On Kings
Hippolytus
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On Kings.
The question is raised, whether Samuel rose by the
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On Kings
Hippolytus
On Kings.
The question is raised, whether Samuel rose by the
A fragment from the tractate of Hippolytus, On the Sorceress (ventriloquist), or On Saul and the Witch, 1 Sam. xxviii. From the Vatican ms. cccxxx, in Allat., De Engastr., edited by Simon, in the Acts of the Martyrs of Ostia, p. 160, Rome, 1795.
[Rather “god,” the plural of excellence, Elohim.]
[This passage is the scandal of commentators. As I read it, the Lord interfered, surprising the woman and horrifying her. The soul of the prophet came back from Sheol, and prophesied by the power of God. Our author misunderstands the Hebrew plural.]