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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
descend, from heaven, temple, third/new temple, ready to	Klawans (2009) 128, 129, 139
descendant	Edmonds (2019) 301
descendant, of david, jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 68, 81, 112
descendant, of david, joseph, father of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 68
descendant, of david, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 68, 69, 74, 75, 76, 82
descendant, of jacob, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 74
descendant, of judah and levi, jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 73
descendant, of judah, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 73
descendant, of levi, jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 73
descendant, of levi, mary, mother of jesus	Monnickendam (2020) 72
descendant, of the tyrannicide, harmodius	Gygax (2016) 197
descendant, of theophanes of mytilene, pompeius macer, senator	Marek (2019) 472
descendants	Allen and Dunne (2022) 5, 85, 89, 92, 93
descendants, ancestors vs.	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 179
descendants, covenant, with abraham’s	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 197, 405
descendants, gamliel, r.	Simon-Shushan (2012) 257
descendants, hubris, of tantalus and his	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016) 229
descendants, in melampodia, hesiod, on diviner melampos and	Eidinow (2007) 252
descendants, kimon, career	Humphreys (2018) 138, 270, 273, 286, 394, 405
descendants, kleon and	Humphreys (2018) 128, 202, 203, 226, 275, 282, 283, 454, 528, 683, 760, 971, 975
descendants, manumission, freedpersons, and their	Lampe (2003) 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) 286, 450, 452, 702, 823, 1005, 1006
descendants, nikias	Humphreys (2018) 872, 877, 878
descendants, noah	Stuckenbruck (2007) 78, 79, 101
descendants, of abraham, isaac, jacob	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 140
descendants, of augustus	Shannon-Henderson (2019) 5, 100, 128, 172, 234
descendants, of cain	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 54
descendants, of david	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 22, 35, 92, 113, 280, 281, 454, 473, 537
descendants, of freedmen of vedius pollio, p., friend of augustus, ephesian vedii	Kalinowski (2021) 49, 50, 51, 52, 55
descendants, of moses	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 226
descendants, of mythical heroes	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 22
descendants, of poseidon, children/	Simon (2021) 69, 75, 76, 77
descendants, of royalty, hasmoneans, antagonism between babylonian rabbis and	Kalmin (1998) 52, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
descendants, of saul	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 579, 581
descendants, of the pharisees, amoraim, seeing themselves as	Cohen (2010) 56, 57
descendants, perikles	Humphreys (2018) 711
descendants, prophecies of cassandra, rise of	Pillinger (2019) 140
descendants, sethites my definition, seth’s	Rasimus (2009) 199
descendants, themistokles	Humphreys (2018) 418, 419, 715, 1184
descendants, theoxenia, delphi, pindars	Kowalzig (2007) 190
descended, from above, pneuma, spirit, in paul	Engberg-Pedersen (2010) 214, 215
descended, from venus, julius caesar, c.	Rutledge (2012) 229, 230, 231, 232, 234
descended/sent, from the invisible father/“good god”, christ	Williams (2009) 297
descendent, of slaves/slavery, servius tullius as	Gruen (2020) 73
descender, kappotas	Naiden (2013) 43
descending	Despotis and Lohr (2022) 75, 76, 205, 210, 335 Jenkyns (2013) 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186
descending, from, heaven	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 134, 139, 143, 321, 525
descending, movement in the city	Jenkyns (2013) 171, 173, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186
descending, to, forum	Jenkyns (2013) 150, 171, 181, 182
descends, on jesus at his baptism, “redemption”, a power	Williams (2009) 114, 133, 142, 193
descends, on jesus, christ	Williams (2009) 117, 133, 142, 144, 193
descent/descending	Schibli (2002) 178, 191, 291, 294, 295, 296, 322

List of validated texts:

9 validated results for "descending"

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) 89; Klawans (2009) 128

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 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Descendants • covenant, with Abraham’s descendants

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022) 93; Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 405

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

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;''. 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) 92; Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 280

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

4. 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) 85; Lampe (2003) 359

28.26. λέγων 28.27. ''. None

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

5. 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) 89, 92; Klawans (2009) 129

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

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

6. 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) 215; Jenkyns (2013) 181

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

7. 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) 93; Lampe (2003) 164

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

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022) 89, 92; Monnickendam (2020) 112

9. 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) 102; Monnickendam (2020) 74

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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