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subject	book bibliographic info
chosen	Gunderson (2022) 11, 12, 86, 96, 97, 98
chosen, and allotted, life, both	Schibli (2002) 347
chosen, by foresight of isis, priest, of initiation rites	Griffiths (1975) 279
chosen, by her foresight, initiation, isis urges, priest for rites	Griffiths (1975) 279
chosen, by her foresight, isis and initiation, urges it, priest for rites	Griffiths (1975) 279
chosen, by lot, prophets as called by a god	Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013) 89
chosen, by the gods, priests adolescent	Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013) 94, 100, 110, 118, 119, 127
chosen, by, lot, sodom	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 334, 335, 340, 355
chosen, indifferents, preferred and dispreferred, indifferents selected, not	Sorabji (2000) 50, 53, 170, 185, 328
chosen, ones of truth	Stuckenbruck (2007) 75, 125
chosen, ones, see also election	Stuckenbruck (2007) 10, 57, 58, 59, 65, 67, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 112, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 134, 147, 150, 176, 183, 208, 221, 222, 238, 293, 334, 376, 381, 523, 524, 537, 549, 550, 646, 724, 732
chosen, people	Kessler (2004) 38, 43, 46, 121 Levison (2009) 7, 97, 211, 214, 288 Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 7, 136
chosen, people, hebrews/israelites, as	Gruen (2020) 161, 169, 175, 202, 211
chosen/elect, one	Stuckenbruck (2007) 149, 604, 654
chosenness	Azar (2016) 31 Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 223
chosenness, self-definition, perfect law as defining	Hayes (2022) 344, 345, 354, 355, 413
“chosen, father of sound”, chodollogomor	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 49, 106, 215, 223, 224, 226, 243
“chosen, father of”, sound	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 49, 106, 215, 223, 224, 226, 243
“chosen, sacrificial lamb, ṣafwa, ar. ones”	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 130
“chosen”, disciple, peter, as the	Scopello (2008) 82, 84

List of validated texts:

11 validated results for "chosen"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 6.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • Son of God, God’s chosen • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 81; Stuckenbruck (2007) 10

6.3. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לֹא־יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָאָדָם לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה׃''. None

6.3. And the LORD said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.’''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen/Elect One • David, the king, As son of God/God’s chosen • Son of God, God’s chosen • Son of God, God’s chosen, Democratic widening of divine sonship (general, of Israel) • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 51, 66, 76, 83, 85, 91, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 228; Stuckenbruck (2007) 604

2.7. אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ׃''. None

2.7. I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee."". None

3. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 11.2, 42.1, 61.1-61.3 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God • papyri Greek verb to choose in

Found in books: Peppard (2011) 109, 112; Ruzer (2020) 76, 95, 99; Stuckenbruck (2007) 76, 127

11.2. וְנָחָה עָלָיו רוּחַ יְהוָה רוּחַ חָכְמָה וּבִינָה רוּחַ עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה רוּחַ דַּעַת וְיִרְאַת יְהוָה׃
42.1. הֵן עַבְדִּי אֶתְמָךְ־בּוֹ בְּחִירִי רָצְתָה נַפְשִׁי נָתַתִּי רוּחִי עָלָיו מִשְׁפָּט לַגּוֹיִם יוֹצִיא׃
42.1. שִׁירוּ לַיהוָה שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ יוֹרְדֵי הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ אִיִּים וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶם׃
61.1. רוּחַ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה עָלָי יַעַן מָשַׁח יְהוָה אֹתִי לְבַשֵּׂר עֲנָוִים שְׁלָחַנִי לַחֲבֹשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב לִקְרֹא לִשְׁבוּיִם דְּרוֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִים פְּקַח־קוֹחַ׃
61.1. שׂוֹשׂ אָשִׂישׂ בַּיהוָה תָּגֵל נַפְשִׁי בֵּאלֹהַי כִּי הִלְבִּישַׁנִי בִּגְדֵי־יֶשַׁע מְעִיל צְדָקָה יְעָטָנִי כֶּחָתָן יְכַהֵן פְּאֵר וְכַכַּלָּה תַּעְדֶּה כֵלֶיהָ׃ 61.2. לִקְרֹא שְׁנַת־רָצוֹן לַיהוָה וְיוֹם נָקָם לֵאלֹהֵינוּ לְנַחֵם כָּל־אֲבֵלִים׃ 61.3. לָשׂוּם לַאֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן לָתֵת לָהֶם פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן תַּחַת אֵבֶל מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה תַּחַת רוּחַ כֵּהָה וְקֹרָא לָהֶם אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק מַטַּע יְהוָה לְהִתְפָּאֵר׃''. None

11.2. And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
42.1. Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put My spirit upon him, He shall make the right to go forth to the nations.
61.1. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; Because the LORD hath anointed me To bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the eyes to them that are bound; 61.2. To proclaim the year of the LORD’S good pleasure, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all that mourn; 61.3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, To give unto them a garland for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they might be called terebinths of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, wherein He might glory.''. None

4. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 7.8 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • sacrificial lamb, ṣafwa (Ar. “chosen ones”)

Found in books: Stuckenbruck (2007) 176; Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 130

7.8. מִשְׂתַּכַּל הֲוֵית בְּקַרְנַיָּא וַאֲלוּ קֶרֶן אָחֳרִי זְעֵירָה סִלְקָת ביניהון בֵּינֵיהֵן וּתְלָת מִן־קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא אתעקרו אֶתְעֲקַרָה מִן־קדמיה קֳדָמַהּ וַאֲלוּ עַיְנִין כְּעַיְנֵי אֲנָשָׁא בְּקַרְנָא־דָא וּפֻם מְמַלִּל רַבְרְבָן׃''. None

7.8. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.''. None

5. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 3.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • Son of God, God’s chosen

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 83; Stuckenbruck (2007) 524

3.1. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them.'
3.1. Why sleepest thou, O my soul, And blessest not the Lord? '. None

6. Philo of Alexandria, On The Posterity of Cain, 92 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chodollogomor, “chosen father of sound” • Hebrews/Israelites, as chosen people • chosenness • sound, “chosen father of”

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 223; Gruen (2020) 161

92. What, then, are the portions of his angels, and what is that share which is the inheritance of the ruler and governor of all? The portion of those ministers are the specific virtues; but the portion of the ruler of all its his chosen people Israel. For he who sees God, being led on by his most surpassing beauty, has his inheritance and portion assigned to him in that which he sees. ''. None

7. Philo of Alexandria, On The Embassy To Gaius, 4 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chodollogomor, “chosen father of sound” • Hebrews/Israelites, as chosen people • sound, “chosen father of”

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 243; Gruen (2020) 161

4. And this nation of suppliants is in the Chaldaic language called Israel, but when the name is translated into the Greek language it is called, "the seeing nation;" which appellation appears to me to be the most honourable of all things in the world, whether private or public; ''. None

8. New Testament, Romans, 8.32, 10.6, 11.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • Son of God, God’s chosen • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God • chosen • chosen people

Found in books: Gunderson (2022) 11, 86, 98; Kessler (2004) 121; Ruzer (2020) 90; Stuckenbruck (2007) 549

8.32. ὅς γε τοῦ ἰδίου υἱοῦ οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν πάντων παρέδωκεν αὐτόν, πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ἡμῖν χαρίσεται;
10.6. ἡ δὲ ἐκ πίστεως δικαιοσύνη οὕτως λέγειΜὴ εἴπῃςἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σουΤίς ἀναβήσεται εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν;τοῦτʼ ἔστιν Χριστὸν καταγαγεῖν·
11.9. καὶ Δαυεὶδ λέγει''. None

8.32. He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? " '
10.6. But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Don\'t say in your heart, \'Who will ascend into heaven?\' (that is, to bring Christ down);
11.9. David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, A stumbling block, and a retribution to them. '". None

9. New Testament, John, 2.1, 6.27 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen Ones; see also Election • Jesus, choosing of the Twelve • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 136; Stuckenbruck (2007) 724; Visnjic (2021) 224

2.1. Καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ γάμος ἐγένετο ἐν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἦν ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκεῖ·
6.27. ἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑμῖν δώσει, τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν ὁ θεός.''. None

2.1. The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. " '
6.27. Don\'t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."'". None

10. New Testament, Mark, 1.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Son of God, God’s chosen • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God • papyri Greek verb to choose in

Found in books: Peppard (2011) 109; Ruzer (2020) 24, 70, 94, 107

1.11. καὶ φωνὴ ἐγένετο ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν Σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶ εὐδόκησα.''. None

1.11. A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."''. None

11. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chosen people • Son of God, God’s chosen, Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God

Found in books: Levison (2009) 288; Ruzer (2020) 66

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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