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subject	book bibliographic info
deed, in hesiod, stealing, unjust	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 47
deed, in hesiod, supplication, disrespect of as unjust	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 47
deed, men of	Janowitz (2002) 99 Janowitz (2002b) 96, 107
deed, sacrifice of isaac, as abraham’s greatest	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 302, 303, 304, 325
deed, sex, in hesiod as unjust	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 47
deeds	Malherbe et al (2014) 200, 554, 585, 630, 640, 644, 659, 660, 670, 770, 786, 901 Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014) 69, 82, 212, 233, 280, 326, 327, 420, 421, 427, 428, 447 Stuckenbruck (2007) 143
deeds, acts	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 158
deeds, argonautica, apollonius, dating of the argonauts’ foundational	Walter (2020) 124, 125, 126
deeds, books of	Stuckenbruck (2007) 94, 95, 222, 521, 702
deeds, books, of	Stuckenbruck (2007) 94, 95, 349, 388, 521, 581
deeds, caused by spirit of injustice	Stuckenbruck (2007) 143
deeds, discrepancy, between words and	Kirichenko (2022) 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129
deeds, good	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 129 Malherbe et al (2014) 101
deeds, hiereus and epangelia priestly inscriptions	Williamson (2021) 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 337, 379, 387
deeds, human	Garcia (2021) 203, 205, 234, 240, 242, 243
deeds, involuntary	Geljon and Runia (2013) 261, 262, 263
deeds, mirror of	Athanassaki and Titchener (2022) 82, 94, 120
deeds, of abimelech/ebed-melech, character and	Allison (2018) 49, 54, 139, 159, 161
deeds, of god	Stuckenbruck (2007) 380
deeds, of heracles/hercules	Malherbe et al (2014) 656
deeds, of humanity	Stuckenbruck (2007) 11, 85, 222, 521, 702
deeds, of israelite householder, intention and	Avery-Peck (1981) 86, 141, 142, 147, 190, 201, 274, 314
deeds, of philosopher	Malherbe et al (2014) 176
deeds, of sale	Goodman (2006) 43
deeds, of the bishop st. martin dreams, in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the powerful	Renberg (2017) 783, 784, 785
deeds, of the fallen angels and giants	Stuckenbruck (2007) 77, 93, 668
deeds, of the gentiles	Stuckenbruck (2007) 180
deeds, of the martyr st. julian, dreams, in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the suffering and powerful	Renberg (2017) 785, 786
deeds, of truth	Stuckenbruck (2007) 77
deeds, of truth/righteousness	Stuckenbruck (2007) 77, 168, 349, 581
deeds, rhetorical topoi	Martin and Whitlark (2018) 32, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 69, 73, 74, 96, 166, 191, 215
deeds, voluntary	Geljon and Runia (2013) 261, 262, 263
deeds, vs. speech	Hirshman (2009) 19, 20, 22, 23
deeds, vs. study	Hirshman (2009) 17, 18, 19, 20, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 62, 111, 131
deeds, wicked of humans	Stuckenbruck (2007) 62, 63, 64, 73, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 141, 142, 143, 144, 167, 169, 177, 189, 193, 194, 195, 198, 201, 202, 203, 208, 211, 216, 229, 268, 270, 273, 274, 275, 279, 280, 294, 296, 297, 301, 305, 307, 312, 313, 315, 321, 322, 342, 344, 348, 349, 359, 366, 375, 386, 398, 405, 417, 430, 435, 445, 452, 453, 459, 463, 469, 475, 477, 525, 534, 553, 559, 568, 580, 581, 582, 682, 700, 711, 732
deeds, words and	Malherbe et al (2014) 25, 126, 144, 175, 176, 192, 200, 391, 411, 420, 471, 644, 695, 831
deeds, works	Karfíková (2012) 27, 28, 35, 42, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 86, 116, 117, 122, 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, 209, 231, 265, 272, 275, 279, 280, 281, 288, 294, 304, 311, 313, 315, 316, 321, 348, 349, 350
god, deeds, of	Levison (2009) 281
‘deed’, denoted by, ἔργον, ‘fact’ rather than	Joho (2022) 91

List of validated texts:

12 validated results for "deeds"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.3-1.4 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds, Wicked of Humans • human, deed(s)

Found in books: Garcia (2021) 240; Stuckenbruck (2007) 580, 582

1.3. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי־אוֹר׃
1.3. וּלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב לְאָכְלָה וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ 1.4. וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃''. None

1.3. And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light. 1.4. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.''. None

2. Hesiod, Works And Days, 325-334, 336-341 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • discrepancy, between words and deeds • sex, in Hesiod as unjust deed • stealing, unjust deed in Hesiod • supplication, disrespect of, as unjust deed in Hesiod

Found in books: Kirichenko (2022) 83, 84; Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 47

325. ῥεῖα δέ μιν μαυροῦσι θεοί, μινύθουσι δὲ οἶκον'326. ἀνέρι τῷ, παῦρον δέ τʼ ἐπὶ χρόνον ὄλβος ὀπηδεῖ. 327. ἶσον δʼ ὅς θʼ ἱκέτην ὅς τε ξεῖνον κακὸν ἔρξῃ, 328. ὅς τε κασιγνήτοιο ἑοῦ ἀνὰ δέμνια βαίνῃ 329. κρυπταδίης εὐνῆς ἀλόχου, παρακαίρια ῥέζων, 330. ὅς τέ τευ ἀφραδίῃς ἀλιταίνεται ὀρφανὰ τέκνα, 331. ὅς τε γονῆα γέροντα κακῷ ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ 332. νεικείῃ χαλεποῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν· 333. τῷ δʼ ἦ τοι Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἀγαίεται, ἐς δὲ τελευτὴν 334. ἔργων ἀντʼ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐπέθηκεν ἀμοιβήν.
336. κὰδ δύναμιν δʼ ἔρδειν ἱέρʼ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν 337. ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀγλαὰ μηρία καίειν· 338. ἄλλοτε δὲ σπονδῇσι θύεσσί τε ἱλάσκεσθαι, 339. ἠμὲν ὅτʼ εὐνάζῃ καὶ ὅτʼ ἂν φάος ἱερὸν ἔλθῃ, 340. ὥς κέ τοι ἵλαον κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἔχωσιν, 341. ὄφρʼ ἄλλων ὠνῇ κλῆρον, μὴ τὸν τεὸν ἄλλος. '. None

325. The wealth you gain from work will very soon'326. Be envied by the idle man: virtue 327. And fame come to the rich. A greater boon 328. Is work, whatever else happens to you, 329. If from your neighbours’ goods your foolish mind 330. You turn and earn your pay by industry, 331. As I bid you. Shame of a cringing kind 332. Attends a needy man, ignominy 333. That causes major damage or will turn 334. To gain. Poor men feel sham, the rich, though, are
336. Should not be seized – god-sent, it’s better far. 337. If someone steals great riches by dure 338. Or with a lying tongue, as has ensued 339. Quite often, when his mind in cloudine 340. Is cast by gain, and shame is now pursued 341. By shamelessness, the gods then easily '. None

3. Homer, Iliad, 3.156-3.160 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • discrepancy, between words and deeds • words, opposed to deeds

Found in books: Farrell (2021) 279; Kirichenko (2022) 78

3.156. οὐ νέμεσις Τρῶας καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιοὺς 3.157. τοιῇδʼ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν· 3.158. αἰνῶς ἀθανάτῃσι θεῇς εἰς ὦπα ἔοικεν· 3.159. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς τοίη περ ἐοῦσʼ ἐν νηυσὶ νεέσθω, 3.160. μηδʼ ἡμῖν τεκέεσσί τʼ ὀπίσσω πῆμα λίποιτο.''. None

3.156. oftly they spake winged words one to another:Small blame that Trojans and well-greaved Achaeans should for such a woman long time suffer woes; wondrously like is she to the immortal goddesses to look upon. But even so, for all that she is such an one, let her depart upon the ships, 3.160. neither be left here to be a bane to us and to our children after us. So they said, but Priam spake, and called Helen to him:Come hither, dear child, and sit before me, that thou mayest see thy former lord and thy kinsfolk and thy people—thou art nowise to blame in my eyes; it is the gods, methinks, that are to blame, ''. None

4. Anon., 1 Enoch, 1, 104 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds • Deeds, of Truth/Righteousness • Deeds, Wicked of Humans

Found in books: Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014) 82; Stuckenbruck (2007) 167, 168, 177, 193, 211

1. The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be,living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is,for to come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them:The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,,And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai, And appear from His camp And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.,And all shall be smitten with fear And the Watchers shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.,And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame,And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).,But with the righteous He will make peace.And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them.And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered, And they shall all be blessed.And He will help them all, And light shall appear unto them, And He will make peace with them'.,And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly:And to convict all flesh of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

104. I swear unto you, that in heaven the angels remember you for good before the glory of the Great,One: and your names are written before the glory of the Great One. Be hopeful; for aforetime ye were put to shame through ill and affliction; but now ye shall shine as the lights of heaven,,ye shall shine and ye shall be seen, and the portals of heaven shall be opened to you. And in your cry, cry for judgement, and it shall appear to you; for all your tribulation shall be visited on the,rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered you. Be hopeful, and cast not away your hopes for ye shall have great joy as the angels of heaven. What shall ye be obliged to do Ye shall not have to hide on the day of the great judgement and ye shall not be found as sinners, and the eternal,judgement shall be far from you for all the generations of the world. And now fear not, ye righteous, when ye see the sinners growing strong and prospering in their ways: be not companions with them,,but keep afar from their violence; for ye shall become companions of the hosts of heaven. And, although ye sinners say: \' All our sins shall not be searched out and be written down, nevertheless",they shall write down all your sins every day. And now I show unto you that light and darkness,,day and night, see all your sins. Be not godless in your hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness, nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One, nor take account of your,idols; for all your lying and all your godlessness issue not in righteousness but in great sin. And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning,their words. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully -all that I first testified,concerning them. Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the,wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.\'' "'. None

5. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 3.30, 7.13, 17.22 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds, Wicked of Humans • Piety, deeds of • human, deed(s) • sacrifice of Isaac, as Abraham’s greatest deed

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 304; Garcia (2021) 203; Ruzer (2020) 116, 117; Stuckenbruck (2007) 322

7.13. Refuse to utter any lie,for the habit of lying serves no good.
17.22. A mans almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a persons kindness like the apple of his eye.' '. None

6. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • God,deeds of • human, deed(s)

Found in books: Garcia (2021) 240; Levison (2009) 281

7. Mishnah, Peah, 1.1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Piety, deeds of • deeds vs. speech • deeds vs. study

Found in books: Hirshman (2009) 17, 18, 19; Ruzer (2020) 116

1.1. אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר. הַפֵּאָה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים, וְהָרֵאָיוֹן, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה. אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹתֵיהֶן בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לוֹ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וַהֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם:''. None

1.1. These are the things that have no definite quantity: The corners of the field. First-fruits; The offerings brought on appearing at the Temple on the three pilgrimage festivals. The performance of righteous deeds; And the study of the torah. The following are the things for which a man enjoys the fruits in this world while the principal remains for him in the world to come: Honoring one’s father and mother; The performance of righteous deeds; And the making of peace between a person and his friend; And the study of the torah is equal to them all.''. None

8. New Testament, Romans, 5.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds, Wicked of Humans • deeds, works

Found in books: Karfíková (2012) 206, 304; Stuckenbruck (2007) 344

5.12. Διὰ τοῦτο ὥσπερ διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος, καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν ἐφʼ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον-.''. None

5.12. Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned. ''. None

9. New Testament, Luke, 3.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds, Wicked of Humans • rhetorical topoi, deeds

Found in books: Martin and Whitlark (2018) 39; Stuckenbruck (2007) 453

3.17. οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ διακαθᾶραι τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ καὶ συναγαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ.''. None

3.17. whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."''. None

10. New Testament, Matthew, 3.12, 5.45, 5.47 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Deeds, Wicked of Humans • Piety, deeds of • deeds, works • rhetorical topoi, deeds

Found in books: Karfíková (2012) 48; Martin and Whitlark (2018) 39; Ruzer (2020) 120; Stuckenbruck (2007) 313, 453

3.12. οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνάξει τὸν σῖτον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ.
5.45. ὅπως γένησθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς, ὅτι τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους.
5.47. καὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ ἐθνικοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν;''. None

3.12. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
5.45. that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. ' "
5.47. If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? "'. None

11. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Abimelech/Ebed-melech, Character and deeds of • Deeds, Wicked of Humans

Found in books: Allison (2018) 139; Stuckenbruck (2007) 568

12. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Piety, deeds of • deeds vs. study

Found in books: Hirshman (2009) 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 131; Ruzer (2020) 117

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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