Medicine:Egersis
Egersis, in medical terminology, is an extreme state of alert wakefulness, often used in the context of insomnia. This Greek word is usually translated as a rousing up, a rising, and/or an excitation.[1]
In Christian theology it's a stand in for "Resurrection". The word "egersis" appears once in the Christian New Testament at Matthew 27:53. "Egeiro", a form of the same word meaning, appears a few times in the new testament.[2] There has been some scholarly debate as to the exegetical interpretation of egersis with respect to the Christian resurrection.[3]
In the theology of the ancient Greeks, the egersis was an annual festival celebrating the 'awakening' of a god/cult statue.[4][5] These festivals sometimes took on a high importance. For example, Alexander the Great was prevented from making a sacrifice to Tyre's god Melqart, in part because the egersis of Melqart was supposed to happen soon.[6] Alexander took this as a sign of disrespect and famously laid siege to the city.
References
- ↑ "Strongs's #1454: Egersis - Greek/Hebrew Definitions - Bible Tools". http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Lexicon.show/ID/G1454/egersis.htm.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://ntwords.com/resurrect.htm. - ↑ Whedon, Daniel Denison (1887). Statements, Theological and Critical. Phillips & Hunt. p. 369. https://archive.org/details/statementstheol00whedgoog. "egersis uprising."
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3424502016/melqart.html. - ↑ Hoyos, Dexter (2011-01-13). A Companion to the Punic Wars. ISBN 9781444393705. https://books.google.com/books?id=DeHoLjPOtTUC&q=greek+god+egersis&pg=PA266.
- ↑ "Tyre". https://www.worldhistory.org/Tyre/.
- The Insomniac's Dictionary. Hellweg, Paul. 1986.
- Dictionary2.com/definition/egersis
- http://biblehub.com/text/matthew/27-53.htm
Note: only the aspect of Egersis in Matthew 27:53 does the source provide information on.
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