The Rider on the White Horse, the Thigh Inscription, and Apollo: Revelation 19:16.
This article proposes a solution to the puzzling thigh inscription of Rev 19:16, beginning with an examination of seven thigh inscriptions from antiquity, both statuary and literary. All but one of the inscriptions are dedicated to Apollo. I treat the thigh inscription of Rev 19:16 in light of possi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 137; no. 2; pp. 519 - 537 |
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