1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.1-1.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
1.1. וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב׃ 1.1. בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃ 1.2. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ 1.2. וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃ 1.3. וּלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב לְאָכְלָה וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ 1.3. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי־אוֹר׃ | 1.1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." 1.2. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters." 1.3. And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light." |
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2. Numenius Heracleensis, Fragments, 8, 4b (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
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3. Clement of Alexandria, Christ The Educator, 1.6.26-1.6.27 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
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4. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 3.10.2, 5.10.2, 5.13.2, 5.32.1 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
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5. Justin, First Apology, 16.7, 31.7, 59.1, 67.7 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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6. Justin, Second Apology, 8 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
| 8. And those of the Stoic school - since, so far as their moral teaching went, they were admirable, as were also the poets in some particulars, on account of the seed of reason [the Logos] implanted in every race of men - were, we know, hated and put to death - Heraclitus for instance, and, among those of our own time, Musonius and others. For, as we intimated, the devils have always effected, that all those who anyhow live a reasonable and earnest life, and shun vice, be hated. And it is nothing wonderful; if the devils are proved to cause those to be much worse hated who live not according to a part only of the word diffused [among men] but by the knowledge and contemplation of the whole Word, which is Christ. And they, having been shut up in eternal fire, shall suffer their just punishment and penalty. For if they are even now overthrown by men through the name of Jesus Christ, this is an intimation of the punishment in eternal fire which is to be inflicted on themselves and those who serve them. For thus did both all the prophets foretell, and our own teacher Jesus teach. |
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7. Justin, Dialogue With Trypho, 5.4-5.6, 11.2, 23.2, 36.2, 80.3, 96.3, 101.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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8. Numenius of Apamea, Fragments, 21, 8, 11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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9. Numenius of Apamea, Fragments, 21, 8, 11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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10. Tatian, Oration To The Greeks, 7 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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11. Tertullian, Apology, 17.5-17.6 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
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