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fool Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 11, 52, 62, 63, 109, 133, 136, 144, 159, 160, 167, 192, 198, 202, 204, 215, 224
Laes Goodey and Rose (2013), Disabilities in Roman Antiquity: Disparate Bodies, 11, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 64, 166, 222, 223, 226
Romana Berno (2023), Roman Luxuria: A Literary and Cultural History, 60, 125, 129, 130, 137, 138, 139, 145, 163, 173, 174, 204
fool, comic Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 223, 224, 393, 394
fool, fables Strong (2021), The Fables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke: A New Foundation for the Study of Parables 310, 311, 312, 313, 317, 319, 341, 342, 343, 370, 371
fool, god’s Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014), Saints and role models in Judaism and Christianity, 127
fool, saint, andrew the Klein and Wienand (2022), City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, 276, 277
fools Wilson (2012), The Sentences of Sextus, 197, 249, 338
fools, are insanity, “all mad, ” Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
fools, are paradoxes, “all mad, ” Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 111, 116, 117, 118, 120
fools, festivals, feriae stultorum, festival of Erker (2023), Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family, 146, 147, 148, 149
fools, holy Ayres Champion and Crawford (2023), The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions. 523
König (2012), Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture, 7, 336
fools, mankind as Martens (2003), One God, One Law: Philo of Alexandria on the Mosaic and Greco-Roman Law, 27, 157
fools, strabo, on the, sophocles Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 577
fools, the, sophocles Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 576, 577
fools/foolishness Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 184, 194, 262, 263, 325, 329, 330, 334, 344, 347, 360, 361, 362, 372, 373, 386, 392, 396, 397, 399, 404, 405, 406, 410, 477, 478, 481, 507, 508, 570, 601
fools/sinners, instruction/teaching, by Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 362, 372, 373, 407

List of validated texts:
3 validated results for "fool"
1. None, None, nan (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Fools/Foolishness • fool

 Found in books: Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 160; Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 477
2. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 5.6 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Fools/Foolishness • fool

 Found in books: Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 136; Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 601

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5.6 עַל־כֵּן הִכָּם אַרְיֵה מִיַּעַר זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת יְשָׁדְדֵם נָמֵר שֹׁקֵד עַל־עָרֵיהֶם כָּל־הַיּוֹצֵא מֵהֵנָּה יִטָּרֵף כִּי רַבּוּ פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם עָצְמוּ משבותיהם מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶם׃'' None		sup>
5.6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard watcheth over their cities, Every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces; Because their transgressions are many, Their backslidings are increased.'' None
3. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 4.1, 5.8, 15.13, 15.16-15.17, 18.15 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Fools/Foolishness • fool • fools

 Found in books: Corley (2002), Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship, 62, 144, 159, 204; Stuckenbruck (2007), 1 Enoch 91-108, 263, 347; Wilson (2012), The Sentences of Sextus, 338

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4.1 Be like a father to orphans,and instead of a husband to their mother;you will then be like a son of the Most High,and he will love you more than does your mother.
4.1 My son, deprive not the poor of his living,and do not keep needy eyes waiting.
5.8 Do not depend on dishonest wealth,for it will not benefit you in the day of calamity.
5.8 For there is a friend who is such at his own convenience,but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
15.13 The Lord hates all abominations,and they are not loved by those who fear him.
15.16 He has placed before you fire and water:stretch out your hand for whichever you wish. 15.17 Before a man are life and death,and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
18.15 My son, do not mix reproach with your good deeds,nor cause grief by your words when you present a gift.'' 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.