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subject	book bibliographic info
heliopolis	Bezzel and Pfeiffer (2021), Prophecy and Hellenism, 91, 92 Bianchetti et al. (2015), Brill’s Companion to Ancient Geography: The Inhabited World in Greek and Roman Tradition, 10, 116 Bloch (2022), Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism, 210, 211, 213 Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 192, 198, 203 Bremmer (2008), Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East, 13 Bricault and Bonnet (2013), Panthée: Religious Transformations in the Graeco-Roman Empire, 119 Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 144 Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 166 Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 265 Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 114, 184 Gaifman (2012), Aniconism in Greek Antiquity, 114 Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 113, 194 Hitch (2017), Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world, 257, 258 Lampe (2003), Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus, 55 Lidonnici and Lieber (2007), Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism, 161 Price, Finkelberg and Shahar (2021), Rome: An Empire of Many Nations: New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity, 111 Rizzi (2010), Hadrian and the Christians, 119 Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 46, 94, 101, 110, 161, 286, 287, 329 Schaaf (2019), Animal Kingdom of Heaven: Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World. 99, 100, 105, 113 Taylor (2012), The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea, 37
heliopolis, aelian on dreams of sacred lions	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 512, 513
heliopolis, baalbek	Hahn Emmel and Gotter (2008), Usages of the Past in Roman Historiography, 1, 2, 48
heliopolis, egyptian priests, high priest of	Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 36
heliopolis, in imouthes aretalogy	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 428
heliopolis, mnevis, cult at	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 509, 510
heliopolis, moses, and priesthood of	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 287, 288
heliopolis, octavian, augustus, on	Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 161
heliopolis, oenuphis, of	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 113
heliopolis, osormnevis, cult at	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 33, 509, 510, 513
heliopolis, pancrates, prophet of	Rizzi (2010), Hadrian and the Christians, 119
heliopolis, pliny the elder on obelisk	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 86
heliopolis, priestly community in demotic tales	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 97
heliopolis, ps.-eupolemus, abraham in	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021), Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays, 128
heliopolis, temple of ra/helios	Renberg (2017), Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World, 544
heliopolis/heliopolitan	Potter Suh and Holladay (2021), Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays, 12, 53, 128, 159, 160, 161

List of validated texts:

6 validated results for "heliopolis"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 41.45, 41.50 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis • Heliopolis/Heliopolitan

Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay (2021), Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays, 159; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 46, 101

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41.45 וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃' ' None

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41.45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.— ^41.50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.'' None

2. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 19.19 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis

Found in books: Bezzel and Pfeiffer (2021), Prophecy and Hellenism, 92; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 110

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19.19 בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה בְּתוֹךְ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וּמַצֵּבָה אֵצֶל־גְּבוּלָהּ לַיהוָה׃'' None

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19.19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.'' None

3. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 1.88 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis • Heliopolis/Heliopolitan

Found in books: Hitch (2017), Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world, 258; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021), Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays, 12

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1.88 1. \xa0They have deified the goat, just as the Greeks are said to have honoured Priapus, because of the generative member; for this animal has a very great propensity for copulation, and it is fitting that honour be shown to that member of the body which is the cause of generation, being, as it were, the primal author of all animal life.,2. \xa0And, in general, not only the Egyptians but not a\xa0few other peoples as well have in the rites they observe treated the male member as sacred, on the ground that it is the cause of the generation of all creatures; and the priests in Egypt who have inherited their priestly offices from their fathers are initiated first into the mysteries of this god.,3. \xa0And both the Pans and the Satyrs, they say, are worshipped by men for the same reason; and this is why most peoples set up in their sacred places statues of them showing the phallus erect and resembling a goat's in nature, since according to tradition this animal is most efficient in copulation; consequently, by representing these creatures in such fashion, the dedicants are returning thanks to them for their own numerous offspring.,4. \xa0The sacred bulls â\x80\x94 I\xa0refer to the Apis and the Mnevis â\x80\x94 are honoured like the gods, as Osiris commanded, both because of their use in farming and also because the fame of those who discovered the fruits of the earth is handed down by the labours of these animals to succeeding generations for all time. Red oxen, however, may be sacrificed, because it is thought that this was the colour of Typhon, who plotted against Osiris and was then punished by Isis for the death of her husband.,5. \xa0Men also, if they were of the same colour as Typhon, were sacrificed, they say, in ancient times by the kings at the tomb of Osiris; however, only a\xa0few Egyptians are now found red in colour, and but the majority of such are non-Egyptians, and this is why the story spread among the Greeks of the slaying of foreigners by Busiris, although Busiris was not the name of the king but of the tomb of Osiris, which is called that in the language of the land.,6. \xa0The wolves are honoured, they say, because their nature is so much like that of dogs, for the natures of these two animals are little different from each other and hence offspring is produced by their interbreeding. But the Egyptians offer another explanation for the honour accorded this animal, although it pertains more to the realm of myth; for they say that in early times when Isis, aided by her son Horus, was about to commence her struggle with Typhon, Osiris came from Hades to help his son and his wife, having taken on the guise of wolf; and so, upon the death of Typhon, his conquerors commanded men to honour the animal upon whose appearance victory followed.,7. \xa0But some say that once, when the Ethiopians had marched against Egypt, a great number of bands of wolves (lykoi) gathered together and drove the invaders out of the country, pursuing them beyond the city named Elephantine; and therefore that nome was given the name Lycopolite and these animals were granted the honour in question."" None

4. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 7.423-7.425 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis

Found in books: Lidonnici and Lieber (2007), Heavenly Tablets: Interpretation, Identity and Tradition in Ancient Judaism, 161; Salvesen et al. (2020), Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period, 329

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7.423 ̓Ονίας Σίμωνος υἱός, εἷς τῶν ἐν ̔Ιεροσολύμοις ἀρχιερέων, φεύγων ̓Αντίοχον τὸν Συρίας βασιλέα πολεμοῦντα τοῖς ̓Ιουδαίοις ἧκεν εἰς ̓Αλεξάνδρειαν, καὶ δεξαμένου Πτολεμαίου φιλοφρόνως αὐτὸν διὰ τὴν πρὸς ̓Αντίοχον ἀπέχθειαν ἔφη σύμμαχον αὐτῷ ποιήσειν τὸ τῶν ̓Ιουδαίων ἔθνος, εἰ πεισθείη τοῖς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ λεγομένοις." '^7.424 ποιήσειν δὲ τὰ δυνατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ὁμολογήσαντος ἠξίωσεν ἐπιτρέπειν αὐτῷ νεών τε που τῆς Αἰγύπτου κατασκευάσασθαι καὶ τοῖς πατρίοις ἔθεσι θεραπεύειν τὸν θεόν:' "^7.425 οὕτως γὰρ ̓Αντιόχῳ μὲν ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐκπολεμώσεσθαι τοὺς ̓Ιουδαίους τὸν ἐν ̔Ιεροσολύμοις νεὼν πεπορθηκότι, πρὸς αὐτὸν δ' εὐνοϊκωτέρως ἕξειν καὶ πολλοὺς ἐπ' ἀδείᾳ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐπ' αὐτὸν συλλεγήσεσθαι."" None

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7.423 Onias, the son of Simon, one of the Jewish high priests, fled from Antiochus the king of Syria, when he made war with the Jews, and came to Alexandria; and as Ptolemy received him very kindly, on account of his hatred to Antiochus, he assured him, that if he would comply with his proposal, he would bring all the Jews to his assistance; ^7.424 and when the king agreed to do it so far as he was able, he desired him to give him leave to build a temple somewhere in Egypt, and to worship God according to the customs of his own country; ^7.425 for that the Jews would then be so much readier to fight against Antiochus who had laid waste the temple at Jerusalem, and that they would then come to him with greater goodwill; and that, by granting them liberty of conscience, very many of them would come over to him.'' None

5. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis • Heliopolis, • Heliopolis, city

Found in books: Bortolani et al. (2019), William Furley, Svenja Nagel, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices: Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions, 192, 198; Dieleman (2005), Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100–300 CE), 154, 260, 266; Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 265; Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 184

6. None, None, nan (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Heliopolis

Found in books: Bar Kochba (1997), Pseudo-Hecataeus on the Jews: Legitimizing the Jewish Diaspora, 69; Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 194

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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