Severus ibn al-Muqaffa: The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria

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Severus ibn al-Muqaffa:The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria
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Abstract

And in those days Heraclius saw a dream in which it was said to him: “Verily there shall come against you a circumcised nation, and they shall vanquish you and take possession of the land.” So Heraclius thought that they would be the Jews, and accordingly gave orders that all the Jews and Samaritans should be baptized in all the provinces which were under his dominion.

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