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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 2 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Daniel: “And behold a very great image

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;

and

the

aspect

of

this

image

was

fearful

,

and

it

stood

erect

before

thee

;

whose

head

was

of

fine

gold

,

its

breast

and

arms

were

silver

,

its

belly

and

thighs

were

of

brass

,

and

its

feet

were

partly

indeed

of

iron

,

and

partly

of

clay

,

until

that

a

stone

was

cut

out

of

the

mountain

,

without

the

hands

of

those

that

should

cut

it

,

and

struck

the

image

upon

the

feet

of

iron

and

clay

,

and

brake

them

into

small

fragments

.

And

the

iron

,

and

the

clay

,

and

the

brass

,

and

the

silver

,

and

the

gold

,

was

made

altogether

;

and

they

became

small

as

chaff

,

or

dust

in

the

threshing

-

floor

in

summer

;

and

the

wind

blew

them

away

,

so

that

nothing

remained

of

them

.

And

the

stone

which

struck

the

image

became

a

great

mountain

,

and

filled

the

whole

earth

.

”

Notes

1
[Hippolytus, p. 209, supra.]
2
Dan. ii. 31–35.