Ebola one of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? As infectious disease Under this interpretation, the first horseman is called Pestilence, and is associated with infectious disease and plague. It appears at least as early as 1916, when it is mentioned in the Jewish Encyclopedia.[9] The interpretation is common in popular culture references to the Four Horsemen.[10] The origin of the interpretation is unclear. Some translations of the Bible mention plague (e.g. the NIV) or pestilence (e.g. the RSV) in connection with the riders in the passage following the introduction of the fourth rider; cf. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. (Revelation 6:7-8˄ NASB). However, it is a matter of debate as to whether this passage refers to the fourth rider, or to the four riders as a whole.[1] Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, in his 1916 novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (filmed in 1921 and in 1962), provides an early example of this interpretation, writing The horseman on the white horse was clad in a showy and barbarous attire. [...] While his horse continued galloping, he was bending his bow in order to spread pestilence abroad. At his back swung the brass quiver filled with poisoned arrows, containing the germs of all diseases.[11] via en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse
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