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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
device', fatum, technical	Davies (2004) 228, 229
device', fortuna, technical	Davies (2004) 228, 229
device, agamben, giorgio, hyperactive agent detection, hadd	Dilley (2019) 150
device, dance, as mnemonic	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 54, 55
device, divine intervention, as plot	Pinheiro Bierl and Beck (2013) 57, 251 Pinheiro et al (2012a) 36, 41, 43, 44, 193, 242
device, exempla, as rhetorical	Langlands (2018) 74, 102, 252, 324
device, fear, as intertextual	Agri (2022) 113, 114
device, fear, as principle of government or ruling	Agri (2022) 24, 25, 39, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 82
device, hyperactive agent detection, hadd	Dilley (2019) 150
device, hypersensitive agency detection, hadd	Mackey (2022) 12, 13, 14, 229, 331
device, inscription, introductory rhetorical	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 629
device, metaphor, as exegetical	Niehoff (2011) 71
device, of open historiography, ancient and the rhetorical closure	Matthews (2010) 62
device, of pseudonymity, apocalyptic literature	Collins (2016) 33, 48, 49, 75, 138, 139, 155, 163, 169, 248, 340, 341, 342
device, of pseudonymity, revelation, apocalypse of john	Collins (2016) 340, 341, 342
device, remez, pl. rǝmāzīm, rhetorical	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 113, 115
device, šibuṣ, pl. šibūṣīm, rhetorical	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 111, 113, 115
devices, accuracy of transmission, mnemonic	Galinsky (2016) 305, 306
devices, grappling	Roller (2018) 139, 148
devices, in hagiography, rhetoric, rhetorical	Mitchell and Pilhofer (2019) 110, 111, 116
devices, interlocking	Wilson (2012) 47, 131
devices, motivational	Tite (2009) 83, 84, 94, 121, 139, 140, 156, 177, 180, 181, 191, 201, 233, 280
devices, religion, and its	Segev (2017) 154
devices, rhetorical	Keener(2005) 4, 5, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 42, 47, 87, 92, 96, 100, 103, 107, 126, 130, 131, 132, 140, 175, 183, 188, 191, 199, 205, 211, 213, 216, 220, 224, 225, 228, 231, 233, 238, 240, 241, 242, 245
devices, temple, as metaliterary	Pandey (2018) 2, 3, 15, 16, 18, 93, 145, 146, 147, 203, 225, 243
rhetoric, device	Malherbe et al (2014) 111, 364

List of validated texts:

5 validated results for "device"

1. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 12.2-12.3 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Apocalyptic literature, device of pseudonymity • rhetorical devices

Found in books: Collins (2016) 139; Keener(2005) 131

12.2. וְרַבִּים מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַת־עָפָר יָקִיצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם וְאֵלֶּה לַחֲרָפוֹת לְדִרְאוֹן עוֹלָם׃ 12.3. וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִים יַזְהִרוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים כַּכּוֹכָבִים לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃''. None

12.2. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence. 12.3. And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.''. None

2. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.749, 15.875-15.876 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • rhetorical devices • temple, as metaliterary devices

Found in books: Keener(2005) 131; Pandey (2018) 3

15.749. in sidus vertere novum stellamque comantem,
15.875. parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis 15.876. astra ferar, nomenque erit indelebile nostrum,''. None

15.749. he charged me with attempting the foul crime.
15.875. But first he veiled his horns with laurel, which 15.876. betokens peace. Then, standing on a mound''. None

3. New Testament, Romans, 1.22, 3.1 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • rhetoric,device • rhetorical devices

Found in books: Keener(2005) 28, 130; Malherbe et al (2014) 111, 364

1.22. φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοὶ ἐμωράνθησαν,
3.1. Τί οὖν τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου, ἢ τίς ἡ ὠφελία τῆς περιτομῆς;''. None

1.22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
3.1. Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? ''. None

4. Vergil, Aeneis, 6.847-6.848
Tagged with subjects: • Hypersensitive Agency Detection Device (HADD) • temple, as metaliterary devices

Found in books: Mackey (2022) 13; Pandey (2018) 18, 243

6.847. Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, 6.848. credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore voltus,''. None

6.847. Lo! on the left and right at feast reclined 6.848. Are other blessed souls, whose chorus sings ''. None

5. Vergil, Georgics, 3.34
Tagged with subjects: • Hypersensitive Agency Detection Device (HADD) • temple, as metaliterary devices

Found in books: Mackey (2022) 13; Pandey (2018) 2, 3, 15, 203, 225, 243

3.34. Stabunt et Parii lapides, spirantia signa,''. None

3.34. of gold and massive ivory on the door''. 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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