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What are the antecedents of the “Antichrist” figure and its associated themes in Jewish literature prior to the New Testament? Lorein offers the texts and translations of all the relevant passages, together with a discussion of their meaning and significance. He concludes that the “Antichrist” theme arises in different currents within this literature, but has its sources in the Old...

between the protological dragon and the eschatological Antichrist. In later times Judaism developed the Antichrist figure even further under the name of Armillus, taken from Romulus, thus showing their hatred towards Rome, which was then Christian.36 The definition that Bousset attributes to the term ‘Antichrist’ is naturally closely related to his method. His method, in which he uses texts from all ages and places, leads to a very complex Antichrist image. Actually, he never really defines the Antichrist,
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