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Razis <ref name="term_7512" /> | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53674" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> RAZIS </strong> . The hero of a narrative in 2Ma 14:37 ff. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57368" /> == | |||
<p> ( ῾Ραζείς, Vulg. Razias), "one of the elders of Jerusalem," who killed himself under peculiarly terrible circumstances, that he might not fall "into the hands of the wicked" (2 [[Maccabees]] 14:37-46). In dying he is reported to have expressed his faith in a resurrection (2 Maccabees 14:46) — a belief elsewhere characteristic of the Maccabean conflict. This act of suicide, which was wholly alien to the spirit of the [[Jewish]] law and people (John 8:22; comp. EIwald, Alterth. p. 198; Grotius, [[De]] Jure Belli, II, 19:5), has been the subject of considerable discussion. It was quoted by the [[Donatists]] as the single fact in [[Scripture]] which supported their fanatical contempt of life (Augustine, Ep. 104, 6). [[Augustine]] denies the fitness of the model, and condemns the deed as that of a man "non cligende mortis sapiens, sed ferendae humilitatis impatiens" (Augustine, l.c.; comp. c. Gaud. i, 36-39). At a later time the favor with which the writer of 2 Maccabees views the conduct of [[Razis]] — a fact which Augustine vainly denies — was urged rightly by [[Protestant]] writers as an argument against the inspiration of the book. [[Indeed]] the whole narrative breathes the spirit of pagan heroism, or of the later zealots (comp. Josephus, War, 3:7; 4:1, 10), and the deaths of [[Samson]] and [[Saul]] offer no satisfactory parallel (comp. Grimm, ad loc. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7512" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' rā´zis ''''' ( Ῥαζείς , <i> ''''' Rhazeı́s ''''' </i> ): "An elder of Jerusalem," "lover of his countrymen," and for his good will toward them called "father of the Jews," accused before the [[Syrian]] general [[Nicanor]] as an opponent of Hellenism. In order to escape falling into the hands of Nicanor's soldiers he committed suicide with the greatest determination in a rather revolting manner ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 14:37 ff), in his death calling upon "the Lord of life" in the hope of a resurrection. His suicide - contrary to [[Jewish]] sentiment - was regarded with approbation by the author of 2 Macc (14:42,43). </p> | <p> ''''' rā´zis ''''' ( Ῥαζείς , <i> ''''' Rhazeı́s ''''' </i> ): "An elder of Jerusalem," "lover of his countrymen," and for his good will toward them called "father of the Jews," accused before the [[Syrian]] general [[Nicanor]] as an opponent of Hellenism. In order to escape falling into the hands of Nicanor's soldiers he committed suicide with the greatest determination in a rather revolting manner ( 2 [[Maccabees]] 14:37 ff), in his death calling upon "the Lord of life" in the hope of a resurrection. His suicide - contrary to [[Jewish]] sentiment - was regarded with approbation by the author of 2 Macc (14:42,43). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_53674"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/razis Razis from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_57368"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/razis Razis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_7512"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/razis Razis from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_7512"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/razis Razis from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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