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subject	book bibliographic info
central, asia	Gagne (2021), Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece, 51
central, attributes, divinity	Meister (2019), Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity, 1, 2, 3, 4
central, baths, pompeii	McGinn (2004), The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman world: A study of Social History & The Brothel. 213, 284
central, character in the pharsalia, populus romanus, as	Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 72, 104, 105, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 188, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222
central, conceptual unit of res rusticae, agri cultura	Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 61, 66, 70, 71, 216, 232
central, figures in bucolic poetry, pastor, “herdsman”, as	Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159
central, greece	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 340
central, greece/thessaly, aiakids, and	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 185, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207
central, greeks, pelasgians, traditions interlocking with	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 336, 342, 346, 347, 348, 349
central, in letter of aristeas, phalerum, theodectus	Honigman (2003), The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria: A Study in the Narrative of the Letter of Aristeas, 15, 31
central, mediterranean, colonial models of foundation, in the black sea and	Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 68, 159, 201
central, narrative, charter myth, and	Honigman (2003), The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria: A Study in the Narrative of the Letter of Aristeas, 53
central, network, of myths and rituals, also myth-ritual web, grid, framework, several interlocking greece	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352
central, normal, vs., eccentral, marginal,	Versnel (2011), Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology, 144
central, objection to lust, augustine, insubordinate to will as	Sorabji (2000), Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, 337, 380, 404, 405
central, position in the temple, court, the, in	Cohn (2013), The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis, 85, 87, 88
central, river in religionsgeschichtliche schule christianity as	Peppard (2011), The Son of God in the Roman World: Divine Sonship in its Social and Political Context, 24
central, role antipater father of herod, of in tax collection	Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 135
central, role in andromache, apollo	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 61
central, role in pauls vision, pneuma, spirit, in paul, its	Engberg-Pedersen (2010), Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit, 191
central, sense faculty	van der EIjk (2005), Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity: Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and Disease, 175, 176, 183
central, theme in the oresteia, stability, as	Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
central, to civic life, festivals	Kalinowski (2021), Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos, 94, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106, 110, 111, 155, 175, 284
central, to moral philosophy and education, posidonius, stoic, emotions	Sorabji (2000), Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, 95
central, to myth-ritual interaction, aeschylus	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 3, 4, 8, 395
central, to scripture, ancient language	Carr (2004), Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature, 259, 263, 264
central, to stoic thought, nature	Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 36, 202, 253
central, to, clement of alexandria, programme of christian education	Ayres Champion and Crawford (2023), The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions. 92, 98
central, to, divine sonship baptism	Peppard (2011), The Son of God in the Roman World: Divine Sonship in its Social and Political Context, 146
central, to, pauline epistles baptism	Peppard (2011), The Son of God in the Roman World: Divine Sonship in its Social and Political Context, 146
central/panhellenic, identity, general, local vs.	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
centrality	Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 104, 314, 335, 336, 338, 346, 380
centrality, in ammianus’ narrative, julian’s	Ruiz and Puertas (2021), Emperors and Emperorship in Late Antiquity: Images and Narratives, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
centrality, in the laws of legislative rhetoric rhetoric, continuum between legislation and	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 28
centrality, in the laws of legislative rhetoric rhetoric, in the gorgias and the statesman	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 114, 115, 116
centrality, in the laws of legislative rhetoric, rhetoric	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 17, 20, 61, 125, 126, 128, 137, 186, 190
centrality, of belief	Mackey (2022), Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion, 40, 164, 220
centrality, of body	Lavee (2017), The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism The Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity, 216, 221, 275
centrality, of declamation, in education	Keeline (2018), The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy, 76, 77, 118
centrality, of in roman history, memmius, c.	Walters (2020), Imagery of the Body Politic in Ciceronian Rome, 8, 9
centrality, of maximus the confessor, politeia	Ayres Champion and Crawford (2023), The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions. 653
centrality, of practice, belief	Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 26
centrality, of reading	Levine (2005), The Ancient Synagogue, The First Thousand Years, 38, 148, 164, 165, 166, 441
centrality, of scriptural anchor, mythmaking	Fishbane (2003), Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking, 15, 26, 98, 99, 106, 107, 113, 123, 134, 138, 139, 162, 203, 204, 205, 210, 221, 246, 257
centrality, of temple	Klawans (2009), Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism, 103
centrality, of the body and, genealogical anxiety	Lavee (2017), The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism The Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224
centrality, of the jerusalem temple in the world-view of diaspora jews, diaspora	Goodman (2006), Judaism in the Roman World: Collected Essays, 64, 65, 221
centrality, of the notion in the statesman and in the laws, middle, and mean	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 88, 162
centrality, of the notion in the statesman and in the middle, and mean, laws, and virtue	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 208
centrality, of the notion in the statesman and in the middle, and mean, laws, as a political principle	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 18, 87, 88, 89, 111, 112, 140
centrality, of the notion in the statesman and in the middle, and mean, laws, vs. mixture	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 87, 88, 89, 162, 208, 209, 210
centrality, of the notion in the statesman and in the middle, and mean, laws, ‘middle’ constitution	Laks (2022), Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022 31, 59, 61, 72, 87, 90, 92, 95, 200, 208
centrality, of the revelation at sinai	Lavee (2017), The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism The Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity, 74, 75
centrality, rome	Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 336, 338, 380
centrality, to dionysius of halicarnassus’s rhetorical program, rome	Kirkland (2022), Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature: Criticism, Imitation, Reception, 74, 75, 76, 77
centrality, to italia, agri cultura	Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 75, 76, 77, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 103, 107, 109, 110, 118, 147, 148, 162, 232, 233, 234
centrality, virtue, of to jewish law	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 61, 62
centralization, decentralization, rabbinic movement	Kalmin (1998), The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity, 11
centralization, deuteronomy, and	DeJong (2022), A Prophet like Moses (Deut 18:15, 18): The Origin, History, and Influence of the Mosaic Prophetic Succession, 54, 56, 62, 63, 69, 70, 71, 130, 131
centralization, law	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 34, 63, 105, 399, 435, 436, 437, 439, 440, 441
centralization, of cult, cult	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020), Athens II: Athens in Late Antiquity, 38
centralization, of israelite worship, josiah, and	Brakke, Satlow, Weitzman (2005), Religion and the Self in Antiquity. 135
centralized, collection of tithe	Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 244, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273
centralized, collection of tithes, philo, on	Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 264
centralized, collection, tithe, systems of collection for	Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273
centralized, imperial control, late roman empire	Cueva et al. (2018b), Re-Wiring the Ancient Novel. Volume 2: Roman Novels and Other Important Texts, 263
centralized, power in ethnographies/ethnographers, environmental culture and	Bosak-Schroeder (2020), Other Natures: Environmental Encounters with Ancient Greek Ethnography, 143, 144, 145
centralized, power, society , and	Bosak-Schroeder (2020), Other Natures: Environmental Encounters with Ancient Greek Ethnography, 143, 144, 145
centralized, tax taxes, roman, censoria locatio farming	Marek (2019), In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World, 257, 258
hēgemonikon/central, organ of soul, etc.	Inwood and Warren (2020), Body and Soul in Hellenistic Philosophy, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 27, 73, 100, 104, 105, 109, 115, 116, 118, 119, 125, 140, 141, 142, 149
“central”/“synagogue”, stobi, basilica	Ogereau (2023), Early Christianity in Macedonia: From Paul to the Late Sixth Century. 302, 304, 306

List of validated texts:

12 validated results for "central"

1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 11.18, 31.12 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deuteronomy, and centralization • Josiah, and centralization of Israelite worship • reading, centrality of

Found in books: Brakke, Satlow, Weitzman (2005), Religion and the Self in Antiquity. 135; DeJong (2022), A Prophet like Moses (Deut 18:15, 18): The Origin, History, and Influence of the Mosaic Prophetic Succession, 62; Levine (2005), The Ancient Synagogue, The First Thousand Years, 38

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11.18 וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־דְּבָרַי אֵלֶּה עַל־לְבַבְכֶם וְעַל־נַפְשְׁכֶם וּקְשַׁרְתֶּם אֹתָם לְאוֹת עַל־יֶדְכֶם וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם׃ ^31.12 הַקְהֵל אֶת־הָעָם הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטַּף וְגֵרְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ לְמַעַן יִשְׁמְעוּ וּלְמַעַן יִלְמְדוּ וְיָרְאוּ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְשָׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת׃'' None

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11.18 Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. ^31.12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;'' None

2. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 24.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deuteronomy, and centralization • Sinai, centrality of the revelation at

Found in books: DeJong (2022), A Prophet like Moses (Deut 18:15, 18): The Origin, History, and Influence of the Mosaic Prophetic Succession, 69, 131; Lavee (2017), The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism The Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity, 75

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24.7 וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע׃'' None

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24.7 And he took the book of the covet, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: ‘All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.’'' None

3. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 8.22 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Gnosticism, central myth • Mythmaking, Centrality of Scriptural Anchor

Found in books: Esler (2000), The Early Christian World, 920; Fishbane (2003), Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking, 246

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8.22 יְהוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז׃'' None

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8.22 The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, The first of His works of old.'' None

4. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Gnosticism, central myth • Mythmaking, Centrality of Scriptural Anchor

Found in books: Esler (2000), The Early Christian World, 920; Fishbane (2003), Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking, 106

5. Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel, 8.16 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • centralization law • tithe, centralized collection of

Found in books: Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 436; Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 244

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8.16 וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם וְאֶת־שִׁפְחוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶם הַטּוֹבִים וְאֶת־חֲמוֹרֵיכֶם יִקָּח וְעָשָׂה לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ׃'' None

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8.16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.'' None

6. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • colonial models of foundation, in the Black Sea and central Mediterranean • identity, general, local vs. central/Panhellenic

Found in books: Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 103; Sweeney (2013), Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia, 201

7. None, None, nan (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Hēgemonikon/central organ of soul, etc. • central sense faculty

Found in books: Inwood and Warren (2020), Body and Soul in Hellenistic Philosophy, 19; van der EIjk (2005), Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity: Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and Disease, 183

8. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 3.49 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Ancient Language, central to Scripture • tithe, centralized collection of • tithe, systems of collection for, centralized collection

Found in books: Carr (2004), Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature, 263; Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 265

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3.49 They also brought the garments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the Nazirites who had completed their days;'' None

9. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chrysippus, Stoic (already in antiquity, views seen as orthodox for Stoics tended to be ascribed to Chrysippus), Concentrates therapy on second judgement • nature, central to Stoic thought

Found in books: Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 253; Sorabji (2000), Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, 32, 175, 177, 178

10. Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture, 6.1.10-6.1.11 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Rome, centrality • agri cultura, centrality to Italia • centrality

Found in books: Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 88; Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 336, 338

sup>6.1.11 11. on this account the people of Italy excel in both qualities, strength of body and vigour of mind. For as the planet Jupiter moves through a temperate region between the fiery Mars and icy Saturn, so Italy enjoys a temperate and unequalled climate between the north on one side, and the south on the other. Hence it is, that by stratagem she is enabled to repress the attacks of the barbarians, and by her strength to overcome the subtilty of southern nations. Divine providence has so ordered it that the metropolis of the Roman people is placed in an excellent and temperate climate, whereby they have become the masters of the world.' ' None

11. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 5.201-5.206 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Diaspora, Centrality of the Jerusalem Temple in the world-view of diaspora Jews • temple, centrality of • virtue, centrality of, to Jewish law

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 62; Goodman (2006), Judaism in the Roman World: Collected Essays, 64; Klawans (2009), Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism, 103

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5.201 Τῶν δὲ πυλῶν αἱ μὲν ἐννέα χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ κεκαλυμμέναι πανταχόθεν ἦσαν ὁμοίως τε αἵ τε παραστάδες καὶ τὰ ὑπέρθυρα, μία δ' ἡ ἔξωθεν τοῦ νεὼ Κορινθίου χαλκοῦ πολὺ τῇ τιμῇ τὰς καταργύρους καὶ περιχρύσους ὑπεράγουσα." '^5.202 καὶ δύο μὲν ἑκάστου πυλῶνος θύραι, τριάκοντα δὲ πηχῶν τὸ ὕψος ἑκάστης καὶ τὸ πλάτος ἦν πεντεκαίδεκα.' "^5.203 μετὰ μέντοι τὰς εἰσόδους ἐνδοτέρω πλατυνόμενοι παρ' ἑκάτερον τριακονταπήχεις ἐξέδρας εἶχον εὖρός τε καὶ μῆκος πυργοειδεῖς, ὑψηλὰς δ' ὑπὲρ τεσσαράκοντα πήχεις: δύο δ' ἀνεῖχον ἑκάστην κίονες δώδεκα πηχῶν τὴν περιοχὴν ἔχοντες." "^5.204 καὶ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἴσον ἦν τὸ μέγεθος, ἡ δ' ὑπὲρ τὴν Κορινθίαν ἀπὸ τῆς γυναικωνίτιδος ἐξ ἀνατολῆς ἀνοιγομένη τῆς τοῦ ναοῦ πύλης ἀντικρὺ πολὺ μείζων:" '^5.205 πεντήκοντα γὰρ πηχῶν οὖσα τὴν ἀνάστασιν τεσσαρακονταπήχεις τὰς θύρας εἶχε καὶ τὸν κόσμον πολυτελέστερον ἐπὶ δαψιλὲς πάχος ἀργύρου τε καὶ χρυσοῦ. τοῦτον δὲ ταῖς ἐννέα πύλαις ἐπέχεεν ὁ Τιβερίου πατὴρ ̓Αλέξανδρος. ^5.206 βαθμοὶ δὲ δεκαπέντε πρὸς τὴν μείζονα πύλην ἀπὸ τοῦ τῶν γυναικῶν διατειχίσματος ἀνῆγον: τῶν γὰρ κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας πέντε βαθμῶν ἦσαν βραχύτεροι.'" None

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5.201 3. Now nine of these gates were on every side covered over with gold and silver, as were the jambs of their doors and their lintels; but there was one gate that was without the inward court of the holy house, which was of Corinthian brass, and greatly excelled those that were only covered over with silver and gold. ^5.202 Each gate had two doors, whose height was severally thirty cubits, and their breadth fifteen. ^5.203 However, they had large spaces within of thirty cubits, and had on each side rooms, and those, both in breadth and in length, built like towers, and their height was above forty cubits. Two pillars did also support these rooms, and were in circumference twelve cubits. ^5.204 Now the magnitudes of the other gates were equal one to another; but that over the Corinthian gate, which opened on the east over against the gate of the holy house itself, was much larger; ^5.205 for its height was fifty cubits; and its doors were forty cubits; and it was adorned after a most costly manner, as having much richer and thicker plates of silver and gold upon them than the other. These nine gates had that silver and gold poured upon them by Alexander, the father of Tiberius. ^5.206 Now there were fifteen steps, which led away from the wall of the court of the women to this greater gate; whereas those that led thither from the other gates were five steps shorter.'' None

12. Anon., Letter of Aristeas, 95
Tagged with subjects: • reading, centrality of • tithe, centralized collection of • tithe, systems of collection for, centralized collection

Found in books: Levine (2005), The Ancient Synagogue, The First Thousand Years, 166; Udoh (2006), To Caesar What Is Caesar's: Tribute, Taxes, and Imperial Administration in Early Roman Palestine 63 B.C.E to 70 B.C.E, 266

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95 the sacrifices. The most complete silence reigns so that one might imagine that there was not a single person present, though there are actually seven hundred men engaged in the work, besides the vast number of those who are occupied in bringing up the sacrifices. Everything is carried out with'' None

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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