Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.20.1, pp. 421-459
 
The Development of the Sibylline Tradition
by John J. Collins, Notre Dame, Indiana

Contents

I. Introduction 422
II. The Phenomenon of Sibylline Oracles 423
III. The Jewish Adaption of the Form: Sib Or 4 427
IV. The Earlier Oracles from Egypt 430

1. Sib Or 3

430

a) The Main Corpus

430

b) Sib Or 3: 350-488

433

c) The Oracles in Vss 1-96

434

2. Sib Or 5

436

3. Sib Or 11

438
V. The Jewish Stratum in Sib Or 1/2 441
VI. The Christian Adaption of Sib Or 1/2 444
VII. The Jewish Stratum of Sib Or 8 446
VIII. The Christian Redaction of Sib Or 8 448
IX. Sib Or 6: A Christian Hymn 449
X. The Christian Sib Or 7 449
XI. The Later Jewish Sibyllina: Books 12-14 452
XII. Conclusion 454
XIII. Bibliography 456
Addenda (November 1986) 459
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