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subject	book bibliographic info
focus, aristippus of cyrene, philosophical	Wolfsdorf (2020) 390
focus, body, textual, sharpness of	Oksanish (2019) 113
focus, conventions or themes, moral	Crabb (2020) 45, 52, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 140, 156, 233, 235, 273
focus, conventions or themes, political or military	Crabb (2020) 41, 67, 71, 77, 140, 142, 272, 273
focus, of boiotian league, athena itonia in boiotia, religious	Lalone (2019) 142
focus, of legislation, rabbinic, performance as	Balberg (2017) 71, 106, 160, 171
focus, of mishnaic rule, ambiguity as	Brooks (1983) 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 38, 49, 50, 53, 54, 58, 64, 72, 78, 88, 89, 90, 102, 114, 116, 118, 121, 126, 127, 129, 138, 184, 185, 194, 197
focus, of on different bioi, diodorus siculus	Bosak-Schroeder (2020) 23, 27
focus, of priest, monumental	Wilding (2022) 230
focus, of sanctity, temple, as a	Lorberbaum (2015) 255, 265
focus, of shivata for dew, qallir, temple a	Lieber (2014) 302, 304
focus, of yotzer, yotzerot, shema the	Lieber (2014) 8, 15
focus, on miraculous cures, epidauros miracle inscriptions	Renberg (2017) 229
focus, on the reader, intertextuality	Hayes (2022) 22
focus, on tora study, avot	Hayes (2022) 515
focus, on, jerusalem	Schwartz (2008) 6, 7, 50, 184, 453, 481
focus, textual virtue, sharpness of	Oksanish (2019) 113, 114
focus, torah	Carr (2004) 166, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 218, 219, 222, 225, 228, 233, 234, 269, 272

List of validated texts:

5 validated results for "focus"

1. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • legislation, rabbinic, performance as focus of • yotzer, yotzerot, Shema the focus of

Found in books: Balberg (2017) 171; Lieber (2014) 8

2. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 9.4, 9.14-9.15, 9.19 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jerusalem, Focus on • conventions or themes, moral focus

Found in books: Crabb (2020) 233; Schwartz (2008) 6, 7, 50

9.4. Transported with rage, he conceived the idea of turning upon the Jews the injury done by those who had put him to flight; so he ordered his charioteer to drive without stopping until he completed the journey. But the judgment of heaven rode with him! For in his arrogance he said, 'When I get there I will make Jerusalem a cemetery of Jews.'" "
9.14. that the holy city, which he was hastening to level to the ground and to make a cemetery, he was now declaring to be free;'" "9.15. and the Jews, whom he had not considered worth burying but had planned to throw out with their children to the beasts, for the birds to pick, he would make, all of them, equal to citizens of Athens;'" "
9.19. To his worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus their king and general sends hearty greetings and good wishes for their health and prosperity.'" ". None

3. New Testament, Hebrews, 7.27 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • conventions or themes, moral focus • legislation, rabbinic, performance as focus of

Found in books: Balberg (2017) 71; Crabb (2020) 156

7.27. ὃς οὐκ ἔχει καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀνάγκην, ὥσπερ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, πρότερον ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων ἁμαρτιῶν θυσίας ἀναφέρειν, ἔπειτα τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ·?̔τοῦτο γὰρ ἐποίησεν ἐφάπαξ ἑαυτὸν ἀνενέγκας·̓''. None

7.27. who doesn't need, like those high priests, to daily offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For this he did once for all, when he offered up himself. "". None

4. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.250, 1.455-1.456, 1.462-1.465, 1.470, 1.476, 1.482, 1.485, 1.488, 1.494-1.495, 6.886-6.892
Tagged with subjects: • focalization • gaze, focused on work of art

Found in books: Elsner (2007) 80, 81; Farrell (2021) 108, 225, 249; Pandey (2018) 16, 18

1.250. nos, tua progenies, caeli quibus adnuis arcem,
1.455. artificumque manus inter se operumque laborem 1.456. miratur, videt Iliacas ex ordine pugnas,
1.462. sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. 1.463. Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem. 1.464. Sic ait, atque animum pictura pascit ii, 1.465. multa gemens, largoque umectat flumine voltum.
1.470. adgnoscit lacrimans, primo quae prodita somno
1.476. fertur equis, curruque haeret resupinus ii,
1.482. diva solo fixos oculos aversa tenebat.
1.485. Tum vero ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,
1.488. Se quoque principibus permixtum adgnovit Achivis,
1.494. Haec dum Dardanio Aeneae miranda videntur, 1.495. dum stupet, obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,
6.886. munere—Sic tota passim regione vagantur 6.887. aëris in campis latis, atque omnia lustrant. 6.888. Quae postquam Anchises natum per singula duxit, 6.889. incenditque animum famae venientis amore, 6.890. exin bella viro memorat quae deinde gerenda, 6.891. Laurentisque docet populos urbemque Latini, 6.892. et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem.''. None

1.250. the whole herd, browsing through the lowland vale
1.455. thy favor we implore, and potent aid 1.456. in our vast toil. Instruct us of what skies,
1.462. honors divine. We Tyrian virgins oft 1.463. bear bow and quiver, and our ankles white 1.464. lace up in purple buskin. Yonder lies 1.465. the Punic power, where Tyrian masters hold ' "
1.470. of her own brother. 'T was an ancient wrong; " '
1.476. whose father gave him her first virgin bloom
1.482. blinded by greed, and reckless utterly
1.485. and at the very altar hewed him down.
1.488. her grief and stricken love. But as she slept,
1.494. to fly, self-banished, from her ruined land, ' "1.495. and for her journey's aid, he whispered where " "
6.886. o'er the green slope, and, lifting both his hands " '6.887. In eager welcome, spread them swiftly forth. 6.888. Tears from his eyelids rained, and thus he spoke: 6.889. “Art here at last? Hath thy well-proven love 6.890. of me thy sire achieved yon arduous way? 6.891. Will Heaven, beloved son, once more allow 6.892. That eye to eye we look? and shall I hear ''. None

5. Vergil, Georgics, 3.8-3.10, 3.17
Tagged with subjects: • Georgic poet, regressive focus of • focalization

Found in books: Pandey (2018) 15, 208, 221, 231, 232; Perkell (1989) 59

3.8. acer equis? Temptanda via est, qua me quoque possim 3.9. tollere humo victorque virum volitare per ora. 3.10. Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit,
3.17. illi victor ego et Tyrio conspectus in ostro''. None

3.8. Hath not the tale been told of Hylas young, 3.9. Latonian Delos and Hippodame, 3.10. And Pelops for his ivory shoulder famed,
3.17. I,

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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