| 1. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 397 |
2. Hebrew Bible, 1 Kings, 8.17 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 397| 8.17. "וַיְהִי עִם־לְבַב דָּוִד אָבִי לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃", | 8.17. "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.", |
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3. Herodotus, Histories, 2.52 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 398 | 2.52. Formerly, in all their sacrifices, the Pelasgians called upon gods without giving name or appellation to any (I know this, because I was told at Dodona ); for as yet they had not heard of such. They called them gods from the fact that, besides setting everything in order, they maintained all the dispositions. ,Then, after a long while, first they learned the names of the rest of the gods, which came to them from Egypt , and, much later, the name of Dionysus; and presently they asked the oracle at Dodona about the names; for this place of divination, held to be the most ancient in Hellas , was at that time the only one. ,When the Pelasgians, then, asked at Dodona whether they should adopt the names that had come from foreign parts, the oracle told them to use the names. From that time onwards they used the names of the gods in their sacrifices; and the Greeks received these later from the Pelasgians. |
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4. Tacitus, Histories, 5.4 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 396 | 5.4. To establish his influence over this people for all time, Moses introduced new religious practices, quite opposed to those of all other religions. The Jews regard as profane all that we hold sacred; on the other hand, they permit all that we abhor. They dedicated, in a shrine, a statue of that creature whose guidance enabled them to put an end to their wandering and thirst, sacrificing a ram, apparently in derision of Ammon. They likewise offer the ox, because the Egyptians worship Apis. They abstain from pork, in recollection of a plague, for the scab to which this animal is subject once afflicted them. By frequent fasts even now they bear witness to the long hunger with which they were once distressed, and the unleavened Jewish bread is still employed in memory of the haste with which they seized the grain. They say that they first chose to rest on the seventh day because that day ended their toils; but after a time they were led by the charms of indolence to give over the seventh year as well to inactivity. Others say that this is done in honour of Saturn, whether it be that the primitive elements of their religion were given by the Idaeans, who, according to tradition, were expelled with Saturn and became the founders of the Jewish race, or is due to the fact that, of the seven planets that rule the fortunes of mankind, Saturn moves in the highest orbit and has the greatest potency; and that many of the heavenly bodies traverse their paths and courses in multiples of seven. |
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5. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 8.108, 12.258-12.264 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400 | 8.108. I have indeed built this temple to thee, and thy name, that from thence, when we sacrifice, and perform sacred operations, we may send our prayers up into the air, and may constantly believe that thou art present, and art not remote from what is thine own; for neither when thou seest all things, and hearest all things, nor now, when it pleases thee to dwell here, dost thou leave the care of all men, but rather thou art very near to them all, but especially thou art present to those that address themselves to thee, whether by night or by day.” 12.258. So they sent ambassadors to Antiochus, and an epistle, whose contents are these: “To king Antiochus the god, Epiphanes, a memorial from the Sidonians, who live at Shechem. 12.259. Our forefathers, upon certain frequent plagues, and as following a certain ancient superstition, had a custom of observing that day which by the Jews is called the Sabbath. And when they had erected a temple at the mountain called Gerrizzim, though without a name, they offered upon it the proper sacrifices. 12.260. Now, upon the just treatment of these wicked Jews, those that manage their affairs, supposing that we were of kin to them, and practiced as they do, make us liable to the same accusations, although we be originally Sidonians, as is evident from the public records. 12.261. We therefore beseech thee, our benefactor and Savior, to give order to Apollonius, the governor of this part of the country, and to Nicanor, the procurator of thy affairs, to give us no disturbance, nor to lay to our charge what the Jews are accused for, since we are aliens from their nation, and from their customs; but let our temple, which at present hath no name at all be named the Temple of Jupiter Hellenius. If this were once done, we should be no longer disturbed, but should be more intent on our own occupation with quietness, and so bring in a greater revenue to thee.” 12.262. When the Samaritans had petitioned for this, the king sent them back the following answer, in an epistle: “King Antiochus to Nicanor. The Sidonians, who live at Shechem, have sent me the memorial enclosed. 12.263. When therefore we were advising with our friends about it, the messengers sent by them represented to us that they are no way concerned with accusations which belong to the Jews, but choose to live after the customs of the Greeks. Accordingly, we declare them free from such accusations, and order that, agreeable to their petition, their temple be named the Temple of Jupiter Hellenius.” 12.264. He also sent the like epistle to Apollonius, the governor of that part of the country, in the forty-sixth year, and the eighteenth day of the month Hecatorabeom. |
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6. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 6.438 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 396 | 6.438. But he who first built it. Was a potent man among the Canaanites, and is in our own tongue called [Melchisedek], the Righteous King, for such he really was; on which account he was [there] the first priest of God, and first built a temple [there], and called the city Jerusalem, which was formerly called Salem. |
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| 7. Philo of Byblos, Fragments, None (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 396, 399 |
| 8. Libanius, Orations, 11.109 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 398 |
| 9. Domitius Ulpianus, Ad Edictum, None Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 399 |
| 10. Epigraphy, Inaq I, None Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: nan nan |
| 11. Menander, Perik., 17.29 Tagged with subjects: •samaritan petition, zeus Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 400 |
