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subject	book bibliographic info
artapanus	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 112, 113, 114, 115 Bloch (2022) 29, 35, 44, 60 Goodman (2006) 95, 112, 114 Gorain (2019) 60 Gruen (2011) 300, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329 Grypeou and Spurling (2009) 126 Janowitz (2002b) 26 Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 225 Lidonnici and Lieber (2007) 144 Niehoff (2011) 40 Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 44, 48, 49, 53, 54, 57, 105, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 127, 130, 132, 135, 136, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 175, 178, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228 Salvesen et al (2020) 164, 165, 166, 204, 207, 208, 209, 212, 354 Taylor (2012) 17 Taylor and Hay (2020) 344
artapanus, abraham teaches astronomy to pharethothes	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 162
artapanus, acts of apostles comparison	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 192, 193, 196, 197, 199, 204, 205
artapanus, alexander polyhistor	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 195
artapanus, alexander polyhistor quotation of	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 115, 160, 195, 200
artapanus, alexander polyhistor, source of	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 115, 160
artapanus, as persian name	Gruen (2011) 325, 326
artapanus, barclay, j.	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 156, 192, 204
artapanus, caricature of egyptians	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 199
artapanus, comparison, eupolemus	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 119
artapanus, cultural benefactor topos	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 53, 113, 116, 119, 127, 130, 161, 199
artapanus, egyptian jews, in	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 115
artapanus, egyptian judaism, knowledge of through	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 112, 113, 114, 115
artapanus, exposure as infant	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 201
artapanus, founder of hermopolis	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 44
artapanus, hellenistic jewish historian, emphasizes joseph’s economic genius	Feldman (2006) 105
artapanus, hellenistic jewish historian, on moses	Feldman (2006) 132, 440
artapanus, hellenistic jewish historian, questionally jewish	Feldman (2006) 125, 126
artapanus, hellenistic jewish historian, synthesizer of judaism and egyptian culture	Feldman (2006) 144
artapanus, hylogenēs	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 94
artapanus, inventor of alphabet	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 121
artapanus, moses, elevation above egyptian deities and heroes by	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 113, 114, 115
artapanus, on story of moses	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 113, 114
artapanus, orpheus	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 161, 201
artapanus, orpheus, moses’s student	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 162
artapanus, source of greek wisdom	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 49, 73, 144, 171
artapanus, teacher of orpheus, artapanus,	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 162, 201
artapanus, use by greek philosophers	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 49, 73, 82, 171, 172

List of validated texts:

7 validated results for "artapanus"

1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 2.11-2.15 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Artapanus

Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 191; Salvesen et al (2020) 165

2.11. וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל־אֶחָיו וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי מַכֶּה אִישׁ־עִבְרִי מֵאֶחָיו׃ 2.12. וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא כִּי אֵין אִישׁ וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַמִּצְרִי וַיִּטְמְנֵהוּ בַּחוֹל׃ 2.13. וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי־אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָרָשָׁע לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶךָ׃ 2.14. וַיֹּאמֶר מִי שָׂמְךָ לְאִישׁ שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט עָלֵינוּ הַלְהָרְגֵנִי אַתָּה אֹמֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר הָרַגְתָּ אֶת־הַמִּצְרִי וַיִּירָא מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמַר אָכֵן נוֹדַע הַדָּבָר׃ 2.15. וַיִּשְׁמַע פַּרְעֹה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לַהֲרֹג אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וַיִּבְרַח מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ־מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַבְּאֵר׃''. None

2.11. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 2.12. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 2.13. And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: ‘Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?’ 2.14. And he said: ‘Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?’ And Moses feared, and said: ‘Surely the thing is known.’ 2.15. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 15.5, 41.45, 41.50-41.52 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Artapanus • Artapanus, Acts of Apostles comparison

Found in books: Goldhill (2022) 296; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 159, 196, 220, 226; Salvesen et al (2020) 354

15.5. וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט־נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וּסְפֹר הַכּוֹכָבִים אִם־תּוּכַל לִסְפֹּר אֹתָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶךָ׃
41.45. וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃' '41.51. וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִי׃ 41.52. וְאֵת שֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי קָרָא אֶפְרָיִם כִּי־הִפְרַנִי אֱלֹהִים בְּאֶרֶץ עָנְיִי׃''. None

15.5. And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’
41.45. And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.—
41.50. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him. 41.51. And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.’ 41.52. And the name of the second called he Ephraim: ‘for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.’''. None

3. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Moses, 2.41, 2.205 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Artapanus • Artapanus, Hellenistic Jewish historian, emphasizes Joseph’s economic genius

Found in books: Feldman (2006) 105; Goodman (2006) 112; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 225

2.41. On which account, even to this very day, there is every year a solemn assembly held and a festival celebrated in the island of Pharos, to which not only the Jews but a great number of persons of other nations sail across, reverencing the place in which the first light of interpretation shone forth, and thanking God for that ancient piece of beneficence which was always young and fresh.
2.205. But, as it seems, he is not now speaking of that God who was the first being who had any existence, and the Father of the universe, but of those who are accounted gods in the different cities; and they are falsely called gods, being only made by the arts of painters and sculptors, for the whole inhabited world is full of statues and images, and erections of that kind, of whom it is necessary however to abstain from speaking ill, in order that no one of the disciples of Moses may ever become accustomed at all to treat the appellation of God with disrespect; for that name is always most deserving to obtain the victory, and is especially worthy of love. ''. None

4. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 1.167, 20.34-20.42, 20.44 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Artapanus • Artapanus, Hellenistic Jewish historian, on Moses

Found in books: Feldman (2006) 440; Goodman (2006) 95, 114; Taylor (2012) 17

1.167. θαυμασθεὶς οὖν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς συνουσίαις ὡς συνετώτατος καὶ δεινὸς ἀνὴρ οὐ νοῆσαι μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ πεῖσαι λέγων περὶ ὧν ἐπιχειρήσειε διδάσκειν, τήν τε ἀριθμητικὴν αὐτοῖς χαρίζεται καὶ τὰ περὶ ἀστρονομίαν παραδίδωσι." "
20.34. Καθ' ὃν δὲ χρόνον ὁ ̓Ιζάτης ἐν τῷ Σπασίνου χάρακι διέτριβεν ̓Ιουδαῖός τις ἔμπορος ̓Ανανίας ὄνομα πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας εἰσιὼν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐδίδασκεν αὐτὰς τὸν θεὸν σέβειν, ὡς ̓Ιουδαίοις πάτριον ἦν," "20.35. καὶ δὴ δι' αὐτῶν εἰς γνῶσιν ἀφικόμενος τῷ ̓Ιζάτῃ κἀκεῖνον ὁμοίως συνανέπεισεν μετακληθέντι τε ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς εἰς τὴν ̓Αδιαβηνὴν συνεξῆλθεν κατὰ πολλὴν ὑπακούσας δέησιν: συνεβεβήκει δὲ καὶ τὴν ̔Ελένην ὁμοίως ὑφ' ἑτέρου τινὸς ̓Ιουδαίου διδαχθεῖσαν εἰς τοὺς ἐκείνων μετακεκομίσθαι νόμους." "20.36. ὁ δ' ̓Ιζάτης ὡς παρέλαβεν τὴν βασιλείαν, ἀφικόμενος εἰς τὴν ̓Αδιαβηνὴν καὶ θεασάμενος τούς τε ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους συγγενεῖς δεδεμένους ἐδυσχέρανεν τῷ γεγονότι." "20.37. καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀνελεῖν ἢ φυλάττειν δεδεμένους ἀσεβὲς ἡγούμενος, τὸ δὲ μνησικακοῦντας ἔχειν σὺν αὐτῷ μὴ δεδεμένους σφαλερὸν εἶναι νομίζων, τοὺς μὲν ὁμηρεύσοντας μετὰ τέκνων εἰς τὴν ̔Ρώμην ἐξέπεμψε Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι, τοὺς δὲ πρὸς ̓Αρταβάνην τὸν Πάρθον ἐφ' ὁμοίαις προφάσεσιν ἀπέστειλεν." '20.38. Πυθόμενος δὲ πάνυ τοῖς ̓Ιουδαίων ἔθεσιν χαίρειν τὴν μητέρα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἔσπευσε καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς ἐκεῖνα μεταθέσθαι, νομίζων τε μὴ ἂν εἶναι βεβαίως ̓Ιουδαῖος, εἰ μὴ περιτέμνοιτο, πράττειν ἦν ἕτοιμος.' "20.39. μαθοῦσα δ' ἡ μήτηρ κωλύειν ἐπειρᾶτο ἐπιφέρειν αὐτῷ κίνδυνον λέγουσα: βασιλέα γὰρ εἶναι, καὶ καταστήσειν εἰς πολλὴν δυσμένειαν τοὺς ὑπηκόους μαθόντας, ὅτι ξένων ἐπιθυμήσειεν καὶ ἀλλοτρίων αὐτοῖς ἐθῶν, οὐκ ἀνέξεσθαί τε βασιλεύοντος αὐτῶν ̓Ιουδαίου." "20.41. δεδοικέναι γὰρ ἔλεγεν, μὴ τοῦ πράγματος ἐκδήλου πᾶσιν γενομένου κινδυνεύσειε τιμωρίαν ὑποσχεῖν ὡς αὐτὸς αἴτιος τούτων καὶ διδάσκαλος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀπρεπῶν ἔργων γενόμενος, δυνάμενον δ' αὐτὸν ἔφη καὶ χωρὶς τῆς περιτομῆς τὸ θεῖον σέβειν, εἴγε πάντως κέκρικε ζηλοῦν τὰ πάτρια τῶν ̓Ιουδαίων: τοῦτ' εἶναι κυριώτερον τοῦ περιτέμνεσθαι:" "20.42. συγγνώμην δ' ἕξειν αὐτῷ καὶ τὸν θεὸν φήσαντος μὴ πράξαντι τὸ ἔργον δι' ἀνάγκην καὶ τὸν ἐκ τῶν ὑπηκόων φόβον, ἐπείσθη μὲν τότε τοῖς λόγοις ὁ βασιλεύς." "
20.44. ἐπεὶ γὰρ εἰσῆλθεν ἀσπασόμενος αὐτὸν καὶ κατέλαβε τὸν Μωυσέος νόμον ἀναγινώσκοντα, “λανθάνεις, εἶπεν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, τὰ μέγιστα τοὺς νόμους καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὸν θεὸν ἀδικῶν: οὐ γὰρ ἀναγινώσκειν σε δεῖ μόνον αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρότερον τὰ προστασσόμενα ποιεῖν ὑπ' αὐτῶν." ". None

1.167. whereupon he was admired by them in those conferences as a very wise man, and one of great sagacity, when he discoursed on any subject he undertook; and this not only in understanding it, but in persuading other men also to assent to him. He communicated to them arithmetic, and delivered to them the science of astronomy;
20.34. 3. Now, during the time Izates abode at Charax-Spasini, a certain Jewish merchant, whose name was Aias, got among the women that belonged to the king, and taught them to worship God according to the Jewish religion. 20.35. He, moreover, by their means, became known to Izates, and persuaded him, in like manner, to embrace that religion; he also, at the earnest entreaty of Izates, accompanied him when he was sent for by his father to come to Adiabene; it also happened that Helena, about the same time, was instructed by a certain other Jew and went over to them. 20.36. But when Izates had taken the kingdom, and was come to Adiabene, and there saw his brethren and other kinsmen in bonds, he was displeased at it; 20.37. and as he thought it an instance of impiety either to slay or imprison them, but still thought it a hazardous thing for to let them have their liberty, with the remembrance of the injuries that had been offered them, he sent some of them and their children for hostages to Rome, to Claudius Caesar, and sent the others to Artabanus, the king of Parthia, with the like intentions. 20.38. 4. And when he perceived that his mother was highly pleased with the Jewish customs, he made haste to change, and to embrace them entirely; and as he supposed that he could not be thoroughly a Jew unless he were circumcised, he was ready to have it done. 20.39. But when his mother understood what he was about, she endeavored to hinder him from doing it, and said to him that this thing would bring him into danger; and that, as he was a king, he would thereby bring himself into great odium among his subjects, when they should understand that he was so fond of rites that were to them strange and foreign; and that they would never bear to be ruled over by a Jew. 20.41. and said that he was afraid lest such an action being once become public to all, he should himself be in danger of punishment for having been the occasion of it, and having been the king’s instructor in actions that were of ill reputation; and he said that he might worship God without being circumcised, even though he did resolve to follow the Jewish law entirely, which worship of God was of a superior nature to circumcision. 20.42. He added, that God would forgive him, though he did not perform the operation, while it was omitted out of necessity, and for fear of his subjects. So the king at that time complied with these persuasions of Aias.
20.44. for as he entered into his palace to salute him, and found him reading the law of Moses, he said to him, “Thou dost not consider, O king! that thou unjustly breakest the principal of those laws, and art injurious to God himself, by omitting to be circumcised; for thou oughtest not only to read them, but chiefly to practice what they enjoin thee.' '. None

5. New Testament, Acts, 7.22 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • (Artapanus), Exposure as infant • (Artapanus), Teacher of Orpheus (Artapanus) • Artapanus • Orpheus, Artapanus

Found in books: Bloch (2022) 44; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 201

7.22. καὶ ἐπαιδεύθη Μωυσῆς πάσῃ σοφίᾳ Αἰγυπτίων, ἦν δὲ δυνατὸς ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις αὐτοῦ.''. None

7.22. Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works. ''. None

6. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • (Artapanus), Exposure as infant • (Artapanus), Teacher of Orpheus (Artapanus) • Alexander Polyhistor, Artapanus • Artapanus • Artapanus, Acts of Apostles comparison • Artapanus, Alexander Polyhistor quotation of • Artapanus, Barclay, J. • Artapanus, as Persian name • Egyptian Judaism, knowledge of, through Artapanus • Orpheus, Artapanus

Found in books: Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 112; Bloch (2022) 29; Goldhill (2022) 296; Goodman (2006) 112, 114; Gruen (2011) 300, 326, 327, 328, 329; Grypeou and Spurling (2009) 126; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 195, 200, 201, 204, 206; Salvesen et al (2020) 208

7. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Artapanus • Artapanus, Hellenistic Jewish historian, on Moses • Artapanus, Hellenistic Jewish historian, questionally Jewish • Egyptian Jews, in Artapanus • Egyptian Judaism, knowledge of, through Artapanus • Moses, elevation above Egyptian deities and heroes by Artapanus

Found in books: Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 115; Feldman (2006) 125, 126, 132, 440; Salvesen et al (2020) 208, 209, 212, 354

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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