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subject	book bibliographic info
bride	Gaifman (2012) 73, 74, 240, 306 Grypeou and Spurling (2009) 11, 127, 168, 209 Lynskey (2021) 73, 74, 240 Rasimus (2009) 265, 266 Seaford (2018) 301 Toloni (2022) 130
bride, abduction marriage, return of	Monnickendam (2020) 132, 134, 162
bride, achamoth savior’s, bride,	Williams (2009) 177
bride, ambrose, on song of songs	Hillier (1993) 118
bride, and body of christ, church as	Yates and Dupont (2020) 126, 127, 310, 335
bride, and body of christ, church, as	Yates and Dupont (2020) 126, 127, 310, 335
bride, and groom	Rosen-Zvi (2012) 90
bride, and, intercourse, young	Brule (2003) 129
bride, as animal	Seaford (2018) 265, 289
bride, as flower	Seaford (2018) 291
bride, as individual soul or church, in song of songs	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 233
bride, as suppliant	Seaford (2018) 301
bride, athenian cult of nymphe	Brule (2003) 148
bride, break with childhood, nymphe	Brule (2003) 61, 128, 129, 130, 131, 144, 145, 172, 173
bride, bridegroom,	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 139, 375, 520
bride, carried over, threshold	Brule (2003) 144, 149
bride, development from childhood to adulthood, in origen’s commentary on song	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 236, 237
bride, espousal, israel as	Stern (2004) 105, 106, 108, 109, 131
bride, fragmentary metope depicting, mycenae, hera as	Simon (2021) 53
bride, helen, paradigmatic	Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019) 261, 262
bride, imagery in song of songs	Stern (2004) 105, 124, 131, 132, 133, 134
bride, in marriage, role of	Kanarek (2014) 69, 70, 81, 82, 83
bride, in song of songs, as ethiopian woman, and despised by jews	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 237, 238
bride, isolation of	Seaford (2018) 247
bride, israel, as	Stern (2004) 105, 106, 108, 109, 131
bride, kassandra, as	Seaford (2018) 293, 294, 295
bride, liminality of	Seaford (2018) 21, 247
bride, nourishment/nurturance	Penniman (2017) 154, 155, 156
bride, nymphe	Brule (2003) 8, 63
bride, of jesus, and ass-man legend, church as	Griffiths (1975) 334
bride, of song of songs	Hillier (1993) 94, 100, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121
bride, of song of songs, gentiles, and	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 237, 238, 239, 240
bride, of the angels, bride, soul	Williams (2009) 174, 192, 193, 194, 232
bride, offerings to artemis, nymphe	Brule (2003) 129, 144, 145
bride, prepubescent, in song of songs, as israel	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 237
bride, price	Brule (2003) 68, 69, 114
bride, price, marriage, biblical	Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 197, 198, 202, 203, 205, 206
bride, separation from mother	Seaford (2018) 265
bride, taming, nymphe	Brule (2003) 61, 131, 147, 153, 172, 180
bride, transferral of	Seaford (2018) 301
bride, transformation	Penniman (2017) 152, 153
bride, transformation into, nymphe	Brule (2003) 49, 50
bride, unveiling of	Seaford (2018) 287, 288, 289, 294, 297
bride, yoking of	Seaford (2018) 265, 298
brides	Faraone (1999) 71, 72, 100
brides, arktoi as future	Parker (2005) 242
brides, of christ	Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014) 254
brides, sabine women, rape of compared with permission to benjaminites to capture their	Feldman (2006) 667, 668, 669
brides, taming of	Brule (2003) 61, 131, 147, 153, 172, 180
“bride, of cassandra, as hades, ”	Shilo (2022) 80

List of validated texts:

10 validated results for "bride"

1. Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs, 4.10, 4.12 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bride, as spring • Israel, as bride • Song of Songs, bride imagery in • bridal references, midrash and piyyutim • espousal, Israel as bride • nourishment/nurturance, bride

Found in books: Kosman (2012) 156; Penniman (2017) 156; Stern (2004) 105

4.12. גַּן נָעוּל אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם׃' '. None

4.10. How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!
4.12. A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.''. None

2. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bridal chamber • bridal chamber

Found in books: Estes (2020) 264; Iricinschi et al. (2013) 298

3. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 49.18, 61.10 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Israel, as bride • Song of Songs, bride imagery in • bridal references, midrash and piyyutim • bride • espousal, Israel as bride

Found in books: Lynskey (2021) 74, 240; Stern (2004) 105, 106, 108, 109, 124, 131, 132, 133, 134

49.18. שְׂאִי־סָבִיב עֵינַיִךְ וּרְאִי כֻּלָּם נִקְבְּצוּ בָאוּ־לָךְ חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה כִּי כֻלָּם כָּעֲדִי תִלְבָּשִׁי וּתְקַשְּׁרִים כַּכַּלָּה׃' '. None

49.18. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: All these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, Thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, And gird thyself with them, like a bride.
61.10. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of victory, As a bridegroom putteth on a priestly diadem, And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.''. None

4. Lucan, Pharsalia, 2.363-2.364 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • dress, bridal • flammeum (bridal scarf)

Found in books: Edmondson (2008) 143; Radicke (2022) 319, 408

2.363. Shall give Hesperia peace and end her toils. Who then will reign shall find no need for war. You ask, \'Why follow Magnus? If he wins He too will claim the Empire of the world.\' Then let him, conquering with my service, learn Not for himself to conquer." Thus he spoke And stirred the blood that ran in Brutus\' veins Moving the youth to action in the war. Soon as the sun dispelled the chilly night, The sounding doors flew wide, and from the tomb 2.364. Shall give Hesperia peace and end her toils. Who then will reign shall find no need for war. You ask, \'Why follow Magnus? If he wins He too will claim the Empire of the world.\' Then let him, conquering with my service, learn Not for himself to conquer." Thus he spoke And stirred the blood that ran in Brutus\' veins Moving the youth to action in the war. Soon as the sun dispelled the chilly night, The sounding doors flew wide, and from the tomb ''. None

5. New Testament, Matthew, 25.1 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • bridal chamber • bride, bridegroom

Found in books: Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 375; Nissinen and Uro (2008) 445

25.1. Τότε ὁμοιωθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν δέκα παρθένοις, αἵτινες λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας ἑαυτῶν ἐξῆλθον εἰς ὑπάντησιν τοῦ νυμφίου.''. None

25.1. "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. ''. None

6. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Scarf, bridal (see flammeum) • dress, bridal • flammeum (bridal scarf)

Found in books: Edmondson (2008) 114; Radicke (2022) 490

7. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.6.4, 1.21.5 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bridal chamber • Bride • bridal chamber

Found in books: Iricinschi et al. (2013) 62; Nissinen and Uro (2008) 458, 474; Rasimus (2009) 265

1.6.4. And committing many other abominations and impieties, they run us down (who from the fear of God guard against sinning even in thought or word) as utterly contemptible and ignorant persons, while they highly exalt themselves, and claim to be perfect, and the elect seed. For they declare that we simply receive grace for use, wherefore also it will again be taken away from us; but that they themselves have grace as their own special possession, which has descended from above by means of an unspeakable and indescribable conjunction; and on this account more will be given them. They maintain, therefore, that in every way it is always necessary for them to practise the mystery of conjunction. And that they may persuade the thoughtless to believe this, they are in the habit of using these very words, "Whosoever being in this world does not so love a woman as to obtain possession of her, is not of the truth, nor shall attain to the truth. But whosoever being of this world has intercourse with woman, shall not attain to the truth, because he has so acted under the power of concupiscence." On this account, they tell us that it is necessary for us whom they call animal men, and describe as being of the world, to practise continence and good works, that by this means we may attain at length to the intermediate habitation, but that to them who are called "the spiritual and perfect" such a course of conduct is not at all necessary. For it is not conduct of any kind which leads into the Pleroma, but the seed sent forth thence in a feeble, immature state, and here brought to perfection.
1.21.5. Others still there are who continue to redeem persons even up to the moment of death, by placing on their heads oil and water, or the pre-mentioned ointment with water, using at the same time the above-named invocations, that the persons referred to may become incapable of being seized or seen by the principalities and powers, and that their inner man may ascend on high in an invisible manner, as if their body were left among created things in this world, while their soul is sent forward to the Demiurge. And they instruct them, on their reaching the principalities and powers, to make use of these words: "I am a son from the Father--the Father who had a pre-existence, and a son in Him who is pre-existent. I have come to behold all things, both those which belong to myself and others, although, strictly speaking, they do not belong to others, but to Achamoth, who is female in nature, and made these things for herself. For I derive being from Him who is pre-existent, and I come again to my own place whence I went forth." And they affirm that, by saying these things, he escapes from the powers. He then advances to the companions of the Demiurge, and thus addresses them:--"I am a vessel more precious than the female who formed you. If your mother is ignorant of her own descent, I know myself, and am aware whence I am, and I call upon the incorruptible Sophia, who is in the Father, and is the mother of your mother, who has no father, nor any male consort; but a female springing from a female formed you, while ignorant of her own mother, and imagining that she alone existed; but I call upon her mother." And they declare, that when the companions of the Demiurge hear these words, they are greatly agitated, and upbraid their origin and the race of their mother. But he goes into his own place, having thrown off his chain, that is, his animal nature. These, then, are the particulars which have reached us respecting "redemption." But since they differ so widely among themselves both as respects doctrine and tradition, and since those of them who are recognised as being most modern make it their effort daily to invent some new opinion, and to bring out what no one ever before thought of, it is a difficult matter to describe all their opinions.''. None

8. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • dress, bridal • flammeum (bridal scarf)

Found in books: Edmondson (2008) 48, 142; Radicke (2022) 359

9. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bridal Chamber • Bridal chamber • bridal chamber • bridal chamber/marriage chamber • bride, soul bride of the angels

Found in books: Corrigan and Rasimus (2013) 350; Estes (2020) 258, 264; Iricinschi et al. (2013) 62, 199, 250, 253; Tite (2009) 2; Williams (2009) 230, 232

10. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bridal Chamber • bridal chamber

Found in books: Estes (2020) 265; Linjamaa (2019) 97

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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