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Septuagint, 4 Maccabees, 17.11-17.15
nan Truly the contest in which they were engaged was divine
nan for on that day virtue gave the awards and tested them for their endurance. The prize was immortality in endless life.
nan Eleazar was the first contestant, the mother of the seven sons entered the competition, and the brothers contended.
nan The tyrant was the antagonist, and the world and the human race were the spectators.
nan Reverence for God was victor and gave the crown to its own athletes.

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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 9.20, 15.13-15.14 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) 15.13. וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה׃ 15.14. וְגַם אֶת־הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדוֹל׃ 9.20. And Noah, the man of the land, began and planted a vineyard." 15.13. And He said unto Abram: ‘Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;" 15.14. and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance."
2. Septuagint, 4 Maccabees, 1.20-1.24, 13.13, 13.19-13.22, 15.29-15.30, 17.1, 17.4-17.7, 17.9-17.10, 17.12-17.16, 17.18, 18.6-18.19 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) 1.20. The two most comprehensive types of the emotions are pleasure and pain; and each of these is by nature concerned with both body and soul. 1.21. The emotions of both pleasure and pain have many consequences. 1.22. Thus desire precedes pleasure and delight follows it. 1.23. Fear precedes pain and sorrow comes after. 1.24. Anger, as a man will see if he reflects on this experience, is an emotion embracing pleasure and pain. 13.13. Each of them and all of them together looking at one another, cheerful and undaunted, said, "Let us with all our hearts consecrate ourselves to God, who gave us our lives, and let us use our bodies as a bulwark for the law. 13.19. You are not ignorant of the affection of brotherhood, which the divine and all-wise Providence has bequeathed through the fathers to their descendants and which was implanted in the mother's womb. 13.20. There each of the brothers dwelt the same length of time and was shaped during the same period of time; and growing from the same blood and through the same life, they were brought to the light of day. 13.21. When they were born after an equal time of gestation, they drank milk from the same fountains. For such embraces brotherly-loving souls are nourished; 13.22. and they grow stronger from this common nurture and daily companionship, and from both general education and our discipline in the law of God. 15.29. O mother of the nation, vindicator of the law and champion of religion, who carried away the prize of the contest in your heart! 15.30. O more noble than males in steadfastness, and more manly than men in endurance! 17.1. Some of the guards said that when she also was about to be seized and put to death she threw herself into the flames so that no one might touch her body. 17.4. Take courage, therefore, O holy-minded mother, maintaining firm an enduring hope in God. 17.5. The moon in heaven, with the stars, does not stand so august as you, who, after lighting the way of your star-like seven sons to piety, stand in honor before God and are firmly set in heaven with them. 17.6. For your children were true descendants of father Abraham. 17.7. If it were possible for us to paint the history of your piety as an artist might, would not those who first beheld it have shuddered as they saw the mother of the seven children enduring their varied tortures to death for the sake of religion? 17.9. Here lie buried an aged priest and an aged woman and seven sons, because of the violence of the tyrant who wished to destroy the way of life of the Hebrews. 17.10. They vindicated their nation, looking to God and enduring torture even to death. 17.12. for on that day virtue gave the awards and tested them for their endurance. The prize was immortality in endless life. 17.13. Eleazar was the first contestant, the mother of the seven sons entered the competition, and the brothers contended. 17.14. The tyrant was the antagonist, and the world and the human race were the spectators. 17.15. Reverence for God was victor and gave the crown to its own athletes. 17.16. Who did not admire the athletes of the divine legislation? Who were not amazed? 17.18. because of which they now stand before the divine throne and live through blessed eternity. 18.6. The mother of seven sons expressed also these principles to her children: 18.7. I was a pure virgin and did not go outside my father's house; but I guarded the rib from which woman was made. 18.8. No seducer corrupted me on a desert plain, nor did the destroyer, the deceitful serpent, defile the purity of my virginity. 18.9. In the time of my maturity I remained with my husband, and when these sons had grown up their father died. A happy man was he, who lived out his life with good children, and did not have the grief of bereavement. 18.10. While he was still with you, he taught you the law and the prophets. 18.11. He read to you about Abel slain by Cain, and Isaac who was offered as a burnt offering, and of Joseph in prison. 18.12. He told you of the zeal of Phineas, and he taught you about Haiah, Azariah, and Mishael in the fire. 18.13. He praised Daniel in the den of the lions and blessed him. 18.14. He reminded you of the scripture of Isaiah, which says, `Even though you go through the fire, the flame shall not consume you.' 18.15. He sang to you songs of the psalmist David, who said, `Many are the afflictions of the righteous.' 18.16. He recounted to you Solomon's proverb, `There is a tree of life for those who do his will.' 18.17. He confirmed the saying of Ezekiel, `Shall these dry bones live?' 18.18. For he did not forget to teach you the song that Moses taught, which says 18.19. `I kill and I make alive: this is your life and the length of your days.'
3. Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation, 3.132 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
4. Philo of Alexandria, That God Is Unchangeable, 12 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) 12. and this is the constitution of the number seven, that is to say, of the soul that rests in God, and which no longer concerns itself about any mortal employment, when it has quitted the number six which it allotted to those who were not able to attain to the first rank, but who of necessity contented themselves with arriving at the second.
5. Ignatius, To Polycarp, 3.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 3.1. Let not those that seem to be plausible and yet teach strange doctrine dismay thee. Stand thou firm, as an anvil when it is smitten. It is the part of a great athlete to receive blows and be victorious. But especially must we for God's sake endure all things, that He also may endure us. 3.1. For I know and believe that He was in the flesh even after the resurrection;
6. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 2.205 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.205. 2. While the affairs of the Hebrews were in this condition, there was this occasion offered itself to the Egyptians, which made them more solicitous for the extinction of our nation. One of those sacred scribes, who are very sagacious in foretelling future events truly, told the king, that about this time there would a child be born to the Israelites, who, if he were reared, would bring the Egyptian dominion low, and would raise the Israelites; that he would excel all men in virtue, and obtain a glory that would be remembered through all ages.
7. New Testament, 1 Peter, 2.18-2.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.18. Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. 2.19. For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.
8. New Testament, Romans, 2.28-2.29 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 2.28. For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; 2.29. but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
9. New Testament, Luke, 21.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) 21.19. By your endurance you will win your lives.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aaron	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
abraham	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
and thecla	Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 239
antiochus iv epiphanes	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
arena	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
aristotle, pain as an emotion	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
athletic metaphor	Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 308
body, in jewish sources	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
body	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
circumcision	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196; Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
conflict, martyrdom as religious, in 4 maccabees	Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 308
emotion, in the classical world	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
emotion, in the hebrew bible	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
ephrem the syrian	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
food	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
games	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
gender, in jewish views	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
gender	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
harris, harold	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
hebrews	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
josephus	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
maccabean martyrs	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
martyr and martyrdom, contemporary	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
martyr and martyrdom, jewish	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
martyr and martyrdom, maccabean	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
martyr and martyrdom	Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 235
martyrdom, emotional effect on audience	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
martyrdom	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
metaphorical language/use	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
moses	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
neusner, j.	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
noah	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
pain, emotion and	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
passion	Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 239
passions	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
perfection, road/way to	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
perfection	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
philip	Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 239
pseudepigrapha, christian signature features	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
resistance, in martyrdom	Mermelstein, Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation (2021) 45
satan	Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 76
soul	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
thecla	Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 239
tyrant, antiochus as	Avemarie, van Henten, and Furstenberg, Jewish Martyrdom in Antiquity (2023) 308
virtue, contest of'	Geljon and Runia, Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (2013) 206
women, in jewish sources	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
women	Lieu, Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World (2004) 196
women martyrs	Seim and Okland, Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity (2009) 239