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subject	book bibliographic info
famine	Bay (2022), Biblical Heroes and Classical Culture in Christian Late Antiquity: The Historiography, Exemplarity, and Anti-Judaism of Pseudo-Hegesippus, 164, 277, 286 Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 147, 234, 238 Cadwallader (2016), Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays on Material Culture and Religion in Honor of Dennis E, 34, 39, 40, 44, 138, 331 Cain (2016), The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century, 133, 165, 167 Gagne (2021), Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece, 376 Grypeou and Spurling (2009), The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity, 126, 127, 145, 214, 249 Jouanna (2012), Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen, 58 Kraemer (2020), The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity: What Christianity Cost the Jews, 173, 276, 299 Lunn-Rockliffe (2007), The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context, 14 Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 179, 180, 181, 182 Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 8, 107, 242, 253, 270, 271, 298, 316
famine, association with egyptian god seth	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 294, 296
famine, biblical egypt as refuge from	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 45, 98, 152, 162, 201, 598, 607, 616, 617, 621, 623
famine, biblical egypt as subject to, famine,	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 104, 152
famine, father, god as	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 5, 91, 158, 198, 255, 261, 264, 267, 268, 276
famine, in roman egypt	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 284
famine, stele, djoser, pharaoh, dream in	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 89, 425
famine, stele, dreams, in egyptian literature	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 89
famine, stele, evodius, bishop	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 89
famines	Gardner (2015), The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism, 13, 162
famines, in jerusalem	Gardner (2015), The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism, 13, 130
hunger/famine	Marek (2019), In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World, 313, 403

List of validated texts:

12 validated results for "famine"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 12.10-12.20, 20.5 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Famine • Famine, Biblical Egypt as refuge from • famine

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020), Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary, 147, 234, 238; Grypeou and Spurling (2009), The Exegetical Encounter between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity, 126; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 98, 162, 201, 598, 607, 616, 617, 621, 623

sup>12.11 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר הִקְרִיב לָבוֹא מִצְרָיְמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־שָׂרַי אִשְׁתּוֹ הִנֵּה־נָא יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אִשָּׁה יְפַת־מַרְאֶה אָתְּ׃ ^12.12 וְהָיָה כִּי־יִרְאוּ אֹתָךְ הַמִּצְרִים וְאָמְרוּ אִשְׁתּוֹ זֹאת וְהָרְגוּ אֹתִי וְאֹתָךְ יְחַיּוּ׃ ^12.13 אִמְרִי־נָא אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ לְמַעַן יִיטַב־לִי בַעֲבוּרֵךְ וְחָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי בִּגְלָלֵךְ׃ ^12.14 וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אַבְרָם מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִּצְרִים אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה כִּי־יָפָה הִוא מְאֹד׃ ^12.15 וַיִּרְאוּ אֹתָהּ שָׂרֵי פַרְעֹה וַיְהַלְלוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה׃ ^12.16 וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּים׃ ^12.17 וַיְנַגַּע יְהוָה אֶת־פַּרְעֹה נְגָעִים גְּדֹלִים וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ עַל־דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם׃ ^12.18 וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לִּי לָמָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי כִּי אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא׃ ^12.19 לָמָה אָמַרְתָּ אֲחֹתִי הִוא וָאֶקַּח אֹתָהּ לִי לְאִשָּׁה וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ קַח וָלֵךְ׃ ^20.5 הֲלֹא הוּא אָמַר־לִי אֲחֹתִי הִוא וְהִיא־גַם־הִוא אָמְרָה אָחִי הוּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִי וּבְנִקְיֹן כַּפַּי עָשִׂיתִי זֹאת׃' ' None

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12.10 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. ^12.11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: ‘Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. ^12.12 And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive. ^12.13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.’ ^12.14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. ^12.15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ^12.16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. ^12.17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. ^12.18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: ‘What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? ^12.19 Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.’ ^12.20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. ^20.5 Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.’' ' None

2. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 19.18 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Famine, Biblical Egypt as refuge from • fame (eternal)

Found in books: Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 418; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 45

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19.18 בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיוּ חָמֵשׁ עָרִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מְדַבְּרוֹת שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן וְנִשְׁבָּעוֹת לַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִיר הַהֶרֶס יֵאָמֵר לְאֶחָת׃'' None

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19.18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.'' None

3. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 42.17 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Famine, Biblical Egypt as refuge from • famine

Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 179; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 162

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42.17 וְיִהְיוּ כָל־הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־שָׂמוּ אֶת־פְּנֵיהֶם לָבוֹא מִצְרַיִם לָגוּר שָׁם יָמוּתוּ בַּחֶרֶב בָּרָעָב וּבַדָּבֶר וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה לָהֶם שָׂרִיד וּפָלִיט מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מֵבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם׃'' None

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42.17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.'' None

4. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • fame (kleos) • immortality, of fame • memory (mnemosyne), “famed Bacchants” (postmortem memory)

Found in books: Eisenfeld (2022), Pindar and Greek Religion Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes, 245; McClay (2023), The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition: Memory and Performance. 66

5. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • fame (kleos) • immortality, of fame • memory (mnemosyne), “famed Bacchants” (postmortem memory)

Found in books: Eisenfeld (2022), Pindar and Greek Religion Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes, 188; McClay (2023), The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition: Memory and Performance. 67

6. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • fame (kleos) • immortality, of fame • memory (mnemosyne), “famed Bacchants” (postmortem memory)

Found in books: Eisenfeld (2022), Pindar and Greek Religion Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes, 188, 225; Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2018), Hope in Ancient Literature, History, and Art, 43; McClay (2023), The Bacchic Gold Tablets and Poetic Tradition: Memory and Performance. 67

7. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • statues, as yardstick of fame • triumph, of poets and fame

Found in books: Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 22; Pandey (2018), The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome, 2

8. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 21.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Atticus, Ciceros letters preserve fame of • fame (nomen) • name (nomen) as fame • nomen (name) as fame

Found in books: Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 52; Keeline (2018), The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy, 208

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21.5 The deep flood of time will roll over us; some few great men will raise their heads above it, and, though destined at the last to depart into the same realms of silence, will battle against oblivion and maintain their ground for long. That which Epicurus could promise his friend, this I promise you, Lucilius. I shall find favour among later generations; I can take with me names that will endure as long as mine. Our poet Vergil promised an eternal name to two heroes, and is keeping his promise:3 Blest heroes twain! If power my song possess, The record of your names shall never be Erased from out the book of Time, while yet Aeneas' tribe shall keep the Capitol, That rock immovable, and Roman sire Shall empire hold. "" None

9. Suetonius, Claudius, 18.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • famine

Found in books: Cadwallader (2016), Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays on Material Culture and Religion in Honor of Dennis E, 39; Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 270

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18.2 \xa0When there was a scarcity of grain because of long-continued droughts, he was once stopped in the middle of the Forum by a mob and so pelted with abuse and at the same time with pieces of bread, that he was barely able to make his escape to the Palace by a back door; and after this experience he resorted to every possible means to bring grain to Rome, even in the winter season. To the merchants he held out the certainty of profit by assuming the expense of any loss that they might suffer from storms, and offered to those who would build merchant ships large bounties, adapted to the condition of each:'' None

10. Tacitus, Annals, 12.43 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • famine

Found in books: Cadwallader (2016), Stones, Bones and the Sacred: Essays on Material Culture and Religion in Honor of Dennis E, 39, 40; Shannon-Henderson (2019), Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid’s , 242, 270, 271

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12.43 Multa eo anno prodigia evenere. insessum diris avibus Capitolium, crebris terrae motibus prorutae domus, ac dum latius metuitur, trepidatione vulgi invalidus quisque obtriti; frugum quoque egestas et orta ex eo fames in prodigium accipiebatur. nec occulti tantum questus, sed iura reddentem Claudium circumvasere clamoribus turbidis, pulsumque in extremam fori partem vi urgebant, donec militum globo infensos perrupit. quindecim dierum alimenta urbi, non amplius superfuisse constitit, magnaque deum benignitate et modestia hiemis rebus extremis subventum. at hercule olim Italia legionibus longinquas in provincias commeatus portabat, nec nunc infecunditate laboratur, sed Africam potius et Aegyptum exercemus, navibusque et casibus vita populi Romani permissa est.'' None

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12.43 \xa0Many prodigies occurred during the year. Ominous birds took their seat on the Capitol; houses were overturned by repeated shocks of earthquake, and, as the panic spread, the weak were trampled underfoot in the trepidation of the crowd. A\xa0shortage of corn, again, and the famine which resulted, were construed as a supernatural warning. Nor were the complaints always whispered. Claudius, sitting in judgement, was surrounded by a wildly clamorous mob, and, driven into the farthest corner of the Forum, was there subjected to violent pressure, until, with the help of a body of troops, he forced a way through the hostile throng. It was established that the capital had provisions for fifteen days, no more; and the crisis was relieved only by the especial grace of the gods and the mildness of the winter. And yet, Heaven knows, in the past, Italy exported supplies for the legions into remote provinces; nor is sterility the trouble now, but we cultivate Africa and Egypt by preference, and the life of the Roman nation has been staked upon cargo-boats and accidents. <'' None

11. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jerusalem, famines in • fame (eternal) • famines

Found in books: Gardner (2015), The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism, 13; Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 78

12. Vergil, Georgics, 3.15
Tagged with subjects: • statues, as yardstick of fame • triumph, of poets and fame

Found in books: Jenkyns (2013), God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination, 50; Pandey (2018), The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome, 2, 3, 15, 53, 225, 226, 227, 228, 239, 242, 243

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3.15 Mincius et tenera praetexit arundine ripas.'' None

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3.15 To lead the Muses with me, as I pa'' None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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