volume 3, issue 1, 2011, pages 17-24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsHOYD9468
Published online: 2011-06-01
Published in print: 2011-06-30

Abstract: In exegetical literature it is often suggested that the author of 2 Tim 3:8-9 used the book of Exodus for a presentation of its own theological message. Such interpretation argues that Jannes and Jambres are identical with those magicians who competed with Moses in the Egyptian palace (Exod 7:10-12). The present paper summarizes the extra-biblical evidence about Jannes and Jambres, and tries to sketch, at least hypothetically, a development of the given tradition. At the same time it is argued that the alleged connection between 2 Tim 3:8-9 and Exod 7:10-12 is unlikely.