998:
930:, Armilus is "a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel." He is spoken of in the
942:, and in some instances he is considered identical to Gog, but under another name. In the Sefer Zerubbabel he takes the place of Magog and defeats the
1239:
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also links the figure to Roman mythology, comparing the story of his birth from a stone to a similar legend about a living statue attributed to
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who will conquer the whole Earth, centralizing in
Jerusalem and persecuting the Jewish believers until his final defeat at the hands of the
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115:
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882:. His believed destruction symbolizes the ultimate victory of the Jewish Messiah in the
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depicts
Armilus as bald, partially deaf, partially maimed, and partially leprous.
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or
Armilus in various translations, but listed as a successor to
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is probably from the 7th century CE. Armilus is thought to be a
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The origin of this figure, said to be the offspring of
917:, which describes Armilus, was first published at
1224:. Translated by Bedrosian, Robert. Archived from
953:and a statue, is regarded as questionable by the
1128:Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds
938:and other texts. He is an adversary similar to
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978:in which a Roman leader (given the name
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1010:The name might be derived from that of
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7:
859:
27:False messiah in Jewish eschatology
25:
1113:Die Apokalypse des Ps.-Methodios
908:Jewish revolt against Heraclius
1101:Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
1:
994:and is destroyed by a storm.
706:Divine Incantations Scripture
1172:Jewish Encyclopedia: Armilus
1292:
1133:Cambridge University Press
1218:Eusebius. "The Romans ".
1125:Shepkaru, Shmuel (2006).
1014:, one of the founders of
1184:Reeves, John C. (2005).
1022:, the evil principle in
601:Resurrection of the dead
524:Medieval Jewish scholars
1131:. Cambridge, England:
1002:
808:Universal resurrection
1000:
774:Fate of the unlearned
1103:(Greek redactions),
597:War of Gog and Magog
259:Events of Revelation
1135:. p. 108-109.
962:Jewish Encyclopedia
955:Jewish Encyclopedia
927:Jewish Encyclopedia
874:figure in medieval
506:Rabbinic literature
430:Coming of the Mahdi
425:Swallowing in Bayda
1271:Jewish eschatology
1081:Messiah ben Joseph
1003:
944:Messiah ben Joseph
876:Jewish eschatology
585:Atchalta De'Geulah
557:Mashiach Ben Yosef
553:Mashiach Ben David
549:Elijah the Prophet
359:Beast of the Earth
100:Book of Revelation
1240:"Midrash Vayosha"
1071:Jewish messianism
924:According to the
913:The 11th-century
849:
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629:Figures and items
483:Book of Zechariah
243:Postmillennialism
16:(Redirected from
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369:Dhul-Suwayqatayn
230:Premillennialism
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990:) wages war on
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784:Last Judgment
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158:Four Horsemen
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667:Fimbulwinter
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593:Third Temple
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253:Other events
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1148:January 10,
721:Zoroastrian
641:Gjallarhorn
551:, Messiah (
282:Seven Seals
201:Historicism
43:Eschatology
1276:Antichrist
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1250:2011-06-23
1203:31 January
1056:Antichrist
1039:Appearance
1018:, or from
900:cryptogram
789:Messianism
277:Armageddon
263:Apocalypse
163:Antichrist
67:Three Ages
1221:Chronicle
975:Chronicon
921:in 1519.
904:Heraclius
764:Afterlife
735:Saoshyant
605:Olam Haba
325:Kali Yuga
185:Preterism
82:Christian
1109:Armaleus
1105:Armalaos
1050:See also
970:Eusebius
870:) is an
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672:Ragnarök
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399:Al-Qa'im
394:Muhammad
354: —
206:Futurism
190:Idealism
62:Maitreya
53:Buddhist
35:a series
33:Part of
1099:In the
1020:Ahriman
1012:Romulus
992:Jupiter
984:Agrippa
980:Amulius
890:Sources
864:Armilos
860:ארמילוס
852:Armilus
793:Messiah
700:Li Hong
677:Vígríðr
657:—
651:Naglfar
627:—
573:—
565:Armilus
539:Figures
537:—
518:Midrash
510:Mishnah
499: —
495:—
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462:—
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404:Sufyani
379:Israfil
352:Figures
350:—
345:Islamic
272:Rapture
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1061:Belial
966:Virgil
856:Hebrew
692:Taoist
659:Events
514:Talmud
455:Jewish
417:Events
389:Dajjal
1087:Notes
951:Satan
622:Norse
384:Mahdi
330:Shiva
320:Kalki
311:Hindu
142:Jesus
1205:2014
1192:ISBN
1150:2014
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