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subject	book bibliographic info
complex, alexandria, palace	Salvesen et al (2020) 218, 219
complex, andrisani, metapontion	Kowalzig (2007) 295, 296, 314
complex, atomic, athroisma	Inwood and Warren (2020) 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 107, 108, 109
complex, basis of resurrection belief	Morgan (2022) 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109
complex, behavior in animals	Graver (2007) 176, 240, 242
complex, causation/cause	d, Hoine and Martijn (2017) 150, 151, 152
complex, character, judith	Gera (2014) 49, 69, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 262, 263, 264, 297, 328, 337, 369, 390, 420
complex, cleanthes	Brouwer (2013) 152
complex, corinth asklepieion, lerna	Renberg (2017) 245
complex, creation	d, Hoine and Martijn (2017) 150, 151, 152
complex, divine names, as	Janowitz (2002b) 47
complex, elites, and augustus’s palatine hill	Fertik (2019) 65
complex, imperial cult, olympieion/hadrianeion	Kalinowski (2021) 284
complex, jocasta	Giusti (2018) 110
complex, mental processes, chrysippus, on	Graver (2007) 234
complex, metaphor	Marcar (2022) 198, 220, 254
complex, oedipus	Jouanna (2018) 388, 431
complex, of augustus, palatine hill	Fertik (2019) 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 75, 76, 77, 134, 182
complex, on palatine, jewish law, deposition in palace	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 107
complex, palatine	Xinyue (2022) 4
complex, phaethon	Giusti (2018) 110
complex, qumran, cistern	Taylor (2012) 265
complex, role in imperial greek literature, rome	Kirkland (2022) 143, 253, 282, 283
complex, soul, simple or	Joosse (2021) 75, 154
complex, tamid service, as ritual	Trudinger (2004) 13, 47
complex, vitruvius, inferiority	Oksanish (2019) 61, 120, 121, 128, 129
complexes, and bathing, oropos amphiareion, bath	Renberg (2017) 163, 289
complexes, anoubieion/dog catacombs, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 396, 397, 421, 427, 444, 544, 729
complexes, asklepieion/temple of imhotep, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 24, 397, 402, 412, 413, 425, 426, 427, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 737
complexes, astartieion, and saqqâra, individual structures and pastophorion	Renberg (2017) 397, 419, 420, 722
complexes, baboon catacombs/galleries, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397, 435, 440, 443, 444, 446
complexes, baboon chapel, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 435, 446
complexes, bes chambers, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 544, 545, 606
complexes, block, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 402, 403, 525
complexes, boubastieion, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397, 427
complexes, catacombs/galleries, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397, 416, 445, 722
complexes, cyprus, soloi temple	Renberg (2017) 685, 686
complexes, djosers step pyramid, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 423, 424, 426, 448
complexes, dream interpreters/interpretation, egypt, locations in temple	Renberg (2017) 722, 723
complexes, dromos of imhotep, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 432, 433
complexes, dromos/sarapieion way, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 396, 397, 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, 433, 729
complexes, enkoimētērion, unknown saqqâra, individual structures and location	Renberg (2017) 18, 402, 411, 412, 413, 631
complexes, falcon and hawk catacombs, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397, 447, 512
complexes, ghost sarapis shrine, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 407
complexes, greek sarapeum, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397
complexes, house of apis, i.e., house of saqqâra, individual structures and osiris-apis?	Renberg (2017) 742
complexes, house of osiris-apis saqqâra, individual structures and, pr-wsı҆r-ḥp	Renberg (2017) 396, 397
complexes, house of thoth saqqâra, individual structures and, pr-ḏḥwty/per-thoth	Renberg (2017) 400, 401, 418, 436, 737
complexes, ḥepnēbes saqqâra, individual structures and, ḥp-nb=s	Renberg (2017) 396, 397, 622, 722
complexes, imhotep tomb, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 426, 443
complexes, isis shrine, unknown saqqâra, individual structures and location	Renberg (2017) 397
complexes, lychnaption, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 407, 409, 410, 411, 412
complexes, north ibis catacombs/galleries, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 396, 397, 435
complexes, oracles, as entertainment	Johnston (2008) 35, 36, 38, 94
complexes, p-chenti-noun saqqâra, individual structures and, pꜣ-ḫnty-nwn	Renberg (2017) 397
complexes, peak of anchtawy, thny n saqqâra, individual structures and ʿnḫ-tꜣ.wy	Renberg (2017) 397
complexes, ptolemaic exedra with sculptures, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 408
complexes, sacred animal necropolis, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 397, 416, 418, 426, 434, 435, 436, 445, 510, 544, 723, 724, 739
complexes, sarapieion/bull catacombs, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 396, 414, 415, 729, 730, 731
complexes, south ibis catacombs/galleries shrine, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 435
complexes, south ibis catacombs/galleries, saqqâra, individual structures and	Renberg (2017) 386, 397, 435, 446, 544
complexes, temple of the peak of anchtawy, ḥw.t-ntr thny n saqqâra, individual structures and ʿnḫ-tꜣ.wy	Renberg (2017) 397, 427, 432
complexities, of identity.	Kirkland (2022) 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 177, 181, 182, 186, 187, 188, 189, 196, 197, 212, 214, 215
complexity	Huffman (2019) 120, 124, 266, 267, 306 Lynskey (2021) 94, 208, 285
complexity, and fragmentation, miscommunication	Pillinger (2019) 57, 118, 119, 120, 128, 129
complexity, market, the, of in roman economy	Parkins and Smith (1998) 157
complexity, of piyyut, piyyutim	Lieber (2014) 41
complexity, of shivata for dew, qallir, formal	Lieber (2014) 41, 302, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310
complexity, plato, on	Huffman (2019) 307
systems/complexes, symbols symbol	Beck (2006) 4, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 30, 34, 38, 41, 47, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 151, 153, 154, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 190, 191, 192, 205, 208, 211, 212, 213, 215, 221, 222, 226, 228, 233, 236, 237, 238, 259

List of validated texts:

11 validated results for "complex"

1. None, None, nan (th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Job, Book of, date and place of composition • Tobiads, possible composition in Egypt

Found in books: Salvesen et al (2020) 100, 108; Toloni (2022) 94

2. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 11.16 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Edah (assembly, quorum), and the composition of the Sanhedrin • Sectarian settlements, texts, composition and redaction

Found in books: Kanarek (2014) 146, 147; Schiffman (1983) 41

11.16. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶסְפָה־לִּי שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־הֵם זִקְנֵי הָעָם וְשֹׁטְרָיו וְלָקַחְתָּ אֹתָם אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהִתְיַצְּבוּ שָׁם עִמָּךְ׃''. None

11.16. And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.''. None

3. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Shivata for Dew (Qallir), formal complexity of • Tamid Service, as ritual complex • piyyut, piyyutim, complexity of

Found in books: Lieber (2014) 41, 302, 306, 307, 308, 309; Trudinger (2004) 47

4. Hesiod, Theogony, 139-153, 511 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Plato, on complexity • ring composition

Found in books: Beck (2021) 188, 196, 197, 214; Clay and Vergados (2022) 34; Huffman (2019) 307

139. γείνατο δʼ αὖ Κύκλωπας ὑπέρβιον ἦτορ ἔχοντας,'140. Βρόντην τε Στερόπην τε καὶ Ἄργην ὀβριμόθυμον, 141. οἳ Ζηνὶ βροντήν τε δόσαν τεῦξάν τε κεραυνόν. 142. οἳ δή τοι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιοι ἦσαν, 143. μοῦνος δʼ ὀφθαλμὸς μέσσῳ ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ. 144. Κύκλωπες δʼ ὄνομʼ ἦσαν ἐπώνυμον, οὕνεκʼ ἄρα σφέων 145. κυκλοτερὴς ὀφθαλμὸς ἕεις ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ· 146. ἰσχὺς δʼ ἠδὲ βίη καὶ μηχαναὶ ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἔργοις. 147. ἄλλοι δʼ αὖ Γαίης τε καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἐξεγένοντο 148. τρεῖς παῖδες μεγάλοι τε καὶ ὄβριμοι, οὐκ ὀνομαστοί, 149. Κόττος τε Βριάρεώς τε Γύης θʼ, ὑπερήφανα τέκνα. 150. τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπʼ ὤμων ἀίσσοντο, 151. ἄπλαστοι, κεφαλαὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ πεντήκοντα 152. ἐξ ὤμων ἐπέφυκον ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν· 153. ἰσχὺς δʼ ἄπλητος κρατερὴ μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ εἴδει.
511. ποικίλον αἰολόμητιν, ἁμαρτίνοόν τʼ Ἐπιμηθέα '. None

139. Be covered, first bore Heaven, who was replete'140. With stars, providing thus a permanent seat 141. For all the gods, as large as Earth; then she 142. Engendered lengthy mountains which would be 143. Delightful haunts for all the Nymphs, who dwell 144. Among their glens; then, with its raging swell, 145. She bore the barren sea, no union 146. of love involved, although she later on 147. Mingled with Heaven, and Oceanus, 148. Deep-swirling, was created, and Coeu 149. And Crius and Hyperion she bore, 150. And Iapetus and Theia, furthermore, 151. And Rheia, Themis and Mnemosyne, 152. And her who wore a golden crown, Phoebe, 153. And lovely Tethys, and the youngest one,
511. Looked on the light of day. But Rhea bore '. None

5. Homer, Iliad, 6.148-6.149 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Composition and editing • ring composition

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022) 23; Laemmle (2021) 258

6.148. τηλεθόωσα φύει, ἔαρος δʼ ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρη· 6.149. ὣς ἀνδρῶν γενεὴ ἣ μὲν φύει ἣ δʼ ἀπολήγει.''. None

6.148. Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.149. Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. ''. None

6. Herodotus, Histories, 1.5.3-1.5.4 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • identity., complexities of • ring-composition,

Found in books: Hau (2017) 174; Kirkland (2022) 172, 181

1.5.3. These are the stories of the Persians and the Phoenicians. For my part, I shall not say that this or that story is true, but I shall identify the one who I myself know did the Greeks unjust deeds, and thus proceed with my history, and speak of small and great cities of men alike. 1.5.4. For many states that were once great have now become small; and those that were great in my time were small before. Knowing therefore that human prosperity never continues in the same place, I shall mention both alike.''. None

7. Septuagint, Judith, 8.14 (2nd cent. BCE - 0th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Judith, complex character • trichotomy (human composition)

Found in books: Garcia (2021) 151; Gera (2014) 104, 105

8.14. You cannot plumb the depths of the human heart, nor find out what a man is thinking; how do you expect to search out God, who made all these things, and find out his mind or comprehend his thought? No, my brethren, do not provoke the Lord our God to anger. ''. None

8. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Apocalyptic literature, compositional setting • composition by reuse • reuse, composition by

Found in books: Collins (2016) 47, 49; Trudinger (2004) 208

9. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Palatine complex • Vitruvius, inferiority complex

Found in books: Oksanish (2019) 61; Xinyue (2022) 4

10. Mishnah, Parah, 3.2 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Song of Songs, composition by Solomon • composition, oral and written

Found in books: Jaffee (2001) 114, 115; Kaplan (2015) 44

3.2. חֲצֵרוֹת הָיוּ בִירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּנוּיוֹת עַל גַּבֵּי סֶלַע וְתַחְתֵּיהֶם חָלוּל, מִפְּנֵי קֶבֶר הַתְּהוֹם. וּמְבִיאִים נָשִׁים עֻבָּרוֹת וְיוֹלְדוֹת שָׁם וּמְגַדְּלוֹת שָׁם אֶת בְּנֵיהֶן. וּמְבִיאִים שְׁוָרִים וְעַל גַּבֵּיהֶן דְּלָתוֹת, וְתִינוֹקוֹת יוֹשְׁבִין עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן וְכוֹסוֹת שֶׁל אֶבֶן בְּיָדָם. הִגִּיעוּ לַשִּׁלּוֹחַ, יָרְדוּ וּמִלְאוּם, וְעָלוּ וְיָשְׁבוּ עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מִמְּקוֹמוֹ הָיָה מְשַׁלְשֵׁל וּמְמַלֵּא:''. None

3.2. Courtyards were built in Jerusalem over rock, and beneath them there was a hollow which served as a protection against a grave in the depths. And they used to bring there pregt women, and there they gave birth to their children and there they raised them. And they brought oxen, upon whose backs were placed doors, and the children sat upon them with stone cups in their hands. When they reached the Shiloah spring they got down and filled the cups with water and then they ascended and sat again on the doors. Rabbi Yose said: each child used to let down his cup and fill it from his place.''. None

11. New Testament, 1 Peter, 1.3, 1.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • metaphor, complex • resurrection belief, complex basis of

Found in books: Marcar (2022) 198, 220, 254; Morgan (2022) 107, 108

1.3. Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν διʼ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν,
1.8. ὃν οὐκ ἰδόντες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες πιστεύοντες δὲ ἀγαλλιᾶτε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ,''. None

1.3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ' "
1.8. whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory -- "'. 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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