Gog i Magog: apokaliptička geografija, hronografija i fenomenologija proroka Jezekilja

Abstract

Dobro je poznato da je Biblija u suštini jedna mala biblioteka od 66 knjiga i da njen naziv dolazi od grčke reči τὰ βιβλία, što znači "knjižice". Manje je poznato da je struktura nekih njenih knjiga slična njoj samoj. Tako se i za knjigu proroka Jezekilja, ali i za knjigu Otkrivenje, u kojima se pominju Gog i Magog, može reći da su male biblioteke. S obzirom na tu okolnost, ako želimo da ih proučavamo, treba najpre da se upoznamo sa celokupnim njihovim sadržajem, a onda da izaberemo segment koji nas posebno interesuje. Iako izvađeni segmenti mogu biti celina za sebe i nezavisni od ostalog dela knjige, to ne znači da oni nemaju dodirnih tačaka, pa i podudarnosti sa segmentima nekih drugih biblijskih knjiga. Pravi primer za to je tema kojom se bavimo, dakle - Gog i Magog.

It is well known that the Bible is essentially a small library of 66 books and that its name comes from the Greek word τὰ βιβλία, which means "books". It is less well known that the structure of some of her books is similar to her own. Thus, the book of the prophet Ezekiel and the book of Revelation, in which Gog and Magog are mentioned, can be small libraries. Given this circumstance, if we want to study them, we should first get acquainted with their entire content, and then choose the segment that particularly interests us. Although the extracted segments can be a whole in themselves and independent of the rest of the book, this does not mean that they have no points of contact or even coincidence with the segments of some other biblical books. A real example of that is the topic we are dealing with - Gog and Magog.