Gog and Magog
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Gog and Magog, or Ya'juj and Ma'juj, are a pair of names that appear in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament of the Christian Bible, and the Quran, variously ascribed to individuals, tribes, or lands.
The Gog and Magog people being walled off by Alexander's forces.–Jean Wauquelin's Book of Alexander. Bruges, Belgium, 15th century
Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign "Tau" from Ezekiel IX:2–7. —Mosan champlevé panel, mid-12th century
Gog and Magog besiege the City of Saints. Their depiction with the hooked noses noted by Paul Meyer. —Old French Apocalypse in verse, Toulouse MS. 815, fol. 49v
Devil, Gog and Magog attack the Holy City (from a 17th-century Russian manuscript).
Book of Revelation
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The Book of Revelation, also known as the Book of the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse of John, is canonically the last book of the New Testament. Written in Greek, its title is derived from the first wor
Gog and Magog
…within Christianity is more starkly apocalyptic, making Gog and Magog allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. A legend was attached to Gog and Magog by the time of the Roman period that the Gates of Alexander were erected by Alexander the Great to repel the…
Revelation 13:16–14:4 on Papyrus 47 (recto; c. 250 AD)
Revelation 1:4–7 on Papyrus 18 (c. 300 AD)
Frontispiece to the Book of Revelation, Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura, 9th century
St. John receives his Revelation, Saint-Sever Beatus, 11th century