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New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 2

nan When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence ofspeech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.,ForI determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, andhim crucified.,I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in muchtrembling.,My speech and my preaching were not in persuasivewords of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,,that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in thepower of God.,We speak wisdom, however, among those who are fullgrown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world,who are coming to nothing.,But we speak God's wisdom in amystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained beforethe worlds to our glory,,which none of the rulers of this worldhas known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lordof glory.,But as it is written,"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear,Which didn't enter into the heart of man,These God has prepared for those who love him.",But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For theSpirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.,For whoamong men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man,which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God'sSpirit.,But we received, not the spirit of the world, but theSpirit which is from God, that we might know the things that werefreely given to us by God.,Which things also we speak, not inwords which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches,comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.,Now thenatural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they arefoolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they arespiritually discerned.,But he who is spiritual discerns allthings, and he himself is judged by no one.,"For who has knownthe mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we haveChrist's mind.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 34 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 2.7. וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃ 2.7. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
3. Hebrew Bible, Job, 5.13, 41.3 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 5.13. לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה׃ 41.3. מִי הִקְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם לִי־הוּא׃ 5.13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the wily is carried headlong." 41.3. Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine."
4. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 1.22-1.23, 3.19-3.20, 8.22 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 1.22. עַד־מָתַי פְּתָיִם תְּאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָעַת׃ 1.23. תָּשׁוּבוּ לְתוֹכַחְתִּי הִנֵּה אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִי אוֹדִיעָה דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶם׃ 3.19. יְהוָה בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד־אָרֶץ כּוֹנֵן שָׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה׃ 8.22. יְהוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז׃ 1.22. ’How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?" 1.23. Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you." 3.19. The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens." 3.20. By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew." 8.22. The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, The first of His works of old."
5. Hebrew Bible, Joshua, 2 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
6. Anon., 1 Enoch, 42, 14 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 14. The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the eternal Watchers in accordance,with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to",converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding,the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement,has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree,has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before,you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have,written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in,the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright,me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was,of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were,fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its,portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there,were no delights of life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked,and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater,than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to,you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path,of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of,cherubim. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look",thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and,was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason",of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times,ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And the most holy ones who were,nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither,,Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
7. Cicero, Letters To His Friends, 5.12 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
8. Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 3.59 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 3.59. hoc igitur efficitur, ut ex illo necopinato plaga maior sit, non, ut illi putant, ut, cum duobus pares casus evenerint, is modo aegritudine adficiatur, aff. KR cui ille necopinato casus evenerit. Itaque dicuntur non nulli in maerore, cum de hac communi hominum condicione audivissent, ea lege esse nos natos, ut nemo in perpetuum esse posset expers mali, gravius etiam tulisse. quocirca Carneades, ut video nostrum scribere Antiochum, anthiochum KR reprendere reprehendere KV c Chrysippum crysippum X Chr. fr. eth. 487 solebat laudantem Euripideum carmen illud: Eurip. Hypsip. fr. 757 ( S. Eur. ed. Arn. p. 62 ) Morta/lis nemo est que/m non non om. X add. K 2 V c attinga/t attingit W (attigit K) vix recte, cf. Mue. in Seyfferti Laelio p. 143 dolor Morbu/sque; multis multis Lb. multi su/nt humandi li/beri, Rursu/m creandi, mo/rsque mors quae GK (morsquę) R 1 V (s in r. c ) est finita o/mnibus. Quae ge/neri genere X corr. V 3 humano ango/rem nequicquam a/dferunt: adferant V 2 Redde/nda terrae est te/rra, tum tum tam Sey. nam Küh. vita o/mnibus Mete/nda ut fruges. si/c iubet Nece/ssitas.
9. Dead Sea Scrolls, Community Rule, None (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
10. Dead Sea Scrolls, Hodayot, 4.25, 5.19-5.22 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
11. Dead Sea Scrolls, Hodayot, 4.25, 5.19-5.22 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
12. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 3.1-3.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 3.1. אנתה [אַנְתְּ] מַלְכָּא שָׂמְתָּ טְּעֵם דִּי כָל־אֱנָשׁ דִּי־יִשְׁמַע קָל קַרְנָא מַשְׁרֹקִיתָא קיתרס [קַתְרוֹס] שַׂבְּכָא פְסַנְתֵּרִין וסיפניה [וְסוּפֹּנְיָה] וְכֹל זְנֵי זְמָרָא יִפֵּל וְיִסְגֻּד לְצֶלֶם דַּהֲבָא׃ 3.1. נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד צְלֵם דִּי־דְהַב רוּמֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁתִּין פְּתָיֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁת אֲקִימֵהּ בְּבִקְעַת דּוּרָא בִּמְדִינַת בָּבֶל׃ 3.2. וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא שְׁלַח לְמִכְנַשׁ לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא סִגְנַיָּא וּפַחֲוָתָא אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא גְדָבְרַיָּא דְּתָבְרַיָּא תִּפְתָּיֵא וְכֹל שִׁלְטֹנֵי מְדִינָתָא לְמֵתֵא לַחֲנֻכַּת צַלְמָא דִּי הֲקֵים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא׃ 3.2. וּלְגֻבְרִין גִּבָּרֵי־חַיִל דִּי בְחַיְלֵהּ אֲמַר לְכַפָּתָה לְשַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ לְמִרְמֵא לְאַתּוּן נוּרָא יָקִדְתָּא׃ 3.1. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon." 3.2. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up."
13. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 6.17-6.19, 7.7, 7.24, 8.1, 8.17, 9.18, 15.3 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 6.17. The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction,and concern for instruction is love of her 6.18. and love of her is the keeping of her laws,and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality 6.19. and immortality brings one near to God; 7.7. Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me;I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. 7.24. For wisdom is more mobile than any motion;because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things. 8.1. She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other,and she orders all things well. 8.17. When I considered these things inwardly,and thought upon them in my mind,that in kinship with wisdom there is immortality 9.18. And thus the paths of those on earth were set right,and men were taught what pleases thee,and were saved by wisdom. 15.3. For to know thee is complete righteousness,and to know thy power is the root of immortality.
14. Philo of Alexandria, Who Is The Heir, 314 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 314. But what land does he mean but that which has been already mentioned, to which he is now making reference? The fruit of which is the safe and most certain comprehension of the wisdom of God, according to which it preserves for its dividers all the good things which exist without any admixture or taint of evil, as if they had been incorruptible from their very beginning.
15. Strabo, Geography, 8.6.23, 9.1.4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 8.6.23. The Corinthians, when they were subject to Philip, not only sided with him in his quarrel with the Romans, but individually behaved so contemptuously towards the Romans that certain persons ventured to pour down filth upon the Roman ambassadors when passing by their house. For this and other offences, however, they soon paid the penalty, for a considerable army was sent thither, and the city itself was razed to the ground by Leucius Mummius; and the other countries as far as Macedonia became subject to the Romans, different commanders being sent into different countries; but the Sikyonians obtained most of the Corinthian country. Polybius, who speaks in a tone of pity of the events connected with the capture of Corinth, goes on to speak of the disregard shown by the army for the works of art and votive offerings; for he says that he was present and saw paintings that had been flung to the ground and saw the soldiers playing dice on these. Among the paintings he names that of Dionysus by Aristeides, to which, according to some writers, the saying, Nothing in comparison with the Dionysus, referred; and also the painting of Heracles in torture in the robe of Deianeira. Now I have not seen the latter, but I saw the Dionysus, a most beautiful work, on the walls of the sanctuary of Ceres in Rome; but when recently the temple was burned, the painting perished with it. And I may almost say that the most and best of the other dedicatory offerings at Rome came from there; and the cities in the neighborhood of Rome also obtained some; for Mummius, being magimous rather than fond of art, as they say, readily shared with those who asked. And when Lucullus built the sanctuary of Good Fortune and a portico, he asked Mummius for the use of the statues which he had, saying that he would adorn the sanctuary with them until the dedication and then give them back. However, he did not give them back, but dedicated them to the goddess, and then bade Mummius to take them away if he wished. But Mummius took it lightly, for he cared nothing about them, so that he gained more repute than the man who dedicated them. Now after Corinth had remained deserted for a long time, it was restored again, because of its favorable position, by the deified Caesar, who colonized it with people that belonged for the most part to the freedmen class. And when these were removing the ruins and at the same time digging open the graves, they found numbers of terra-cotta reliefs, and also many bronze vessels. And since they admired the workmanship they left no grave unransacked; so that, well supplied with such things and disposing of them at a high price, they filled Rome with Corinthian mortuaries, for thus they called the things taken from the graves, and in particular the earthenware. Now at the outset the earthenware was very highly prized, like the bronzes of Corinthian workmanship, but later they ceased to care much for them, since the supply of earthen vessels failed and most of them were not even well executed. The city of the Corinthians, then, was always great and wealthy, and it was well equipped with men skilled both in the affairs of state and in the craftsman's arts; for both here and in Sikyon the arts of painting and modelling and all such arts of the craftsman flourished most. The city had territory, however, that was not very fertile, but rifted and rough; and from this fact all have called Corinth beetling, and use the proverb, Corinth is both beetle-browed and full of hollows. 9.1.4. After Crommyon, and situated above Attica, are the Sceironian Rocks. They leave no room for a road along the sea, but the road from the Isthmus to Megara and Attica passes above them. However, the road approaches so close to the rocks that in many places it passes along the edge of precipices, because the mountain situated above them is both lofty and impracticable for roads. Here is the setting of the myth about Sceiron and the Pityocamptes, the robbers who infested the above-mentioned mountainous country and were killed by Theseus. And the Athenians have given the name Sceiron to the Argestes, the violent wind that blows down on the travellers left from the heights of this mountainous country. After the Sceironian Rocks one comes to Cape Minoa, which projects into the sea and forms the harbor at Nisaea. Nisaea is the naval station of the Megarians; it is eighteen stadia distant from the city and is joined to it on both sides by walls. The naval station, too, used to be called Minoa.
16. Clement of Rome, 1 Clement, 3.2, 5.4-5.5, 46.5, 51.1, 54.2 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 3.2. ἐκ τούτου ζῆλος καὶ φθόνος, καὶ ἔρις, καὶ στάσις, διωγμὸς καὶ ἀκαταστασία, πόλεμος καὶ αἰχμαλωσία. 5.4. Πέτρον, ὅς διὰ ζῆλον ἄδικον οὐχ ἕνα οὐδὲ δύο, ἀλλὰ πλείονας ὑπήνεγκεν πόνους καὶ οὕτω μαρτυρήσας ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὸν ὀφειλόμενον τόπον τῆς δόξης. 5.5. διὰ ζῆλον καὶ ἔριν Παῦλος ὑπομονῆς βραβεῖον ὑπέδειξεν 46.5. ἱνατί ἔρεις καὶ θυμοὶ καὶ διχοστασίαι καὶ σχίσματα πόλεμός τε Eph. 4, 4-6 ἐν ὑμῖν; 51.1. Ὅσα οὖν παρεπέσαμεν καὶ ἐποιήσαμεν δια τινας παρεμπτώσεις The text is doubtful: dia\ ta\s paremptw/seis Clem., propler #3uaedant incuraiones L, the e#3uivalent of dia\ ta\s paremptw/seis tinw=n (ta\s) *k, dia\ tino\s tw=n ACS. τοῦ ἀντικειμένου, ἀξιώσωμεν ἀφεθῆναι ἡμῖν. καὶ ἐκεῖνοι δέ, οἵτινες ἀρχηγοὶ στάσεως καὶ διχοστασίας ἐγενήθησαν, ὀφείλουσιν τὸ κοινὸν τῆς ἐλπίδος σκοπεῖν. 54.2. εἰπάτω: Εἰ δἰ ἐμὲ στάσις καὶ ἔρις καὶ σχίσματα, ἐκχωρῶ, ἄπειμι, οὗ ἐὰν βούλησθε, καὶ ποιῶ τὰ προστασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους: μόνον τὸ ποίμνιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰρηνευέτω μετὰ τῶν καθεσταμένων πρεσβυτέρων.
17. Ignatius, To Polycarp, 4.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 4.2. Let meetings be held more frequently. Seek out all men by name. 4.2. For if these things were done by our Lord in semblance, then am I also a prisoner in semblance. And why then have I delivered myself over to death, unto fire, unto sword, unto wild beasts? But near to the sword, near to God; in company with wild beasts, in company with God. Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, so that we may suffer together with Him. I endure all things, seeing that He Himself enableth me, who is perfect Man.
18. Ignatius, To The Philadelphians, 2.1, 3.2, 6.2, 7.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 3.2. For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ, they are with the bishop; and as many as shall repent and enter into the unity of the Church, these also shall be of God, that they may be living after Jesus Christ. 6.2. Shun ye therefore the wicked arts and plottings of the prince of this world, lest haply ye be crushed by his devices, and wax weak in your love. But assemble yourselves all together with undivided heart. 7.2. Howbeit there were those who suspected me of saying this, because I knew beforehand of the division of certain persons. But He in whom I am bound is my witness that I learned it not from flesh of man; it was the preaching of the Spirit who spake on this wise; Do nothing without the bishop; keep your flesh as a temple of God; cherish union; shun divisions; be imitators of Jesus Christ, as He Himself also was of His Father.
19. Ignatius, To The Ephesians, 4.1-4.2, 13.1, 15.1, 20.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 4.1. So then it becometh you to run in harmony with the mind of the bishop; which thing also ye do. For your honourable presbytery, which is worthy of God, is attuned to the bishop, even as its strings to a lyre. Therefore in your concord and harmonious love Jesus Christ is sung. 4.2. And do ye, each and all, form yourselves into a chorus, that being harmonious in concord and taking the key note of God ye may in unison sing with one voice through Jesus Christ unto the Father, that He may both hear you and acknowledge you by your good deeds to be members of His Son. It is therefore profitable for you to be in blameless unity, that ye may also be partakers of God always. 13.1. Do your diligence therefore to meet together more frequently for thanksgiving to God and for His glory. For when ye meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are cast down; and his mischief cometh to nought in the concord of your faith. 15.1. It is better to keep silence and to be, than to talk and not to be. It is a fine thing to teach, if the speaker practise. Now there is one teacher, who spake and it came to pass: yea and even the things which He hath done in silence are worthy of the Father. 20.2. especially if the Lord should reveal aught to me. Assemble yourselves together in common, every one of you severally, man by man, in grace, in one faith and one Jesus Christ, who after the flesh was of David's race, who is Son of Man and Son of God, to the end that ye may obey the bishop and presbytery without distraction of mind; breaking one bread, which is the medicine of immortality and the antidote that we should not die but live for ever in Jesus Christ.
20. Ignatius, To The Magnesians, 7.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 7.1. Therefore as the Lord did nothing without the Father, [being united with Him], either by Himself or by the Apostles, so neither do ye anything without the bishop and the presbyters. And attempt not to think anything right for yourselves apart from others: but let there be one prayer in common, one supplication, one mind, one hope, in love and in joy unblameable, which is Jesus Christ, than whom there is nothing better.
21. Ignatius, To The Philadelphians, 2.1, 3.2, 6.2, 7.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 2.1. As children therefore [of the light] of the truth, shun division and wrong doctrines; and where the shepherd is, there follow ye as sheep. 3.2. For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ, they are with the bishop; and as many as shall repent and enter into the unity of the Church, these also shall be of God, that they may be living after Jesus Christ. 6.2. Shun ye therefore the wicked arts and plottings of the prince of this world, lest haply ye be crushed by his devices, and wax weak in your love. But assemble yourselves all together with undivided heart. 7.2. Howbeit there were those who suspected me of saying this, because I knew beforehand of the division of certain persons. But He in whom I am bound is my witness that I learned it not from flesh of man; it was the preaching of the Spirit who spake on this wise; Do nothing without the bishop; keep your flesh as a temple of God; cherish union; shun divisions; be imitators of Jesus Christ, as He Himself also was of His Father.
22. Ignatius, To The Smyrnaeans, 7.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
23. New Testament, 1 Peter, 2.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.17. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
24. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 1.1-1.2, 1.10-1.18, 1.24, 1.26, 2.1-2.7, 2.9-2.16, 3.1-3.10, 3.12, 3.17, 3.19-3.23, 4.1-4.6, 4.8-4.16, 4.19-4.21, 5.3-5.5, 5.9, 6.11, 7.1, 7.25, 8.1, 8.6, 9.3, 10.9, 10.22, 11.1, 11.10, 11.18-11.19, 11.30, 12.1, 12.3, 12.27-12.31, 13.1-13.3, 15.3-15.11, 15.23, 15.29, 15.35-15.54, 15.58, 16.1, 16.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.1. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the willof God, and our brother Sosthenes 1.2. to the assembly of God whichis at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to besaints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in everyplace, both theirs and ours: 1.10. Now Ibeg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that youall speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, butthat you be perfected together in the same mind and in the samejudgment. 1.11. For it has been reported to me concerning you, mybrothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there arecontentions among you. 1.12. Now I mean this, that each one of yousays, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "Ifollow Christ. 1.13. Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? 1.14. I thank God that Ibaptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius 1.15. o that no oneshould say that I had baptized you into my own name. 1.16. (I alsobaptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don't know whetherI baptized any other.) 1.17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but topreach the gospel -- not in wisdom of words, so that the cross ofChrist wouldn't be made void. 1.18. For the word of the cross isfoolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is thepower of God. 1.24. but to thosewho are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God andthe wisdom of God. 1.26. For you seeyour calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh,not many mighty, and not many noble; 2.1. When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence ofspeech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2.2. ForI determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, andhim crucified. 2.3. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in muchtrembling. 2.4. My speech and my preaching were not in persuasivewords of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power 2.5. that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in thepower of God. 2.6. We speak wisdom, however, among those who are fullgrown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world,who are coming to nothing. 2.7. But we speak God's wisdom in amystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained beforethe worlds to our glory 2.9. But as it is written,"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear,Which didn't enter into the heart of man,These God has prepared for those who love him. 2.10. But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For theSpirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 2.11. For whoamong men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man,which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God'sSpirit. 2.12. But we received, not the spirit of the world, but theSpirit which is from God, that we might know the things that werefreely given to us by God. 2.13. Which things also we speak, not inwords which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches,comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. 2.14. Now thenatural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they arefoolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they arespiritually discerned. 2.15. But he who is spiritual discerns allthings, and he himself is judged by no one. 2.16. For who has knownthe mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we haveChrist's mind. 3.1. Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as tofleshly, as to babies in Christ. 3.2. I fed you with milk, not withmeat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready 3.3. for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy,strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walkin the ways of men? 3.4. For when one says, "I follow Paul," andanother, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly? 3.5. Who then isApollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; andeach as the Lord gave to him? 3.6. I planted. Apollos watered. But Godgave the increase. 3.7. So then neither he who plants is anything, norhe who waters, but God who gives the increase. 3.8. Now he who plantsand he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own rewardaccording to his own labor. 3.9. For we are God's fellow workers. Youare God's farming, God's building. 3.10. According to the grace of Godwhich was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation,and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds onit. 3.12. But if anyone builds on thefoundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 3.17. If anyone destroys the temple of God, Godwill destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are. 3.19. Forthe wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,"He has taken the wise in their craftiness. 3.20. And again, "TheLord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless. 3.21. Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours 3.22. whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death,or things present, or things to come. All are yours 3.23. and you areChrist's, and Christ is God's. 4.1. So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards ofGod's mysteries. 4.2. Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, thatthey be found faithful. 4.3. But with me it is a very small thing thatI should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge myown self. 4.4. For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am notjustified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord. 4.5. Thereforejudge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will bothbring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counselsof the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God. 4.6. Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred tomyself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not tothink beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffedup against one another. 4.8. You are already filled. Youhave already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and Iwish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. 4.9. For,I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like mensentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both toangels and men. 4.10. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wisein Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we havedishonor. 4.11. Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, arenaked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place. 4.12. We toil,working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless. Being persecuted,we endure. 4.13. Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filthof the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now. 4.14. I don'twrite these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my belovedchildren. 4.15. For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yetnot many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through thegospel. 4.16. I beg you therefore, be imitators of me. 4.19. But I will cometo you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the wordof those who are puffed up, but the power. 4.20. For the Kingdom ofGod is not in word, but in power. 4.21. What do you want? Shall I cometo you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness? 5.3. For I most assuredly, as being absent in body butpresent in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged himwho has done this thing. 5.4. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our LordJesus Christ 5.5. are to deliver such a one to Satan for thedestruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day ofthe Lord Jesus. 5.9. I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; 6.11. Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified.But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spiritof our God. 7.1. Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it isgood for a man not to touch a woman. 7.25. Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord,but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord tobe trustworthy. 8.1. Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we allhave knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 8.6. yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are allthings, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom areall things, and we live through him. 9.3. My defense to those who examine me isthis. 10.9. Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, andperished by the serpents. 10.22. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we strongerthan he? 11.1. Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. 11.10. For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head,because of the angels. 11.18. For firstof all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisionsexist among you, and I partly believe it. 11.19. For there also mustbe factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealedamong you. 11.30. For this cause many among you are weakand sickly, and not a few sleep. 12.1. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you tobe ignorant. 12.3. Therefore Imake known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus isaccursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit. 12.27. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 12.28. God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, secondprophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings,helps, governments, and various kinds of languages. 12.29. Are allapostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers? 12.30. Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with variouslanguages? Do all interpret? 12.31. But earnestly desire the bestgifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you. 13.1. If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don'thave love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 13.2. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and allknowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, butdon't have love, I am nothing. 13.3. If I dole out all my goods tofeed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love,it profits me nothing. 15.3. For I delivered to youfirst of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sinsaccording to the Scriptures 15.4. that he was buried, that he wasraised on the third day according to the Scriptures 15.5. and that heappeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 15.6. Then he appeared to overfive hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but somehave also fallen asleep. 15.7. Then he appeared to James, then to allthe apostles 15.8. and last of all, as to the child born at the wrongtime, he appeared to me also. 15.9. For I am the least of theapostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because Ipersecuted the assembly of God. 15.10. But by the grace of God I amwhat I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but Iworked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which waswith me. 15.11. Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so youbelieved. 15.23. Buteach in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who areChrist's, at his coming. 15.29. Or else what will they do whoare baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why thenare they baptized for the dead? 15.35. But someone will say, "Howare the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come? 15.36. You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made aliveunless it dies. 15.37. That which you sow, you don't sow the body thatwill be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. 15.38. But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to eachseed a body of its own. 15.39. All flesh is not the same flesh, butthere is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish,and another of birds. 15.40. There are also celestial bodies, andterrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that ofthe terrestrial. 15.41. There is one glory of the sun, another gloryof the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs fromanother star in glory. 15.42. So also is the resurrection of the dead.It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 15.43. It issown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it israised in power. 15.44. It is sown a natural body; it is raised aspiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritualbody. 15.45. So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a livingsoul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 15.46. However thatwhich is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then thatwhich is spiritual. 15.47. The first man is of the earth, made ofdust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 15.48. As is the onemade of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is theheavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 15.49. As we haveborne the image of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of theheavenly. 15.50. Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can'tinherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inheritincorruption. 15.51. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but wewill all be changed 15.52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will beraised incorruptible, and we will be changed. 15.53. For thiscorruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put onimmortality. 15.54. But when this corruptible will have put onincorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then whatis written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory. 15.58. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast,immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know thatyour labor is not in vain in the Lord. 16.1. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commandedthe assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise. 16.12. Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I begged him much tocome to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to comenow; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
25. New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 1.4-1.6, 2.13, 2.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.4. We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen 1.5. and that our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake. 1.6. You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit 2.13. For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe. 2.19. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
26. New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 2.10-2.13, 3.16-3.17, 6.3-6.10, 8.24, 12.9-12.10, 13.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
27. New Testament, 2 Thessalonians, 1.4 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.4. so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
28. New Testament, Acts, 17.20, 18.1-18.18, 18.24-18.28 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 17.20. For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean. 18.1. After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 18.2. He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them 18.3. and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers. 18.4. He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 18.5. But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 18.6. When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles! 18.7. He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 18.8. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. 18.9. The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent; 18.10. for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city. 18.11. He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 18.12. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat 18.13. saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. 18.14. But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you; 18.15. but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters. 18.16. He drove them from the judgment seat. 18.17. Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these things. 18.18. Paul, having stayed after this yet many days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila with him. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow. 18.24. Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. 18.25. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. 18.26. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 18.27. When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he helped them much, who had believed through grace; 18.28. for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
29. New Testament, Colossians, 1.8, 1.18, 1.23, 2.18-2.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.8. who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. 1.18. He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 1.23. if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant. 2.18. Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind 2.19. and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
30. New Testament, Ephesians, 1.4, 4.13, 4.15-4.16 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.4. even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 4.13. until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 4.15. but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; 4.16. from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
31. New Testament, Galatians, 3.5, 3.27-3.28, 5.19-5.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 3.5. He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and worksmiracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or byhearing of faith? 3.27. For as many of you as werebaptized into Christ have put on Christ. 3.28. There is neither Jewnor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither malenor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 5.19. Now the works of the fleshare obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness,lustfulness 5.20. idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies,outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies 5.21. envyings,murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which Iforewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practicesuch things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 5.22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, faithfulness 5.23. gentleness, and self-control.Against such things there is no law.
32. New Testament, Hebrews, 1.1 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.1. God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways
33. New Testament, Philippians, 1.27, 2.4-2.5, 2.16, 3.20, 4.3 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.27. Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel; 2.4. each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 2.5. Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus 2.16. holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. 3.20. For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 4.3. Yes, I beg you also, true yoke-fellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
34. New Testament, Romans, 1.23, 6.1-8.13, 6.3, 6.4, 6.11, 6.13, 7, 8, 8.11, 11.33, 11.34, 11.35, 11.36, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 16.1, 16.2, 16.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.23. and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
35. New Testament, John, 1.1-1.18, 4.14-4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23-4.24, 4.26, 4.34 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 1.2. The same was in the beginning with God. 1.3. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. 1.4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 1.5. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it. 1.6. There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 1.7. The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 1.8. He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. 1.9. The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. 1.10. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. 1.11. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him. 1.12. But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: 1.13. who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 1.14. The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. 1.15. John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.' 1.16. From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. 1.17. For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 1.18. No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. 4.14. but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. 4.15. The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw. 4.19. The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 4.21. Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 4.23. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. 4.24. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. 4.26. Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you. 4.34. Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
36. New Testament, Matthew, 10.33 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 10.33. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
37. Plutarch, On Isis And Osiris, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
38. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 94.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
39. Clement of Alexandria, Christ The Educator, 1.6.31 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
40. Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation To The Greeks, 1.7 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
41. Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies, 4.9.71-4.9.72, 5.1.5, 7.17.106 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
42. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.2.6 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
43. Tertullian, Prescription Against Heretics, 7.9 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
44. Babylonian Talmud, Hagigah, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) 13a. בבתי גואי הא בבתי בראי ואמר רב אחא בר יעקב עוד רקיע אחד יש למעלה מראשי החיות דכתיב (יחזקאל א, כב) ודמות על ראשי החיה רקיע כעין הקרח הנורא,עד כאן יש לך רשות לדבר מכאן ואילך אין לך רשות לדבר שכן כתוב בספר בן סירא במופלא ממך אל תדרוש ובמכוסה ממך אל תחקור במה שהורשית התבונן אין לך עסק בנסתרות תניא אמר רבן יוחנן בן זכאי מה תשובה השיבתו בת קול לאותו רשע בשעה שאמר (ישעיהו יד, יד) אעלה על במתי עב אדמה לעליון יצתה בת קול ואמרה לו רשע בן רשע בן בנו של נמרוד הרשע שהמריד כל העולם כולו עליו במלכותו,כמה שנותיו של אדם שבעים שנה שנאמר (תהלים צ, י) ימי שנותינו בהם שבעים שנה ואם בגבורות שמונים שנה והלא מן הארץ עד לרקיע מהלך חמש מאות שנה ועוביו של רקיע מהלך חמש מאות שנה וכן בין כל רקיע ורקיע,למעלה מהן חיות הקדש רגלי החיות כנגד כולם קרסולי החיות כנגד כולן שוקי החיות כנגד כולן רכובי החיות כנגד כולן ירכי החיות כנגד כולן גופי החיות כנגד כולן צוארי החיות כנגד כולן ראשי החיות כנגד כולן קרני החיות כנגד כולן למעלה מהן כסא כבוד רגלי כסא הכבוד כנגד כולן כסא הכבוד כנגד כולן מלך אל חי וקים רם ונשא שוכן עליהם ואתה אמרת אעלה על במתי עב אדמה לעליון אך אל שאול תורד אל ירכתי בור:,ולא במרכבה ביחיד: תני רבי חייא אבל מוסרין לו ראשי פרקים אמר רבי זירא אין מוסרין ראשי פרקים אלא לאב ב"ד ולכל מי שלבו דואג בקרבו איכא דאמרי והוא שלבו דואג בקרבו,אמר רבי אמי אין מוסרין סתרי תורה אלא למי שיש בו חמשה דברים (ישעיהו ג, ג) שר חמשים ונשוא פנים ויועץ וחכם חרשים ונבון לחש ואמר רבי אמי אין מוסרין דברי תורה לעובד כוכבים שנאמר (תהלים קמז, כ) לא עשה כן לכל גוי ומשפטים בל ידעום,א"ל רבי יוחנן לרבי אלעזר תא אגמרך במעשה המרכבה א"ל לא קשאי כי קש נח נפשיה דרבי יוחנן א"ל ר' אסי תא ואגמרך במעשה מרכבה א"ל אי זכאי גמירתא מר' יוחנן רבך,רב יוסף הוה גמיר מעשה המרכבה סבי דפומבדיתא הוו תנו במעשה בראשית אמרו ליה ליגמור לן מר מעשה מרכבה אמר להו אגמרון לי מעשה בראשית בתר דאגמרון אמרו ליה ליגמרון מר במעשה מרכבה אמר להו תנינא בהו (שיר השירים ד, יא) דבש וחלב תחת לשונך דברים המתוקין מדבש וחלב יהו תחת לשונך,ר' אבהו אמר מהכא (משלי כז, כו) כבשים ללבושך דברים שהן כבשונו של עולם יהיו תחת לבושך אמרו ליה תנינן בהו עד (יחזקאל ב, א) ויאמר אלי בן אדם אמר להו הן הן מעשה המרכבה,מיתיבי עד היכן מעשה המרכבה רבי אומר עד (יחזקאל א, כז) וארא בתרא ר' יצחק אומר עד החשמל עד וארא מגמרינן מכאן ואילך מסרינן ראשי פרקים איכא דאמרי עד וארא מסרינן ראשי פרקים מכאן ואילך אם הוא חכם מבין מדעתו אין אי לא לא,ומי דרשינן בחשמל והא ההוא ינוקא דדרש בחשמל ונפקא נורא ואכלתיה שאני ינוקא דלאו מטי זימניה,אמר רב יהודה ברם זכור אותו האיש לטוב וחנניה בן חזקיה שמו אלמלא הוא נגנז ספר יחזקאל שהיו דבריו סותרין דברי תורה מה עשה העלו לו ג' מאות גרבי שמן וישב בעלייה ודרשו,ת"ר מעשה בתינוק אחד שהיה קורא בבית רבו בספר יחזקאל והיה מבין בחשמל ויצאה אש מחשמל ושרפתו וביקשו לגנוז ספר יחזקאל אמר להם חנניה בן חזקיה אם זה חכם הכל חכמים הן,מאי חשמל אמר רב יהודה 13a. btothe binner houses,where there is only light; bthatsource, according to which He is surrounded by darkness, is referring btothe bouter houses. And Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: There is one more firmamentabove these, which is babove the heads of the divine creatures, as it is written: “And over the heads of the divine creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the color of the terrible ice”(Ezekiel 1:22).,The Gemara comments: bUntil here, you have permission to speak; from thispoint bforward you do not have permission to speak, as it is written in the book of Ben Sira: Seek not things concealed from you, nor search those hidden from you. Reflect on that which is permitted to you; you have no business with secret matters. It is taughtin a ibaraita /i: bRabban Yoḥa ben Zakkai said: What response did the Divine Voice provide to that wicked man,Nebuchadnezzar, bwhen he said: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High”(Isaiah 14:14), thereby intending to rise to heaven? bA Divine Voice came and said to him: Wicked man, son of a wicked man, descendant,i.e., follower of the ways, bof Nimrod the wicked, who caused the entire world to rebel against Him duringthe time of bhis reign. /b, bHow many are the years of man? Seventy years, as it is stated: “The span of our life is seventy years, or if we are strong, eighty years”(Psalms 90:10). bNow isthere bnot from the earth to the firmament a walkingdistance bof five hundred years, and the thickness of the firmamentitself is ba walkingdistance bof five hundred years, and a similardistance exists bbetween each and every one of the firmaments? /b,And babove them,above all the firmaments, bare the divine creatures. The feet of the divine creatures correspondin distance bto allthe firmaments; bthe ankles of the animals correspond to all of them, the shins of the animals correspond to all of them, the knees of the animals correspond to all of them, the thighs of the animals correspond to all of them, the bodies of the animals correspond to all of them, the necks of the animals correspond to all of them, the heads of the animals correspond to all of them,and bthe horns of the animals correspond to all of them. Above themis the bThrone of Glory: The feet of the Throne of Glory correspond to all of them, the Throne of Glory corresponds to all of them,and the bliving, almighty, lofty, exalted King dwells above them. And you,Nebuchadnezzar, bsay: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High”(Isaiah 14:15), but the next verse states: b“Yet you shall be brought down to the netherworld, to the uttermost parts of the pit”(Isaiah 14:15).,§ It is taught in the mishna, according to the Gemara’s explanation: bNormay one expound btheDesign of the Divine bChariot to an individual. Rabbi Ḥiyya taught: But one may transmit to him,an individual, bthe outlinesof this topic, leaving him to comprehend the rest on his own. bRabbi Zeira said: One may transmit the outlinesof the Design of the Divine Chariot bonly to the president of the court,who needs to know them due to his wisdom and meritorious deeds, band to anyone whose heart inside him is concerned,i.e., one who is concerned about his sins and desires to achieve full repentance. bThere arethose bwho saythat this does not refer to two separate individuals, but to the president of the court, bwhose heart inside him is concerned. /b, bRabbi Ami said: The secrets of the Torah may be transmitted only to one who possessesthe following bfive characteristics: “The captain of fifty, and the man of favor, and the counselor, and the cunning charmer, and the skillful enchanter”(Isaiah 3:3). bAnd Rabbi Ami saidfurther: bThe words of Torah may not be transmitted to a gentile, as it is stated: “He has not dealt so with any nation, and as for His ordices, they have not known them”(Psalms 147:20).,§ The Gemara relates: bRabbi Yoḥa said to Rabbi Elazar: Come and I will teach you the Design of theDivine bChariot.Rabbi Elazar bsaid to him:I have bnotyet bagedsufficiently, as one must be very settled in one’s mind for these studies. bWhen he grew old, Rabbi Yoḥa hadalready bpassed away. Rabbi Asi said to him: Come and I will teach you the Design of theDivine bChariot. He said to him: Had I merited, I would have learnedit bfrom Rabbi Yoḥa, your teacher.It therefore appears that I am unworthy of studying it.,The Gemara relates: bRav Yosef would study the Design of theDivine bChariotand was familiar with the subject, whereas bthe Elders of Pumbedita would study the act of Creation. They said toRav Yosef: bLet the Master teach us the Design of theDivine bChariot. He said to them:You bteach me the act of Creation. After they taught himthat subject, bthey said to him: Let the Master teach us the Design of theDivine bChariot. He said to them: We learned with regard to themthe secrets of the Torah: b“Honey and milk are under your tongue”(Song of Songs 4:11), meaning that bmatters that are sweeter than honey and milk should remain under your tongue.In other words, one should not speak of such matters, and anyone who is familiar with them may not reveal them to others., bRabbi Abbahu said:It is derived from bhere,from the following verse: b“The lambs[ikevasim/b] bwill be for your clothing”(Proverbs 27:26), which he expounds as though it were written with the letter ishin /i, ikevashim /i, meaning concealed matters: bThings that constitute the concealed matters of the world should be under your clothing;you should not reveal them. When the Elders of Pumbedita saw that Rav Yosef was not going to teach them, bthey said to him: We have learned them,the verses concerning the Design of the Divine Chariot written in the book of Ezekiel, bup tothe verse b“And He said to me, son of man”(Ezekiel 2:1). bHe said to them:If so, btheseverses barethe very essence of the bDesign of theDivine bChariot,as they provide the main details of the topic.,The Gemara braises an objectionto this from a ibaraita /i: bUntil where is the Design of theDivine bChariotrelated? bRabbiYehuda HaNasi bsays: Until the latter “And I saw”(Ezekiel 1:27), not including the last verse. bRabbi Yitzḥak says: Untilthe word b“the electrum”(Ezekiel 1:27). Neither of these opinions accord with Rav Yosef’s opinion that the Design of the Divine Chariot continues until the end of the chapter. The Gemara answers: bUntil “And I saw,” we teachthose worthy of it; bfrom thispoint bforward,we btransmitonly the boutlines. There arethose bwho say: Until “And I saw,” we transmit the outlines; from thispoint bforward, if he is wiseand bcan understand of his own accord, yes,we teach him. bIf not,we do bnotteach him even the outlines.,The Gemara poses a question: bAnd may one teach about the electrumof the Design of the Divine Chariot at all? bBut wasn’t there a certain youthwho bexpounded the electrum, and fire came out and consumed him,showing that such study is highly dangerous? The Gemara answers: That byouth was different, for his timeto study such matters bhad notyet barrived.Therefore, he was punished., bRav Yehuda said: Indeed, that man is remembered for good, and Ḥaya ben Ḥizkiya was his name,because bwere it not for him, the book of Ezekiel would have been suppressed.Why did they wish to suppress it? Because they found bthat its words contradicted the words of Torah,as its later chapters contain many ihalakhotthat appear not to accord with those of the Torah. bWhat did he do? They brought up to him three hundred barrels of oil,for light and sustece, band he sat in an upper chamber and expounded it,to reconcile its teachings with those of the Torah., bThe Sages taught: An incidentoccurred binvolving a youth who was reading the book of Ezekiel in the house of his teacher, andhe bwasable to bcomprehend the electrum, and fire came out of the electrum and burned him. And they sought to suppress the book of Ezekieldue to the danger it posed. bḤaya ben Ḥizkiya said to them: If thisyouth happened to be bwise,are ballpeople bwiseenough to understand this book?,The Gemara asks: bWhat isthe belectrum? Rav Yehuda said: /b
45. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 4.26 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
46. Origen, Commentary On John, 13.25 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
47. Augustine, In Evangelium Joannis Tractatus Cxxiv, 1.11 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
48. Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Makrina, 22 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
49. Anon., Hekhalot Rabbati, 18
50. Anon., Hekhalot Zutarti, 339, 344-346, 338
51. Anon., Merkava Rabba, 673

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
achaea	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
afterlife	Bull, Lied and Turner, Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty (2011) 296
agency, divine	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76, 135
agency, human	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76, 135
aigina (αίγινα)	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
akiva	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
allegory	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 96
anatolia	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
angels	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428; Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
anthropology, pauls, is cosmological	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
apocalypse	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
apocalyptic	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
apocalypticism, and philosophy	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
apollo / apollon	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29
apollos, new testament image of	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 327, 337
apollos	Cadwallader, Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays on Material Culture and Religion in Honor of Dennis E (2016) 317; Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157; Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 327, 337, 386
apostle, paul	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
apostle/apostles, divinely inspired apostle (paul)	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
apostle/apostles, paul the apostle	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
apostle	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
apostles decree	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
apostolate, (com)mission	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
arcana dei	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 2
arcana naturae	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 2
areopagus	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
aristides of athens	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
armenia minor/prima	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
arriano, and platonism	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
ascent to heaven	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
athenagoras	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
balkans	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
baptism	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
baptism for the dead	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157, 171
barbeloite, modern definitions	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
basil of caesarea	Gray, Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (2021) 63
behavior	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
body	Bull, Lied and Turner, Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty (2011) 296; Putthoff, Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology (2016) 2
body (human), xv	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
boundaries	Putthoff, Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology (2016) 2
breast-feeding, symbolic	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71
breast	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 75
cappadocia	Gray, Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (2021) 63; Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
caria	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
carnales vs. spiritales	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
charges against, at corinth	Cadwallader, Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays on Material Culture and Religion in Honor of Dennis E (2016) 317
children, nourishment/nurture	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 75
children	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
chloe	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
christ	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2; Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
christian, belief/faith	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
christian, believers/faithful	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
christianity, identity	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20
christianity, milk	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 96
christianity/christians, continuities with jewish-hellenistic philosophy	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386
christianity/christians, emergence of	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386
christians, teaching	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
christians, χριστιανοί	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
christians	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
church, criticism of	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
church, defense of	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
church	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
cicero, exile	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157
cicero, servitude, slavery	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157
cicero	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
clement of alexandria	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210; Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20, 96
cognitive terms, and physical ones	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 64, 65
colony	Gray, Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (2021) 63
community	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
concannon, cavan	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157
concord	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
confront/confrontation	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
constantinople/byzantium	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
conversion, narrative	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439, 445
conversion, social/sociological aspects	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445
conzelmann, hans	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
corinth, corinthian christian community	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 337
corinth, corinthians	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71, 73, 75, 96
corinth, grief	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
corinth	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 327, 386; Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207; Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
corinthians	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
cosmology, cosmogony	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
cosmology	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29
cosmos	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7
crucified and resurrected	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 65
cyprus	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
david	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
davis, thomas, baptism for	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157, 171
de genesi ad litteram, and platonism	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
death	Bull, Lied and Turner, Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty (2011) 293, 296
deliberation/deliberate	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445
delphi	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
demons	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
descent, of sophia/wisdom	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
determinism/fate	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445
devil	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
dichotomies, apocalyptic versus philosophical	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
dichotomies, jewish versus greco-roman	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
disciple	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445
divine identity	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
docetism	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 96
doubt	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
dreams	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
dunn, j. d. g.	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 227
dust	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
education	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210
election/the elect, valentinian	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
election/the elect	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
engberg-pedersen, troels	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
enigma	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 96
ennoia	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
ephesus	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386
epictetus, compared with paul	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 135
episcopal appointment	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
epistemology	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29
euphrates	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
euripides	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
eve	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
evil	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
excerpta ex theodoto	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
exegesis, of paul	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
exegesis, spiritual	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
exegesis, valentinian	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
exegesis	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
exegetical debates/conversations	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
exhortation, paraenesis	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 445
exousia	Wilson, Paul and the Jewish Law: A Stoic Ethical Perspective on his Inconsistency (2022) 132
faith, alone	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
faith, and knowledge	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
faith, criticism of	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
faith, unity of	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
faith	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
faith (belief, fidelity, trust), human	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
faithfuloess	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
fatehi, m.	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 227
father, heavenly	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
father	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 75
favorinus	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
fear, and love	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
fear	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
flesh	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
freedom, and cognition	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76, 135
freedom, of pauline god	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 135
freedom	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
friendship, friend	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
genos, of thaumaturgus	Gray, Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (2021) 63
gentile	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439
gift of cognition, in epictetus and paul	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 135
glory (doxa), and pneuma; doxa as shine	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 227
gnosis, gnosticism	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 96
gnosis, knowledge	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
gnosis (knowledge) in paul	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 135
gnostic/gnosticism	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439, 445
gnōsis	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
god, deeds of	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281
god, gift of	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
god, gods	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29
god, kingdom of	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
god, knowledge of	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
god, unpredictable in paul	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 135
gospels, and law (and prophets)	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
gospels	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
grace, and works	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
grace	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
greece	Mitchell and Pilhofer, Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream (2019) 2
greek-jewish (graeco-jewish), literature and culture	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
greek (language), philosophy/philosophers	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
greeks, and jews	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
greeks	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
grief, of slaves	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 157
growth, imitation	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 75
harmony	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
harnack, a. von	Ogereau, Early Christianity in Macedonia: From Paul to the Late Sixth Century (2023) 2
healing	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
hegerman, h.	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 227
hekhalot, rabbati	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
heracleon	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
heterodox christians ixf	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
hiddenness	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
hippocrates/hippocratics	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
homer	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
household	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
human/humankind	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281
hylics (sarkics)	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
hymns	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
idol/idolatry	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
idolatry	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
idols, as demons	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
idols, as mediators	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
idols, as statues	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
idols, food offered to	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
ignatios of antioch	Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 199
ignatius	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
illyricum, diocese	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
imitating moral exempla	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210
infants, christians	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 96
inspiration	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
irenaeus	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
irenaeus of lyon	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 96
irenaeus of lyons	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20
jesus	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 96; Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
jesus christ, in paul	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
jesus christ	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
jew/jewish, literature/ authors	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
jewish-christian relations	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
jewish-christian tradition, custom	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
jews/hebrews, and greeks	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
john cassian	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
judaism	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20
judea	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386
judge, e. a.	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71
justice, righteousness, human attribute	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
justice	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281
justinian i	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2
karpime babbia	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
kingdom and kingship	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
knowledge, and faith	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
knowledge, of god	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
knowledge, special	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
knowledge, spiritgiven	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281
knowledge	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130; Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
language	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
law, god's" "151.0_281.0@law, god's" '151.0_281.0@law, torah	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
law, torah	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
law/law, and gospel	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
law/law	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
life, eve	Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 130
literature	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282
logos	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 96
lord’s supper	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
love, and fear	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
love, of god	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
love	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
loyalty	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439, 445
luke (evangelist)	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 386
macedonia, christianization	Ogereau, Early Christianity in Macedonia: From Paul to the Late Sixth Century (2023) 2
manichaeans, on genesis	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
mantic discourse	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
marriage, avoiding	Nasrallah, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul (2019) 171
marriage	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
martyrology, christian	Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 303
mediation'	McDonough, Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine (2009) 169
messiah/messianic	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439, 445
miracle	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281
mission, missionary	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439
monks	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
moses	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
mother, maccabean	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
moule, c. f. d.	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 227
music, analogy	Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
mysteries, christian	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 2
mysteries	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 2
mysterion	Bull, Lied and Turner, Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty (2011) 293, 296
mystery	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144
myth	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29; Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
nan, action	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
nan, apocalypticism	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
nan, argumentation	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 326
nature, natural phenomena, wind	Rothschold, Blanton and Calhoun, The History of Religions School Today: Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts (2014) 85
nature, spiritual	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439, 445
new testament	Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 199
noah	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
noahide commandments	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
nourishment/nurturance, power	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
nēpioi	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
old testament, and gospel	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
old testament, as covenant with jews	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 343
origen	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210
origen of alexandria	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20
orphism	Stroumsa, Hidden Widsom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism (1996) 2
pachomius	Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
paidagogos	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328
paraenesis (moral exhortation)	Engberg-Pedersen, Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (2010) 76
parvuli in christo	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
passion	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 282
paul, and moral progress	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7
paul, apostle, epistolary practice	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 73
paul, apostle, milk	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20, 71, 73, 75
paul, apostle, nourishment	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71
paul, apostle, philosophy	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71
paul, apostle, solid food	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20, 71, 73
paul, apostle, wisdom	Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 71
paul, apostle	Linjamaa, The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (NHC I, 5): A Study of Determinism and Early Christian Philosophy of Ethics (2019) 210; Penniman, Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (2017) 20
paul, apostolic paradigm	Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 303
paul, boasting	Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 303
paul, body burned	Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 303
paul, on pneuma	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7
paul, on the mind (nous)	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7
paul, opponents of	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7
paul, the apostle/st. paul, apostle divine apostle)	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
paul, the apostle/st. paul, interpretation of paul	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343
paul	Gunderson, The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (2022) 7; Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 144; Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian Christianity (2009) 207
paul (apostle)	Breytenbach and Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas (2022) 2; Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 428
paul (saul)	Levison, Filled with the Spirit (2009) 281, 282; Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 26
paul (the apostle)	Putthoff, Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology (2016) 2
paul and pauline epistles, on literal vs. spiritual meaning	Yates and Dupont, The Bible in Christian North Africa: Part II: Consolidation of the Canon to the Arab Conquest (ca. 393 to 650 CE). (2023) 105
paul of tarsus, and apollos	Schliesser et al., Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World (2021) 327, 337
paul of tarsus	Hirsch-Luipold, Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts (2022) 29
paul the apostle	Despotis and Lohr, Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (2022) 439
pauline epistles	Bull, Lied and Turner, Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices: Studies for Einar Thomassen at Sixty (2011) 293, 296
pauline letters/epistles	Černušková, Kovacs and Plátová, Clement’s Biblical Exegesis: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Clement of Alexandria (2016) 328, 343