Samuel Noble]

Dear Albocicade

You can also add to this a section from the apologetic work of the Melkite author of uncertain dating, Gerasimus: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/gerasimus_excerpt.htm

And the Coptic author Abu al-Majdalus: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/al-majdalus_01_translation.htm

The 11th century Melkite author Abdallah ibn al-Fadl al-Antaki also provides a list of such prophecies in Chapter 33 of his Book of Benefit, which he claims to have translated into Arabic from the now-lost Against the Letter of Dositheus by John Philophonus.

Best,

Sam

[Albocicade]

Dear Nikolai and Samuel : you are awesome ! 

Thank you VERY much : it is absolutely what I needed. 

And has someone heard of iconography on that thema in arabic-coptic-syriac world ?

Well, I feel so excited !

Thank you again !

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[Carsten Walbiner]

Dear Albocicade,

Macarius b. al-Za'im (d. 1672) has in his "Book of the Bee"(Kitab al-Nahla), written in 1666, a chapter entitled:  

Akhbar wa-nubuwat ‘ajiba ‘an sab’at hukama’ yunaniyin fi tajassud al-Masih wa-wiladatihi min al-adhra’ wa-tadbirihi  wa-salbihi wa-takhlisihi li-l-‘alam

Macarius says at the end that he has found this in old Greek book.

Best, Carsten

[Albocicade]

Dear Carsten,

Thank you very much !

I will have a look at this, it is also very interesting !

Sincerely

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