Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog

• Autor principal: Seyed-Gohrab, A.A (auth)
• Outros Autores: Doufikar-Aerts, F. (auth), McGlinn, S. (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Leiden University Press 2011
• Colecção: Iranian Studies Series
• Assuntos: Literature: history & criticism; evil in literature; language and linguistics; history; God; Gog and Magog; Magog (Bible); Quran
• Acesso em linha: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Gog and Magog, as archetypes of evil, have dwelt in our consciousness since their threatening appearance in the Bible and Quran. Maps, literature and texts ranging from Medieval Europe, the Byzantine and Arab world, in Berber, Persian and Indonesian traditions, to contemporary internet texts: all us...