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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.