Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως
abomination of desolation
Translated by Craig Gibson28 Jul 2002Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Referring to] the statue of the emperor Hadrian.
For Hadrian utterly destroyed the city [i.e. Jerusalem]. For after the desolation that occurred under Vespasian and Titus, the Jews organizing in the reign of Hadrian were eager to revert to their earlier form of government [...]. So, by having begun a revolution, they brought themselves to total desolation [...]. And he gave his own name to the remnants of the city, calling it Aelia; for Hadrian was called Aelius.1
For Hadrian utterly destroyed the city [i.e. Jerusalem]. For after the desolation that occurred under Vespasian and Titus, the Jews organizing in the reign of Hadrian were eager to revert to their earlier form of government [...]. So, by having begun a revolution, they brought themselves to total desolation [...]. And he gave his own name to the remnants of the city, calling it Aelia; for Hadrian was called Aelius.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως· τὸν Ἀδριανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀνδριάντα. ὁ γὰρ Ἀδριανὸς καθεῖλε τὴν πόλιν ἄρδην. μετὰ γὰρ τὴν Οὐεσπασιανοῦ καὶ Τίτου γενομένην ἐρήμωσιν ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ συστάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐσπούδαζον ἐπὶ τὴν προτέραν ἐπανελθεῖν πολιτείαν. στασιάσαντες οὖν εἰς παντελῆ ἐρήμωσιν ἑαυτοὺς κατέστησαν· καὶ τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ὄνομα ἐπέθηκε τοῖς λειψάνοις τῆς πόλεως Αἰλίαν αὐτὴν προσαγορεύσας· Αἴλιος γὰρ Ἀδριανὸς ἐκαλεῖτο.
Betacode
*bde/lugma e)rhmw/sews: to\n *)adrianou= tou= basile/ws a)ndria/nta. o( ga\r *)adriano\s kaqei=le th\n po/lin a)/rdhn. meta\ ga\r th\n *ou)espasianou= kai\ *ti/tou genome/nhn e)rh/mwsin e)pi\ *)adrianou= susta/ntes oi( *)ioudai=oi e)spou/dazon e)pi\ th\n prote/ran e)panelqei=n politei/an. stasia/santes ou)=n ei)s pantelh= e)rh/mwsin e(autou\s kate/sthsan: kai\ to\ e(autou= o)/noma e)pe/qhke toi=s leiya/nois th=s po/lews *ai)li/an au)th\n prosagoreu/sas: *ai)/lios ga\r *)adriano\s e)kalei=to.
Notes (1)
- Daniel 11.31 etc.; cf. beta 199, beta 201, beta 202.↩
- 1George the Monk, Chronicon 415.16-416.8 (here abridged). The mention of Aelius was copied from this entry to alphaiota 183. For Hadrian, see generally alpha 527; for Aelia, alphaiota 177.
Linked from6 entries
- α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things][Meaning] those which do not cause pollution, at which one would not feel disgust or hatred. The word [is] somewhat tragic. Aeschylus in Myrmidons [writes]: "indeed, for I love them, they are unhateful to me."
- αι177ΑἰλίαAilia, AeliaName of a city. Jerusalem.
- αι183Αἴλιος ἈδριανόςAelius Hadrianus, Hadrian, AdrianosLook under 'abomination of desolation'.
- β199ΒδέλυγμαabominationEvery statue and every relief sculpture of a human being used to be called this amongst Jews.
- β201Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεωςabomination of desolation[Meaning a] sign of desolation. There were certain statues forbidden by the law that were brought into [the Temple]. Pilate did this by bringing a statue of the emperor into the Temple at night.
- β202Βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεωςabomination of desolation[It is said] that Antiochos [IV] Epiphanes, son of Seleukos [IV] Philopator, was a terrible and grasping man. On capturing the city by the spear he killed 150,000 [people] and then, making an insolent assault and…
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