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subject	book bibliographic info
fertile, image isis, of as cow	Griffiths (1975) 11, 221
fertile, of goddess, image	Griffiths (1975) 11, 221
fertile, of image, goddess, bearers of	Griffiths (1975) 17, 264
fertile, of image, goddess, images of gods	Griffiths (1975) 259
fertile, of image, goddess, of highest deity	Griffiths (1975) 11
fertile, of image, goddess, pleasure of image of goddess	Griffiths (1975) 319
fertility	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 182 Bernabe et al (2013) 175, 264, 267, 269, 333, 404, 405, 406, 422 Bierl (2017) 304, 321, 328 Braund and Most (2004) 82 Brule (2003) 13, 148, 149, 154, 155 Cadwallader (2016) 34, 36 Edmonds (2019) 95, 96, 101, 224 Ekroth (2013) 217 Faraone (1999) 7, 76 Fishbane (2003) 91, 105, 106, 107, 176, 177 Fletcher (2012) 229 Flynn (2018) 28, 59 Huebner (2013) 50, 163 Huttner (2013) 228 Jouanna (2012) 170 Rubenstein(1995) 1, 16, 17, 23, 25, 28, 29, 48, 50, 68, 98, 114, 117, 123, 124, 125, 127, 130, 159, 164, 182, 185, 236, 288, 304, 312, 319, 320, 321 Stuckenbruck (2007) 94, 96, 211, 297, 461 Tacoma (2016) 67, 150, 156
fertility, age/era, of	Stuckenbruck (2007) 77, 94, 135
fertility, agricultural	Parker (2005) 275, 416, 418
fertility, amenhotep, son of hapu, as promoter of	Renberg (2017) 482, 502, 606
fertility, and oaths, fertility, male	Fletcher (2012) 178, 179, 187, 188
fertility, as interpretative tool	Parker (2005) 158, 286, 304
fertility, asklepios, as promoter of	Renberg (2017) 215, 216, 604, 606, 607
fertility, barrenness	Stern (2004) 102, 103, 108, 145, 146, 164
fertility, bes and dionysos cult, and	Renberg (2017) 544, 545
fertility, birth of isaac	Stern (2004) 98, 99, 100, 101
fertility, concerns, religion, greek	Renberg (2017) 22, 603, 604, 605, 606
fertility, cults	Nissinen and Uro (2008) 10, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 41, 47, 48, 51, 86, 95, 141, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 173, 177, 179, 182, 183, 184, 185, 196, 197
fertility, cure, lebena asklepieion, testimony for	Renberg (2017) 605
fertility, cures, epidauros miracle inscriptions, testimonies about	Renberg (2017) 177, 215, 216, 221, 282, 604, 605, 606, 607
fertility, deity, baal, as a	Sneed (2022) 60
fertility, imhotep, and	Renberg (2017) 23, 424, 430, 431, 434, 456, 606, 608
fertility, incubation, hemithea, possibility of	Renberg (2017) 605, 606
fertility, incubation, incubation, christian, limited evidence for	Renberg (2017) 612, 746, 747, 779, 780
fertility, incubation, incubation, egyptian and greco-egyptian	Renberg (2017) 80, 511, 513, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610
fertility, incubation, incubation, greek	Renberg (2017) 604, 605, 606
fertility, incubation, leontopolis, temple of miysis, and	Renberg (2017) 511, 513
fertility, isis, and	Renberg (2017) 606
fertility, issues, deir el-bahari, sanctuary of amenhotep and imhotep, visited for	Renberg (2017) 482, 606
fertility, kings, and	Bremmer (2008) 306, 308
fertility, mandrake, symbol of	Lieber (2014) 189, 241
fertility, menouthis, isis consulted regarding	Renberg (2017) 374, 375, 388, 606, 727, 728
fertility, motherhood	Stern (2004) 144, 145, 146, 164
fertility, of land	Stuckenbruck (2007) 461
fertility, of land of israel	Lieber (2014) 313
fertility, of soldiers’ unions, demography, and	Phang (2001) 339, 340
fertility, of women and fields related	Parker (2005) 275
fertility, petiḥtot, zions	Stern (2004) 145, 146
fertility, plague, affecting female	Renberg (2017) 364
fertility, problem, asklepiodotos of alexandria, philosopher, visit to menouthis isis shrine for	Renberg (2017) 374, 375, 388, 606, 727, 728, 790
fertility, ritual in banebdjed cult, mendes, proposed	Renberg (2017) 606
fertility, sarah	Stern (2004) 98, 99, 100, 101, 103
fertility, spirits, fertility, semnai theai as	Fletcher (2012) 65
fertility, test, fertility	van der EIjk (2005) 270
fertility, theory, depressed	Tacoma (2016) 150
fertility, treatment, oropos amphiareion, incubation relief possibly showing	Renberg (2017) 282
fertility, women	Nasrallah (2019) 169, 170
fertility, zions restoration as	Stern (2004) 145, 146
fertility/infertility	Frey and Levison (2014) 18
infertility, and marriage, fertility	Stern (2004) 101, 102

List of validated texts:

8 validated results for "fertility"

1. Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs, 1.4, 8.6-8.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • fertility (cults) • fertility, Sarah • fertility, barrenness • fertility, birth of Isaac • fertility, infertility and marriage

Found in books: Fishbane (2003) 91; Nissinen and Uro (2008) 24, 173, 197; Stern (2004) 101, 102, 103

1.4. מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבוּךָ׃
8.6. שִׂימֵנִי כַחוֹתָם עַל־לִבֶּךָ כַּחוֹתָם עַל־זְרוֹעֶךָ כִּי־עַזָּה כַמָּוֶת אַהֲבָה קָשָׁה כִשְׁאוֹל קִנְאָה רְשָׁפֶיהָ רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה׃ 8.7. מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ׃''. None

1.4. Draw me, we will run after thee; The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will find thy love more fragrant than wine! Sincerely do they love thee.
8.6. Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm; For love is strong as death, Jealousy is cruel as the grave; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of the LORD. 8.7. Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown it; If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 74.13-74.15 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Baal, as a fertility deity • fertility, • fertility, barrenness

Found in books: Rubenstein(1995) 123, 124; Sneed (2022) 60; Stern (2004) 108

74.13. אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּיִם׃ 74.14. אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּים׃ 74.15. אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָן׃' '. None

74.13. Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. 74.14. Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness. 74.15. Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.' '. None

3. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • fertility,

Found in books: Fishbane (2003) 106; Rubenstein(1995) 164

4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 50.1, 54.1, 62.4-62.5 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • fertility (cults) • fertility, Sarah • fertility, Zions restoration as • fertility, barrenness • fertility, birth of Isaac • fertility, infertility and marriage • fertility, motherhood • petiḥtot, Zions fertility

Found in books: Fishbane (2003) 106; Nissinen and Uro (2008) 51, 185; Stern (2004) 101, 145, 146, 164

50.1. כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אֵי זֶה סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת אִמְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר שִׁלַּחְתִּיהָ אוֹ מִי מִנּוֹשַׁי אֲשֶׁר־מָכַרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לוֹ הֵן בַּעֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם נִמְכַּרְתֶּם וּבְפִשְׁעֵיכֶם שֻׁלְּחָה אִמְּכֶם׃
50.1. מִי בָכֶם יְרֵא יְהוָה שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקוֹל עַבְדּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ חֲשֵׁכִים וְאֵין נֹגַהּ לוֹ יִבְטַח בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וְיִשָּׁעֵן בֵּאלֹהָיו׃
54.1. כִּי הֶהָרִים יָמוּשׁוּ וְהַגְּבָעוֹת תְּמוּטֶנָה וְחַסְדִּי מֵאִתֵּךְ לֹא־יָמוּשׁ וּבְרִית שְׁלוֹמִי לֹא תָמוּט אָמַר מְרַחֲמֵךְ יְהוָה׃
54.1. רָנִּי עֲקָרָה לֹא יָלָדָה פִּצְחִי רִנָּה וְצַהֲלִי לֹא־חָלָה כִּי־רַבִּים בְּנֵי־שׁוֹמֵמָה מִבְּנֵי בְעוּלָה אָמַר יְהוָה׃
62.4. לֹא־יֵאָמֵר לָךְ עוֹד עֲזוּבָה וּלְאַרְצֵךְ לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שְׁמָמָה כִּי לָךְ יִקָּרֵא חֶפְצִי־בָהּ וּלְאַרְצֵךְ בְּעוּלָה כִּי־חָפֵץ יְהוָה בָּךְ וְאַרְצֵךְ תִּבָּעֵל׃ 62.5. כִּי־יִבְעַל בָּחוּר בְּתוּלָה יִבְעָלוּךְ בָּנָיִךְ וּמְשׂוֹשׂ חָתָן עַל־כַּלָּה יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ אֱלֹהָיִךְ׃''. None

50.1. Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, Wherewith I have put her away? Or which of My creditors is it To whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, And for your transgressions was your mother put away.
54.1. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear, Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
62.4. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, Neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate; But thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, And thy land, Espoused; For the LORD delighteth in thee, And thy land shall be espoused. 62.5. For as a young man espouseth a virgin, So shall thy sons espouse thee; And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, So shall thy God rejoice over thee.''. None

5. Hebrew Bible, Zechariah, 14.17 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • Land, Fertility of • fertility,

Found in books: Rubenstein(1995) 124; Stuckenbruck (2007) 461

14.17. וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יַעֲלֶה מֵאֵת מִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאָרֶץ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְמֶלֶךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וְלֹא עֲלֵיהֶם יִהְיֶה הַגָּשֶׁם׃''. None

14.17. And it shall be, that whoso of the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.''. None

6. Anon., Jubilees, 8.12, 8.19 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • fertility,

Found in books: Rubenstein(1995) 125; Stuckenbruck (2007) 96

8.12. And in the sixth year thereof, she bare him a son, and he called his name Peleg;
8.19. and his portion goeth towards the west through the midst of this river, and it extendeth till it reacheth the water of the abysses, out of which this river goeth forth''. None

7. New Testament, Apocalypse, 22.2 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • fertility,

Found in books: Huttner (2013) 228; Rubenstein(1995) 125

22.2. ἐν μέσῳτῆς πλατείας αὐτῆς· καὶτοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ξύλον ζωῆςποιοῦν καρποὺς δώδεκα,κατὰ μῆναἕκαστον ἀποδιδοῦντὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ φύλλατοῦ ξύλουεἰς θεραπείαντῶν ἐθνῶν.''. None

22.2. in the midst of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.''. None

8. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Fertility • Fragments of Papias, and fertility tradition • Land, Fertility of • fertility,

Found in books: Bird and Harrower (2021) 340; Huttner (2013) 228; Stuckenbruck (2007) 461

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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