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Document Details : Title: Why Cyrus Defeated Croesus in the Chronicle of Johannes Malalas and the Interpretation of Daniel 6 Author(s): SCOLNIC, Benjamin Journal: Byzantion Volume: 92 Date: 2022 Pages: 397-412 DOI: 10.2143/BYZ.92.0.3291258 Abstract : While the work of the early Byzantine chronicler Johannes Malalas has undergone extensive source- and textual-critical study, often with negative results about its originality and quality, a literary-critical examination of a passage in Book VI that is based on a legitimate historical synchronism, the factual conflict between Croesus, king of Lydia and Cyrus king of Persia, reveals a sophisticated narrative that solves several problems of Biblical interpretation and produces a substantive theological statement about the role of the One God in history. |
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