Entity
Enclosed nations
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Narrative motif of peoples beyond a barrier until their release, not a fixed ethnic name.
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In the SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation Alexander Legend, a metal gate blocks northern peoples until divine command destroys it. This is a motif in a particular literary work, not a report about every northern population. [10]
Al Kahf18:92–102 presents Dhul Qarnayn’s barrier and its promised fall without naming Alexander or supplying coordinates. Ezekiel38–39 does not narrate its construction. [15][1]
References and notes
- Specified passages, complete. Genesis 10:1–5; Ezekiel 38–39; Revelation 20:7–10; KJV Return to the text ↑
- Historical translation; 144–158 and introduction i. E. A. Wallis Budge, The History of Alexander the Great (1889), Christian Legend, pp. 144–158; Introduction p. i Return to the text ↑
- Al Kahf 92–102. Quran, Al Kahf 18:92–102; Arabic text Return to the text ↑
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IL Archive, «Enclosed nations», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/enclosed-nations