Jannes and Jambres

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Egyptian magicians

Names

  • Syriac: ܝܢܝܣ ܘܝܡܒܪܝܣ = YΝYS WYMBRYS 1

Attributes

  • Group

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian1 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 25 [Syriac].
    • Jambrès et Jannès : J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 39, 297; III, 1 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Jessica Mutter, and McKenzie Cady, “Jannes and Jambres” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/16514.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Jessica Mutter: gender assignment, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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