1. Septuagint, Tobit, 4.19 (th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 287 | 4.19. Bless the Lord God on every occasion; ask him that your ways may be made straight and that all your paths and plans may prosper. For none of the nations has understanding; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and according to his will he humbles whomever he wishes. "So, my son, remember my commands, and do not let them be blotted out of your mind. |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281| 36.12. "וְתִמְנַע הָיְתָה פִילֶגֶשׁ לֶאֱלִיפַז בֶּן־עֵשָׂו וַתֵּלֶד לֶאֱלִיפַז אֶת־עֲמָלֵק אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי עָדָה אֵשֶׁת עֵשָׂו׃", | 36.12. "And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.", |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 37.25, 80.10 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281, 288| 37.25. "נַעַר הָיִיתִי גַּם־זָקַנְתִּי וְלֹא־רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָחֶם׃", | 37.25. "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.", 80.10. "Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.", |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 7.26 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, numismatic allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 283| 7.26. "כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹרֶת׃", | 7.26. "one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;", |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 3.8, 30.10, 38.26 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, numismatic allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281, 283| 3.8. "וָאֵרֵד לְהַצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרַיִם וּלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא אֶל־אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה וּרְחָבָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ אֶל־מְקוֹם הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי׃", 38.26. "בֶּקַע לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְכֹל הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים׃", | 3.8. "and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.", 30.10. "And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the LORD.’", 38.26. "a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.", |
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6. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 5.1-5.5, 7.1, 23.3, 23.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281, 288| 5.1. "וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי דֹּבֵר בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם וּלְמַדְתֶּם אֹתָם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם לַעֲשֹׂתָם׃", 5.1. "וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד לַאֲלָפִים לְאֹהֲבַי וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מצותו [מִצְוֺתָי׃]", 5.2. "וַיְהִי כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם אֶת־הַקּוֹל מִתּוֹךְ הַחֹשֶׁךְ וְהָהָר בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ וַתִּקְרְבוּן אֵלַי כָּל־רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם וְזִקְנֵיכֶם׃", 5.2. "יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ כָּרַת עִמָּנוּ בְּרִית בְּחֹרֵב׃", 5.3. "לֹא אֶת־אֲבֹתֵינוּ כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאת כִּי אִתָּנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ אֵלֶּה פֹה הַיּוֹם כֻּלָּנוּ חַיִּים׃", 5.3. "בְּכָל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֶתְכֶם תֵּלֵכוּ לְמַעַן תִּחְיוּן וְטוֹב לָכֶם וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּם יָמִים בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּירָשׁוּן׃", 5.4. "פָּנִים בְּפָנִים דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם בָּהָר מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ׃", 5.5. "אָנֹכִי עֹמֵד בֵּין־יְהוָה וּבֵינֵיכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לְהַגִּיד לָכֶם אֶת־דְּבַר יְהוָה כִּי יְרֵאתֶם מִפְּנֵי הָאֵשׁ וְלֹא־עֲלִיתֶם בָּהָר לֵאמֹר׃", 7.1. "וּמְשַׁלֵּם לְשֹׂנְאָיו אֶל־פָּנָיו לְהַאֲבִידוֹ לֹא יְאַחֵר לְשֹׂנְאוֹ אֶל־פָּנָיו יְשַׁלֶּם־לוֹ׃", 7.1. "כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ וְנָשַׁל גּוֹיִם־רַבִּים מִפָּנֶיךָ הַחִתִּי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי שִׁבְעָה גוֹיִם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מִמֶּךָּ׃", 23.3. "לֹא־יָבֹא מַמְזֵר בִּקְהַל יְהוָה גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי לֹא־יָבֹא לוֹ בִּקְהַל יְהוָה׃", 23.7. "לֹא־תִדְרֹשׁ שְׁלֹמָם וְטֹבָתָם כָּל־יָמֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם׃", | 5.1. "And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordices which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.", 5.2. "The LORD our God made a covet with us in Horeb.", 5.3. "The LORD made not this covet with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.", 5.4. "The LORD spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire—", 5.5. "I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount—saying: .", 7.1. "When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;", 23.3. "A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.", 23.7. "Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.", |
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7. Hebrew Bible, Amos, 2.6 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, manuscripts Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 275| 2.6. "כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה פִּשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ עַל־מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק וְאֶבְיוֹן בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָיִם׃", | 2.6. "Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it: Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;", |
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8. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 26.19 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281| 26.19. "יִחְיוּ מֵתֶיךָ נְבֵלָתִי יְקוּמוּן הָקִיצוּ וְרַנְּנוּ שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ וָאָרֶץ רְפָאִים תַּפִּיל׃", | 26.19. "Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise— Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust— For Thy dew is as the dew of light, And the earth shall bring to life the shades.", |
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| 9. Hebrew Bible, Judges, 23 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, christian references •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, manuscripts •testaments of the xii patriarchs, original language Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 274 |
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11. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 2.10, 50.31 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, manuscripts Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 282, 293| 50.31. "הִנְנִי אֵלֶיךָ זָדוֹן נְאֻם־אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת כִּי בָּא יוֹמְךָ עֵת פְּקַדְתִּיךָ׃", | 2.10. "For pass over to the isles of the Kittites, and see, and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there hath been such a thing.", 50.31. "Behold, I am against thee, O thou most arrogant, Saith the Lord GOD of hosts; For thy day is come, The time that I will punish thee.", |
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12. Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings, 17.6 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, manuscripts Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 280| 17.6. "בִּשְׁנַת הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ לָכַד מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֶת־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיֶּגֶל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל אַשּׁוּרָה וַיֹּשֶׁב אֹתָם בַּחְלַח וּבְחָבוֹר נְהַר גּוֹזָן וְעָרֵי מָדָי׃", | 17.6. "In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.", |
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13. Homer, Iliad, 6.207, 6.254, 11.783 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 287 | 6.207. / and his daughter was slain in wrath by Artemis of the golden reins. But Hippolochus begat me and of him do I declare that I am sprung; and he sent me to Troy and straitly charged me ever to be bravest and pre-eminent above all, and not bring shame upon the race of my fathers, 6.254. / therein slept Priam's sons-in-law beside their chaste wives—there his bounteous mother came to meet him, leading in Laodice, fairest of her daughters to look upon; and she clasped him by the hand and spake and addressed him:My child, why hast thou left the fierce battle and come hither? 11.783. / But when we had had our fill of food and drink, I was first to speak, and bade you follow with us; and ye were both right eager, and those twain laid on you many commands. Old Peleus bade his son Achilles ever be bravest, and pre-eminent above all, |
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14. Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel, 27.6 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 282| 27.6. "אַלּוֹנִים מִבָּשָׁן עָשׂוּ מִשּׁוֹטָיִךְ קַרְשֵׁךְ עָשׂוּ־שֵׁן בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִים מֵאִיֵּי כתים [כִּתִּיִּים׃]", | 27.6. "of the oaks of Bashan Have they made thine oars; Thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, From the isles of the Kittites.", |
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15. Plato, Laches, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 288| 179e. εἰσηγήσατο οὖν τις ἡμῖν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ μάθημα, ὅτι καλὸν εἴη τῷ νέῳ μαθεῖν ἐν ὅπλοις μάχεσθαι· καὶ ἐπῄνει τοῦτον ὃν νῦν ὑμεῖς ἐθεάσασθε ἐπιδεικνύμενον, κᾆτʼ ἐκέλευε θεάσασθαι. ἔδοξε δὴ χρῆναι αὐτούς τε ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ θέαν τἀνδρὸς καὶ ὑμᾶς συμπαραλαβεῖν ἅμα μὲν συνθεατάς, ἅμα δὲ συμβούλους τε καὶ κοινωνούς, ἐὰν βούλησθε, περὶ τῆς τῶν ὑέων ἐπιμελείας. | 179e. of fighting in armor, as being an admirable one for a young man to learn; and he praised that man whose performance you were just watching, and then urged us to go and see him. So we decided that it would be well to go and see the man ourselves, and to take you along with us not merely as companions at the show, but also as counsellors and copartners, if you will be so good, in the matter of looking after our sons. |
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16. Herodotus, Histories, 3.65 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 289 | 3.65. At this time he said no more. But about twenty days later, he sent for the most prominent of the Persians that were about him, and thus addressed them: “Persians, I have to make known to you something which I kept most strictly concealed. ,When I was in Egypt I had a dream, which I wish I had not had; it seemed to me that a messenger came from home to tell me that Smerdis sitting on the royal throne touched heaven with his head. ,Then I feared that my brother would take away my sovereignty from me, and I acted with more haste than wisdom; for it is not in the power of human nature to run away from what is to be; but I, blind as I was, sent Prexaspes to Susa to kill Smerdis. When that great wrong was done I lived without fear, for I never thought that when Smerdis was removed another man might rise against me. ,But I mistook altogether what was to be; I have killed my brother when there was no need, and I have lost my kingdom none the less; for it was the Magus Smerdis that the divinity forewarned in the dream would revolt. ,Now he has been done for by me, and I would have you believe that Smerdis Cyrus' son no longer lives; the Magi rule the kingdom, the one that I left caretaker of my house, and his brother Smerdis. So then, the man is dead of an unholy destiny at the hands of his relations who ought to have been my avenger for the disgrace I have suffered from the Magi; ,and as he is no longer alive, necessity constrains me to charge you, men of Persia , in his place, with the last desire of my life. In the name of the gods of my royal house I charge all of you, but chiefly those Achaemenids that are here, not to let the sovereignty fall again into Median hands; if they have it after getting it by trickery, take it back through trickery of your own; if they have got it away by force, then by force all the stronger get it back. ,And if you do this, may your land bring forth fruit, and your women and your flocks and herds be blessed with offspring, remaining free for all time; but if you do not get the kingdom back or attempt to get it back, then I pray things turn out the opposite for you, and on top of this, that every Persian meet an end such as mine.” With that Cambyses wept bitterly for all that had happened to him. |
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17. Hebrew Bible, Nehemiah, 7.20 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, numismatic allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 283 | 7.20. "The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.", |
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19. Plato, Phaedo, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 288| 116b. δὲ ἐλούσατο καὶ ἠνέχθη παρ’ αὐτὸν τὰ παιδία — δύο γὰρ αὐτῷ ὑεῖς σμικροὶ ἦσαν, εἷς δὲ μέγας — καὶ αἱ οἰκεῖαι γυναῖκες ἀφίκοντο ἐκεῖναι, ἐναντίον τοῦ Κρίτωνος διαλεχθείς τε καὶ ἐπιστείλας ἅττα ἐβούλετο, τὰς μὲν γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ παιδία ἀπιέναι ἐκέλευσεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ἧκε παρ’ ἡμᾶς. καὶ ἦν ἤδη ἐγγὺς ἡλίου δυσμῶν: χρόνον γὰρ πολὺν διέτριψεν ἔνδον. ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐκαθέζετο λελουμένος καὶ οὐ πολλὰ ἄττα μετὰ ταῦτα διελέχθη, καὶ ἧκεν ὁ τῶν ἕνδεκα ὑπηρέτης καὶ στὰς | 116b. and his children had been brought to him—for he had two little sons and one big one—and the women of the family had come, he talked with them in Crito’s presence and gave them such directions as he wished; then he told the women to go away, and he came to us. And it was now nearly sunset; for he had spent a long time within. And he came and sat down fresh from the bath. After that not much was said, and the servant |
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20. Hebrew Bible, 1 Chronicles, 1.36, 4.43, 7.1 (5th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281, 282| 1.36. "בְּנֵי אֱלִיפָז תֵּימָן וְאוֹמָר צְפִי וְגַעְתָּם קְנַז וְתִמְנָע וַעֲמָלֵק׃", 4.43. "וַיַּכּוּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית הַפְּלֵטָה לַעֲמָלֵק וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃", 7.1. "וּבְנֵי יְדִיעֲאֵל בִּלְהָן וּבְנֵי בִלְהָן יעיש [יְעוּשׁ] וּבִנְיָמִן וְאֵהוּד וּכְנַעֲנָה וְזֵיתָן וְתַרְשִׁישׁ וַאֲחִישָׁחַר׃", 7.1. "וְלִבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפוּאָה ישיב [יָשׁוּב] וְשִׁמְרוֹן אַרְבָּעָה׃", | 1.36. "The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.", 4.43. "And they smote the remt of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.", 7.1. "And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.", |
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21. Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus, 8.7.6 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 287| 8.7.6. παῖδες ἐμοὶ καὶ πάντες οἱ παρόντες φίλοι, ἐμοὶ μὲν τοῦ βίου τὸ τέλος ἤδη πάρεστιν· ἐκ πολλῶν τοῦτο σαφῶς γιγνώσκω· ὑμᾶς δὲ χρή, ὅταν τελευτήσω, ὡς περὶ εὐδαίμονος ἐμοῦ καὶ λέγειν καὶ ποιεῖν πάντα. ἐγὼ γὰρ παῖς τε ὢν τὰ ἐν παισὶ νομιζόμενα καλὰ δοκῶ κεκαρπῶσθαι, ἐπεί τε ἥβησα, τὰ ἐν νεανίσκοις, τέλειός τε ἀνὴρ γενόμενος τὰ ἐν ἀνδράσι· σὺν τῷ χρόνῳ τε προϊόντι ἀεὶ συναυξανομένην ἐπιγιγνώσκειν ἐδόκουν καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν δύναμιν, ὥστε καὶ τοὐμὸν γῆρας οὐδεπώποτε ᾐσθόμην τῆς ἐμῆς νεότητος ἀσθενέστερον γιγνόμενον, καὶ οὔτʼ ἐπιχειρήσας οὔτʼ ἐπιθυμήσας οἶδα ὅτου ἠτύχησα. | 8.7.6. |
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23. Hebrew Bible, Ezra, 9.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281| 9.1. "וּכְכַלּוֹת אֵלֶּה נִגְּשׁוּ אֵלַי הַשָּׂרִים לֵאמֹר לֹא־נִבְדְּלוּ הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם מֵעַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת כְּתוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶם לַכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי הַפְּרִזִּי הַיְבוּסִי הָעַמֹּנִי הַמֹּאָבִי הַמִּצְרִי וְהָאֱמֹרִי׃", 9.1. "וְעַתָּה מַה־נֹּאמַר אֱלֹהֵינוּ אַחֲרֵי־זֹאת כִּי עָזַבְנוּ מִצְוֺתֶיךָ׃", | 9.1. "Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying: ‘The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.", |
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24. Septuagint, Tobit, 4.19 (4th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 287 | 4.19. Bless the Lord God on every occasion; ask him that your ways may be made straight and that all your paths and plans may prosper. For none of the nations has understanding; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and according to his will he humbles whomever he wishes. "So, my son, remember my commands, and do not let them be blotted out of your mind. |
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25. Anon., 1 Enoch, 91 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 287 | 91. Hear,ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father, And hearken aright to the voice of my mouth; For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved: 91. And now, my son Methuselah, call to me all thy brothers And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother; For the word calls me, And the spirit is poured out upon me, That I may show you everything That shall befall you for ever.',And there upon Methuselah went and summoned to him all his brothers and assembled his relatives.",And he spake unto all the children of righteousness and said:",Hear,ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father, And hearken aright to the voice of my mouth; For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved:,Love uprightness and walk therein. And draw not nigh to uprightness with a double heart, And associate not with those of a double heart,But walk in righteousness, my sons. And it shall guide you on good paths, And righteousness shall be your companion.,For I know that violence must increase on the earth, And a great chastisement be executed on the earth, And all unrighteousness come to an end:Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots, And its whole structure be destroyed.,And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on the earth, And all the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence And transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree.,And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy And violence in all kinds of deeds increase, And apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase,A great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these, And the holy Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement To execute judgement on earth.,In those days violence shall be cut off from its roots, And the roots of unrighteousness together with deceit, And they shall be destroyed from under heaven.,And all the idols of the heathen shall be abandoned, And the temples burned with fire, And they shall remove them from the whole earth,And they (i.e. the heathen) shall be cast into the judgement of fire, And shall perish in wrath and in grievous judgement for ever.,And the righteous shall arise from their sleep, And wisdom shall arise and be given unto them.,after that the roots of unrighteousness shall be cut off, and the sinners shall be destroyed by the sword . . . shall be cut off from the blasphemers in every place, and those who plan violence and those who commit blasphemy shall perish by the sword.],And now I tell you, my sons, and show you The paths of righteousness and the paths of violence. Yea, I will show them to you again That ye may know what will come to pass.,And now, hearken unto me, my sons, And walk in the paths of righteousness, And walk not in the paths of violence; For all who walk in the paths of unrighteousness shall perish for ever.',And after that there shall be another, the eighth week, that of righteousness, And a sword shall be given to it that a righteous judgement may be executed on the oppressors, And sinners shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous.,And at its close they shall acquire houses through their righteousness, And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore,,And all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness.",And after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world, b And all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth, c And the world shall be written down for destruction.,And after this, in the tenth week in the seventh part, There shall be the great eternal judgement, In which He will execute vengeance amongst the angels.,And the first heaven shall depart and pass away, And a new heaven shall appear, And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light.,And after that there will be many weeks without number for ever, And all shall be in goodness and righteousness, And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever. |
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26. Hebrew Bible, Daniel, 8.2, 11.30 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, manuscripts Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 280, 282| 8.2. "הָאַיִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִיתָ בַּעַל הַקְּרָנָיִם מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָס׃", 8.2. "וָאֶרְאֶה בֶּחָזוֹן וַיְהִי בִּרְאֹתִי וַאֲנִי בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵילָם הַמְּדִינָה וָאֶרְאֶה בֶּחָזוֹן וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי עַל־אוּבַל אוּלָי׃", | 8.2. "And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the castle, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the stream Ulai.", 11.30. "For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be cowed, and he shall return, and have indignation against the holy covet, and shall do his pleasure; and he shall return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy covet.", |
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27. Anon., Testament of Judah, 12.4, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, 17.2-18.1, 17.6, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.10, 21.11, 21.12, 21.13, 21.14, 21.15, 21.16, 21.17, 21.18, 21.19, 21.20, 21.21, 21.22, 21.23, 21.24, 22.2, 22.3, 23.3, 23.5, 24 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 277 | 22.3. For the Lord sware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the kingdom from my seed for ever. 22.2. And among men of another race shall my kingdom be brought to an end, Until the salvation of Israel shall come, Until the appearing of the God of righteousness, That Jacob [and all the Gentiles] may rest in peace. And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever; 12.7. and I could not slay her, because it was from the Lord. 21.4. As the heaven is higher than the earth, so is the priesthood of God higher than the earthly kingdom, unless it falls away through sin from the Lord and is dominated by the earthly kingdom. 17.6. And I know that from me shall the kingdom be established. 12.4. And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee. And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle, and the diadem of my kingdom in pledge. And I went in unto her, and she conceived. 12.8. For I said, Lest haply she did it in subtlety, having received the pledge from another woman. 12.6. And when I called her, I heard also the secret words which I spoke when lying with her in my drunkenness; 12.9. But I came not again near her while I lived, because I had done this abomination in all Israel. 21.7. For the kings shall be as sea-monsters. They shall swallow men like fishes: The sons and daughters of free men shall they enslave; Houses, lands, flocks, money shall they plunder: 23.5. Until the Lord visit you, when with perfect heart ye repent and walk in all His commandments; and He bring you up from captivity among the Gentiles. 23.3. For which things' sake the Lord shall bring upon you famine and pestilence, death and the sword, beleaguering by enemies, and revilings of friends, the slaughter of children, the rape of wives, the plundering of possessions, the burning of the temple of God,] the laying waste of the land, the enslavement of yourselves among the Gentiles. 21.6. but thou shalt be king of Jacob. And thou shalt be amongst them as the sea. For as, on the sea, just and unjust are tossed about, some taken into captivity while some are enriched, so also shall every race of men be in thee: some shall be impoverished, being taken captive, and others grow rich by plundering the possessions of others. 21.9. And there shall be false prophets like tempests, And they shall persecute all righteous men. 21.8. And with the flesh of many shall they wrongfully feed the ravens and the cranes; And they shall advance in evil, in covetousness uplifted, |
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29. Anon., Testament of Simeon, 1.1, 5.4, 6.3-6.4, 7.2, 7.11 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 277, 279, 281, 293 | 1.1. The copy of the words of Simeon, the things which he spake to his sons before he died, in the hundred and twentieth year of his life, at which time Joseph, his brother, died. 5.4. For I have seen it inscribed in the writing of Enoch that your sons shall be corrupted in fornication, and shall do harm to the sons of Levi with the sword. 6.3. Then shall perish the seed of Canaan, And a remt shall not be unto Amalek, And all the Cappadocians shall perish, 6.4. And all the Hittites shall be utterly destroyed. Then shall fail the land of Ham, And all the people shall perish. Then shall all the earth rest from trouble, And all the world under heaven from war. 7.2. For the Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a High-priest, and from Judah as it were a King [God and man], He shall save all [the Gentiles and] the race of Israel. |
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30. Anon., Testament of Reuben, 6.5-6.12, 7.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 277, 278, 279 | 6.5. Therefore, then I say unto you, ye will be jealous against the sons of Levi, and will seek to be exalted over them; but ye shall not be able. 6.6. For God will avenge them, and ye shall die by an evil death. 6.7. For to Levi God gave the sovereignty [and to Judah with him and to me also, and to Dan and Joseph, that we should be for rulers]. 6.8. Therefore I command you to hearken to Levi, because he shall know the law of the Lord, and shall give ordices for judgement and shall sacrifice for all Israel until the consummation of the times, as the anointed High Priest, of whom the Lord spake, 6.9. I adjure you by the God of heaven to do truth each one unto his neighbour and to entertain love each one for his brother. 7.1. And Reuben died, having given these commands to his sons. |
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31. Anon., Testament of Naphtali, 1.6-1.12, 2.6, 3.2, 5.3, 5.6, 5.8, 6.6, 7.1-7.4, 8.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 278, 279, 280, 281, 284, 285, 293 | 1.6. I was born from Bilhah, and because Rachel dealt craftily, and gave Bilhah in place of herself to Jacob, and she conceived and bare me upon Rachel's knees, therefore she called my name Naphtali. 1.7. For Rachel loved me very much because I was born upon her lap; and when I was still young she was wont to kiss me, and say: May I have a brother of thine from mine own womb, like unto thee. 1.8. Whence also Joseph was like unto me in all things, according to the prayers of Rachel. 1.9. Now my mother was Bilhah, daughter of Rotheus the brother of Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, who was born on one and the self-same day with Rachel. 2.6. As a man's strength, so also is his work; and as his mind, so also is his skill; and as his purpose, so also is his achievement; and as his heart, so also is his mouth; as his eye, so also is his sleep; as his soul, so also is his word, either in the law of the Lord or in the works of Beliar. 3.2. Sun and moon and stars change not their order; so do ye also change not the law of God in the disorderliness of your doings. 5.3. And we all of us ran together, and Levi laid hold of the sun, and Judah outstripped the others and seized the moon, and they were both of them lifted up with them. 5.6. And, a bull upon the earth, with two great horns, and an eagle's wings upon its back; and we wished to seize him; but could not. 5.8. And I saw, for I was there, and behold a holy writing appeared to us, saying: Assyrians, Medes, Persians, [Chaldeans,] Syrians, shall possess in captivity the twelve tribes of Israel. 6.6. And Joseph fled away upon a little boat, and we were all divided upon nine planks, and Levi and Judah were together. 7.1. These two dreams I told to my father; and he said to me: These things must be fulfilled in their season, after that Israel hath endured many things. 7.2. Then my father saith unto me: I believe God that Joseph liveth, for I see always that the Lord numbereth him with you, 7.3. And he said, weeping: Ah me, my son Joseph, thou livest, though I behold thee not, and thou seest not Jacob that begat thee. 7.4. He caused me also, therefore, to weep by these words, and I burned in my heart to declare that Joseph had been sold, but I feared my brethren. 8.2. Do ye also, therefore, charge your children that they be united to Levi and to Judah; For through them shall salvation arise unto Israel, And in them shall Jacob be blessed. |
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32. Anon., Testament of Levi, 2.3, 2.5, 2.10-2.11, 2.77, 6.1, 8.2-8.17, 9.3-9.4, 9.11-9.14, 10.5-10.7, 10.14-10.16, 12.6-12.7, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.4, 16.1, 17.1-17.11, 18.1, 19.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 291, 292 | 2.3. And when I was feeding the flocks in Abel-Maul, the spirit of understanding of the Lord came upon me, and I saw all men corrupting their way, and that unrighteousness had built for itself walls, and lawlessness sat upon towers. 2.5. Then there fell upon me a sleep, and I beheld a high mountain, and I was upon it. 6.1. And when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila 8.2. And I saw seven men in white raiment saying unto me: Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the plate of faith, and the turban of the head, and the ephod of prophecy. 8.3. And they severally carried (these things) and put (them,) on me, and said unto me: From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever. 8.4. And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the staff of judgment. 8.5. The second washed me with pure water, and fed me with bread and wine (even) the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe. 8.6. The third clothed me with a linen vestment like an ephod. 8.7. The, fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple. 8.8. The fifth gave me a branch of rich olive. 8.9. The sixth placed a crown on my head. 9.3. And when we came to Bethel, my father saw a vision concerning me, that I should be their priest unto God. 9.4. And he rose up early in the morning, and paid tithes of all to the Lord through me. 10.5. For the house which the Lord shall choose shall be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the book of Enoch the righteous. 12.6. And behold, my children, ye are a third generation. 12.7. In my hundred and eighteenth year Joseph died. 13.1. And now, my children, I command you: Fear the Lord your God with your whole heart, And walk in simplicity according to all His law. 14.1. Therefore, my children, I have learnt that at the end of the ages ye will transgress against the Lord, stretching out hands to wickedness [against Him]; and to all the Gentiles shall ye become a scorn. 15.1. Therefore the temple, which the Lord shall choose, shall be laid waste through your uncleanness, and ye shall be captives throughout all nations. 15.4. And if you were not to receive mercy through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, not one of our seed should be left upon the earth. 16.1. And now I have learnt that for seventy weeks ye shall go astray, and profane the priesthood, and pollute the sacrifices. 17.1. And whereas ye have heard concerning the seventy weeks, hear also concerning the priesthood. For in each jubilee there shall be a priesthood. 17.2. And in the first jubilee, the first who is anointed to the priesthood shall be great, and shall speak to God as to a father. And his priesthood shall be perfect with the Lord, [and in the day of his gladness shall he arise for the salvation of the world]. 17.3. In the second jubilee, he that is anointed shall be conceived in the sorrow of beloved ones; and his priesthood shall be honoured and shall be glorified by all. 17.4. And the third priest shall be taken hold of by sorrow. 17.5. And the fourth shall be in pain, because unrighteousness shall gather itself against him exceedingly, and all Israel shall hate each one his neighbour. 17.6. The fifth shall be taken hold of by darkne 17.7. Likewise also the sixth and the seventh. 17.8. And in the seventh shall be such pollution as I cannot express before men, for they shall know it who do these things. 17.9. Therefore shall they be taken captive and become a prey, and their land and their substance shall be destroyed. 18.1. And after their punishment shall have come from the Lord, the priesthood shall fail. 19.1. And now, my children, ye have heard all; choose, therefore, for yourselves either the light or the darkness, either the law of the Lord or the works of Beliar. |
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| 33. Anon., Testament of Joseph, 1.2, 1.3-10.4, 10.5, 11.4, 13, 16, 16.4, 16.5, 19, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 19.8, 19.9, 19.10, 19.11, 19.12, 19.13, 19.14, 19.15, 19.16, 19.17 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 274, 279 |
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36. Anon., Testament of Benjamin, 9.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 275, 277 | 9.1. And I believe that there will be also evil-doings among you, from the words of Enoch the righteous: that ye shall commit fornication with the fornication of Sodom, and shall perish, all save a few, and shall renew wanton deeds with women; and the kingdom of the Lord shall not be among, you, for straightway He shall take it away. |
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37. Anon., Testament of Dan, 5.4-5.13 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 279 | 5.4. I know that in the last days ye shall depart from the Lord, And ye shall provoke Levi unto anger, And fight against Judah; But ye shall not prevail against them, For an angel of the Lord shall guide them both; For by them shall Israel stand. 5.5. And whensoever ye depart from the Lord, ye shall walk in all evil and work the abominations of the Gentiles, going a-whoring after women of the lawless ones, while with all wickedness the spirits of wickedness work in you. 5.6. [For I have read in the book of Enoch, the righteous, that your prince is Satan, and that all the spirits of wickedness and pride will conspire to attend constantly on the sons of Levi, to cause them to sin before the Lord. 5.7. And my sons will draw near to Levi. And sin with them in all things; And the sons of Judah will be covetous, Plundering other men's goods like lions.] 5.8. Therefore shall ye be led away [with them] into captivity, And there shall ye receive all the plagues of Egypt, And all the evils of the Gentiles. 5.9. And so when ye return to the Lord ye shall obtain mercy, And He shall bring you into His sanctuary, And He shall give you peace. |
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38. Anon., Testament of Asher, 7.5-7.7 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 279 | 7.5. For I have known that ye shall assuredly be disobedient, and assuredly act ungodly, not giving heed to the law of God, but to the commandments of men, being corrupted through wickedness. 7.6. And therefore shall ye be scattered as Gad and Dan my brethren, and ye shall know not your lands, tribe, and tongue. 7.7. But the Lord will gather you together in faith through His tender mercy, and for the sake of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.] |
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40. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 2.49-2.50, 2.70, 8.5, 11.1, 13.41 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, admonitions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 281, 282, 286, 287, 288 | 2.49. Now the days drew near for Mattathias to die, and he said to his sons: "Arrogance and reproach have now become strong; it is a time of ruin and furious anger. 2.50. Now, my children, show zeal for the law, and give your lives for the covet of our fathers. 2.70. He died in the one hundred and forty-sixth year and was buried in the tomb of his fathers at Modein. And all Israel mourned for him with great lamentation. 8.5. Philip, and Perseus king of the Macedonians, and the others who rose up against them, they crushed in battle and conquered. 11.1. Then the king of Egypt gathered great forces, like the sand by the seashore, and many ships; and he tried to get possession of Alexanders kingdom by trickery and add it to his own kingdom. 13.41. In the one hundred and seventieth year the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel, |
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41. Anon., Testament of Gad, 2.3, 8.1-8.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, greek influence •testaments of the xii patriarchs, interpolations and revisions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, numismatic allusions •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 279, 285 | 2.3. Therefore I and Simeon sold him to the Ishmaelites [for thirty pieces of gold, and ten of them we hid, and showed the twenty to our brethren] 8.1. Do ye also therefore tell these things to your children, that they honour Judah and Levi, for from them shall the Lord raise up salvation to Israel. 8.2. For I know that at the last your children shall depart from Him, and shall walk in O wickedness, and affliction and corruption before the Lord. |
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42. Anon., Jubilees, 21.25, 22.16, 32.3-32.8, 36.1-36.16 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 286, 291 | 21.25. And take no present or gift for the blood of man: blood for blood, 22.16. May nations serve thee, And all the nations bow themselves before thy seed. 32.3. And Jacob rose early in the morning, on the fourteenth of this month, and he gave a tithe of all that came with him, both of men and cattle, both of gold and every vessel and garment, yea, he gave tithes of all. 32.4. And in those days Rachel became pregt with her son Benjamin. And Jacob counted his sons from him upwards and Levi fell to the portion of the Lord, 32.5. and his father clothed him in the garments of the priesthood and filled his hands. 32.6. And on the fifteenth of this month, he brought to the altar fourteen oxen from amongst the cattle, and twenty-eight rams, and forty-nine sheep, and seven lambs, and twenty-one kids of the goats as a burnt-offering on the altar of sacrifice, well pleasing for a sweet savour before God 32.7. This was his offering, in consequence of the vow which he had vowed that he would give a tenth, with their fruit-offerings and their drink-offerings. 32.8. And when the fire had consumed it, he burnt incense on the fire over the fire, 36.1. And in the sixth year of this week Isaac called his two sons, Esau and Jacob, and they came to him, and he said unto them: "My sons, I am going the way of my fathers, to the eternal house where my fathers are. 36.2. Wherefore bury me near Abraham my father, in the double cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, where Abraham purchased a sepulchre to bury in; in the sepulchre which I digged for myself, there bury me. 36.3. And this I command you, my sons, that ye practise righteousness and uprightness on the earth, so that the Lord may bring upon you all that the Lord said that he would do to Abraham and to his seed. 36.4. And love one another, my sons, your brothers as a man who loveth his own soul, and let each seek in what he may benefit his brother, and act together on the earth; and let them love each other as their own souls. 36.5. And concerning the question of idols, I command and admonish you to reject them and hate them, and love them not; for they are full of deception for those that worship them and for those that bow down to them. 36.6. Remember ye, my sons, the Lord God of Abraham your father, and how I too worshipped Him and served Him in righteousness and in joy, 36.7. that He might multiply you and increase your seed as the stars of heaven in multitude, and establish you on the earth as the plant of righteousness which will not be rooted out unto all the generations for ever. 36.8. And now I shall make you swear a great oath--for there is no oath which is greater than it by the name glorious and honoured and great and splendid and wonderful and mighty, which created the heavens and the earth and all things together. 36.9. --that ye will fear Him and worship Him. And that each will love his brother with affection and righteousness, and that neither will desire evil against his brother from henceforth for ever all the days of your life, so that ye may prosper in all your deeds and not be destroyed. 36.10. And if either of you deviseth evil against his brother, know that from henceforth every one that deviseth evil against his brother will fall into his hand, and will be rooted out of the land of the living, and his seed will be destroyed from under heaven. 36.11. But on the day of turbulence and execration and indignation and anger, with flaming devouring fire as He burnt Sodom, so likewise will He burn his land and his city and all that is his, 36.12. and he will be blotted out of the book of the discipline of the children of men, and not be recorded in the book of life, 36.13. but in that which is appointed to destruction, and he will depart into eternal execration; so that their condemnation may be always renewed in hate and in execration and in wrath and in torment and in indignation and in plagues and in disease for ever. 36.14. I say and testify to you, my sons, according to the judgment which will come upon the man who wisheth to injure his brother." 36.15. And he divided all his possessions between the two on that day, and he gave the larger portion to him that was the first-born, and the tower and all that was about it, and all that Abraham possessed at the Well of the Oath. 36.16. And he said, "This larger portion I shall give to the first-born." br And Esau said, "I have sold to Jacob and given my birthright to Jacob; to him let it be given, and I have not a single word to say regarding it, for it is his." |
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43. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 1.130 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •testaments of the xii patriarchs, date •testaments of the xii patriarchs, historical allusions Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 282 | 1.130. 2. The children of Ham possessed the land from Syria and Amanus, and the mountains of Libanus; seizing upon all that was on its sea-coasts, and as far as the ocean, and keeping it as their own. Some indeed of its names are utterly vanished away; others of them being changed, and another sound given them, are hardly to be discovered; yet a few there are which have kept their denominations entire. |
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CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 288| 112a. דמסוכר ולא משי ידיה מפחיד שבעה יומי דשקיל מזייה ולא משי ידיה מפחיד תלתא יומי דשקיל טופריה ולא משי ידיה מפחיד חד יומא ולא ידע מאי קא מפחיד ידא אאוסיא דרגא לפחדא ידא אפותא דרגא לשינתא,תנא אוכלין ומשקין תחת המטה אפילו מחופין בכלי ברזל רוח רעה שורה עליהן ת"ר לא ישתה אדם מים לא בלילי רביעיות ולא בלילי שבתות ואם שתה דמו בראשו מפני סכנה מאי סכנה רוח רעה,ואם צחי מאי תקנתיה (נימא) שבעה קולות שאמר דוד על המים והדר נישתי שנאמר (תהלים כט, ג) קול ה' על המים אל הכבוד הרעים ה' על מים רבים קול ה' בכח קול ה' בהדר קול ה' שובר ארזים וישבר ה' את ארזי הלבנון קול ה' חוצב להבות אש קול ה' יחיל מדבר יחיל ה' מדבר קדש קול ה' יחולל אילות ויחשוף יערות ובהיכלו כולו אומר כבוד,ואי לא (נימא) הכי לול שפן אניגרון אנירדפין בין כוכבי יתיבנא בין בליעי שמיני אזילנא ואי לא אי איכא איניש בהדיה ניתעריה ולימא ליה פלניא בר פלנתא צחינא מיא והדר נישתי ואי לא מקרקש נכתמא אחצבא והדר נישתי ואי לא נישדי בה מידי והדר נישתי,ת"ר לא ישתה אדם מים לא מן הנהרות ולא מן האגמים בלילה ואם שתה דמו בראשו מפני הסכנה מאי סכנה סכנת שברירי ואי צחי מאי תקנתיה אי איכא איניש בהדיה לימא ליה פלניא בר פלנתא צחינא מיא ואי לא (נימא) איהו לנפשיה פלניא אמרה לי אימי איזדהר משברירי שברירי ברירי רירי ירי רי צחינא מיא בכסי חיורי:,ואפילו מן התמחוי וכו': פשיטא,לא נצרכא אלא אפילו לר"ע דאמר עשה שבתך חול ואל תצטרך לבריות הכא משום פרסומי ניסא (מודי),תנא דבי אליהו אע"פ שאמר ר"ע עשה שבתך חול ואל תצטרך לבריות אבל עושה הוא דבר מועט בתוך ביתו מאי נינהו אמר רב פפא כסא דהרסנא כדתנן ר' יהודה בן תימא אומר הוי עז כנמר וקל כנשר רץ כצבי וגבור כארי לעשות רצון אביך שבשמים,ת"ר שבעה דברים צוה ר"ע את רבי יהושע בנו בני אל תשב בגובהה של עיר ותשנה ואל תדור בעיר שראשיה תלמידי חכמים,ואל תכנס לביתך פתאום כ"ש לבית חבירך ואל תמנע מנעלים מרגליך השכם ואכול בקיץ מפני החמה ובחורף מפני הצינה ועשה שבתך חול ואל תצטרך לבריות והוי משתדל עם אדם שהשעה משחקת לו,אמר רב פפא לא למיזבן מיניה ולא לזבוני ליה אלא למעבד שותפות בהדיה והשתא דאמר רב שמואל בר יצחק מאי דכתיב (איוב א, י) מעשה ידיו ברכת כל הנוטל פרוטה מאיוב מתברך אפילו למיזבן מיניה ולזבוני ליה שפיר דמי,חמשה דברים צוה ר"ע את רבי שמעון בן יוחי כשהיה חבוש בבית האסורין אמר לו רבי למדני תורה אמר איני מלמדך אמר לו אם אין אתה מלמדני אני אומר ליוחי אבא ומוסרך למלכות אמר לו בני יותר ממה שהעגל רוצה לינק פרה רוצה להניק אמר לו ומי בסכנה והלא עגל בסכנה,אמר לו אם בקשת ליחנק היתלה באילן גדול וכשאתה מלמד את בנך למדהו בספר מוגה מאי היא אמר רבא ואיתימא רב משרשיא בחדתא שבשתא כיון דעל על,לא תבשל בקדירה שבישל בה חבירך מאי ניהו גרושה בחיי בעלה דאמר מר גרוש שנשא גרושה ארבע דעות במטה ואי בעית אימא אפילו באלמנה לפי | 112a. One b who lets blood and does not wash his hands will be afraid for seven days. /b One b who cuts his hair and does not wash his hands will be afraid for three days. /b One b who cuts his nails and does not wash his hands will be afraid for one day, and he will not know what is frightening /b him. Placing one’s b hand on /b his b nostrils /b is b a way to /b become b afraid. /b Placing one’s b hand on his forehead is a way /b to fall b asleep. /b ,A Sage b taught: /b If b food and drink /b are b under /b one’s b bed, even if they are covered with iron vessels, an evil spirit rests upon them. The Sages taught: A person /b should b not drink water on Tuesday nights or on Shabbat nights, /b i.e., Friday nights. b And if he drinks /b water, b his blood is upon his /b own b head, due to /b the b danger. /b The Gemara asks: b What is /b this b danger? /b The Gemara answers: The danger of the b evil spirit /b that rules on these days.,The Gemara asks: b And if he is thirsty, what is his remedy? /b What should he drink? The Gemara answers: b He /b should b say /b the b seven voices that David said over the water, and afterward he /b may b drink. As it is stated: “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; God of glory thunders, even the Lord upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. /b He makes them also skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. b The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord makes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare; and in His temple all say: Glory” /b (Psalms 29:3–9)., b And if /b he does b not /b remember that verse, b he /b should b say as follows: Lul, Shafan, Anigron, Anirdafin, /b which are names of demons, b I sit between the stars, I walk between thin /b and b fat /b people, take any of them if you wish but leave me alone. b And if /b he does b not /b recall this incantation, b if there is /b another b person with him, he /b should b wake him and say to him: So-and-so, son of so-and-so, I thirst for water; and then /b he may b drink. And if /b there is b no /b other person with him, he should b knock the cover on the cup and then drink. And if /b he is b not /b able to do this, b he /b should b throw some /b object b in it and then drink. /b , b The Sages taught: A person /b should b not drink water from rivers or from ponds at night. And if he drank, his blood is upon his /b own b head due to the danger. /b The Gemara explains: b What is /b this b danger? The danger of blindness. /b The Gemara asks: b And if he is thirsty, what is his remedy? If there is /b another b person with him, he /b should b say to him: So-and-so, son of so-and-so, I thirst for water. And if /b there is b no /b one else with him, b he /b should b say to himself: So-and-so, my mother said to me /b to b beware of i shavrirei /i , /b the demon of blindness. He should continue to say the following incantation, in the first part of which the demon’s name gradually disappears: b i Shavrirei berirei rirei yiri ri /i ; I thirst for water in white /b earthenware b cups. /b This is an incantation against those demons.,The Gemara returns to the statement of the mishna that on Passover one must drink no less than four cups of wine: b And /b this i halakha /i applies b even /b if the poor person accepts funds b from the charity plate. /b The Gemara asks: It is b obvious /b that this is the case. If there is a mitzva to drink these four cups, they must be provided for him.,The Gemara answers: The mishna b is necessary only /b to teach that this i halakha /i applies b even according to /b the opinion of b Rabbi Akiva, who said: Make your Shabbat /b like an ordinary b weekday and do not be beholden to /b other b beings. /b If one is unable to honor Shabbat without ficial help from others, it is better for him to save money and eat his Shabbat meals as he would on a weekday rather than rely on other people. b Here, /b in the case of the four cups, Rabbi Akiva b concedes /b that it is appropriate for a poor person to request assistance from the community, b due to /b the obligation b to publicize the miracle. /b ,With regard to this issue, b the school of Eliyahu taught /b that b although Rabbi Akiva said: Make your Shabbat /b like b a weekday and do not be beholden to /b other b beings; however, one /b should nevertheless b perform some small /b alteration b in his house /b to distinguish Shabbat from a weekday. The Gemara asks: b What /b is b this /b alteration? b Rav Pappa said: /b For example, one should serve b small, fried fish. As we learned /b in a mishna: b Rabbi Yehuda ben Teima says: Be bold like a leopard, light like an eagle, run like a deer, and /b be b strong like a lion to perform the will of your Father in Heaven. /b This statement teaches that one should exert every effort to perform a mitzva.,The Gemara cites the full source of Rabbi’s Akiva statement with regard to Shabbat preparations. b The Sages taught: Rabbi Akiva commanded Rabbi Yehoshua, his son, /b about b seven matters: My son, do not sit at the high point of a city, /b where many people pass, b and study /b there, as the passersby will interrupt you. b And do not live in a city whose leaders are Torah scholars, /b as they are too busy studying to govern properly.,Rabbi Akiva continued: b And do not enter your house suddenly, /b without knocking first; b all the more so /b do not enter b the house of another, /b as he might not be ready to receive you. b And do not withhold shoes from your feet, /b as it is disgraceful to go barefoot. b Wake up and eat, in the summer due to the heat, /b as it is best to eat before it grows hot, b and in the winter due to /b the strength you will need to tolerate b the cold. And make your Shabbat /b like b a weekday and do not be beholden to /b other b beings. And exert yourself /b to join together b with a person upon whom the hour smiles, /b i.e., a successful person., b Rav Pappa said /b in explanation of this last statement: b Do not buy from him and do not sell to him. /b If he is the beneficiary of good fortune, he will profit from any business transaction and you will suffer from it. b Rather, form a partnership with him. And now /b we have heard b that Rav Shmuel bar Yitzḥak said: What /b is the meaning of that b which is written: “You have blessed the work of his hands” /b (Job 1:10)? This means that b anyone who took a i peruta /i from Job would be blessed, /b even if he received it via a business transaction. This shows that one should engage in business with a person who is blessed, for b even if /b he wishes b to buy from him or to sell to him it is well, /b i.e., he will share in the good fortune of the other.,The Gemara continues to cite similar advice dispensed by Rabbi Akiva. b Rabbi Akiva commanded Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai /b to do b five matters when /b Rabbi Akiva b was imprisoned. /b Beforehand, Rabbi Shimon b said to him: Rabbi, teach me Torah. /b Rabbi Akiva b said /b to him: b I will not teach you, /b as it is dangerous to do so at the present time. Rabbi Shimon b said to him /b in jest: b If you will not teach me, I will tell Yoḥai /b my b father, and he will turn you over to the government. /b In other words, I have no means of persuading you; you are already in prison. Rabbi Akiva b said: My son, /b know that b more than the calf wishes to suck, the cow wants to suckle, /b but I am afraid of the danger. Rabbi Shimon b said to him: And who is in danger? Isn’t the calf in danger, /b as you are in jail and I am the one at risk?,Rabbi Akiva b said to him: /b If so, I will tell you a few matters. First of all, b if you wish to strangle yourself, hang yourself on a tall tree. /b This proverb means that if one wants others to accept what he has to say, he should attribute his statement to a great man. b And when you teach your son, teach him from a corrected text. /b The Gemara asks: b What is /b the meaning of b that /b statement? b Rava said, and some say Rav Mesharshiya /b said: Rabbi Akiva was referring b to /b learning b a new /b topic, for b once a mistake enters /b one’s mind, it has b entered /b there and is difficult to put right.,Rabbi Akiva further told Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai: b Do not cook in a pot in which your colleague cooked /b his food. The Gemara asks: b What is /b the meaning of b this /b statement? The Gemara explains: Rabbi Akiva is referring to marrying b a divorced woman in the lifetime of her /b former b husband. As the Master said: /b If b a divorced man marries a divorced woman, there are four minds in the bed /b during intimacy. Each person thinks about his current and former spouse, which verges on illegitimacy. b And if you wish, say /b instead that this advice holds true b even with regard to /b marrying b a widow, as /b |
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