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Anon., 4 Ezra, 5.50-5.51
nan Then I inquired and said, "Since thou hast now given me the opportunity, let me speak before thee. Is our mother, of whom thou hast told me, still young? Or is she now approaching old age?
nan He replied to me, "Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 40.17 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 40.17. כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֹ מֵאֶפֶס וָתֹהוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ־לוֹ׃ 40.17. All the nations are as nothing before Him; They are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity."
2. Anon., 2 Baruch, 85.10 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
3. New Testament, Galatians, 4.24-4.25 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 4.24. These things contain an allegory, forthese are two covets. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children tobondage, which is Hagar. 4.25. For this Hagar is Mount Sinai inArabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is inbondage with her children.
4. Anon., 4 Ezra, 3.4-3.5, 5.51, 6.45-6.46, 6.53-6.57, 7.50 3.4. O sovereign Lord, didst thou not speak at the beginning when thou didst form the earth -- and that without help -- and didst command the dust 3.5. and it gave thee Adam, a lifeless body? Yet he was the workmanship of thy hands, and thou didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made alive in thy presence. 5.51. He replied to me, "Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you. 6.53. On the sixth day thou didst command the earth to bring forth before thee cattle, beasts, and creeping things; 6.54. and over these thou didst place Adam, as ruler over all the works which thou hadst made; and from him we have all come, the people whom thou hast chosen. 6.55. All this I have spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou hast said that it was for us that thou didst create this world. 6.56. As for the other nations which have descended from Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, and that they are like spittle, and thou hast compared their abundance to a drop from a bucket. 6.57. And now, O Lord, behold, these nations, which are reputed as nothing, domineer over us and devour us. 7.50. For this reason the Most High has made not one world but two.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abraham, isaac, and jacob/patriarchs, abraham, testament of	Allison, 4 Baruch (2018) 102
abraham	Allison, 4 Baruch (2018) 102
adamdialogues of 4 ezra	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 251
apostles	Allison, 4 Baruch (2018) 102
ascent to heaven	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
creation	Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 479
eschatology	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
historiography/chronography	Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 479
lamb	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
moses	Allison, 4 Baruch (2018) 102
obedience and disobedience'	Allison, 4 Baruch (2018) 102
prayer	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
revelation, the apocalypse of jesus christ	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
temple	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
throne, enthroned	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
transformation	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
vision	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 93
visions	Beyerle and Goff, Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (2022) 479