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Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 4.1
nan The previously mentioned Simon, who had informed about the money against his own country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus and had been the real cause of the misfortune.'

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1. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 104.4 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 104.4. עֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת מְשָׁרְתָיו אֵשׁ לֹהֵט׃ 104.4. Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers."
2. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 7.5, 13.37 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 7.5. Then there came to him all the lawless and ungodly men of Israel; they were led by Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest. 13.37. We have received the gold crown and the palm branch which you sent, and we are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute.
3. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 1.1-2.18, 1.7, 1.14, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31, 2.32, 3, 3.1, 3.1-4.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 3.37, 3.38, 3.39, 3.40, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26, 4.27, 4.33, 4.45, 5, 5.2, 5.7, 5.15, 5.16, 5.18, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.25, 5.27, 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.7, 6.10, 6.18-7.42, 7.2, 7.42, 8, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.17, 8.25, 9.4, 9.5, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 10.9, 10.10, 10.29, 10.30, 11.8, 11.21, 11.33, 11.38, 13.1, 13.9, 13.13, 13.26, 14, 14.1, 14.1-15.36, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.27, 14.33, 14.34, 14.38, 15, 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.25, 15.26, 15.37 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
4. Septuagint, 3 Maccabees, 5.51, 6.18, 6.39 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 5.51. and cried out in a very loud voice, imploring the Ruler over every power to manifest himself and be merciful to them, as they stood now at the gates of death. 6.18. Then the most glorious, almighty, and true God revealed his holy face and opened the heavenly gates, from which two glorious angels of fearful aspect descended, visible to all but the Jews. 6.39. on which the Lord of all most gloriously revealed his mercy and rescued them all together and unharmed.
5. Philo of Alexandria, That The Worse Attacks The Better, 95 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) 95. Now here, if we look merely at the words, the expression does not appear to be reasonable; but if we have regard to the faculties in the soul, then its consistency is discovered. For as long as he who scatters abroad and dissipates the opinions about good things, namely, Pharaoh, is vigorous in us, and appears in a sound and healthy state, if indeed we can say that any wicked man is in such a condition, we receive pleasure, driving temperance away from our borders. But when he loses his strength, and in a manner dies, he who has been the cause of men's living in a filthy and lascivious manner, then we, fixing our eyes on modesty of life, bewail and groan over ourselves on account of our former way of living; because the, honouring pleasure before virtue, we joined a mortal life to an immortal one; and the law taking pity on our continued lamentation, gently receives our suppliant souls, and easily drives away the Egyptian calamities which are brought upon them by the passions. XXVI.
6. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 12.387, 14.105, 20.235 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 12.387. Now as to Onias, the son of the high priest, who, as we before informed you, was left a child when his father died, when he saw that the king had slain his uncle Menelaus, and given the high priesthood to Alcimus, who was not of the high priest stock, but was induced by Lysias to translate that dignity from his family to another house, he fled to Ptolemy, king of Egypt; 14.105. 1. Now Crassus, as he was going upon his expedition against the Parthians, came into Judea, and carried off the money that was in the temple, which Pompey had left, being two thousand talents, and was disposed to spoil it of all the gold belonging to it, which was eight thousand talents. 20.235. and then the forementioned Antiochus, and Lysias the general of his army, deprived Onias, who was also called Menelaus, of the high priesthood, and slew him at Berea; and driving away the son [of Onias the third], put Jacimus into the place of the high priest, one that was indeed of the stock of Aaron, but not of the family of Onias.
7. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 6.282 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 6.282. They also burnt down the treasury chambers, in which was an immense quantity of money, and an immense number of garments, and other precious goods there reposited; and, to speak all in a few words, there it was that the entire riches of the Jews were heaped up together, while the rich people had there built themselves chambers [to contain such furniture].
8. New Testament, Acts, 28.19 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 28.19. But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
9. New Testament, Mark, 1.10-1.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 1.10. Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 1.11. A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
10. New Testament, Matthew, 3.16-3.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 3.16. Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. 3.17. Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
1 maccabees,contrasting presentation of events	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
4 maccabees	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 70
ancestral language	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
angels	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 201
antiochus,iv,persecution	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 462
antiochus,n.	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 462
antiochus iv epiphanes	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
apollonius son of menestheus	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
apollonius son of thraseas	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
arrogance,see also under motifs	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 201
court	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
diaspora	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
dionysus,dionysiac cult	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
epitomizing	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 180
externality	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
hasmonean-oniad relations	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
heliodorus	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
heliodorus affair	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
hellenistic kings/rulers,antiochus iv epiphanes	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,antiochus v eupator	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,demetrius i soter	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,seleucus iv philopater	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
high priest/high priesthood	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
high priesthood,succession of	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
history	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
jason (high priest)	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
jason of cyrene	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
jerusalem temple	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
judas maccabeus	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
kingship/kingdom'	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
language,see also under style	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 69, 70
letters,distinctiveness,see also hanukkah narrative	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
menelaus	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
motifs (thematic),god turns away in anger	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 69
mount gerizim (argarizin)	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
nicanor	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
onias	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 462
onias community,death / murder	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
onias iii	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214; Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4, 18, 469
onias temple,history of	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
pathetic historiography	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
paul	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
polybius	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 180
rationalism	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 462
readers of 2 maccabees,rationalists	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 201
rome,seleucus iv philopator	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
sabbath,exploitation of	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
sabbath	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
seleucid	Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
seleucid empire	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
seleucids,administration	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 436
shechemites	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 436, 462
simon	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
simon (of heliodorus story)	Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 436, 462
sources of 2 maccabees	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
style,linguistic and literary,pedantic	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 180
style,linguistic and literary,repetition of terms	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 69
style,linguistic and literary,staccato	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
style,linguistic and literary,variety of vocabulary	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 69, 70
supernatural events	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 201
temple	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214; Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 436, 462
temple (second),cult of	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
temple (second)	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
time,chronological	Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
torture	Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 70