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Passages similar to: Stromata (Miscellanies) — Chapter V: Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology.
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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter V: Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology. (7)
These things show that that wisdom can be acquired through instruction, to which Abraham attained, passing from the contemplation of heavenly things to the faith and righteousness which are according to God. And Isaac is shown to mean "self-taught;" wherefore also he is discovered to be a type of Christ. He was the husband of one wife Rebecca, which they translate "Patience." And Jacob is said to have consorted with several, his name being interpreted" Exerciser." And exercises are engaged in by means of many and various dogmas. Whence, also, he who is really "endowed with the power of seeing" is called Israel, having much experience, and being fit for exercise.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXI (25)
More probably the reference is to the historical David. 1 i. e. the name of the Jewish people. Rebecca journeys with Jacob to Bethel (xxxi. -).
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (16)
And Abraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Jacob l should his name and seed be called ; and he called Rebecca and gave command- ment regar...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (13)
And in the sixth week, in the second year thereof, Rebecca bare to Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau, and Jacob was a smooth and upright man, and Esau wa...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (14)
H Abraham loves Jacob and blesses him (xix. -).
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXIX (18)
For in the days when Jacob went to Mesopotamia, Esau took to himself a wife Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, and he gathered together all the flocks...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter VI:(4)
After that our father Abraham had seen, and pondered over, investigated, and understood these things, he designed, engraved, and composed them, and...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXVII (18)
And Isaac comforted Rebecca on account of her son Jacob, and blessed him.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXIII (23)
War of the Amorite Kings against Jacob and his Sons. Joseph sold into Egypt (cf. Gen. xxxvii). The Death of Bilhah and Dinah (xxxiv. -).
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXV (13)
And Isaac said unto her : "I, too, know and see the deeds of Jacob who is with us, how that with all his hearthe honoureth us ; but I loved Esau forme...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXI (5)
And Jacob went to his father Isaac and to his mother Rebecca, to the house of his father Abraham, and he took two of his sons witli him, Levi and Juda...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXIV (32)
Rebecca admonishes Jacob not to marry a Canaan it ish Woman. Rebecca's Blessing
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXV (1)
And in the first year of the first week of the forty-fifth jubilee Rebecca called Jacob, her son, and commanded him regarding his father and regard- i...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXV (1)
And in the second year of this week in this jubilee, Rebecca called Jacob her son, and spake unto him, saying : " My son, do not take thee a wife of t...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXIII (21)
And in the third year of this sixth week Jacob and all his sons went and dwelt in the house of Abra- 1 " Where there is no law there is no transgressi...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (31)
Abraham's Last Words to his Children and Grandchildren (xx. -).
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXIX (17)
For Isaac had returned from the Well of the Oath and gone up to the tower of his father Abraham, and he dwelt there apart from his son Esau.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (19)
And be- hold, Isaac my son loveth Esau more than Jacob, but I see that thou truly lovest Jacob.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXII (17)
And the Lord appeared to him by night and blessed him and said unto him : ' " Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall they name thy name....
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXIII (4)
And he arose from his bosom and ran and told Rebecca, his mother ; and Rebecca went to Isaac in the night and told him ; and they went together, and J...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXIX (4)
And Jacob blessed the God of Isaac his father, and the God of Abraham his father's father, and he arose and mounted his wives and his children, and to...
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