Abyss (religion)
In the
It translates the Hebrew words tehóm (Hebrew: תְּהוֹם, lit. 'deep, void'), ṣulā (צוּלָה "sea-deep, deep flood") and the name of the sea monster raḥaḇ (רחב "spacious place; rage, fierceness, insolence, pride.")[2]
In the original sense of the Hebrew tehóm, the abyss was the
In a later extended sense in
In Psalm 42:7, "deep calls to deep" (referring to the waters), or in Latin abyssus abyssum invocat, developing the theme of the longing of the soul for God. Cassiodorus relates this passage to the mutual witness of the two Testaments, the Old Testament foretelling the New, and the New Testament fulfilling the Old.[6]
In Revelation 9:11, Abaddon is called "the angel of the abyss".
On the Origin of the World, a text used in Gnosticism, states that during the end of the world, the archons will be cast into the abyss by Sophia for their injustice. There they will fight each other until only the chief archon remains and turns against himself.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "abyss". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ a b A. J. Maas (1913). "Abyss". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504645-8, retrieved 2023-11-05
- ^ Kaufmann Kohler (1901–1906). "Abyss". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 707-abyss.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954398-4, retrieved 2023-11-05
- ^ P. G. Walsh (trans. and ed.), Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, Vol. I, Psalms 1–50 (Psalms 1–51 (50)), Ancient Christian writers no. 51 (Paulist Press, New York City/Mahwah, New Jersey 1990), p. 420 (Google).
- ^ Marvin Meyer; Willis Barnstone (2009). "On the Origin of the World". The Gnostic Bible. Shambhala. Retrieved 2021-10-25.