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subject	book bibliographic info
crowd	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 117, 209, 215 Maier and Waldner (2022), Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time, 4, 35, 142, 143, 150, 161 Pinheiro Bierl and Beck (2013), Anton Bierl? and Roger Beck?, Intende, Lector - Echoes of Myth, Religion and Ritual in the Ancient Novel, 212, 278
crowd, acts of paul and thecla	Bremmer (2017), Magic and Martyrs in Early Christianity: Collected Essays, 201
crowd, apocryphal acts	Bremmer (2017), Magic and Martyrs in Early Christianity: Collected Essays, 106, 143, 156, 159
crowd, as embedded audience	Pinheiro Bierl and Beck (2013), Anton Bierl? and Roger Beck?, Intende, Lector - Echoes of Myth, Religion and Ritual in the Ancient Novel, 213
crowd, behaviour, violent	Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 286, 288
crowd, gives way, crowds	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 12, 234
crowd, greco-roman political theory, philosophers vs. the irrational	Niccolai (2023), Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power: Constantine, Julian, and the Bishops on Exegesis and Empire. 269, 270, 271, 272, 286, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298
crowd, in the disciples’ vision, codex tchacos, priests and	Scopello (2008), The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, 319, 320, 321, 322
crowd, management	Peels (2016), Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety, 119, 120, 121, 171, 196
crowd, motif, sympathetic	Pinheiro et al. (2012b), The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections, 156
crowd, sympathetic	Pinheiro et al. (2012b), The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections, 143, 146
crowd, vices, inculcated by, stoic	Roller (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 268
crowding, on, capitol	Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 169, 175
crowds	Azar (2016), Exegeting the Jews: the early reception of the Johannine "Jews", 189 Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 6, 161 Huffman (2019), A History of Pythagoreanism, 571 Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 16, 19, 26, 90, 130, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 187, 188 Johnson Dupertuis and Shea (2018), Reading and Teaching Ancient Fiction : Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Narratives 13, 79, 84, 172, 193, 218, 219 Wilson (2012), The Sentences of Sextus, 152, 211, 230, 292, 340, 355
crowds, devotees, adore token of highest deitys power in transformation of ass, of pay tribute to lucius	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 292
crowds, estimating	Feldman (2006), Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered, 222, 223
crowds, filling streets	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 7, 169
crowds, in forum	Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 34, 130, 144, 145, 159, 160, 173, 174, 175, 176
crowds, roman empire, governor and	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 751, 761, 762, 763, 764, 788, 789, 818, 819, 823, 824, 829
crowd”, in stoicism, judging audience, as “the	Roller (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275
crowd”, praeceptor, stoic, offers advice against “the	Roller (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "crowd"

1. New Testament, Mark, 1.5, 5.27 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • crowd, in Mark • crowds

Found in books: Esler (2000), The Early Christian World, 208; Johnson Dupertuis and Shea (2018), Reading and Teaching Ancient Fiction : Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Narratives 13, 79, 84

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1.5 καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία χώρα καὶ οἱ Ἰεροσολυμεῖται πάντες, καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ποταμῷ ἐξομολογούμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν. ^5.27 ἀκούσασα τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ·'' None

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1.5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. ^5.27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes. '' None

2. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 94.60 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Capitol, crowding on • crowds • judging audience, as “the crowd” in Stoicism • praeceptor (Stoic), offers advice against “the crowd”

Found in books: Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 169; Roller (2018), Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries, 269

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94.60 Moreover, those who do away with doctrines do not understand that these doctrines are proved by the very arguments through which they seem to disprove them. For what are these men saying? They are saying that precepts are sufficient to develop life, and that the doctrines of wisdom (in other words, dogmas) are superfluous. And yet this very utterance of theirs is a doctrine just as if I should now remark that one must dispense with precepts on the ground that they are superfluous, that one must make use of doctrines, and that our studies should be directed solely towards this end; thus, by my very statement that precepts should not be taken seriously, I should be uttering a precept. ^94.60 You need not be envious of those whom the people call great and fortunate; applause need not disturb your composed attitude and your sanity of mind; you need not become disgusted with your calm spirit because you see a great man, clothed in purple, protected by the well-known symbols of authority;29 you need not judge the magistrate for whom the road is cleared to be any happier than yourself, whom his officer pushes from the road. If you would wield a command that is profitable to yourself, and injurious to nobody, clear your own faults out of the way. ' None

3. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Acts of Paul and Thecla, crowd • Apocryphal Acts, crowd • Roman Empire, governor and crowds • crowd, sympathetic • motif, sympathetic crowd

Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 762; Bremmer (2017), Magic and Martyrs in Early Christianity: Collected Essays, 156, 159, 201; Pinheiro et al. (2012b), The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections, 143, 156

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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