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The Sibylline Oracles combines two similar punishments from the Apocalypse of Peter, grouping those who charge interest together with those who mistreat widows and orphans.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Sibylline Oracles 2:268
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
267 and more vile; and all who are grossly proud 268 and usurers, who amass gain on gains 270 and damage orphans and widows in every way; 271 and all who give to widows and to orphans 272 the fruit of unjust deeds, and all who cast 273 reproach in giving from their own hard toils;
Apocalypse of Peter 1:33
Revelation of Peter
Early Christian
32 Beside them, in a place close by, on the stone there will be a pillar of fire, and the pillar is sharper than swords. There will be men and women clothed in rags and filthy garments, and they will be cast on it, to suffer the judgment of a torment that does not cease. These are those who trusted in their riches and despised the widows and the woman with fatherless children before God. 33 Into another place close by, full of filth, they cast men and women up to their knees. These are those who lent money and took interest.
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Notes and References
“... Book 2 contains a long eschatological section (154-338) in which resurrection and the judgment and destinies of the dead are prominent subjects. But most of this section (178-338) is a paraphrase of the Christian Apocalypse of Peter, supplemented by passages taken from Sibylline Oracle 8. All the material on resurrection and judgment of the dead is from the Apocalypse of Peter. This dependence on the Apocalypse of Peter was already demonstrated conclusively by M.R. James, 'A New Text of the Apocalypse of Peter,' JTS 12 (1911) 39-44, 51-52, but his work is not known to J. J. Collins, who therefore underestimates the extent of the Christian material in book 2 [...] Thus the only eschatological material from the original Jewish book 1-2 is in 2:154-177. ...”
Bauckham, Richard
The Jewish World around the New Testament: Collected Essays
(p. 321) Mohr Siebeck, 2008
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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