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subject	book bibliographic info
descend, asael, azael, as first angel to	Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 35, 36, 75, 76, 257
descend, from heaven, temple, third/new temple, ready to	Klawans (2009), Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism, 128, 129, 139
descendant	Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 301
descendant, of david, jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 68, 81, 112
descendant, of david, joseph, father of jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 68
descendant, of david, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 68, 69, 74, 75, 76, 82
descendant, of jacob, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 74
descendant, of judah and levi, jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 73
descendant, of judah, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 73
descendant, of levi, jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 73
descendant, of levi, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 72
descendant, of the tyrannicide, harmodius	Gygax (2016), Benefaction and Rewards in the Ancient Greek City: The Origins of Euergetism, 197
descendant, of theophanes of mytilene, pompeius macer, senator	Marek (2019), In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World, 472
descendants	Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 5, 85, 89, 92, 93 Chrysanthou (2018), Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives': Narrative Technique and Moral Judgement. 10, 35, 48, 49, 104, 109, 113, 123, 126
descendants, ancestors vs.	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 179
descendants, covenant, with abraham’s	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 197, 405
descendants, gamliel, r.	Simon-Shushan (2012), Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishna, 257
descendants, hubris, of tantalus and his	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 229
descendants, in melampodia, hesiod, on diviner melampos and	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 252
descendants, kimon, career	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 138, 270, 273, 286, 394, 405
descendants, kleon and	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 128, 202, 203, 226, 275, 282, 283, 454, 528, 683, 760, 971, 975
descendants, manumission, freedpersons, and their	Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 38, 69, 71, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 102, 108, 117, 120, 124, 128, 135, 136, 164, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 191, 193, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 234, 235, 236, 239, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 344, 351, 352, 355, 359, 360, 378
descendants, miltiades	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 286, 450, 452, 702, 823, 1005, 1006
descendants, nikias	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 872, 877, 878
descendants, noah	Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 78, 79, 101
descendants, of abraham, isaac, jacob	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 140
descendants, of augustus	Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 5, 100, 128, 172, 234
descendants, of cain	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 54
descendants, of david	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 22, 35, 92, 113, 280, 281, 454, 473, 537
descendants, of freedmen of vedius pollio, p., friend of augustus, ephesian vedii	Kalinowski (2021), Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55
descendants, of moses	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 226
descendants, of mythical heroes	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 22
descendants, of poseidon, children/	Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 69, 75, 76, 77
descendants, of royalty, hasmoneans, antagonism between babylonian rabbis and	Kalmin (1998), The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity, 52, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
descendants, of saul	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 579, 581
descendants, of the pharisees, amoraim, seeing themselves as	Cohen (2010), The Significance of Yavneh and other Essays in Jewish Hellenism, 56, 57
descendants, perikles	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 711
descendants, prophecies of cassandra, rise of	Pillinger (2019), Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature, 140
descendants, sethites my definition, seth’s	Rasimus (2009), Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence, 199
descendants, themistokles	Humphreys (2018), Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis, 418, 419, 715, 1184
descendants, theoxenia, delphi, pindars	Kowalzig (2007), Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece, 190
descended, from above, pneuma, spirit, in paul	Engberg-Pedersen (2010), Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit, 214, 215
descended, from venus, julius caesar, c.	Rutledge (2012), Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234
descended/sent, from the invisible father/“good god”, christ	Williams (2009), Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46), 297
descendent, of demetrius of demetrius phalerum	Gorman, Gorman (2014), Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature. 217
descendent, of slaves/slavery, servius tullius as	Gruen (2020), Ethnicity in the Ancient World - Did it matter, 73
descender, kappotas	Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 43
descending	Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 75, 76, 205, 210, 335 Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186
descending, from, heaven	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 134, 139, 143, 321, 525
descending, movement in the city	Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186
descending, offering, ascending and	Balberg (2023), Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108
descending, to, forum	Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 150, 171, 181, 182
descends, on jesus at his baptism, “redemption”, a power	Williams (2009), Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46), 114, 133, 142, 193
descends, on jesus, christ	Williams (2009), Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46), 117, 133, 142, 144, 193
descent/descending	Schibli (2002), Hierocles of Alexandria, 178, 191, 291, 294, 295, 296, 322

List of validated texts:

11 validated results for "descended"

1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 25.40 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • temple, third/new temple, ready to descend from heaven

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 89; Klawans (2009), Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism, 128

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25.40 And see that thou make them after their pattern, which is being shown thee in the mount.'' None

2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 22.17, 49.10 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • covenant, with Abraham’s descendants • – messiah descended from

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 93; Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 405; Kattan Gribetz et al. (2016), Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context. 102, 103

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22.17 כִּי־בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו׃' ' None

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22.17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; ^49.10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, As long as men come to Shiloh; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.'' None

3. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • descendants, of David

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 92; Zawanowska and Wilk (2022), The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King, 280

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

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

4. Anon., 1 Enoch, 10 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Asael, Azael, as first angel to descend • Noah, Descendants

Found in books: Reed (2005), Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity: The Reception of Enochic Literature. 75; Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 79

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10 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,,and said to him: \'Go to Noah and tell him in my name \'Hide thyself!\' and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come,upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape,and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.\' And again the Lord said to Raphael: \'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening,in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may,not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the,Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted",through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.\' And to Gabriel said the Lord: \'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy the children of fornication and the children of the Watchers from amongst men and cause them to go forth: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in,battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and,that each one of them will live five hundred years.\' And the Lord said unto Michael: \'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves,with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is,for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and",to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all",generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because,they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth\' shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.",And then shall all the righteous escape, And shall live till they beget thousands of children, And all the days of their youth and their old age Shall they complete in peace.,And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and,be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield,ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth,destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations,shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.'' None

5. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Freedpersons (and their descendants), manumission • heaven, descending from • – messiah descended from

Found in books: Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022), Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity, 134; Kattan Gribetz et al. (2016), Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context. 104; Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 221

6. New Testament, Acts, 28.26-28.27 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • Freedpersons (and their descendants), manumission

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 85; Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 359

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28.26 λέγων ^28.27 '' None

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28.26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, And will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, And will in no way perceive. " "^28.27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.' "" None

7. New Testament, Hebrews, 8.1, 8.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • temple, third/new temple, ready to descend from heaven

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 89, 92; Klawans (2009), Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism, 129

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8.1 Κεφάλαιον δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοιοῦτον ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα, ὃςἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾶτοῦ θρόνου τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ^8.5 ?̔οἵτινες ὑποδείγματι καὶ σκιᾷ λατρεύουσιν τῶν ἐπουρανίων, καθὼς κεχρημάτισται Μωυσῆς μέλλων ἐπιτελεῖν τὴν σκηνήν,Ὅραγάρ, φησίν,ποιήσεις πάντα gt κατὰ τὸν τύπον τὸν δειχθέντα σοι ἐν τῷ ὄρει·'' None

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8.1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ^8.5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."'' None

8. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 41.4 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Forum, descending to • descending • movement in the city, descending • pneuma (spirit) in Paul, descended from above

Found in books: Engberg-Pedersen (2010), Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit, 215; Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 181

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41.4 If you see a man who is unterrified in the midst of dangers, untouched by desires, happy in adversity, peaceful amid the storm, who looks down upon men from a higher plane, and views the gods on a footing of equality, will not a feeling of reverence for him steal over you? Will you not say: "This quality is too great and too lofty to be regarded as resembling this petty body in which it dwells? A divine power has descended upon that man." '' None

9. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • Freedpersons (and their descendants), manumission

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 93; Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 164

10. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • Jesus, descendant of David

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022), Ancient Readers and their Scriptures: Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity, 89, 92; Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 112

11. Justin, First Apology, 32.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Freedpersons (and their descendants), manumission • Mary (mother of Jesus), descendant of David • Mary (mother of Jesus), descendant of Jacob

Found in books: Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 102; Monnickendam (2020), Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian, 74

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32.3 Moses then, who was the first of the prophets, spoke in these very words: The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until He come for whom it is reserved; and He shall be the desire of the nations, binding His foal to the vine, washing His robe in the blood of the grape. Genesis 49:10 It is yours to make accurate inquiry, and ascertain up to whose time the Jews had a lawgiver and king of their own. Up to the time of Jesus Christ, who taught us, and interpreted the prophecies which were not yet understood, they had a lawgiver as was foretold by the holy and divine Spirit of prophecy through Moses, that a ruler would not fail the Jews until He should come for whom the kingdom was reserved (for Judah was the forefather of the Jews, from whom also they have their name of Jews); and after He (i.e., Christ) appeared, you began to rule the Jews, and gained possession of all their territory. And the prophecy, He shall be the expectation of the nations, signified that there would be some of all nations who should look for Him to come again. And this indeed you can see for yourselves, and be convinced of by fact. For of all races of men there are some who look for Him who was crucified in Jud a, and after whose crucifixion the land was straightway surrendered to you as spoil of war. And the prophecy, binding His foal to the vine, and washing His robe in the blood of the grape, was a significant symbol of the things that were to happen to Christ, and of what He was to do. For the foal of an ass stood bound to a vine at the entrance of a village, and He ordered His acquaintances to bring it to Him then; and when it was brought, He mounted and sat upon it, and entered Jerusalem, where was the vast temple of the Jews which was afterwards destroyed by you. And after this He was crucified, that the rest of the prophecy might be fulfilled. For this washing His robe in the blood of the grape was predictive of the passion He was to endure, cleansing by His blood those who believe in Him. For what is called by the Divine Spirit through the prophet His robe, are those men who believe in Him in whom abides the seed of God, the Word. And what is spoken of as the blood of the grape, signifies that He who should appear would have blood, though not of the seed of man, but of the power of God. And the first power after God the Father and Lord of all is the Word, who is also the Son; and of Him we will, in what follows, relate how He took flesh and became man. For as man did not make the blood of the vine, but God, so it was hereby intimated that the blood should not be of human seed, but of divine power, as we have said above. And Isaiah, another prophet, foretelling the same things in other words, spoke thus: A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a flower shall spring from the root of Jesse; and His arm shall the nations trust. Isaiah 11:1 And a star of light has arisen, and a flower has sprung from the root of Jesse - this Christ. For by the power of God He was conceived by a virgin of the seed of Jacob, who was the father of Judah, who, as we have shown, was the father of the Jews; and Jesse was His forefather according to the oracle, and He was the son of Jacob and Judah according to lineal descent. '' 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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