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JANNES

(Gk. Iánnēs)

An opponent of Moses along with Jambres, and a model of those “of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith” who “oppose the truth” (2 Tim. 2:8; cf. Exod. 7:11-12, 22). Not named in Exodus, they were identified as Moses’ opponents in Second Temple and rabbinic Jewish writings by the 1st century b.c.e. (4QDamascus Documentb [4Q266] fr. 3, 2:13-15 = CD 5:17-19) and were known by Christian and pagan writers. The pseudepigraphic work Jannes and Jambres, perhaps Christian and dated between the 1st and 3rd centuries but based on pre-Christian traditions, survives only in fragments.

Bibliography. A. Pietersma and R. T. Lutz, “Jannes and Jambres,” OTP 2:427-42.

Eric F. Mason






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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