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9 results for "ps.-orpheus"

1. Aristobulus Cassandreus, Fragments, 2.14-2.15, 3.1, 4.4, 4.6-4.7, 5.9-5.11, 5.13-5.16 (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •aristobulus, relationship to ps.-orpheus recensions •aristobulus, author of longer recension ps.-orpheus Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 64, 139

2. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Abraham, 69-71 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 90

71. In order, therefore, that he may the more firmly establish the sight which has thus been presented to him in his mind, the sacred word says to him, My good friend, great things are often made known by slight outlines, at which he who looks increases his imagination to an unlimited extent; therefore, having dismissed those who bend all their attention to the heavenly bodies, and discarding the Chaldaean science, rise up and depart for a short time from the greatest of cities, this world, to one which is smaller; for so you will be the better able to comprehend the nature of the Ruler of the universe.

3. Philo of Alexandria, On The Virtues, 212 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •ps.-orpheus, recension b •stoicism, stoics, ps.-orpheus, recension b Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 90

212. The most ancient person of the Jewish nation was a Chaldaean by birth, born of a father who was very skilful in astronomy, and famous among those men who pass their lives in the study of mathematics, who look upon the stars as gods, and worship the whole heaven and the whole world; thinking, that from them do all good and all evil proceed, to every individual among men; as they do not conceive that there is any cause whatever, except such as are included among the objects of the outward senses.

4. Aristobulus Milesius, Fragments, 2.14-2.15, 3.1, 4.4, 4.6-4.7, 5.9-5.11, 5.13-5.16 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aristobulus, relationship to ps.-orpheus recensions •aristobulus, author of longer recension ps.-orpheus Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 64, 139

5. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 1.158, 1.222 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •ps.-orpheus, recension b •stoicism, stoics, ps.-orpheus, recension b Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 90, 91

1.158. Μνημονεύει δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ̔Αβράμου Βηρωσός, οὐκ ὀνομάζων, λέγων δ' οὕτως: “μετὰ δὲ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν δεκάτῃ γενεᾷ παρὰ Χαλδαίοις τις ἦν δίκαιος ἀνὴρ καὶ μέγας καὶ τὰ οὐράνια ἔμπειρος.” 1.222. ̓́Ισακον δὲ ὁ πατὴρ ̔́Αβραμος ὑπερηγάπα μονογενῆ ὄντα καὶ ἐπὶ γήρως οὐδῷ κατὰ δωρεὰν αὐτῷ τοῦ θεοῦ γενόμενον. προεκαλεῖτο δὲ εἰς εὔνοιαν καὶ τὸ φιλεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ παῖς ἐπιτηδεύων πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν καὶ τῆς τε τῶν πατέρων θεραπείας ἐχόμενος καὶ περὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ θρησκείαν ἐσπουδακώς.

1.158. 2. Berosus mentions our father Abram without naming him, when he says thus: “In the tenth generation after the Flood, there was among the Chaldeans a man righteous and great, and skillful in the celestial science.” 1.222. 1. Now Abraham greatly loved Isaac, as being his only begotten and given to him at the borders of old age, by the favor of God. The child also endeared himself to his parents still more, by the exercise of every virtue, and adhering to his duty to his parents, and being zealous in the worship of God.

6. New Testament, Hebrews, 11.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •ps.-orpheus, recension b •stoicism, stoics, ps.-orpheus, recension b Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 91

11.17. Πίστειπροσενήνοχεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ πειραζόμενος,καὶ τὸν μονογενῆ προσέφερεν ὁ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας ἀναδεξάμενος, πρὸς ὃν ἐλαλήθη ὅτι

11.17. By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

7. Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation To The Greeks, 7.74.5, 7.74.4, 7.73.2a (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 64

8. Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies, 5.14.123.1, 5.14.133.2, 5.14.127.2, 5.14.126.5, 5.14.124.1, 6.3.32.5-33.1, 5.14.123.2, 6.16.142.4b, 6.16.141.7b-142.1, 6.16.137.4-138.4, 6.3.32.5, 5.12.78.4, 5.14.107.3, 5.14.107.4, 5.14.107.2, 5.14.107.1, 5.14.101.4b, 5.14.99.3, 5.14.97.7, 5.12.78.5, 1.22.150.3, 1.22.150.2, 1.22.150.1, 1.15.72.4 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 64, 65

9. Pseudo-Justinus, Exhortation To The Greeks, 59 (3rd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aristobulus, relationship to ps.-orpheus recensions Found in books: Potter Suh and Holladay, Hellenistic Jewish Literature and the New Testament: Collected Essays (2021) 65

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