La venida de Gog y Magog. Identificaciones de la prole del Anticristo entre la tradición apocalíptica , la antigüedad tardía y el medievo
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A partir de fuentes bíblicas como Ezequiel
y el Apocalipsis de Juan, desde el siglo
IV se pretendió identificara la prole del
Anticristo –los pueblos encabezados por
Gog y Magog– con los godos que atacaban
el Imperio Romano, que a su vez habían
sido asimilados con los más antiguos getas
y escitas. En estas páginas acometemos el
análisis de las fuentes en las que está presente esa identificación, que tenía el sentido de anunciar que el final de los tiempo
profetizado en el Apocalipsis ya estaba
allí y se acercaba de la mano de los godos;
y de igual modo, estudiaremos las causas
de esas identificaciones con getas y escitas.
Asimismo, advertiremos otras perspectivas
sobre esa misma visión antigua a lo largo
de la Edad Media y en diferentes zonas de
Europa, que contribuyeron a agravar un
ya confuso panorama de identidades de
regiones y pueblos antiguos y medievales,
míticos y reales
Beginning with Bible sources like Ezekiel and the Book of Revelation of John, fron the 4th Century the offspring of the Antichrist –the peoples led by Gog and Magog- was identified with the Goths who attacked the Roman Empire, who in turn had been assimilated with the ancient Getae and Scythian. On these pages we undertake the analysis of the sources where that identification is present, with the mea- ning of announcing that the end of times prophesied in the Book of Revelation was already there, approaching hand in hand with the Goths; and similarly, we will stu- dy the causes of those identifications. We also draw other perspectives on the same old vision throughout the Middle Ages and in different areas of Europe, perspectives that contributed to aggravate an already confusing overview of ancient and medieval, mythical and real regions and peoples
Beginning with Bible sources like Ezekiel and the Book of Revelation of John, fron the 4th Century the offspring of the Antichrist –the peoples led by Gog and Magog- was identified with the Goths who attacked the Roman Empire, who in turn had been assimilated with the ancient Getae and Scythian. On these pages we undertake the analysis of the sources where that identification is present, with the mea- ning of announcing that the end of times prophesied in the Book of Revelation was already there, approaching hand in hand with the Goths; and similarly, we will stu- dy the causes of those identifications. We also draw other perspectives on the same old vision throughout the Middle Ages and in different areas of Europe, perspectives that contributed to aggravate an already confusing overview of ancient and medieval, mythical and real regions and peoples







