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    13446A-H, K-L (Egyptian Museum of Berlin) and Pap. No. 3465 = J. 43502 (Egyptian Museum of Cairo). In the story, Ahikar is a mythical chancellor to the...
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  • Manasses (category Book of Genesis people)
    Manasses was a character in the Story of Ahikar (not in Vulgata, but in Septuagint) told by Tobit on the point of death. The Vatican Manuscript mentions...
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  • Odes of Solomon The Letter of Aristeas The Fourth Book of Maccabees The Story of Ahikar Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras (150-100...
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  • Wisdom) of Ahikar referenced in Tobit 1:22, 2:10, 11:18, and 14:10 Aesop's fable of The Two Pots, referenced in Sirach 13:2–3 The Egyptian Satire of the Trades...
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  • worthy of its sailor!' The moral drawn is that the evil come to grief from the company they keep. The West Asian variant occurs in the story of Ahikar, where...
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  • known is the Story of Ahikar, a book of instructive aphorisms quite similar in style to the biblical Book of Proverbs. Consensus as of 2022[update] regards...
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    Queen of Sheba tests Solomon's wisdom), and in the Talmud. Sirach also mentions riddles as a popular dinner pastime, while the Aramaic Story of Ahikar contains...
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  • Riddle-tale (category Traditional stories)
    The Aesop Romance also drew on similar stories of wisdom contests in various versions of the Story of Ahikar. The following list is based on the survey...
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    Aramaic-language stories spread far beyond northern Mesopotamia. The Story of Ahikar follows a legendary royal advisor, named Ahikar, of Sennacherib and...
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  • context of the time as a parable of the imperial stripping of Indian resources. The Story of Ahikar, London 1898, p.82 John Ray, A Compleat Collection of English...
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