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1 χξϚ´
χξϚ´ numerical sign for ἑξακόσιοι (=χ´) ἑξήκοντα (=ξ´) ἕξ (=Ϛ´) six hundred sixty six Rv 13:18 v.l. This is the number of the beast, which is the number of a human being. On the numerological technique involved here s. ἀριθμός 1 and FDornseiff, Das Alphabet in Mystik u. Magie2 1926 §7; PFriesenhahn, Hellen. Wortzahlenmystik im NT ’36. The constantly recurring attempts to solve this riddle are based somet. on the Gk., somet. on the Hebr. alphabet; they may yield a name taken fr. mythology (as early as Irenaeus 5, 30, 3 Ευανθας, Λατεινος, Τειταν, and many others: GHeinrici, Griech.-byz. Gesprächsbücher 1911, p. 60, 3) or fr. history (e.g. Nero Caesar, Ulpius [Trajan] or Domitian [EStauffer, ConNeot 11, ’47, 237–41], or Jesus in a heretical disguise, CCecchelli: GFunacoli Festschr. ’55, 23–31), the numerical value of whose letters is 666. On the other hand, some prefer to treat the number 666 purely as a number; they suspect a symbolic mng. (GA van den Bergh van Eysinga, ZNW 13, 1912, 293–306, NThT 4, 1915, 62–66; ELohmeyer in Hdb. exc. on Rv 13:18). Further, cod. C and the Armenian version have the rdg. χιϚ´=616, which is preferred by RSchütz (s. below) and EHirsch, Studien z. 4. Ev. ’36, 167; it was known to Irenaeus (5, 30, 1), who rejected it. Comm. report on the attempts at solution already made; esp. E-BAllo, L’Apocalypse de St. Jean3 ’33, exc. 34 p. 232–36; JdeZwaan, De Openbaring van Joh. 1925, 46ff; IBeckwith, Apocalypse 1919, 393–411; DAune, Rev (Word) ad loc. S. also ZNW: PCorssen 3, 1902, 238ff; 4, 1903, 264ff; 5, 1904, 86ff; EVischer 4, 1903, 167ff; 5, 1904, 84ff; CBruston 5, 1904, 258ff; CClemen 11, 1910, 204ff; WHadorn 19, 1919/20, 11–29.—SAgrell, Eranos 26, 1928, 35–45; GMenken, GereformTT 36, ’36, 136–52; MGoemans, Studia Cath. 13, ’37, 28–36; DvdBosch, 666 het getal eens menschen ’40. In general s. LBrun, Die röm. Kaiser in Apk: ZNW 26, 1927, 128–51; RSchütz, D. Ofb. d. Joh. u. Kaiser Domitian ’33; KHolzinger, SBWienAk, Phil.-Hist. Kl. 216, 3, ’36; ABertholet, D. Macht der Schrift im Glauben u. Aberglauben: ABA ’49, esp. p. 30.
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