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subject	book bibliographic info
hanukkah	Beyerle and Goff (2022) 152 Gera (2014) 19, 20, 25, 29, 40, 266, 267, 334, 476 Salvesen et al (2020) 372, 381, 389
hanukkah, holiday of	Schwartz (2008) 10, 14, 24, 37, 88, 134, 137, 139, 143, 163, 165, 274, 509, 514
hanukkah, holiday of festival of lights	Schwartz (2008) 143, 150, 151
hanukkah, holiday of name of	Schwartz (2008) 159, 160
hanukkah, holiday of secondary interest	Schwartz (2008) 8, 9, 10, 87, 520, 526
hanukkah, menorah	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 218
hanukkah, narrative	Schwartz (2008) 529
hanukkah, narrative, connection to opening letters	Schwartz (2008) 8, 143, 372, 526, 528
hanukkah, narrative, distinctiveness	Schwartz (2008) 8, 9, 372, 375, 379, 526
hanukkah, narrative, historicity	Schwartz (2008) 372, 373, 374
hanukkah, narrative, letters, distinctiveness, see also	Schwartz (2008) 4, 144
hanukkah, narrative, semitic vorlage	Schwartz (2008) 375
hanukkah, narrative, temple, second, purification and rededication of see also	Schwartz (2008) 134, 394, 408, 470, 523

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "hanukkah"

1. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 4.36, 4.59 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Hannukah (Festival of Lights) • Hanukkah • Hanukkah Narrative, Historicity • Hanukkah, Holiday of

Found in books: Cosgrove (2022) 287; Gera (2014) 40; Schwartz (2008) 163, 374

4.36. Then said Judas and his brothers, "Behold, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it."
4.59. Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with gladness and joy for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.''. None

2. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 1.18, 2.16, 6.1-6.7, 10.6-10.7 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Hannukah • Hannukah (Festival of Lights) • Hanukkah • Hanukkah Narrative • Hanukkah Narrative, Connection to Opening Letters • Hanukkah Narrative, Distinctiveness • Hanukkah Narrative, Historicity • Hanukkah, • Hanukkah, Holiday of • Hanukkah, Holiday of, Festival of Lights • Hanukkah, Holiday of, Name of • Hanukkah, Holiday of, Secondary Interest • Temple (Second), Purification and Rededication of, see also Hanukkah Narrative • letters, Distinctiveness, see also Hanukkah Narrative

Found in books: Cosgrove (2022) 295; Lidonnici and Lieber (2007) 228; Petropoulou (2012) 125; Robbins et al (2017) 155; Schwartz (2008) 8, 9, 14, 24, 37, 88, 134, 143, 144, 150, 159, 163, 165, 274, 372, 373, 379, 470, 523, 526, 528, 529; Visnjic (2021) 119

1.18. Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the feast of booths and the feast of the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices.'" "
2.16. Since, therefore, we are about to celebrate the purification, we write to you. Will you therefore please keep the days?'" "
6.1. Not long after this, the king sent an Athenian senator to compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their fathers and cease to live by the laws of God,'" "6.2. and also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who dwelt in that place.'" '6.3. Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil."' "6.4. For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and besides brought in things for sacrifice that were unfit.'" '6.5. The altar was covered with abominable offerings which were forbidden by the laws."' "6.6. A man could neither keep the sabbath, nor observe the feasts of his fathers, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew.'" "6.7. On the monthly celebration of the king's birthday, the Jews were taken, under bitter constraint, to partake of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Dionysus came, they were compelled to walk in the procession in honor of Dionysus, wearing wreaths of ivy.'" "
10.6. And they celebrated it for eight days with rejoicing, in the manner of the feast of booths, remembering how not long before, during the feast of booths, they had been wandering in the mountains and caves like wild animals.'" "10.7. Therefore bearing ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place.'" ". None

3. Septuagint, Judith, 2.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 0th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Hanukkah

Found in books: Beyerle and Goff (2022) 152; Gera (2014) 29

2.1. In the eighteenth year, on the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians about carrying out his revenge on the whole region, just as he said. ''. 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

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