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New Testament, Apocalypse, 4

nan nan, After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.", Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne, that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at., Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads., Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God., Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like a crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind., The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle., The four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!", When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,, "Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!

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1. Septuagint, Daniel, 7.9 (10th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
2. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 19.5 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 19.5. וְעַתָּה אִם־שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ בְּקֹלִי וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־בְּרִיתִי וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים כִּי־לִי כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 19.5. Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covet, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;"
3. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 28.12 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 28.12. וַיַּחֲלֹם וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב אַרְצָה וְרֹאשׁוֹ מַגִּיעַ הַשָּׁמָיְמָה וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֹ׃ 28.12. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it."
4. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 67.19 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
5. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 6 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
6. Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel, 1.7, 1.23, 1.26, 43.2 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1.7. וְרַגְלֵיהֶם רֶגֶל יְשָׁרָה וְכַף רַגְלֵיהֶם כְּכַף רֶגֶל עֵגֶל וְנֹצְצִים כְּעֵין נְחֹשֶׁת קָלָל׃ 1.23. וְתַחַת הָרָקִיעַ כַּנְפֵיהֶם יְשָׁרוֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחוֹתָהּ לְאִישׁ שְׁתַּיִם מְכַסּוֹת לָהֵנָּה וּלְאִישׁ שְׁתַּיִם מְכַסּוֹת לָהֵנָּה אֵת גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם׃ 1.26. וּמִמַּעַל לָרָקִיעַ אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשָׁם כְּמַרְאֵה אֶבֶן־סַפִּיר דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא וְעַל דְּמוּת הַכִּסֵּא דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם עָלָיו מִלְמָעְלָה׃ 43.2. וְהִנֵּה כְּבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּא מִדֶּרֶךְ הַקָּדִים וְקוֹלוֹ כְּקוֹל מַיִם רַבִּים וְהָאָרֶץ הֵאִירָה מִכְּבֹדוֹ׃ 43.2. וְלָקַחְתָּ מִדָּמוֹ וְנָתַתָּה עַל־אַרְבַּע קַרְנֹתָיו וְאֶל־אַרְבַּע פִּנּוֹת הָעֲזָרָה וְאֶל־הַגְּבוּל סָבִיב וְחִטֵּאתָ אוֹתוֹ וְכִפַּרְתָּהוּ׃ 1.7. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass." 1.23. And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies." 1.26. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above." 43.2. and, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east; and His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth did shine with His glory."
7. Anon., 1 Enoch, 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.
8. Anon., Testament of Levi, 2.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) 2.6. And behold the heavens were opened and an angel of God said to me, Levi enter
9. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 7.9-7.10, 7.14, 7.18, 7.21, 7.25, 7.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 7.9. חָזֵה הֲוֵית עַד דִּי כָרְסָוָן רְמִיו וְעַתִּיק יוֹמִין יְתִב לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא כָּרְסְיֵהּ שְׁבִיבִין דִּי־נוּר גַּלְגִּלּוֹהִי נוּר דָּלִק׃ 7.14. וְלֵהּ יְהִיב שָׁלְטָן וִיקָר וּמַלְכוּ וְכֹל עַמְמַיָּא אֻמַיָּא וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא לֵהּ יִפְלְחוּן שָׁלְטָנֵהּ שָׁלְטָן עָלַם דִּי־לָא יֶעְדֵּה וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ דִּי־לָא תִתְחַבַּל׃ 7.18. וִיקַבְּלוּן מַלְכוּתָא קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין וְיַחְסְנוּן מַלְכוּתָא עַד־עָלְמָא וְעַד עָלַם עָלְמַיָּא׃ 7.21. חָזֵה הֲוֵית וְקַרְנָא דִכֵּן עָבְדָה קְרָב עִם־קַדִּישִׁין וְיָכְלָה לְהוֹן׃ 7.25. וּמִלִּין לְצַד עליא [עִלָּאָה] יְמַלִּל וּלְקַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין יְבַלֵּא וְיִסְבַּר לְהַשְׁנָיָה זִמְנִין וְדָת וְיִתְיַהֲבוּן בִּידֵהּ עַד־עִדָּן וְעִדָּנִין וּפְלַג עִדָּן׃ 7.27. וּמַלְכוּתָה וְשָׁלְטָנָא וּרְבוּתָא דִּי מַלְכְוָת תְּחוֹת כָּל־שְׁמַיָּא יְהִיבַת לְעַם קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין מַלְכוּתֵהּ מַלְכוּת עָלַם וְכֹל שָׁלְטָנַיָּא לֵהּ יִפְלְחוּן וְיִשְׁתַּמְּעוּן׃ 7.9. I beheld Till thrones were placed, And one that was ancient of days did sit: His raiment was as white snow, And the hair of his head like pure wool; His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire." 7.10. A fiery stream issued And came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, And ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; The judgment was set, And the books were opened." 7.14. And there was given him dominion, And glory, and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations, and languages Should serve him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." 7.18. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.’" 7.21. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" 7.25. And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time." 7.27. And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.’"
10. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 2.142 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.142. Moreover, he swears to communicate their doctrines to no one any otherwise than as he received them himself; that he will abstain from robbery, and will equally preserve the books belonging to their sect, and the names of the angels [or messengers]. These are the oaths by which they secure their proselytes to themselves.
11. Mishnah, Hagigah, 2.1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) 2.1. They may not expound upon the subject of forbidden relations in the presence of three. Nor the work of creation in the presence of two. Nor [the work of] the chariot in the presence of one, unless he is a sage and understands of his own knowledge. Whoever speculates upon four things, it would have been better had he not come into the world: what is above, what is beneath, what came before, and what came after. And whoever takes no thought for the honor of his creator, it would have been better had he not come into the world."
12. New Testament, 1 John, 1.1 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.1. That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
13. New Testament, 1 Peter, 1.11-1.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.11. searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them. 1.12. To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
14. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 11.23-11.25, 15.3-15.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 11.23. For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered toyou, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed tookbread. 11.24. When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take,eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory ofme. 11.25. In the same way he also took the cup, after supper,saying, "This cup is the new covet in my blood. Do this, as often asyou drink, in memory of me. 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. New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 12.1-12.10 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
16. New Testament, Acts, 2.36, 3.13-3.15, 14.22 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 2.36. Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. 3.13. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 3.14. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you 3.15. and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. 14.22. confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
17. New Testament, Apocalypse, 1, 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.9-3.22, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 3, 3.5, 3.9, 3.12, 3.21, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 5, 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13, 6, 7, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 8, 9, 10, 10.7, 10.11, 11, 11.2, 11.9, 11.11, 11.15, 11.16, 11.17, 11.18, 11.19, 12, 12.6, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 13, 13.7, 14, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 15, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8, 16, 17, 17.15, 18, 19, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 19.8, 19.10, 20, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, 21, 22, 22.4, 22.5, 22.9, 22.10 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
18. New Testament, Colossians, 2.3 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.3. in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
19. New Testament, Ephesians, 4.8, 6.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 4.8. Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. 6.12. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
20. New Testament, Galatians, 1.15 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.15. Butwhen it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother'swomb, and called me through his grace
21. New Testament, Hebrews, 1.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.14. Aren't they all ministering spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
22. New Testament, John, 1.18, 1.51, 3.13, 6.46, 12.29, 12.41, 14.9, 14.19, 17.24 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 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. 1.51. He said to him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. 3.13. No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven. 6.46. Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. 12.29. The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him. 12.41. Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. 14.9. Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?' 14.19. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. 17.24. Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
23. New Testament, Luke, 1.26, 1.46-1.47, 1.68-1.69, 2.8-2.9, 2.13, 21.6, 21.20-21.21, 22.43, 23.43 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.26. Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth 1.46. Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord. 1.47. My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior 1.68. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people; 1.69. And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 2.8. There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. 2.9. Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 2.13. Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying 21.6. As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down. 21.20. But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. 21.21. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. 22.43. An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. 23.43. Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.
24. New Testament, Mark, 1.20, 12.36 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.20. Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. 12.36. For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.'
25. Anon., Genesis Rabba, 1.4 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) 1.4. בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, שִׁשָּׁה דְבָרִים קָדְמוּ לִבְרִיאַת הָעוֹלָם, יֵשׁ מֵהֶן שֶׁנִּבְרְאוּ, וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶן שֶׁעָלוּ בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה לְהִבָּרְאוֹת. הַתּוֹרָה וְהַכִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד, נִבְרְאוּ. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ח, כב): ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ. כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (תהלים צג, ב): נָכוֹן כִּסְאֲךָ מֵאָז וגו'. הָאָבוֹת וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וּשְׁמוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ, עָלוּ בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה לְהִבָּרְאוֹת, הָאָבוֹת מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (הושע ט, י): כַּעֲנָבִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וגו'. יִשְׂרָאֵל מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים עד, ב): זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ קָנִיתָ קֶדֶם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה יז, יב): כִּסֵּא כָבוֹד מָרוֹם מֵרִאשׁוֹן וגו'. שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ מִנַּיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים עב, יז): יְהִי שְׁמוֹ לְעוֹלָם וגו'. רַבִּי אַהֲבָה בְּרַבִּי זְעִירָא אָמַר אַף הַתְּשׁוּבָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים צ, ב): בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים יֻלָּדוּ, וְאוֹתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא וגו', אֲבָל אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אֵיזֶה מֵהֶם קֹדֶם, אִם הַתּוֹרָה קָדְמָה לְכִסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד וְאִם כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד קֹדֶם לַתּוֹרָה, אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר כַּהֲנָא הַתּוֹרָה קָדְמָה לְכִסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ח, כב): ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ וגו', קוֹדֵם לְאוֹתוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ (תהלים צג, ב): נָכוֹן כִּסְאֲךָ מֵאָז. רַבִּי הוּנָא וְרַבִּי יִרְמְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמְרוּ, מַחְשַׁבְתָּן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל קָדְמָה לְכָל דָּבָר, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה נָשׂוּי לְמַטְרוֹנָה אַחַת, וְלֹא הָיָה לוֹ מִמֶּנָּה בֵּן, פַּעַם אַחַת נִמְצָא הַמֶּלֶךְ עוֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק, אָמַר טְלוּ מִילָנִין וְקַלְמִין זוֹ לִבְנִי, וְהָיוּ הַכֹּל אוֹמְרִין, בֵּן אֵין לוֹ וְהוּא אוֹמֵר טְלוּ מִילָנִין וְקַלְמִין זוֹ לִבְנִי, חָזְרוּ וְאָמְרוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ אַסְטְרוֹלוֹגוּס גָּדוֹל הוּא, אִלּוּלֵי שֶׁצָּפָה הַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁהוּא עָתִיד לְהַעֲמִיד מִמֶּנָּה בֵּן לֹא הָיָה אוֹמֵר טְלוּ מִילָנִין וְקַלְמִין לִבְנִי. כָּךְ אִלּוּלֵי שֶׁצָּפָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁאַחַר עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁשָּׁה דּוֹרוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲתִידִין לְקַבֵּל אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, לֹא הָיָה כּוֹתֵב בַּתּוֹרָה צַו אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. אָמַר רַבִּי בַּנָאי, הָעוֹלָם וּמְלוֹאוֹ לֹא נִבְרָא אֶלָּא בִּזְכוּת הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי ג, יט): ה' בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד אֶרֶץ וגו'. רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה אָמַר בִּזְכוּת משֶׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים לג, כא): וַיַּרְא רֵאשִׁית לוֹ. רַב הוּנָא בְּשֵׁם רַב מַתְנָה אָמַר, בִּזְכוּת שְׁלשָׁה דְּבָרִים נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בִּזְכוּת חַלָּה, וּבִזְכוּת מַעַשְׂרוֹת, וּבִזְכוּת בִּכּוּרִים, וּמַה טַּעַם, בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, וְאֵין רֵאשִׁית אֶלָא חַלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר טו, כ): רֵאשִׁית עֲרִסֹתֵיכֶם, אֵין רֵאשִׁית אֶלָּא מַעַשְׂרוֹת, הֵיךְ דְּאַתְּ אָמַר (דברים יח, ד): רֵאשִׁית דְּגָנְךָ, וְאֵין רֵאשִׁית אֶלָּא בִּכּוּרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כג, יט): רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ וגו'. 1.4. \"In the beginning of God's creating...\" - Six things preceded the creation of the world; some of them were created and some of them were decided to be created. The Torah and the Throne of Glory were created. How do we know the Torah was? As it says (Proverbs 8:22): \"God made me at the beginning of his way.\" How do we know the Throne of Glory was? As it says (Psalms 93:2): \"Your throne is established as of old etc.\" The Patriarchs, Israel, the Temple, and the name of the Messiah were decided to be created. How do we know the Patriarchs were? As it says (Hosea 9:10): \"Like grapes in the wilderness etc.\" How do we know Israel was? As it says (Psalms 74:2): \"Remember your congregation, whom you purchased from old.\" How do we know the Temple was? As it says (Jeremiah 17:12): \"Your throne of glory, on high from the beginning etc.\" How do we know the name of the Messiah was? As it says (Psalms 72:17): \"May his name exist forever etc. [his name shall be Yinnon as long as the sun].\" Rabbi Ahavah said in the name of Rabbi Ze'ira: Even repentance was, as it says (Psalms 90:2): \"Before the mountains were birthed,\" and at the same time (Psalms 90:3), \"You turned man to contrition etc.\" However, I do not know which was first--if the Torah preceded the Throne of Glory or the Throne of Glory preceded the Torah. Rabbi Abba Bar Cahana said: The Torah preceded the Throne of Glory, as it says (Proverbs 8:22): \"God made me at the beginning of his way, the first of his works of old.\" This is before that of which it is written (Psalms 93:2): \"Your throne is established as of old.\" Rabbi Hunna and Rabbi Yirmiyah in the name of Rabbi Shmuel the son of Rabbi Yitzchak said: The thought of Israel was before everything. This is like a king who was married to a woman and did not have a son. One time the king was in the market and said: \"Take this ink and pen for my son.\" They said: \"He does not have a son.\" He replied: \"Take them; the king must expect a son, because otherwise he would not command that the ink and pen be taken.\" Similarly, if there was no expectation of Israel receiving it after 26 generations, God would not have written in the Torah: \"Command the children of Israel\" or \"Speak to the children of Israel.\" Rabbi Bannai said: The world and its contents were only created in the merit of the Torah, as it says (Proverbs 3:19): \"God founded the world with wisdom etc.\" Rabbi Berachiyah said: In the merit of Moses, as it says (Deuteronomy 33:21): \"He saw a first part for himself.\" Rabbi Hunna said in the name of Rabbi Matanah: The world was created in the merit of three things--challah, tithes, and first fruits. The verse \"In the beginning God created\" refers to challah, as it says (Numbers 15:20): \"The beginning of your doughs.\" It also refers to tithes, as it says (Deuteronomy 18:4): \"The beginning of your grains.\" It also refers to first fruits, as it says (Exodus 23:19): \"The beginning of the fruits of the land.\""
26. Palestinian Talmud, Hagigah, None (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
27. Nag Hammadi, The Apocalypse of Paul, 18.16-18.17 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
28. Anon., Apocalypse of Abraham, 18.13, 19.1
29. Anon., Ascension of Isaiah, 9.13, 11.7-11.8, 11.14
30. Anon., Latin Life of Adam And Eve, 27

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
abraham	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
acclamations	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
acts of the apostles	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
afterlife\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66
alkier, stefan	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 11
allusions	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136, 137, 138
angel/s	Tefera and Stuckenbruck, Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions (2021) 119
angel	DeMarco,, Augustine and Porphyry: A Commentary on De ciuitate Dei 10 (2021) 200; Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
angelic beings, four living creatures	Tefera and Stuckenbruck, Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions (2021) 119
angels	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131, 198
apocalypse, apocalyptic, apocalypticism, apocalypticist	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
apocalypse\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66, 203, 216
apocalyptic(ism) (see also dualism)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
apocalyptic literature, device of pseudonymity	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
apocalypticism, apocalypse	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 198
apocalypticism, christian	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
apostle	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
ascent to heaven	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
audience	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
authority\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
babylon	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
baptism	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
beast (of revelation)	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
behavior	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
beloved (title for christ)	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
blood, of christ	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
celebrate	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137
chariot, god, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
chariot	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
cherub/cherubim	Tefera and Stuckenbruck, Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions (2021) 119
cherubim	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
christian/christianity	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
christology, christological	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
christology, johannine	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136
christology	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
clement of alexandria	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
colossians, letter to	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
comparison\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
conceptual domain	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
conceptual map/mapping	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
confessions	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136
confessors (μάρτυρες, confessor)	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
construction	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
covenant, people of	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 136, 137
creation, creator	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131, 198
creator, creation	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
critical apparatus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
current, formulas	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136
death, of christ, as salvific	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137
death, of christ	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
destruction of\n, jerusalem/jerusalem temple	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
divine identity	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
divine name	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
divine plan/βουλή	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
doxology	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
drama	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
dream, vision	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
dualism	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
dualistic theology	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
ecstasis, ecstasy, ecstatic, ex stasis	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
egypt, in exodus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
emperor cult in asia minor	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 11
endurance (ὑπομονή)	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
enoch xviii, xix	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
eschatology	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137; Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
essenes (see also qumran)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
ethics\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
exegesis	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
ezekiel	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
faithful	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 137
fire	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
followers, of jesus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 137
formulae, liturgical	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
formulaic phrases	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
glory	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
gnosis, gnostic, gnosticism	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
gnosticism, gnosis	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
gods	DeMarco,, Augustine and Porphyry: A Commentary on De ciuitate Dei 10 (2021) 200
gospel of luke\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
gospels, new testament	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131, 198
graeco-roman (law/custom)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
greek	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
hades\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
hadrian (emperor)	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 11
heaven, worship in	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136, 137, 138
heaven	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
heaven\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66, 68, 216
hekhalot literature	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
historical tradition	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
history, historians, revelatory	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
iamblichus	DeMarco,, Augustine and Porphyry: A Commentary on De ciuitate Dei 10 (2021) 200
identity, exodus-related	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
imagery, cultic	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
imagery, danielic	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
imagery, exodus-related	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
imagery	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
interconnectivity\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66
isaiah, ascension of	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
isaiah, book of	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131
jacob	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
james (brother of jesus)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
jaoel	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
jerusalem, new/heavenly	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
jesus (christ) (see also yeshu)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
john, author of revelation	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136, 137, 138
john, gospel of	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131
journey, earthly journey	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
journey, heavenly journey	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
journey, journey to hades	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
journey, journey to heaven	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66
journey, otherworldly journey	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
joy	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
judgement, final	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
judgment, eschatological	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137, 138
judgment, prophecy about	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
judgment, visions of	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
kingdom (βασιλεία)	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136, 137
knowledge	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
lamb, of god	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136, 137, 138
luke, gospel of	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
luke-acts	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
magic, magical, magician, magico-mystical	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
manuscripts, codex alexandrinus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136, 137
manuscripts, codex sinaiticus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136, 137
map/mapping	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
menippean literature\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66, 68
merkabah mysticism	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
merkava xiii–xvi, xix	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
messiah	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
messianic woes	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
metaphor	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
metatron	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
method	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
millennium, and exodus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
millennium	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 138
mount, sion	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
mystery, of god	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
mystery	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131
mystic, mystical, mysticism	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
mysticism, mystical	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
narrative, development	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
narrative, overarching	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
narrative, progression	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
narrative, structure	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
narrative, travel accounts	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
nations	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136
nativity, narratives in canonical gospels	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
of jesus	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
orality	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
origen	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
parable\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
passion of christ	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
passions / passiones	DeMarco,, Augustine and Porphyry: A Commentary on De ciuitate Dei 10 (2021) 200
paul (saul)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
paul of tarsus\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 203, 216
performance, oral	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
personification	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
peter (apostle), speeches of	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
peter (cephas, simon –)	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
plagues	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
pontius pilate	Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
praise, of the lamb	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136
priests, eschatological	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137, 138
promise	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
promised land	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
prophecy, in daniel	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
prophecy, revelation as	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137
pseudonymity	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
reading, variant	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136, 137
reason	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
reception history	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
redaction criticism	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
repentance	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138; Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
resurrection	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11; Tomson, Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries (2019) 408
reveal, revelation	Werline et al., Experientia, Volume 1: Inquiry Into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity (2008) 171
revelation, the apocalypse of jesus christ	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131, 198
revelation\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66, 68, 203, 216
revelation (apocalypse of john), as apocalypse and prophecy	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
revelation (apocalypse of john), device of pseudonymity	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
revelation (apocalypse of john), letters to the seven churches'	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
revelation (apocalypse of john)	Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2016) 340
robes	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
saints	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
salvation	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136, 138
scholem, gershom	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
seal (σφραγίς), in revelation	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136, 138
seer of revelation, as intellectual	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 11
seer of revelation, communities and churches of asia, relationship to	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 18
seer of revelation, prophet detached from world, self-description as	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 18
seer of revelation	Ayres and Ward, The Rise of the Early Christian Intellectual (2021) 11, 18
septuagint	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 136
sermon, apostolic	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
setting, liturgical	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
seven churches	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
similitudes of enoch	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
son of man	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 137
source, domain (in metaphor theory)	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
space, spatial frames	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 203, 216
space	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
speech, apostolic	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
spirit	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
stage	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
stars	DeMarco,, Augustine and Porphyry: A Commentary on De ciuitate Dei 10 (2021) 200
status reversal\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 68
suffering	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
symbol	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
target, domain (in metaphor theory)	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
temple, heavenly	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
temple	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
testament of abraham	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 198
textus receptus	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 136
theodotion	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135
theologia gloriae/theologia crucis	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
throne, chariot-throne	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
throne, enthroned	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131, 198
throne	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 138; Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71
thrones	Robbins, von Thaden and Bruehler,Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration : A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader (2006)" 283
tradition	Tefera and Stuckenbruck, Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions (2021) 119
traditions, exodus-related	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 138
translation	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
trumpets	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 138
victory	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136, 137
vindication of the righteous	Crabb, Luke/Acts and the End of History (2020) 328
virgins	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137
vision	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100, 131
voice, god (lord), of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
voice	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 135, 137, 138
wing, cherubim, of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
wisdom	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 131
worship, angels (angelic), of	Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 633
worship, heavenly	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11, 135, 136, 137
worship, israelite	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer, Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity (2022) 11
worship	Rowland, The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament (2009) 100
worship\u2002	Luther Hartog and Wilde, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences: 3rd century BCE – 8th century CE (2024) 66, 68
yahoel	Novenson, Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2020) 71