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subject	book bibliographic info
chain abot	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 559, 560
chain abot, original pharisaic	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 556, 557, 559
chain abot, pharisaic	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 532, 533
chain from moses, heresy, rabbinic judaism, authority as unbroken	Cohen (2010), The Significance of Yavneh and other Essays in Jewish Hellenism, 538, 539
chain hagiographical	Hasan Rokem (2003), Tales of the Neighborhood Jewish Narrative Dialogues in Late Antiquity, 32
chain migration	Tacoma (2016), Models from the Past in Roman Culture: A World of Exempla, 35, 36
chain neoplatonic chain, golden succession	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020), Athens II: Athens in Late Antiquity, 268, 373
chain of being, great	Sly (1990), Philo's Perception of Women, 171, 179, 204, 205
chain of causation, stoicism	Williams (2012), The Cosmic Viewpoint: A Study of Seneca's 'Natural Questions', 160, 312
chain of exemplarity	Langlands (2018), Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome, 44, 94
chain of exemplarity, broken under domitian	Langlands (2018), Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome, 245, 246, 248, 250
chain of exemplarity, scipio africanus, and	Langlands (2018), Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome, 94
chain of exemplarity, valerius maximus, and	Langlands (2018), Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome, 44
chain of generation, unbroken	Dimas Falcon and Kelsey (2022), Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption Book II Introduction, Translation, and Interpretative Essays, 18, 231, 233, 244, 245
chain of great being, the	Kirichenko (2022), Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age, 10
chain of lameds	Schiffman (1983), Testimony and the Penal Code, 93, 105
chain of martyrs crown, martyrs	Matthews (2010), Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity, 18, 57
chain of mediation	Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 81, 82, 692, 713
chain of procession, all in all as causes/heads of	d'Hoine and Martijn (2017), All From One: A Guide to Proclus, 92, 93, 225
chain of prophecy	Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 218, 220
chain of several rites, liturgical	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214
chain of tradition, identity construction, martyrs as heroes in	Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg (2023), Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity, 288, 289, 290, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304
chain paul the	Ando (2013), Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire, 373
chain seira chain, ontological syndesmos	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020), Athens II: Athens in Late Antiquity, 321, 333, 335, 340, 343
chain the, golden	Langworthy (2019), Gregory of Nazianzus’ Soteriological Pneumatology, 100, 101, 104, 106, 116, 131, 132
chain', paul 'the	Davies (2004), Rome's Religious History: Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus on their Gods, 239, 240
chain/levels/classes, of god, theoi, θεοί‎	d'Hoine and Martijn (2017), All From One: A Guide to Proclus, 21, 92, 132, 133, 134, 151, 219, 225, 273
chained, images	Steiner (2001), Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought, 108, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168
chains	Laemmle (2021), Lists and Catalogues in Ancient Literature and Beyond: Towards a Poetics of Enumeration, 67, 68, 69, 70, 75, 76, 83, 250 Maier and Waldner (2022), Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time, 101, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 151 Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 266, 536
chains, church of saint peter in	Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014), Saints and role models in Judaism and Christianity, 197
chains, cosmic	Johnston (2008), Ancient Greek Divination, 13, 127, 128, 167
chains, heroine bound with	Pinheiro et al. (2012a), Narrating Desire: Eros, Sex, and Gender in the Ancient Novel, 36, 37, 56, 63, 64, 67, 72
chains, imagery	O'Daly (2012), Days Linked by Song: Prudentius' Cathemerinon, 341
chains, of gifts and counter-gifts in gift-exchange	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 36, 42, 43, 54, 163
chains, of peter	Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014), Saints and role models in Judaism and Christianity, 200, 201

List of validated texts:

4 validated results for "chain"

1. Homer, Iliad, 1.399-1.401 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • chained images • chains

Found in books: Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022), The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse, 49; Steiner (2001), Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought, 161

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1.399 ὁππότε μιν ξυνδῆσαι Ὀλύμπιοι ἤθελον ἄλλοι ^1.400 Ἥρη τʼ ἠδὲ Ποσειδάων καὶ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη· ^1.401 ἀλλὰ σὺ τόν γʼ ἐλθοῦσα θεὰ ὑπελύσαο δεσμῶν,'' None

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1.399 For often I have heard you glorying in the halls of my father, and declaring that you alone among the immortals warded off shameful ruin from the son of Cronos, lord of the dark clouds, on the day when the other Olympians wished to put him in bonds, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas Athene. ^1.400 But you came, goddess, and freed him from his bonds, when you had quickly called to high Olympus him of the hundred hands, whom the gods call Briareus, but all men Aegaeon; for he is mightier than his father. He sat down by the side of the son of Cronos, exulting in his glory, ^1.401 But you came, goddess, and freed him from his bonds, when you had quickly called to high Olympus him of the hundred hands, whom the gods call Briareus, but all men Aegaeon; for he is mightier than his father. He sat down by the side of the son of Cronos, exulting in his glory, '' None

2. Mishnah, Avot, 1.1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Abot, Chain • Abot, Pharisaic Chain • chain of tradition • heresy, Rabbinic Judaism, authority as unbroken chain from Moses

Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 532, 533, 560; Cohen (2010), The Significance of Yavneh and other Essays in Jewish Hellenism, 538; Swartz (2018), The Mechanics of Providence: The Workings of Ancient Jewish Magic and Mysticism. 92

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1.1 משֶׁה קִבֵּל תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי, וּמְסָרָהּ לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לִזְקֵנִים, וּזְקֵנִים לִנְבִיאִים, וּנְבִיאִים מְסָרוּהָ לְאַנְשֵׁי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים, הֱווּ מְתוּנִים בַּדִּין, וְהַעֲמִידוּ תַלְמִידִים הַרְבֵּה, וַעֲשׂוּ סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה: ^1.1 שְׁמַעְיָה וְאַבְטַלְיוֹן קִבְּלוּ מֵהֶם. שְׁמַעְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת:' ' None

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1.1 Moses received the torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the Men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be patient in the administration of justice, raise many disciples and make a fence round the Torah.' ' None

3. Lucian, Toxaris Or Friendship, 29-30 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • chain-gang episode • chains

Found in books: Maier and Waldner (2022), Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time, 140; Mheallaigh (2014), Reading Fiction with Lucian: Fakes, Freaks and Hyperreality, 56, 57

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29 Antiphilus had now lain long in captivity. He was looked upon as the vilest criminal of all in the prison; and the native gaoler, a superstitious man, considered that he was avenging the God’s wrongs and securing his favour by harsh treatment of Antiphilus. His attempts to clear himself of the charge of sacrilege only served to set him in the light of a hardened offender, and materially to increase the detestation in which he was held. His health was beginning to give way under the strain, and no wonder: his bed was the bare ground, and all night he was unable so much as to stretch his legs, which were then secured in the stocks; in the daytime, the collar and one manacle sufficed, but at night he had to submit to being bound hand and foot. The stench, too, and the closeness of the dungeon, in which so many prisoners were huddled together gasping for breath, and the difficulty of getting any sleep, owing to the clanking of chains,— all combined to make the situation intolerable to one who was quite unaccustomed to endure such hardships.'³⁰ At last, when Antiphilus had given up all hope, and refused to take any nourishment, Demetrius arrived, ignorant of all that had passed in his absence. He no sooner learnt the truth, than he flew to the prison. It was now evening, and he was refused admittance, the gaoler having long since bolted the door and retired to rest, leaving his slaves to keep guard. Morning came, and after many entreaties he was allowed to enter. Suffering had altered Antiphilus beyond recognition, and for long Demetrius sought him in vain: like men who seek their slain relatives on the day after a battle, when death has already changed them, he went from prisoner to prisoner, examining each in turn; and had he not called on Antiphilus by name, it would have been long before he could have recognized him, so great was the change that misery had wrought. Antiphilus heard the voice, and uttered a cry; then, as his friend approached, he brushed the dry matted hair from his face, and revealed his identity. At the unexpected sight of one another, the two friends instantly fell down in a swoon. But presently Demetrius recovered, and raised Antiphilus from the ground: he obtained from him an exact account of all that had happened, and bade him be of good cheer; then, tearing his cloak in two, he threw one half over himself, and gave the other to his friend, first ripping off the squalid, threadbare rags in which he was clothed. ' None

4. Ammianus Marcellinus, History, 14.5.6 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Paul 'the Chain' • Paul the Chain

Found in books: Ando (2013), Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire, 373; Davies (2004), Rome's Religious History: Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus on their Gods, 239

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14.5.6 Prominent among these was the state secretary See Introd., p. xxx. Paulus, a native of Spain, a kind of viper, whose countece concealed his character, but who was extremely clever in scenting out hidden means of danger for others. When he had been sent to Britain to fetch some officers who had dared to conspire with Magnentius, since they could make no resistance he autocratically exceeded his instructions and, like a flood, suddenly overwhelmed the fortunes of many, making his way amid manifold slaughter and destruction, imprisoning freeborn men and even degrading some with handcuffs; as a matter of fact, he patched together many accusations with utter disregard of the truth, and to him was due an impious crime, which fixed an eternal stain upon the time of Constantius.'' 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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