Index of Names and Subjects
Aaron
18, 27, 34, 130
Aaronic priesthood
34, 165
Abba
86
Abba Hilkia
85
Abel
168
Abiathar
159
Abraham, sons of Abraham
26, 149, 202, 218
Adam
86, 100, 106
Adoptionism, “divine sponsorship”/adoption
83–84, 88, 93, 99–100, 103–104
Adultery/fornication
110, 114
Aggadic see Midrashic
Alexandri, R.
178
Alexandria
93
Alexandrian, outlook
45
Almsgiving, charity
115–117, 120
Alpha and Omega
67
Amoraic
60, 85, 127
Ancient of Days
128, 147, 156, 170
Andrew
165
Angel(s), angelic see Heavenly host
Anointed see Messiah
Anointed ones of Israel
52
Anointment
v
Anointment of king
16–17
Anointment of priest
16–17
Prophetic anointment/anointment of Spirit
v, 10–11, 17, 20, 23–21.
Messiah: Prophetic anointment
Anti-Christ
86
Antioch
62, 103
Antitheses
vi, 109–110, 114
Anthropomorphic notions (of God)
86
Aphrahat
105–106
Apocalyptic
3, 21, 66, 88, 124, 158, 165, 177, 211–212, 218
Apostle(s)
51, 59, 61, 170, 182, 190–193, 221
Apotheosis
87–88, 104
Aqiva, R.
86, 109, 121, 149, 186, 222
Aramaic
15, 142, 158, 160–161, 212
Targum, targumic
46–47, 61, 63–64, 110, 143, 177, 208, 219
Ascension
34, 38, 103, 167, 189, 199–203, 206–207
Asia Minor
93
Assyria
87
Atonement
116–117, 205, 207.
Sins, forgiveness of sins
Augustus
92
Avengement/vengeance/vindication/wrath (God’s)
151, 163, 173, 184–187, 194, 196–198, 218
Babylonia, Babylonian
83, 86, 125, 176–177
Babylonian Talmud
60, 77, 177
Baptism see Immersion
Baptism of Spirit
76–77
Beelzebul
162
Ben Zoma, Simeon
78–79
Berachiah, R.
125–126
Bethlehem
25, 132
Bezae, Codex
51, 99, 103–104, 164, 207
Biblical
17, 21, 44–45, 48, 52, 55, 58, 62, 76–77, 81–82, 89, 98, 101, 107, 112, 116, 124, 128–132, 135, 140, 143, 163, 178, 180, 188, 195, 204, 206–209, 215, 217, 220, 223
Biblicizing, re-biblicizing
91, 105–106
Blasphemy
152, 159, 162, 167, 173, 199
Bronze serpent
134
Caesarea Philippi
164
Cana
136
Canaan, Canaanite
81, 83, 86
Chaldeans Kasdim, Kittim
185, 215
Christ
1, 5, 12, 16, 31, 64–65, 70, 89–91, 93, 106, 137, 142, 153–154, 164, 181, 203–204, 219
Christian(s), Early Christian, anti-Christian, Christianity
2–9, 11–13, 15–16, 26, 30, 33–34, 37, 40, 42, 43–44, 61, 68, 71, 75, 79–81, 86–88, 94–95, 97, 104–106, 110, 122, 129, 139, 147, 153, 167, 175–176, 170, 182–183, 196, 198–199, 207–209, 226, 228, 230
Christian myth
142
Nascent Christian, community, outlook of
6, 39, 67, 77, 80, 105, 179, 181, 190, 210, 231–232
Pre-Christian (pre-Christian Judaism)
87, 89, 104, 142, 192, 207, 209
Christology, christological, high christology, lower christology
12, 88–89, 98, 104–105, 141, 150–151, 153–154, 160, 230
Circumcision
92, 223
Circumlocution
161, 164, 174
Cleansing
24, 71–73, 77, 80
Cleopas
31
Common meals
61
Coronation
84
Cosmos
212
Covenant, covenantal
57, 59, 73, 84, 87, 101, 103, 111, 115, 148, 159, 198–201, 211, 215, 224
New covenant
148, 224–225
Creation, beginning of, narrative of
80, 143, 177, 212, 216
Cross
31, 44, 92, 101, 133, 195, 200, 205, 206, 208
Crucifixion, Jesus’ death
vi–vii, 6, 31, 44, 53, 90, 100–101, 113, 132–134, 163–164, 168, 171, 174, 181–183, 188–189, 191–192, 195–200, 203–204, 206, 208–209, 217–218, 220, 231
Cyrus
185
Damascus
93, 224
Daniel, Danielic
165–166, 174–176, 179, 212
Darkness
142
David, the king, Davidic kingdom
25, 50–52, 56, 59, 66, 68, 76, 83–84, 97, 101–103, 124, 131–132, 158–159, 203, 207, 209, 228
As prophet
39, 57–58, 102, 104, 207–208
As son of God/God’s chosen
51, 101, 105
Branch of
48, 50
House, dynasty, progeny of
20, 25, 44–46, 48–49, 52–53, 78, 85, 91, 98, 100, 132
Hut/booth of
48, 50, 52, 63–64, 192
Royal coronation/enthronement
99–100
Day of Judgement, Last Judgement
113, 120, 146, 171, 173, 211
Day of the Lord
74, 130, 191, 219
Dead Sea Scrolls
vii, 2, 8–12, 19–20, 29, 34, 40, 42, 45, 47, 51, 57–58, 68, 72, 77, 85, 108, 111, 113, 119, 121–123, 127, 140, 147, 160, 165, 175, 184, 211, 213, 218, 225–227, 229, 231.
Qumran
Delay (of messianic triumph) see Postponement
Demetrius, king
18
Demigods
92
Demon, demoniac, demons
162, 205
Desert see Wilderness
Disappointment
12.
Eschatological failure
Disruption, setback (of God’s plan)
184, 188
Divine/heavenly (beings, status)
81–84, 89
Divine kingly sonship
83–84, 86
Divinization, deification
vi, 82, 84, 87–89, 104, 140, 153–154, 228, 230
Divorce
110, 114
Domitian
92
Double predestination
213
Double treatise
60, 81, 90, 103, 105, 182–183, 188, 208–210, 228
Dove
24, 70, 77–79, 94, 99–100, 228
Easter, post-Easter
103, 183
Egypt, Egyptian
83–84, 87–88, 97, 125–127, 130, 133–135, 140
Elect, community of, suffering of
53, 85, 165–166, 173, 184, 189, 213
Election, God’s patronage
84, 87, 89
Eliezer son of Hyrcanus, R.
148–149
Elijah
31–32, 74–75, 124, 129–132, 137–138, 164, 169, 177, 182
Emmaus
30
End of days/last days, eschaton
48–49, 52, 67, 108, 110, 120, 148, 211, 215
End-time salvation
80, 146, 219
End of days tribulation
120, 146, 166, 171, 184, 219
Enemies, enmity
113, 174, 198, 203, 215
Enoch, Enochic
22, 36–37, 41–42, 87, 145–146, 148, 167
Enochic literature
21
Enos, the son of Seth
100
Eschatology, eschatological, belonging to the end-of-days, messianic age
vii, 1, 3, 10, 12, 17, 19, 21, 24, 29, 35, 38, 49, 53, 57, 60, 65–66, 68, 72, 80, 90, 105, 110, 113, 120–123, 167, 172, 177–178, 183, 198, 207, 211–214, 218, 226, 231
Eschatological failure
224–225, 231.
Jesus: Failure of his messianic enterprise
Eschatological community/ies
52, 217–218, 224, 228
Eschatological judge
152, 163, 172, 174, 220
Eschatological priest
215
Eschatological prophet
19, 171
Non-eschatological
116, 121–122, 221, 229
“Not yet” eschatology
111, 116, 123, 229
Essene(s)
73, 193.
Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran
Ethical
88, 116
Evil
4, 18, 22, 29, 119–120, 135, 144, 171, 177, 199, 215
Exaltation
58
Exegesis, exegetical, interpretation of Scripture
3, 21, 28, 30, 50, 55–56, 58, 62–63, 65, 102, 109–112, 114, 122, 155, 182–183, 203–207, 209–210, 213–214, 217, 220, 222
Jesus’ command of scriptural exegesis
11, 96, 108, 111–112, 121–123
Messianic/eschatological interpretation
46–47, 49, 57, 59–63, 67, 148, 216, 219
Prophetic exegesis
96
Reinterpretation
68
Exodus from Egypt
127, 133, 135, 138–139, 173, 229
Exorcism
162
Eye-for-an-eye precept
114
Ezekiel
161
Face of God see Glory
Faith, faithfulness
7, 12, 18, 21, 39, 46, 49, 65, 91–92, 95, 108, 117, 134, 144, 150, 154–155, 159, 173, 196, 200, 210, 220–221, 223
Fasting
115–116, 120
Foreknowledge (God’s)
131
Four Beasts/Evil Empires
22, 166, 176, 179
Gabriel, archangel
212
Galilee, Galilean
29, 33, 37, 61, 70–71, 85, 107, 132, 136, 169
Garden of Eden
148
Gentiles, gentile, nations
7, 62–64, 92, 152, 181, 189–192, 196, 199, 203–204, 218, 223–224
Gentile Christians
93, 106, 220, 224
Glory, glorification
142, 145, 160, 170, 189, 199, 207
Gnostic, Gnosticism
88, 142–145
God-fearers
16, 55
Golden rule
112
Good thief
200
Grace
142, 144–145
Greco-Roman world, culture
1, 3, 81, 112, 209
Greek, Greece
150, 153, 176
Habakkuk
216
Hades
131
Halakha, halakhic
114, 149
Ham, R. son of R. Hosha’a
126
Haman
176
Hanina ben Dosa
85
Hasmonean
19
Hatred (of enemies, outsiders)
111–113, 199.
Enmity
Head of Days see Ancient of Days
Heavenly abode
66
Heavenly host, angels, angelic
21, 56, 82, 84, 86, 98, 146, 152, 166, 170–172, 202, 212, 216, 221
Heavenly/angelic redeemer
v–vi, 2, 16, 21, 34–35, 41, 88, 107, 156, 165
Heavenly beasts
22
Heavenly thrones
172
Heavenly visions
212, 218
Hebrew
15, 63, 78, 88, 142, 160–161, 177, 204
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament/Scripture
vii, 3–4, 6, 16, 20, 31, 50, 68, 75, 80, 83, 87, 106, 108, 122, 124–125, 130–131, 137, 151, 153, 160, 177, 179–180, 182–185, 214
Abolishing Scripture
108
Fulfilling Scripture
108, 206
Hellenistic, Jewish Hellenistic
3, 15, 88, 169–170, 192–193
Diaspora
16, 64–65, 190, 197
Hermeneutics, hermeneutical key
6, 46, 78, 125, 141, 207–209, 214, 231
Herod
60–61, 96, 189, 204
Herod Antipas
203
High priest(s), chief priests
35–36, 93, 103, 167, 169, 174, 181, 194–195, 215
Hillel, the School of
88, 110, 121
Hittite (Hurrian)
81
Holiness
18, 38, 72, 85, 103
Honi the ‘circle-drawer’
85
Hope
4, 6–7, 17, 19, 24, 31, 35, 38–40, 44–45, 47, 56, 90, 121–122, 128, 131, 147, 168, 170–171, 181–183, 200, 215, 217, 221, 231
Horeb
74
Hugo Grotius
159
Human condition
65
Hur
130
Identity building, strategies of
5
Ignatius of Antioch
152
Immersion
vi, 23–25, 29, 69–72, 77, 93–94, 96, 99–100, 107, 177, 191, 220, 228
Immortality
84
Incarnation (of the Logos)
143, 151
Intermediary period
211, 219, 221, 224, 229, 231.
Not-yet eschatology
Interpreter of the Torah, as messianic function, Jesus as
vi, 11, 20–21, 48, 50, 62, 64, 107–108, 123, 141, 148, 229
Isaac
124, 131, 149
Isaac, R.
125–127
Isaiah
28, 46, 50, 96, 124
Ishmael, R.
110
Israel, the people of, redemption/restoration of, the kingdom of, Israelite
17, 19, 21, 30–32, 34, 37, 39, 45, 48, 50, 55–56, 60, 64, 66, 74, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 88–89, 101–102, 106, 119, 127, 129–131, 134–135, 140, 147, 153, 160, 168–170, 178, 181–182, 184, 188–189, 191–192, 198–199, 201, 203–204, 208, 214–216, 222, 224, 227, 229
Jacob
98, 149, 224
James
61–64, 129, 165
Jeremiah
124, 131–132, 164, 184
Jerusalem
18, 30, 33, 61, 70, 116, 135, 164–165, 168, 170, 174, 186–187, 190, 192–193, 199, 215, 223
Jerusalem community, church
93, 223
Jerusalem Council
62
Jerusalem Temple, cult see Temple
Jesse
46, 76, 78, 177
Jesus
v, 3–6, 8–9, 11, 16, 22, 29–32, 34–35, 37, 40, 54–58, 66–67, 69–71, 75, 81, 90, 98, 101–103, 106, 110, 113–118, 124, 129, 131–132, 136, 145, 158–159, 164–166, 169–170, 173, 181, 190, 194, 196, 200–204, 218, 224, 228
As a healer
205
As a prophetic anointed of the Spirit
23–26, 28, 30–32, 35, 38, 40, 56, 58, 66, 76, 94–95–97, 107, 122, 169, 184, 186–188, 197, 209, 227
As bearer of God’s Logos
140–141, 143, 145, 150, 154–155, 230
As heavenly Lamb
67
As heavenly/angelic Messiah
36, 38, 41, 67, 95, 153, 156, 167, 169, 171, 174, 176, 227
As new Moses
124, 134, 140, 153
As second Adam
80
As the anointed one, the Messiah
71, 73–75, 77, 88, 141, 150, 153, 157, 164, 167, 176, 194
As Torah-righteous, Torah-sage
108, 229
Disciples, early followers, messianic movement
12–13, 22, 53, 55, 58, 60–61, 65–68, 74, 91, 93, 96, 105, 121, 124, 129, 153, 157, 159, 161, 164, 169, 171, 173, 179, 181, 183, 189, 191–193, 196, 207, 209, 217, 219, 222–223, 225–227, 231
Divine status
15–152, 154–155
Failure of his messianic enterprise
vii, 30, 33–34, 36, 101, 167–168, 170–172, 174–175, 181, 188, 190, 211, 218, 220, 223, 231
Genealogy
99–100
Historical Jesus, authenticity of sayings, self-perception
3–4, 32–35, 88, 99, 111, 123, 156, 163, 166, 171, 175, 183, 195–197, 205, 211, 229
Jesus-centered tradition
5–6, 9, 40, 92, 127, 141–157, 231
Jesus’ messianic biography
1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 40, 43, 60, 70, 74, 80, 94, 100, 122, 137, 156, 158, 163, 165, 175, 179–180, 207, 227–229
Jesus’ miracles, signs
134–136, 139–140, 229–230
Jesus’ return
65, 218.
Second coming
Kingly/Davidic messiahship/descent
26, 30, 32, 35, 38, 40, 44–45, 53, 57–59, 66–67, 76, 91, 95–97, 101, 104, 107, 132, 167–169, 174, 227
Messianic initiation
75, 228
Miraculous birth
25
Persecution
206
Priestly (Aaronic) connection
25–26, 30, 40, 76, 96, 107, 227
Priestly (heavenly) messiahship
27, 67
Rejection
165, 184, 187, 189, 191–195
Self-awareness
88.
Historical Jesus
Suffering
53, 59, 171, 187, 189, 198, 206, 208
Jews, Jewry, Jewish, Jewish matrix, Jewish setting, anti-Jewish, non-Jewish
3, 5–7, 9, 12–13, 15, 53–54, 64–66, 68–69, 75, 79, 81, 85–86–89, 91–93, 97, 101, 104–106, 115, 117–119, 124, 137–139, 142, 150, 152, 161, 181, 184, 190–191, 196, 203–204, 207–210, 222–223, 226–227, 230–231
Jewish Christians, Jewish-Christian
92, 115, 152
Jewish leaders
194–195
Jewish “Other”
7
Messianic exegesis
54, 230
Palestinian Jewish
4, 15, 27, 45, 69, 71, 125, 193
Religious sensitivity
112, 121
Ritual
61, 117, 120, 223, 229
Tradition, beliefs, trends
2, 7, 9, 16, 42
Job
81
Johanan ben Zakkai, R.
149
John, apostle
165, 189
John the Baptist/Baptizer/Immerser
v, 23, 25, 31–32, 69–75, 77, 94, 99, 132, 137–138, 164, 211, 228
Jonah
131–132, 135, 163
Jonathan son of Mattathias
215
Jordan River
23–24, 69, 71, 77, 94, 107, 228
Joseph (New Testament)
96, 100
Josephus Flavius
23, 69, 71
Joshua son of Nun
32, 130
Joshua, R.
149
Judah, the tribe of
67
Judaism
1, 13, 80, 87, 97
Formative Judaism
7
Of the Second Temple period
1, 6, 87.
Second Temple period
Judea, Judah
126, 169, 185, 190, 196
Kaddish
118
Kerygma, kerygmatic
56, 93, 101, 189, 197
Kingdom of God/Heaven, sons of the kingdom
4–5, 29, 77, 107, 110–111, 120, 122, 162, 171, 211, 218
Kingship
84, 88
Land of Israel
3, 15, 45, 69, 88, 12, 182, 223
Last redeemer like the first one
125–126, 137–139, 230
Last Supper
198, 200
Lawless one, man of lawlessness
219–220
Lazarus
202
Levi, R.
126–127
Life
141
Future life, post-mortem existence, eternal life
1, 200–202.
Resurrection
Light, true light
141–143, 146, 149
Logos/God’s Word
vi, 11, 79, 85, 140–143, 151, 153
As intermediary (in creation and revelation)
143
Human mind as Logos’ likeness and image
151
Logoization
152, 154, 230
Torah as logos
11, 141
Lord of Spirits
128, 147
Lord’s Prayer
vi, 116–120
Love
29, 59, 83, 97, 106, 109, 111–114, 129, 145, 221–222
Double-love precept
114–115
Love-your-enemy
112, 119
Macarisms
29
Maccabean, Maccabees
19, 184, 198–201, 203–205
Magi
97
Malachi
74–75
Man of Lie
215–216
Marriage
82, 173, 201
Martyrs, martyrdom, sanctification of the Name
vii, 12, 113, 183, 198–200, 203–204, 210, 221
Martyr’s beneficiary death
vii, 183, 197–199
Mary
25, 97–98
Miraculous conception
97
Masoretic
63
Matthat, the son of Levi (New Testament)
100
Media
176
Mediation in creation
104
Melchizedek
26–27, 55, 67, 103
Mercy
112, 144,146, 199, 201.
Grace
Mesopotamian
84
Messiah, God’s anointed, messiahship, messianic
v, 1, 2, 4–5, 10–11, 15–17, 22, 25, 34–37, 46, 55, 60–61, 78, 81, 86–87, 89, 93, 106, 113, 124–125, 127–128, 147–148, 155, 170, 177, 181, 195, 204, 206, 208, 226–228, 231–232
As second Moses
125, 137, 140
Davidic, kingly
v, 10, 19–20, 22, 25, 35, 38, 43–46, 49–50, 52–56, 58–59, 52, 63–68, 75–76, 85, 87, 89–90, 98, 102, 104–105, 107, 124, 162, 165–166, 171, 175–180, 207, 210, 219, 227, 231
Diarchic messianism
33, 38, 51, 165
False messiah(s)
135
Heavenly Messiah
vii, 10, 22, 35, 41–43, 54, 156, 175–176, 178–180
Inauguration of messianic advent
v, 69–70, 77, 79–80
Jesus’ messiahship
v, 15, 22, 24, 42, 88.
Jesus
Messiah’s name
79, 129, 147
Messianic beliefs, expectations, idea
1, 13, 15, 35, 64
Messianic community
59, 61
Messianic redemption/salvation, triumph
12, 58, 61, 171, 209, 212, 218
Of Aaron (priestly Messiah)
19–20, 38, 43–44, 50–51, 53–54, 64, 75, 107, 110, 124, 165, 167, 175, 227
Of Israel
19–20, 51, 65, 77, 110
Prophetic messiahship
20–21, 24–25, 53–54, 75, 107, 124, 165, 175
Salvific functions
53
Second Temple messianic beliefs
v, 9–10, 17, 22, 40, 67, 70, 75, 95, 107, 164–165, 175.
Second Temple period
Spiritual birth
25
Suffering, death of the Messiah
12, 44, 59, 175, 182, 204, 206–208, 210, 217, 231
Michael, archangel
22
Midrash, midrashic
12, 16, 26, 77–80, 101, 109, 112, 125, 128, 146, 148, 175–177, 179–180, 203, 223, 228, 230
Miracles
vi.
Signs and wonders
Mishnah, mishnaic
86, 110
Moses, Mosaic
vi, 31–32, 45, 48, 62, 67, 74, 103, 124–132, 134, 136–137, 139–140, 142–143, 146, 148–150, 154, 182, 204, 230
As bearer/deliverer of God’s Word/Logos
140–141, 143, 145, 155, 230
Messiah as new Moses
vi, 11, 124–127, 132
Moses as divine/godlike
150–151
Mount of Olives
165, 192
Murder
114
Mystery, mysterious, heavenly secrets
vii, 12, 72, 177, 185, 212–214, 216, 218, 220–221, 224–225
Mythic (biblical)
184
Mythic, mythology (Near Eastern, Semitic), demythologizing
81–82, 84, 184
Nazareth, Nazarene
1, 2, 25, 31, 33, 46, 70, 96, 132, 181, 188
Nebuchadnezzar
212
Nero
92
New birth
84
Nile
137
Nineveh
135
Pagan, pagans
88, 163
Palestinian Talmud
160
Parables/Similitudes of Enoch
v, 22, 36, 42, 128, 167, 174–175
Paradise
200
Parting-of-the-ways
6–7
Passion narrative
194, 200, 203–206, 208–209
Passover
32, 133, 135
Passover Haggadah
127, 138, 173
Patriarchs
79, 129, 147, 202
Paul, Pauline
1, 12, 38, 59, 61, 64–66, 68, 80, 89–91, 93, 103–104, 152, 157, 161, 181, 190–191–193, 196–197, 218, 220–224
Pentateuch
45, 108, 141, 143, 230
Pentecost
169, 191
Pesher
30, 46–49, 53, 57–58, 64, 96, 102, 212, 214–216
Peshitta
63
Peter, Simon
32, 39, 57, 59, 61, 63, 93, 102, 129, 131, 164–165, 172, 189, 191
Pharaoh
134, 140
Coronation of see Coronation
Pharisees, Torah-sages, Pharisaic
vi, 7, 28, 39, 54, 58, 67, 71, 108–111, 114–115, 118, 135, 186, 227
Philo
3–4, 15, 45, 85–87, 150–152, 192
Piety, deeds of
vi, 115–117, 120
Pontius Pilate
60–61, 133, 189, 204
Postponement of the End/redemption, the crisis of
vii, 12, 38, 57–58, 183, 188, 211, 216–217, 220–221, 224–225, 231
Prayer
59, 115–117, 119–120
Preexistence
87–89, 104, 106
Priestly elite
165
Prologue, Johannine
vi, 140–143, 145, 150, 153–154
Prophet, prophecy, prophetic
17, 21, 29, 50, 55, 130, 134–135, 138, 140, 163, 165, 168, 177, 181, 190, 206, 208, 215–217, 221, 223, 225
Cessation and renewal of prophecy
24, 30
Prophets, God’s messengers
26, 28, 84, 121, 133, 141, 182, 185, 188, 198, 204, 229
Eschatological prophet
21
False prophets
121–122, 135
Persecution, rejection, death
vii, 168, 183–184, 186–187, 193, 196–199, 203, 208, 217, 231
Suffering, vicarious
vii, 184, 191, 205
Proto-rabbinic
85, 114–115, 187.
Rabbinic
Psalms
45, 51–52, 54–58, 60–61, 65, 67, 91, 101, 103, 117, 134, 182, 204, 207–209
Pseudo-Philo
3–4
Punishment
116–117, 120, 137, 184–187, 191–197, 199, 201, 208–210, 216, 222
Q-Source
107, 187
Qumran, Qumranic, anti-Qumranic
vi, 8, 10–12, 27, 29–30, 34–35, 40, 43, 45–48, 50–53, 55, 57, 61–62, 64, 67–68, 72–73, 76, 80, 87–88, 96, 98, 105, 109–111, 114–117, 166, 187, 198, 206, 208, 210–211, 214, 220, 226, 229, 231
Immersions at Qumran
29, 228
Qumran covenanters
20, 26, 41, 111, 218, 231
Rabbinic
vi–vii, 9, 11, 13, 29, 31, 54–55, 58, 60–61, 67, 79–80, 108, 115–119, 121–122, 125, 138, 148, 160, 176–179, 184, 187, 201–202, 208, 210–211, 226–231
Rav
125, 149
Redeemer, Deliverer
2, 11, 35, 75, 88, 124–127, 138–140, 179, 224, 230
Redemption, salvation
1–5, 12, 19, 21, 23, 31–32, 35–36, 38–39, 42–44, 55–56, 65, 146, 156, 178, 181, 184–186, 188–189, 195, 197, 199, 201, 210, 214, 221, 223, 225, 227, 229
Reimarus, Samuel
200
Repentance, return to God
23, 70–73, 75, 78, 116–117, 170, 177, 191
Resurrection
vi–vii, 6, 34, 38, 54, 56–60, 65–66, 90, 100–103, 131–132, 135–136, 154–155, 164, 182, 188–189, 191, 197–202, 204, 206–207, 209
Revelation
vii, 143, 188, 212, 221, 224
Reward
116, 120
Righteous, righteousness
46, 113, 116, 128, 146, 202, 207, 220, 231
Roman Empire, yoke of
5, 31, 176, 179
Roman(s), Rome
93, 166, 204, 215, 222–223
Sabbath
16, 29, 59, 62, 96, 133, 148, 158–159
Sadducees
71, 201–202
Samaria, Samaritan
169, 193
Satan, devil, Belial, Melkhiresha, Evil One, Angel of Darkness
28, 107, 120, 171, 213, 219–220
Saul (biblical)
83, 97
Second coming see Jesus as heavenly/angelic Messiah and Jesus’ return
Second god
150
Second Temple period, Jewry, tradition
2–4, 9, 12–13, 15, 19–20, 27, 30–31, 50, 53, 59, 70, 74, 77, 81, 87, 95, 104, 113, 115–116, 118–119, 121, 124, 127, 145, 156, 160, 173, 184, 187, 193, 203–204, 210, 212, 223, 225–226, 228, 230–231
Second temple groups/sects
10, 20, 75, 210, 217, 224, 228–229
Sectarian, non-sectarian
4–6, 8, 13, 20, 41, 68, 73, 76, 139, 170, 175–176, 179, 187, 193, 213, 218, 225–226, 228, 231
Seleucids
215
Semitic
143
Septuagint
1, 62–63
Sermon on the Mount
vi, 28–29, 107–110, 112, 114, 119, 121–122
Sermon on the Plain
107, 112
Shammai, the School of
110
Shittim, valley
125
Shmoneh Esreh (Eighteen Benedictions)
118
Shmuel, R.
125
Signs and wonders
vi , 124, 127, 134, 138, 140, 219, 229
Manna
136–138
Sihon and Og
126
Simon/Simeon, the Hasmonean
18–19
Simeon (New Testament)
63
Simeon ben Lakish, R.
176
Simeon ben Nathanʼel, R.
149
Sinai, covenant, revelation
57, 82, 101, 103, 109, 122, 128–130, 143, 146, 149
Sins, transgressions, sinners, forgiveness of
vi, 23–24, 70–71, 113, 116–121, 159–160, 191, 196, 198–199, 212, 224
Solomon
84, 86, 97, 104
Son of David
vi, 11, 25, 81, 90–91, 97, 228, 230
Son of God, God’s chosen
vi, 10–11, 24, 32, 51, 55, 81, 83, 85–89, 90–93, 107, 228
Democratic widening of divine sonship (general, of Israel)
92, 97, 105–106
Jesus’ divine sonship, Jesus as son of God
11, 35, 66, 70, 76, 81, 88–90, 93–101, 103–105–106, 136, 142, 152, 164, 167, 194
Sonship as being in God’s image and likeness
86, 100
Son of Man, heavenly, also relating to Jesus
vi–vii, 11, 22, 35–36, 41, 55, 95, 126, 155–156–158, 160, 163–164, 166–173, 177–179, 195, 230.
Jesus as heavenly/angelic Messiah
Son of man (generic: man, born of woman), sons of man
vi–vii, 85, 157–162, 168, 171, 173–174
Son of man as relating to Jesus
vii, 32, 157–158, 161–164, 170, 179
Sons of God, sons of heaven
8–82, 85, 142, 152, 173, 202
Sons of gods
85, 104
Sons of darkness, sons of the Evil One
111, 171, 218
Sons of light
21, 48, 85, 213, 218
Speeches
55–56, 62
Spirit (of God), holy Spirit, gift of
19–21, 24–25, 28–30, 37, 46, 56, 58, 65–66, 70, 72–73, 76–78, 80, 90, 96, 98, 103, 107, 122, 124, 162–163, 169, 173, 176–177, 182, 189–191, 203, 209, 217, 219, 228–229
Poor in Spirit
29
Unclean spirits
73, 205, 212
Stephen
37, 169, 192–194
Suffering
199, 203, 205.
Jesus: Suffering and Messiah: Suffering
Suffering (God’s)
184
Suffering Servant, Servant Song
92, 205, 210
Sumerian
83
Supersessionist
149
Sympathy (God’s)
184
Synagogue(s)
62, 96, 107, 110, 168, 173, 190
Synoptic Gospels, tradition, pre-Synoptic
v–vi, 10, 23, 27, 30, 32, 39–41, 58, 67, 90–92, 94–96, 100, 104, 107, 114, 124, 129–134, 140–141, 156–157, 165, 167–168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 179–180, 195, 198, 201–202, 206, 217–218, 228–229
Synoptic narrative
v, 31, 53, 55, 71, 79–80, 178, 227
Syriac
105, 155
Talmud
8, 51, 71, 178, 230
Talmudic see Rabbinic
Tannaitic
49, 60–61, 85, 110, 117, 119, 222
Teacher of Righteousness
20–21, 30, 43, 48, 96, 148, 187, 215–216
Temple, sacrificial cult (in Jerusalem)
33–35, 38, 79, 9, 116–117, 122, 129, 147–148, 165, 167–168, 174, 185, 192–196, 199, 219
Authorities
38, 170, 192
Cleansing
165, 196
Destruction
26, 34, 57, 117, 179, 186–187, 192–197, 199, 203, 208, 210
Eschatological Temple
102, 209
Restoration
208
Temple of man
49
Temptation
107, 119–121
Ten Plagues in Egypt
137
Theocratic
88
Theodor of Mopsuestia
155
Thomas, the Twin
154–155
Three-crown (kingship, priesthood and prophecy) motif
v, 10, 19, 27, 34–35, 38, 40–41, 55
Throne of Glory
129, 147
Tiberias, emperor
92
Titus
92
Torah
vi, 11, 19–21, 28, 50, 61, 64, 68, 74, 79, 92, 103, 108, 110, 122, 129, 134, 140–141, 143–144, 147–149, 152–153, 176, 191, 216, 222–223, 229
Letters of
148
New Torah
145, 148, 202
Torah and Prophets
108
Commandments
68, 108, 113, 122, 133
Great principle of
29, 54, 114, 222
Observance
160
Traitors
215, 217
Transfiguration
32–33, 74, 94, 129–131, 141, 163
True Israel
85
Truth
73, 133, 142–145, 163, 200, 213, 216
Tunius Rufus/Tunus Rufus
122
Ugaritic
81
Vicarious
vii.
Prophets: Suffering
Wickedness, age of wickedness
72, 148
Wicked Priest
215–216
Wilderness
28, 126, 134, 137
Wisdom, Wisdom literature
36, 87, 142–143, 146, 214, 219–220
World to come
116
Yehoshua ben Levi
178
Yehudah, R.
149
Yohanan, R.
61
Zadok, descendants of
19–20, 53
Zechariah
124
Zechariah, son of Barachiah
168
Zion
83, 224