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Ancient Sources Index

Ancient Near Eastern Texts

Adapa myth/story 7
Babylonian-Assyrian Antiquities 11
Babylonian Theodicy 116
Berliner Ptahhymnus
pBerlin 3048 16n44
Book of the Dead 19–20, 20n54, 21, 21n64, 46
Spell 52 19, 50n45
Spell 59 21, 50n45
Spell 68 50n45
Spell 152 22
Spell 168A 22n66
Spell 189 22n66
Spell 359 21
Spell 467 21
Spell 547 21
Coffin texts 20
Constantinople
Nr. 2828 11
Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld 10n24, 15
Enki and Ninhursag myth 8, 8n18
Epic of Gilgamesh viii, 12, 15, 15n40, 27, 93, 366, 368
Great Cairo Hymn of Praise to Amun-Re 17, 19, 26
Great Hymn to Osiris 18, 18n50, 18n52, 26
Great Hymn to the Aten 17n45
Hymn to Ptah 16, 26
Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld 10, 11, 27
Instruction of Amenemope
4.6.1–12 112–113
Khirbet el-Qom inscriptions 25–26
Kuntillet ʿAjrud inscriptions 25–26
Nimrud reliefs 52–59
Pyramid Texts 20, 21, 27, 47, 63
Stele of Amenmose 18
Ugaritic Liturgy against Venomous Reptiles
Rs 24.244 24n69
Utukkū Lemnūtu incantations
15, 122–129 116, 117

Old Testament [Septuagint]

Genesis 32, 184–186, 197, 208, 218, 219, 222, 252, 259, 368, 380
1–2 136, 236, 244, 377
1–3 252, 254, 264, 365–370, 372–379, 382
1:1 375
1:1–2 373
1:1–2:3 378
1:26–27 224
2 84, 245, 246, 375
2–3 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 22, 23, 24, 24n70, 26, 27, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 86, 90, 95–96, 107, 118
2:4 74n1, 375
2:4–3:24 123, 126, 128
2:5 88
2:7 85, 86, 88, 89, 159, 224
2:8 76, 88, 217
2:8–17 373
2:9 7, 19, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 95, 96, 152, 174, 184n4, 185, 194, 197, 236, 237, 240, 242, 244, 371
2:9–10 287, 377
2:10 179
2:10–3:21 95
2:15 76, 88
2:16 90, 94
2:16–17 81, 84, 378
2:17 76, 81, 83, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96
2:19–20 85
2:21 85
2:22 84
2:23 85
2:23–24 85, 90
3 15n40, 136, 229, 233, 274, 371, 380
3:3 77, 80, 81, 83, 86, 95, 371
3:4–5 83
3:5 83
3:6 83, 85
3:8 90
3:9 239
3:15 258n32
3:16 85, 371
3:17–19 86, 88, 143
3:18–19 76
3:19 89, 90
3:22 7, 76, 84, 86–88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 184n4, 185, 194, 210, 217, 369, 371, 373
3:22–24 43, 75, 80, 86, 87, 95, 236
3:23 86–88, 96, 241
3:23–24 76, 174, 241
3:24 76, 86–87, 88, 95, 96, 169, 184n4, 185, 194, 242, 243
4 89
4:1 373
6:3 90
8:9 92
12:6 46n34
13:18 46n34
14:13 46n34
18:1 46n34, 63n96
19:10 92
30:2 103
30:37–41 63n96
49:21 225
Exodus
1:7 91
1:10 91
3:1–5 63n96
3:20 92
6:1 86
9:15 92
15:25 245
20:5 274
24:4 82
25:31–40 206, 290
27:20 206
30:1–20 129
30:33 103
Leviticus
19:26 191n41
24:2 206
26:4 83
Deuteronomy
16:21 24, 237n7
17:17 239
18:10 191n41
Joshua
24:26 63n96
24:26–27 46n34
Judges
4:5 63n96
6:25 24
9:7–21 103n14
9:37 63n96, 269n62
1 Samuel
6:11 81
7:3 82
13:19 91
13:22 91
15:23 191n41
31:13 63n96
2 Samuel
6:14–15 104n15
11:1 82n28
11:8 88
12:26–28 91n57
15:1–6 88
15:5 92
24 88
1 Kings
2:37 95
5:9 82n28
6:23 114
6:29 59, 114, 117
6:29–35 59
6:32 59, 114
6:35 59
8 104n15
16:33 24
19:5 63n96
22 88
2 Kings
1 94
17:17 191n41
18:3–8 63
21:6 191n41
22:2–9 63
23:1–27 63
23:4 63
1 Chronicles
2:23 82n28
28:1 82n28
29:21 82n28
2 Chronicles
21:4 82n28
33:6 191n41
Ezra
8:5 82n28
Nehemiah
13:15 82n28
Job
1–2 88
1:11 92
2:5 92
Psalms 382
1 100n3, 110–113, 130n14
1:1–4 100n2
1:3 100, 111, 112, 206, 217, 226, 231
1:4 112
2 111n37
23:6 107n27
36 111
36:9 377
37 100n3
37:35 100, 115
46:5 111
52 100n3, 113, 114
52:7 113
52:9 113
52:9–10 100n2
52:10 100, 113
73:1–13 115
91:13 259n38
92 100n3, 114–118
92:6 100n2, 114
92:13 100, 115, 117
92:13–16 100n2, 115, 118
92:14 117
96:12 100
104 17, 100n3
104:13–15 143n18
104:14–16 81n24
104:16–17 100, 117
105 100n3
Proverbs 367n4, 377, 379, 382
1–3 114
3:2 107n27
3:13 106
3:13–18 106
3:15 106
3:16 106
3:17 106
3:17–18 100n2, 105–106
3:18 7, 105–108, 111n36, 113n43, 126, 174, 184n4, 206, 225–227, 232, 241, 368, 380
3:19–20 106
11:28 107, 115
11:30 107, 113n43, 115, 184n4
11:30–31 100n2, 105
13:12 100n2, 105, 108, 113n43, 184n4
13:12–14 108
15:1–2 109
15:4 100n2, 105, 108, 113, 184n4
Ecclesiastes
2:4–6 81n24
3:9–22 143n18
Isaiah 382
2:11–13 103n14
5 171
5:2 227
6:10 254, 274
10:33–34 103n14
11:1 103n14
11:1–3 297, 301
14 130
41:8 103
60:13 117
65:22 241
Jeremiah
2:13 247
11:16 103n14
17:5–8 103n14, 112, 113
17:7 111
17:8 231
17:10 103
23:5–6 103n14
50:16 82n28
Lamentations
2:6 129
3:61 82n28
Ezekiel 185n8, 186, 191, 197, 200, 208
1 221
3:18 94
6:13 46n34
17 130
17:1–24 103n14, 114
19:10–14 103n14, 114
28 118n51
28:1–19 174
28:13–14 117, 174
28:16 175, 180
31 117, 118n51
31:1–12 114
31:2–9 174
31:3 130
31:3–9 103n14
31:6 177
33:8 94
33:14 94
47 186n10
47:6–12 174, 175
47:7 184n6, 194
47:12 175, 184n6, 196, 210
Daniel 191
4 130
4–12 (HB) 103n14
Zechariah
4 206
4:2 206
4:3 291
4:12–14 103n14

Deuterocanonical Books

2 Esdras (4 Ezra) 136, 144, 159, 368
1–2 142, 144
1.1–23 142
1.24–40 142
1.28–30 142
1.34 142
1.37 142
1.38 142
2 137, 143, 160
2.1 142
2.1–2 142
2.1–4 143n16
2.1–9 143
2.2–17 141–142
2.2 143
2.3 143, 144
2.4 142, 143
2.10 143
2.10–14 143
2.11 128
2.12 124, 134, 137, 143, 184n7, 194
2.13 143
2.14 143
2.15 143, 144
2.17 144
4.5–9 150
5.35–38 150
6.35 137
6.38–54 137
6.55–59 137
7 141
7.10–18 137
7.26–44 138
7.36–37 138
7.75 138
7.75–101 138
7.102–131 138
7.123 176
7.132–140 138
8 137–138, 147, 149, 157, 160, 161
8.1–3 138
8.4 138
8.7 138
8.7–9 138
8.7–12 138
8.10 138
8.12 138
8.13 138
8.14–15 138
8.16 138, 161
8.17–18 138
8.19 138
8.19–36 156
8.24 138
8.37–40 139
8.41 139
8.41–45 139, 161
8.42–45 139
8.44 139
8.45 139
8.46–51 161
8.46–62 139
8.47 139
8.49 140
8.49–55 137
8.50 140
8.50–52 183n1
8.51 139–140
8.52 134, 176, 137, 139, 140, 184n7, 194, 241n21
8.52–53 124
8.53–54 140
8.56–57 141
8.60 141
8.62 141
9.25 137
15–16 144
Wisdom of Solomon 366
Sirach
19:19 184n5, 206, 210
24:12–17 173

Pseudepigrapha

Apocalypse of Elijah
4.1 156
4.4–6 156
5 154, 157
5.1–6 154
5.1–14 155
5.2–6 155
5.6 134, 154, 159, 194
5.7–14 155
5.11 156, 158
5.13 159
Apocalypse of Moses
19.2 194
22.4 128, 194
28.2 184n7
28.2–4 194
28.4 184n7
Apocalypse of Sedrach
2.2 151
3 151
3–4 157
3.4–5 151
3.6 151
3.8 151
4 150, 151, 152, 153
4.1 151
4.1–5 151
4.2 151, 152
4.3 151, 152, 158
4.4 134, 152, 158
5 160
7 152, 153, 157, 161
7.6–9 151, 152, 153
7.7–8 153n37
8 150, 153
9 152, 153, 157
9.2 153
9.2–3 151
9.3 152
3 Baruch 201
4 Baruch
9 viii
9.16 194, 197
9.16–17 140
9.16–18 125, 130
1 Enoch 191
1–5 166
2.1 166
3.1 167
5 174
5.1 167
5.4 166
5.8–9 172
5.9 169
6–8 167
8.3 167
9–11 167
10 172
10.16 167
10.17 169
10.18 167
10.18–19 172
10.19 167
12–36 167, 177
14 168
17–19 167
18 171
18.6 172
18.6–19.2 177
18.8 167
20.7 156
21–27 177
21–36 167
23.1 167
24–25 123, 166, 168, 170, 171
24–26 184n7
24.1 167, 175
24.2 167, 175
24.3 167, 171, 180
24.3–4 197n67
24.3–25.6 166
24.4 123, 168, 175, 194, 197
24.4–5 195n53
24.5 167
25.1 168
25.1–5 241
25.3 167
25.4 168, 170, 180
25.4–5 128–129, 168, 175
25.5 167, 168, 210
25.6 169, 170
26.1 168
27.4 168
30.2–3 168
31.3 168
32 171, 172, 177
32.4 168
70.3 170
2 Enoch
3–37 177
7–10 177
8.1 176
8.3 124, 125, 175, 180, 184n7
8.3–4 194, 195n53
8.3–7 166
8.4 176
8.8 176, 177
9.1 176, 180
10 176
10.4 177
18 177
18.1 177
18.7 177
40.10–11 149n28
3 Enoch
5.1 125, 166, 178, 180, 194
5.5 179
5.10–12 179
23.18 166, 178, 179, 180, 194
48D.8 166, 179, 194
Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra 144
Greek Apocalypse of Ezra
1 145
1.12–24 145
1.12–2.17 145–146
2 145, 146, 148, 153, 158, 160
2.11–14 134, 144
2.13 147
2.16 153
2.16–17 160
2.17 147
4 149
4–5 144, 149
5 147, 148, 149, 151, 157, 160, 161
5.1–28 147–148
5.2 161
5.2–3 148
5.3 160
5.4 148
5.4–5 160
5.9 149, 160
5.12 149, 161
5.12–19 161
5.14 149
5.20 158
5.20–21 161
5.20–23 147
5.21 134, 144, 158
5.22 156
5.23 149
5.27 149
Syriac Apocalypse of Ezra 144
Jubilees 241
1:29 140
Life of Adam and Eve 294
9:3 124
19:2 126
22:4 126, 127
28:3–4 127
29:3 129
29:6 129
Life of Adam and Eve (Armenian)
28:3 127
Life of Adam and Eve (Georgian)
28:3 128
4 Maccabees
18:16 184n5
18:16–18 126
Odes of Solomon
11:15 124
Parables of Enoch 150n31
Psalms of Solomon
14.2 206
14.3 194, 220
Pseudo-Philo
Biblical Antiquities
11.15 124, 125, 194
Revelatio Esdras de qualitatibus anni 144
Testament of Levi
18:11 129, 210
18:12 259n38
Testament of Simeon
6:6 259n38
Visio Beati Esdrae 144, 147

Dead Sea Scrolls

1QHa (Hodayot)
XVI, 5–6 194, 196, 197n67
4Q385 (Pseudo-Ezekiel)
2 241n21
4Q458 (Narrative A)
1, 1:18–19 130
11Q10 (Targum of Job)
28:7 126
11Q19 (Temple Scroll)
29:8–9 140n12

Ancient Jewish Writers

Philo 252n12
Allegorical Interpretation 1
31–32 246
35 246
48–52 237n7
56 237
56–58 242
56–59 236–238, 244, 245
57 237
58 237
59 194, 197n67, 205n101, 237, 238
60 238
60–61 236, 237
61 205n101, 238
90 238n10
97 238n10
100 238n10
101 238n10
108 238n10
Allegorical Interpretation 3
52 236, 238, 239, 242
107 236, 239
On Flight and Finding
58–61 246
78 246
97 247
197f 247
On Giants
14 247
On Planting
36–37 244
36–45 236, 244–245
38 244
38–39 244
40–42 244
43–45 244
44 244–245
44–45 238, 244
45 245
46 245
On the Change of Names
213–214 246
223 247
On the Cherubim
1 236, 243–244
On the Contemplative Life
13 246
On the Creation of the World
30 246
151 242
151–152 242
151–156 242–243
153 242
154 198n73, 201n88, 205n99, 242–243
155 243
156 243, 245
157–167 243
172 246
On Dreams 1
34 246
148 247
On Dreams 2
70 236, 245–246
On the Embassy to Gaius
192 246
On the Life of Abraham
6 246
84 246
271 246
On the Migration of Abraham
34–35 245
36 245
36–37 236, 245
37 245
On the Posterity of Cain
9 246
45 246
68 246
69 246
On the Preliminary Studies
87 247
On the Special Laws 1
31 246
345 247
On the Special Laws 2
262 246
On the Special Laws 4
123 246
169 247
On the Virtues
177 246
204–205 246
Questions and Answers on Genesis 1
8 236
9 240
9–10 240–241
9–11 236
10 196, 236, 240, 242–243
11 238n10
54–57 236
55 236, 241–242
57 241–242
That the Worse Attacks the Better
84 246
Who Is the Heir?
42–49 247
290 246
292 246

New Testament

Matthew
7:19 227
15:13 227
16:18 194n50
25 177
25:34 143
Mark
4:32 382
14:22–25 325
Luke
6:43–45 227
10:19–20 259n38
17:20 227
22:18–20 325
23:31 207
23:34 225
23:43 227
John
3:3 194n50
4:10 207
6:51 207
6:57 207
8:12 287
14:6 297
15:1–5 382
15:5 305
19:33–34 355
Acts
5:29–30 ix
5:30 207
16:16–18 191n41
Romans
7:4–12 263
16:20 259n38
1 Corinthians
3:12 207
11:23–25 325
2 Corinthians
12:2 176
12:4 176
Galatians
3:13 207
Revelation 184–186, 188, 193, 194, 379
1 192
1:1 183n3, 189
1:3 189
1:10 189
1:12–13 206–207
1:12–20 193
1:20 206–207
2:1 206–207
2:7 7, 180, 184n4, 185, 209, 230, 231, 232, 312, 315, 371
2:8 217
3:5 192
3:20 198n71
4:5 206–207
5:1–9 192
9:17 189
10:9–10 192
11:4 206–207
18:12 207
21–22 380, 382
21:1 183n1
21:10 194
21:11–22 194
21:23 206
21:23–27 194–195
22:2 7, 184n4, 185, 186, 193, 200, 209, 210, 217, 229, 230, 232, 313, 371, 382
22:2–3 125
22:3 200
22:7 189
22:10 189
22:14 180, 184n4, 185, 200, 209, 210, 230
22:18–19 189
22:19 180, 184n4, 185, 209

Rabbinic and Medieval Jewish Works

Alphabet of Ben Sira
78 160
Genesis Rabbah 239
Gen 3:22–24 128
Talmud
b. Arak.
15b 206
b. Ber.
32b 206
34b 179

Gnostic Texts

Acts of Andrew 281
Acts of Peter 253n15
Apocalypse of Peter
76.4–8 249n2
81.10–21 249n3
Apocryphon of John (BG 8502 2) 253
60.19–61.7 255n20
62.6–7 255n21
Apocryphon of John (NHC II 1) 249, 250, 253–256, 260, 267n52, 270n64, 275–276
4.26–5.11 255n19
10.18 255n19
13.19–20 254n18
19.10–21.10 253
21.6–9 253
21.13–14 253
21.15 259n37
21.16–22.8 253–254
21.16–22.9 262n45
21.24–22.2 249
22.5 259n37
22.9 254, 255
22.12–14 255
22.13–14 254
22.16–17 259n37
22.19–25 254
22.22 254n18
22.27–28 254
22.28 259n37
22.30 254
22.31 259n37
23.3 254n18
23.7–8 254
23.9 254
23.10–22 254–255
23.23–26 255
23.26–31 255
23.32–33 255
24.4–8 255
24.9–12 255
24.13–15 255
24.15–16 255
24.16–25 255
24.26–25.16 255
29.6 254n18
Apocryphon of John (NHC III 1) 249, 250, 253
30.17–21 255n20
31.8–9 255n21
Apocryphon of John (NHC IV 1) 249, 250, 253
Book of Thomas
142.14–15 249n2
Gospel of Mary 253n14
Gospel of Philip (II 3) 249, 250, 261–264, 266, 276
55.6–22 261
55.23–36 264
71.21–72.4 261
71.27 262
71.28–34 262
72.1–4 262
73.8–74.12 262
73.9–15 249n3
73.15–19 262, 266
73.17–19 249, 268
73.19 262
73.21–22 262
74.2 263
74.3–4 263
74.4 264
74.5–12 263
74.14 264
74.16–24 258n33, 264
75.2–14 261n43
75.3–9 263
77.15–31 264
83.3–5 249
Gospel of Thomas
36.17–25 249
39.34 259n38
40.23–25 249n2
40.31–33 249n2
Gospel of Truth 261
18.24–26 249n3
20.23–21.2 249n3
Interpretation of Knowledge (XI 1) 261
Letter of Peter to Philip
139.15–22 249n3
Melchizedek 249, 258n34, 258–259, 260
1.1–14.15 259
6.22–7.6 259
8.22–9.27 259
9.28–10.5 259
14.15–18.11 259
18.11–27.10 259
Nature of the Rulers 249, 255n21, 256–258, 260, 267n52, 270n64, 274n69, 276
86.30–31 256
87.22–23 256n26
88.2 256n26
88.10–11 256n26
88.12 257
88.13–16 257
88.15 257
88.33–89.3 257
88.35 256n26
89.3–11 257
89.11 257
89.11–13 270
89.11–17 257
89.15 260
89.19–28 257
89.31–90.12 257
90.2 257
90.6–10 257–258
90.11–12 258
90.13–17 258
91.2 256
91.5–7 258
91.7–11 258
93.22–27 256n26
93.25–26 256
93.24–25 258
93.28–29 258
94.21–22 256
95.5 256
96.12 256n26
96.14 256, 258
96.19–22 258
96.24 258
96.25–27 258
96.33 259n37
96.33–97.4 256
97.1–3 258
97.2–4 268
97.5–9 258
97.6–7 259n38
97.10–13 258
97.13–21 258
97.18–19 256n26
On Anointing (NHC XI 2a) 259n38
On the Origin of the World (NHC II 5) 249, 250, 255n21, 267–273, 274n69, 276
97.24–98.11 267
98.11–123.2 267
110.2 267
110.3–6 267
110.8–9 267
110.10–12 267
110.14–19 131
110.19–20 268
110.26 268
110.27–29 268
110.31–111.1 268
111.2–8 249, 262n45
111.3–5 268
111.6–7 268
112.13 268
112.18–22 268
112.25–29 268
112.34–113.1 268
113.8 269
113.9–10 269
113.12–14 269
113.15 269
113.17–19 269
113.19–20 269
113.22–33 269
113.33–34 269
113.35–114.1 269
114.3–4 269
114.3–5 269
115.1 269
115.4 269
115.5 269
115.11–12 269
115.11–14 269
115.15 269
115.19–22 269
115.25–31 270
116.3–4 270
116.5–8 270
116.13 270
116.14–21 270
116.21–25 270
116.24–25 270n63
116.26–28 270
116.28–29 257n28, 270
116.33–117.4 270
117.2,11 259n37
117.4–7 270
117.13 270
117.18–24 270
117.24–28 271
117.28–118.2 259n37, 269
118.2–3 271
118.5–6 271
118.6–9 271
118.20–24 271
118.25–119.7 271
119.11–18 271
120.3–6 272
120.10–17 258, 272
120.18 272
120.26–121.5 272
121.7–13 272
121.23–27 272
121.28–35 272
123.2–31 267
123.4–15 272
123.15–24 272
123.31–127.17 267
124.33–125.7 273
On the Origin of the World (NHC XIII 2) 249, 250
103.21 259n38
121.7–13 259
Pistis Sophia
99:246 131
134:354 131
Second Discourse of Great Seth
56.34–57.1 259n38
58.22–28 249n3
Teachings of Silvanus (NHC VII 4) 249, 262–263, 263n46, 264, 266, 276
85.10–11 259n38
86.4–6 259n38
94.20–24 263
94.25–27 263
94.31–32 263
106.21–30 263
107.8–14 259n38
107.17–19 263
Testimony of Truth 249, 250, 273–275, 276
30.2–17 275
32.18–21 274n70
33.24–34.7 274n70
34.26–37.9 274–275n70
45.27–28 274
45.31–46.6 274
46.16–27 274
47.5–6 274
47.10–14 274
47.15–16 274
47.16–17 274
47.18–23 274
47.23–30 274
47.30–48.1 274
48.2–4 274
48.4–7 274
48.8–13 274
48.13–15 274
50.3–5 273n68
50.5–9 273n68
55.4–10 274–275n70
55.7–10 273n66, 274–275n70
69.7–14 274–275n70
70.4–9 274n70
70.9–24 274n70
Treatise of the Resurrection (NHC I 4) 261
Tripartite Tractate 249, 261, 264–266, 268
51.15–19 249n2
66.16 265n50
66.22–23 265n50
66.28 265n50
74.10–13 249
85.30 265n50
104.4–108.12 264
106.28–29 265n51
107.1–7 265
107.7–8 265
107.29–31 265
107.30–31 265
107.36–39 265
107.36–108.4 265
114.20–21 265n50
117.6–7 265n50
118.14–122.12 266
122.16–17 265
122.23–24 265
128.21–129.14 265
128.33 265
128.35 265
129.6–7 265
Valentinian Exposition (NHC XI 2) 261
Wisdom of Jesus Christ 253n15

Early Christian Writings

Ambrose of Milan
Exposition
1.35–44 227
On Paradise
1.5 224
5.28–29 224
7.35 224
Andrew of Caesarea
Commentary on the Apocalypse 197, 205, 232
Apringius
Treatise on the Apocalypse
1.543–550 230
7.557–565 230
Arethas of Caesarea
Commentary on the Apocalypse
2.7 232
22.2 232
Augustine
On Genesis Literally Interpreted
8.5.9–11 220
Enarrations on the Psalms 229
Barnabas
8.5 207
Basil of Caesarea
De Invidia (Homily) 229
Bede, Venerable
Commentary on Genesis 222
Ecclesiastical History
1.30 350n15
On the Apocalypse 197
26.429–439 232
PL
77.1215–1216 350n15
Bonaventure
Journey of the Mind to God 318n
Hymn on the Holy Cross 318n
The Tree of Life 302, 312, 317–320, 322–328, 331–332
The Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth
26 221
Caesarius of Arles 231
PL
2451 231
Sermons
103 231
Cassiodorus 231
Complexions
32.11–13 231
Chromatius of Aquileia
Sermons
35.8 226
1 Clement
23.4 207
Commemoratorium 230
Cyril of Jerusalem
Catechetical Lectures
13.31 218
Diodore of Tarsus
Commentary on Psalms 1–51 228
Diognetus
12.3–5 218
Dream of the Rood 294
Ephraem Syrus
Armenian Commentary on Genesis 223
Commentary on the Diatessaron
1.18–19 223
21.25 223
Commentary on Genesis
35.2 222
35.3 222
Hymns on the Crucifixion
9.2 223
Hymns on Paradise
2.17 222
2.22 222
2.23 222
2.34 222–223
Epiphanius of Salamis
Panarion
26 250n4
Eusebius of Caesarea 227
PG
23, 77 226
Evagrius Ponticus
Propositions on Knowledge
5.69 207
Firmicus Maternus
On the Error of Profane Religions
27.1 219
Gregory of Nazianzus
Orations
29.20 218
Gregory of Nyssa 218, 225, 226
Patrologia Graeca
23 226
77 226
Patrologia Latina
9 226
254–256 226
On the Making of Man
18 220
On Paradise 226
On Virginity
24 225
Heiland 345–346, 350, 355, 356
Songs 65–66 346n6
Hilary of Poitiers
Homilies on the Psalms
1.14 207
PL
9, 254–256 226–227
Hippolytus of Rome
Refutation of all Heresies
5.23–28 250n4
5.26.5 219
Hugh of Saint Victor
Noah’s Ark 297n
Irenaeus of Lyons
Against Heresies 260
1.29–30 250n4, 253
3.11.9 261
5.17.1 219
Isidore of Seville
The Etymologies (or Origins) 321
Jacobus de Voragine
Golden Legend 294
Jacopone da Todi
Praise Song 328
Jerome
Commentary on Psalm 1
180 220
Homilies
9–10 196, 197
Homily on Psalm 1
8–9 229
John Chrysostom
On Genesis
13 220
PG
53 218
110 218
John Damascene
On the Orthodox Faith
2.23 221
Justin
Dialogue with Trypho
86 205, 207
Lactantius
Phoenix
1–24 229
Liber Floridus 290n25
Mirror of Human Salvation 319n10
Nicholas Eirenikos
Wedding Poem 301
Oecumenius
Commentary on the Apocalypse 197, 199, 201, 203, 207, 208
2.7 232
22.2 232
Origen
Against Celsus
6.24–28 250n4
Commentary on Romans
5.9.3 207
First Principles
4.2.4 217
Homilies on Joshua
7.1 191
On Prayer
10 225
Primasius
On the Apocalypse
1.2 231
5.22 231
Pseudo-Chrysostom
Easter Homily 281n
Pseudo-Cyprian
Easter Song (Tree of Life) 281
Romanus the Melodist
Genuine Hymns 224
Rufinus
On the Patriarchal Blessings
2.24 225
Tertullian
Against the Jews
13.11 226
Theodore of Mopsuestia
Commentary on Psalms 1–81 228
Theodoret of Cyrus
Questions
26 219
Theophilus of Antioch 223
To Autolycus
2.25–27 219
Tyconius
Commentary on the Apocalypse 231
Ubertino da Casale
The Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus 328
Venantius Fortunatus
In Honor of the Holy Cross 280, 283
Victorinus of Petau
On the Apocalypse 230

Greco-Roman Literature

Aelius Theon
Preliminary Exercises
118 187
119 187, 188
Aphthonius the Sophist
Preliminary Exercises
37R 187, 188
Aristotle
Homeric Questions
175 237
Poetics
1457b7–32 89
1460b8 187
Artemidorus
The Interpretation of Dreams
1.1 190, 191
1.2 190, 200
1.5 189, 192, 194
1.27 202
1.29 204
1.73 210
4.24 204
5.3 204
Cicero
Concerning Divination
1.6 189
Demetrius
On Style
291 194n50
Hermogenes
Preliminary Exercises
22 187
Longinus
On the Sublime
15 187
17.3 200
Macrobius
Commentary on the Dream of Scipio 189
Nicolaus the Sophist
Preliminary Exercises
68 187
69 188
Plato
Republic
2.378d 237
Republic (NHC VI 5)
50.27–28 259n38
Pliny the Elder
Natural History 301
Plutarch
Artaxerxes
8.1 195n53
Quintilian
Institutes of Oratory
2.17.21 194
8.3.88 187

Other Primary Texts

Edda 347, 353, 356–358, 360, 363
Qur’an 5
2:34–36 9
7:19–22 9
Rig Veda 9
Zohar Leviticus
34b 206

Hebrew and Greek Word Index

‮אדם‬‎ 84, 85
‮אדמה‬‎ 89, 93
‮אישׁ‬‎ 85
‮אל‬‎ 81
‮ארך ימים‬‎ 27
‮אשׁה‬‎ 84, 85
‮אשׁרי‬‎ 106, 111
‮אשׁרה‬‎ 24, 25
‮ב–‬‎ 82, 83
‮באה‬‎ 108n29
‮ביום‬‎ 94
‮ברך‬‎ 111
‮בשׂר‬‎ 90
‮בתוך הגן‬‎ 74, 77, 81–83, 84, 95
‮גם‬‎ 93
‮גרשׁ‬‎ 86
‮יד‬‎ 92
‮החיים‬‎ 7
‮חכם‬‎ 107n28
‮חמס‬‎ 107n28
‮לעולם‬‎ 76
‮מאשׁר‬‎ 106
‮מות תמות‬‎ 88, 93–94
‮מחלה־לב‬‎ 108
‮מכל עץ הגן‬‎ 90
‮נטע‬‎ 80n24
‮נשׁמת חיים‬‎ 89–90
‮פלג‬‎ 111
‮עבד אדמה‬‎ 89
‮עפר‬‎ 89, 90, 93
‮עץ‬‎ 83
‮עץ החיים‬‎ 5, 7
‮עץ חיים‬‎ 100
‮פן‬‎ 91
‮צמח‬‎ 80n24
‮רוח‬‎ 90
‮שׂטן‬‎ 92
‮שׁלום‬‎ 106, 108
‮שׁלח‬‎ 86, 87
‮תוך‬‎ 82
‮תולדות‬‎ 74
ἀγαθότητα 240
ἀλληγορικός 190, 191, 198, 199, 202–208, 209
ἄλσος 24
ἄνωθεν 194n50
ἀποκάλυψις 189
δένδρον 24, 167
ἔκφρᾰσις 187, 188, 195, 197, 209
εἰκονοποιός 187
ἐξουσία 170
ἐνάργεια 195, 209
ἐνύπνιον 189
εὐσεβεία 240
ζωή 287
θεωρημᾰτικός 189–190, 191, 198, 199–202, 209
θρόνος 167
κέδρος 115n45
κοσμικός 190
μεταφορά 199
μεταφορικός 202–204
ὄνειρος 189
ὅρᾱμα 189, 190n35, 194, 209
ὅρᾱσις 189, 190n35, 194, 209
ξύλον 196–197, 207
ξύλον ζωῆς 196
παράνομος 108n28
πέτρα 194n50
πνεῦμα 189
προφητεία 189
ῥιζοτομία 167
σκηνή 195, 201
σκηνογρᾰφία 183, 188
σκῐά 200
σκῐᾱγρᾰφία 197
σοφία 240, 247
συμβολικός 201n88, 204–208
σύμβολον 199, 204, 207n115
τρυφή 244
φαντᾰσία 187, 188
φάντᾰσμα 189
φῶς 287
χρημᾰτισμός 189

Modern Author Index

Abma, Richtsje 162
Agourides, S. 145, 150–153
Akoto-Abutiate, Dorothy B.E.A. 201, 382
Alexander, Philip S. 177, 178, 179, 251, 252, 257, 258, 274
Allen, James P. 21
Allen, Thomas George 19, 21, 22
Ameisenowa, Zofja 287, 288
Anderson, F.I. 125, 175, 177
Anderson, Gary A. 124, 127–128
Anderson, Paul 198
Anker, Peter 345, 348
Arad, Lily 283
Assman, Jan 16, 18, 20
Ataç, Mehmet-Ali 33, 38, 57, 58
Attridge, Harold 261, 264, 265
Auffarth, Christoph 188
Aune, David E. 174, 196, 198
Bachmann, Veronika 168, 171, 172
Baden, Joel 77, 80, 159
Baert, Barbara 294
Balfour, David 301
Balogh, Amy 24, 74, 106
Baranov, Vladimir 284
Barber, Charles 289
Barker, Margaret 201, 206, 207, 290
Barlow, H.C. 201
Barr, James 79, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 365–367, 369, 383
Barth, Karl 184, 375–377, 379, 383
Bauckham, Richard 149, 154
Bauks, Michaela 6, 8, 25, 198
Baumgarten, James 152
Bautch, Kelley Coblentz 170, 172
Beale, G.K. 194, 206
Bechtel, Lyn 93, 370
Bergmann, Claudia D. 160
Bergren, Theodore 160
Bethge, Hans-Gebhard 267
Billing, Nils 21, 46, 47
Bintley, Michael D.J. 291, 298
Black J.A. 10, 15
Blaising, C.S. 227, 233
Blenkinsopp, Joseph 85, 92
Blocher, Henri 377–379
Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth 45, 61, 62, 201
Blume, Dieter 329
Böcher, Otto 200, 207
Bockmuehl, Marcus 251, 263
Boda, Mark J. 105
Boggi, Flavio 311
Bonavia, Emanuel 201
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 372–375, 378–379, 383
Botha, Philipus J. 114
Bourdua, Louise 328
Boxall, Ian 207
Brakke, David 251, 252–253
Brieger, Peter 313
Brighton, Louis A. 197
Brisch, Nicole 13
Brock, Sebastian 222, 223, 233
Brown, Michael 111
Brown, Michelle P. 298
Brown, William P. 100, 111, 161
Brütsch, Charles 185
Buber, Martin 368
Budde, Karl 76, 78, 89–90, 91, 93, 95
Budge, E.A. Wallis 221, 223, 233, 234
Bugge, Anders 353, 362, 363
Bullard, Roger A. 256, 257
Burns, Dylan 251, 256
Busch, Austin 251–252, 255
Campanati, Raggaella Farioli 316
Canal, Maximilien 330
Carnie, Andrew 82
Carruthers, Mary 297
Cassuto, Umberto 368
Castañeiras, Manuel 308
Charles, R.H. 169, 170, 196, 203
Charlesworth, James H. vii–viii, 198
Childs, Brevard 366
Claassens, L. Juliana M. 162
Coats, George W. 91
Coatsworth, Elizabeth 316
Cole, Robert L. 110
Collon, Dominique 38, 39, 41, 42, 51, 55, 57, 59
Cook, Roger 295, 299, 315
Cosentino, Delia 330
Couliano, Ioan P. 252, 257
Cozzi, Enrica 328
Cramer, J.A. 232, 234
Creach, Jerome F.D. 112
Cremascoli, Giuseppe 325
Crenshaw, James L. 106
Curtis, V.S. 12
Dalley, Stephanie 10, 12, 13, 14
Davila, James R. 149
Day, Peggy L. 160
De Gruchy, John W. 373, 375
Dell, Katharine 100
Dercks, Ute 197, 295, 297, 313
deSilva, David A. 195
Di Brazzano, Stefano 280
Dillmann, August 81, 166, 168, 169
DiTommaso, Lorenzo 143
Driver, S.R. 84
Dronke, Peter 210
Dunning, Benjamin 267, 268, 269
Dus, Jan 78
Echols, Charles L. 14, 74
Eder, Sigrid 102
Edwards, M.J. 220, 234
Eidevall, Göran 105, 109
Eliade, Mircea 130–131, 297
Estes, Douglas 195, 313
Evangelatou, Maria 313
Farjon, Aljos 351
Farrer, Austin 183
Fauconnier, Gilles 134–135, 162
Fewell, Danna Nolan 369
Filipová, Alžběta 283
Fishbane, Michael 367
Ford, J. Massyngberde 196
Foreman, Benjamin 107
Forti, Tova L. 109
Foster, Benjamin R. 7
Foster-Gilbert, Claire 379–380
Frankfurter, David 154
Franklin-Brown, Mary 317, 318
Fretheim, Terence E. 93
Frevel, Christian 46
Funk, Wolf-Peter 259
Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid 16
Gardner, Julian 311
Garrett, Duane 108
Gelin, Marie-Pierre 302
Genge, Heinze 5, 6, 8, 11
George, A.R. 12, 13, 14
Gianotto, Claudio 259
Gibson, Craig A. 187
Gilchrest, Eric J. 197
Gilhus, Ingvild S. 257, 262
Gillingham, Susan 110
Giovino, Mariana 6, 8, 32, 201, 367
Good, Edwin 93
Goodenough, Edwin R. 200, 204, 206, 236
Graham, Christopher A. 206, 251
Grant, Jamie A. 110, 111
Graves-Brown, Carolyn 20
Gray, Alison Ruth 102
Greatrex, Joan 319
Greenacre, Roger 281
Gregorini, Alessandra 305
Grelot, Pierre 129
Gruenwald, Ithamar 177
Gryson, R. 230, 231, 234
Gunkel, Hermann 74, 78, 87, 90, 94, 154
Gunn, David M. 369
Hachlili, Rachel 206, 290, 291, 306
Hamburger, Jeffrey 300
Hamilton, Victor P. 74, 83, 87, 89, 91, 93
Hanneken, Todd R. 196
Hansman, J. 12, 117
Hardin, C.A. 227, 233
Harrington, Wilfrid J. 190, 191, 196, 197
Harris-McCoy, Daniel E. 189, 190
Haselock, Jeremy 281
Hays, Christopher 19, 20
Heard, Christopher 197
Heel, Koenraad Donker Van 16
Heffernan, James A.W. 187
Hemer, Colin J. 185, 207
Himmelfarb, Martha 123
Hinckley, Robert 207
Hock, Ronald F. 187
Hodge, Bodie 372
Hogan, Karina Martin 136, 138, 142, 144, 159
Holt, Else K. 111, 112
Hongisto, Leif 196
Horowitz, Maryanne Cline 288, 290
Hubbes, László Attila 183
Huijbers, Anne 330
Humbert, Paul 76, 84, 86–87
Iacobini, Antonio 310, 311, 313, 315
Ilg, Ulrike 317, 318, 321, 324, 329
Irvine, Christopher 283, 295, 316
Irwin, William H. 108
Isenberg, Wesley W. 261
James, E.O. 5, 8, 9, 20–21, 24, 156, 201
Jaroš, Karl 78
Jensen, Robin M. 325
Jindo, Job Y. 101, 103
Johnson, Elizabeth A. 380
Johnson, Mark 101
Johnson, Mark J. 288
Johnson, M.D. 128
Joüon, Paul 7
Karnes, Michelle 318
Karrer, Martin 191
Kawashima, Robert S. 85
Keel, Othmar 36–39, 41, 42–49, 51, 52, 58–65, 106
Keepers, Dustyn Elizabeth 24
Kennedy, George A. 187
Kepinski-Lecomte, Christine 6, 34, 53
Kessler, Herbert 288
Keuls, Eva C. 197
Kieser, Ty 24
King, Karen 250, 251, 252, 253
Kister, Menahem 263
Kitzberger, Ingrid Rosa 380
Klangwisan, Yael 381
Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane 319, 322
Koemoth, Pierre 67
Koester, Craig R. 190, 197, 203
Kogman-Appel, Katrin 289, 291
Kottsieper, I. 8
Kövecs, Zoltán 107
Kramer, S.N. 8
Kraus, Hans-Joachim 115
Krispenz, Jutta 78
Kulik, Alexander 201
Labhan, Antje 101, 105, 111
LaCocque, André 78, 85, 89, 93
Ladner, Gerhart B. 297, 312, 319
Lakoff, George 101
Lambert, W.G. 57
Lanfer, Peter Thacher 123, 126, 140, 143, 152, 157, 177, 251, 268, 287, 294, 295
Larson, E. 130
Lathrop, Gordon 381–382
Lauria, Antonietta 327
Layton, Bentley 257, 267
Leonhardt-Balzer, J. 238, 244
Levenson, Jon 368
Levin, A.G. 236
Levine, Baruch A. 24
Lichtheim, Miriam 17, 18
Lillie, Celene 255, 257, 270
Long, Asphodel 381
Long, R. James 301, 305
Lucarelli, Rita 21, 22
Luttikhuizen, Gerald P. 251
Maguire, Henry 287, 300, 301
Mahé, Jean-Pierre 259
Mangina, Joseph L. 207
Marchini, Lucia 345
Marcus, Ralph 107, 368
Margulis, B 8
Marjanen, Antti 251
Markham, J. Geller 116
Mastin, B.A. 25
Mathewson, David 197
McCann, J. Clinton, Jr. 110
McKane, William 108
McKinlay, Judith 370
McRae, George 261
Mealy, J. Webb 203
Meek, Russell L. 105
Meiggs, Russell 117
Mercer, Samuel A.B. 21
Mettinger, Tryggve N.D. 12, 14, 82, 84, 367
Metzger, Bruce M. 124, 137, 142–143
Metzger, Martin 6, 25, 26
Meyer, Marvin 262, 266, 267
Meyers, Carol L. 206
Meyers, Eric M. 206
Michel, Andreas 80
Miller, John B.F. 189
Miller, Patricia Cox 190
Miskotte, Kornelis Heiko 203
Mitchell, W.J.T. 193
Mobley, Gregory 13
Mojsov, Bojana 68
Möller, G. 16
Moor, Johannes C. de 24
Morris, Henry M. 371
Morris, Paul 184
Moss, Candida 159
Moughtin-Mumby, Sharon 162
Muraoka, T. 7
Murphy, G. Ronald, S.J. 345
Nerbano, Mara 327
Neumann-Gorsolke, Ute 6, 16
Neusner, Jacob 179
Nickelsburg, George W.E. 123, 168, 169
Niehoff, Maren R. 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 252
Noga-Banai, Galit 287
Nogalski, James 154
Norbye, Marigold 322
Obbink, Herman Th., 7, 9, 13, 84, 90–91, 92, 93
Ó Carragáin, Éamonn 291, 294
O’Connor, Michael Patrick 7, 94
O’Flynn, Donnel 280, 283
O’Hear, Anthony 195–196
O’Hear, Natasha 195–196
Omanson, Roger L. 196
Opitz, Christian Nikolaus 321, 329, 330
O’Reilly, Jennifer 283, 287, 295
Orlov, Andrei A. 206
Oropeza, B.J. 188
Osborne, Grant R. 196
Osborne, William R. 6, 10, 11, 16, 18, 20, 48, 50, 53, 56, 62, 102, 103, 105, 106, 111
Otzen, Benedikt 251
Owen-Crocker, Gale 316
Pagels, Elaine 264, 265
Painchaud, Louis 252, 267
Panayotov, Alexander 149
Pardee, Dennis 24
Parpola, Simo 5, 7, 34, 55, 367
Pasquini, Laura 310
Patte, Daniel 80
Pearson, Birger 258–259, 263, 273
Penner, Ken M. 210
Perdue, Leo G. 106
Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria 201
Pfeiffer, Henrik 8, 78, 81
Piccirillo, Michele 306, 308, 315
Popenoe, Paul 116
Porter, Barbara Nevling 53, 58
Porter, James I. 194
Preisinger, Raphaèle 327, 328, 329
Presley, Stephen O. 250, 252
Punter, David 202
Quinn, E.C. 124
Rad, Gerhard von 79
Ramshaw, Gail 381
Rasimus, Tuomas 251, 255, 256
Reeder, Caryn A. 195
Rendtorff, Rolf 154
Rhodes James, Montague 281
Ricci, Fulvio 302, 324
Riccioni, Stefano 311
Richards, I.A. 101
Riede, Peter 6, 16
Ringgren, Helmer 5, 6
Ritchey, Sarah 317, 318, 325, 328
Ritner, Robert K. 17, 18
Robbins, Vernon K. 188, 191
Roberts, Michael 280–281
Robinson, James M. 249
Robinson, Stephen 125, 130
Rodov, Ilia 289, 290
Roloff, Jürgen 189, 196
Rooke, Deborah W. 104
Rose, Wolter H. 291
Rubin, Miri 325
Safran, Linda 287
Salonius, Pippa 186, 198, 298, 302, 305, 306, 311, 322, 329
Santos, Daniel 206
Sarna, Nahum 368–369
Sawyer, John F.A. 74
Scalf, Foy 20
Schenke, H.-M. 253
Schipper, Bernd Ulrich 23
Schlosser, Marianne 317, 318
Schmid, J. 232, 235
Schorsch, Ismar 368
Schoske, Sylvia 16
Schroer, Silvia 37–39, 42, 46, 51, 52, 63
Sicard, Patrice 296, 297
Simbeni, Alessandro 302, 324, 327, 328, 329
Simor, Suzanna B. 283, 319
Shields, Mary E. 162
Skinner, John 74, 78, 86, 93
Smalley, Stephen S. 196
Smend, Rudolf 79
Smith, Carl B. 253
Smith, Mark S. 25
Smith, Morton 290, 291
Smith, Ralph L. 206
Sneed, Mark R. 105
Speiser, E.A. 13, 14, 87, 93
Stambaugh, James 372
Sternberg, Meier 76
Stolz, Fritz 117, 118
Stone, Michael E. 124, 127–128, 144–150, 153
Stordalen, Terje 5, 6, 7, 79, 90, 91, 93
Stovell, Beth M. 135, 159, 162
Stratton, Beverly J. 85
Stromberg, Jake 161
Stroumsa, Guy D. 251, 263
Struck, Peter T. 199, 204, 205
Suggit, John N. 208
Sweetser, Eve 135
Swete, Henry B. 371
Tarragon, Jean-Michael de 24
Teissier, Beatrice 23
Thee, Francis C.R. 191
Thomassen, Einar 260, 261, 262, 265
Thomson, Margaret H. 316
Thunø, Eric 310
Tigchelaar, Eibert J.C. 129, 154, 170, 177
Trapp, Thomas H. 106
Treier, Daniel J. 24
Trible, Phyllis 369
Trumbower, Jeffrey A. 262
Turner, John 253
Turner, Mark 134–135, 162
Uehlinger, Christoph 106
Uhlig, Siegbert 170
Ungnad, Arthur 84
van der Kooij, Arie 89
Van Hecke, Pierre 101, 105
Van Ruiten, J.T.A.G.M 123
Vasari, Giorgio 327
Vilímková, Milada 290
Vogels, Walter 77, 79, 269
Vriezen, Th.C. 89, 93
Walck, Leslie 150
Wallace, Howard N. 6, 8, 9, 14, 24, 25, 78, 83, 91, 92, 368
Walsh, Jerome T. 79–80
Waltke, Bruce K. 7, 94, 107
Walton, John H. 78, 367
Walvoord, John F. 371
Wasilewska, Ewa 9, 12
Watanabe, Chikako E. 557
Watanabe, Kazuko 6, 10, 13
Watson, Arthur 298, 322
Watson, Francis 366
Weeks, Stuart 100
Weitzmann, Kurt 288
Wenham, Gordon J. 74, 87, 90, 91, 93, 94
Westermann, Claus 74, 79, 87, 89, 90, 94
Whitaker, Robyn J. 195
Whiting, Mark J. 110
Widengren, Geo 8
Wiggins, Steven A. 25
Williams, Michael 250, 251, 252
Willis, John T. 162
Wilson, Gerald H. 110
Winter, Irene 34–35
Winter, Urs 6, 105
Wintermute, Orval S. 154–155, 251
Wittekind, Susanne 319
Witulski, Thomas 185
Wolfson, Elliot R. 85
Wong, Daniel K.K. 203, 208
Wood, Jeryldene M. 325
Worm, Andrea 198, 322
Wyatt, Nicholas 24
Yarden, Leon 290
York, H. 6
Young, Edward J. 370–371
Young, Frances M. 219, 235, 286
Zevit, Ziony 81, 83, 89, 118, 367
Zimmerman, Ruben 205
Ziolkowski, Jan M. 297

Place Index

Alexandria 218, 219, 273
Antioch 218, 219, 228
Arboç (Tarragona) 305n63
Assisi
Sacro Convento 327
Assur 12
Assyria 5, 53–54, 57–58, 117, 174
Barcelona
Church of the Poor Clares 302n61
Bern
Abegg-Stiftung 286–287
French Church (former Dominican Church) 329
Bethlehem 306n68
Bet-Shean 61
Bewcastle 291
Bologna
Church of San Francesco 327n130
Borgund 348, 351, 352, 354
British Isles 291, 298, 319
Byzantium 297, 298, 301, 306
Cairo
The Coptic Museum 285
Calvary 221, 224, 281, 345
Cambridge
Trinity College 313–314
Carcassonne
Basilica of Saint-Nazaire 302, 329
Catalogna 302
Central Italy 302, 306
Chartres
Cathedral of Notre-Dame 302–303
Christendom, see also Christian world 281, 297, 299, 306, 310, 315, 322, 330
Constantinople 300, 306n68, 315n92, 322n117
Darmstadt
Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek 319
Dura Europos
Durham 319
Eden vii–ix, 1, 117, 171, 178, 179, 217, 218, 220, 227, 228, 281, 287–288, 295–296, 305, 313
Egypt 5, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 18n47, 23, 26, 27, 46–50, 63–68, 106, 113, 116, 218, 267, 286, 291
Elysian Fields 229
England 291, 313
Ephesus 190, 191n41
Eridu 8, 8n19, 9, 9n20
Ethiopia 129n11, 295
Europe 295
Florence
Convent of Santa Maria Novella 321, 330
Convent of the Poor Clares at Monticelli 325
Convent of Santa Croce 329
Galleria dell’Accademia 325–326
Forlí
Church of San Francesco 327n130
Gaul 313
Gehinnom 179
Gerasa
Chapel of Elias, Maria, and Soreg 305n67
Germany 289n23, 373–374
Ghana 382
Ghent
Centrale Bibliotheek van de Rijksuniversiteit 290n25
Golgotha 281, 283, 315
Great Ryburgh 344
Hades 224, 225
Hannover
Museum August Kestner 319n110
Hazor 61
Heddal 357n29
Hegge 355
Hermopolis 21
Holy Land 283, 305–306, 322n117
Holy of Holies 222
Israel 60–63, 288n20, 290
Italy 313, 322
Jericho ix
Jerusalem 62, 129n11, 140, 140n12, 142–143, 154, 157, 160n48, 171, 217, 218, 221, 269n62, 269n70, 281, 315
Basilica of Constantine 283
New 217
Jordan 305, 315
Judah 60–64
Kellia 284–285
Khirbet el-Mukhayyat
Church of the Holy Martyrs Lot and Procopius 305n67
Khirbet el-Qom 25
Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon 291
Kremsmünster (Upper Austria)
Kremsmünster Abbey Library 319n110
Kuntillet ʿAjrud 25
Lagrasse 305n63
Lebanon 117, 118
León
Museo de San Isidoro Real Colegiata 295–296
Levant 5, 9, 23, 26, 27, 41–46, 59–63, 305
Lichfield
Lichfield Cathedral Library 298–299
Lisbon
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal 291n30, 292
London
British Library 291n30, 319–320
British Museum 298
Luxor 16
Madaba
Archaeological Museum 315
Madrid
Biblioteca Nacional 322
Marah 124–125, 225
Mesopotamia 5, 9, 15, 23, 25, 26, 37–41, 52–59, 106, 116
Mexico 330
Monza
Museo e Tesoro del Duomo 283–284
Mount Nebo
Church of the Deacon Thomas 305, 308
Munich
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 282
Nag Hammadi 256
Nazareth 294
New Jerusalem 287, 312–314
New York
Metropolitan Museum 304
Nimrud 52–59
North Africa 305
Orvieto
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta 305–310, 311–312, 322, 329
Church of San Giovenale 302n61, 322–324, 327
Oslo 350n16, 357
Otranto
Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata 306, 308–309
Oxford
Bodleian Library 294
Padua
Convent of Sant’Antonio 328–329
Palestine 287
Papal State 322
Paris
Musée du Louvre 300
University of Paris 317
Persia 15, 27
Philistine Coast 61
Phoenicia 61, 64
Pisa
Franciscan Convent 327n130
Poitiers
Monastery of the Holy Cross 280
Prague
Alteneuschul 289–290
Convent of Saint Agnes 290
National Library of the Czech Republic 302n60
Puigcerdà (Cerdagne) 305n63
Rabastens 305n63
Ravenna
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia 288, 315
Museo Arcivescovile 315
Roglösa 361
Rome 260, 287, 291, 301, 305, 310
Basilica of San Clemente 311–312
Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano 310, 322
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore 310, 322
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 319
Convent of Santa Maria in Aracoeli 327
Ruthwell 291, 293–294
Salerno
Museo Diocesano 313–314
Sicily, Kingdom of 310, 315–316
Sinai
Saint Catherine’s Monastery 194
Skog 348
South Arabia 25
Spain 289n23, 313
Sumer 10
Sutton Hoo 298
Swabia 304
Syria 218, 295
Taanach 52n55
Taranto
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (now dedicated to San Cataldo) 306
Tarshish 225
Temple 222, 225
Thebes 18n49
Trani
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta 306
Tuscania
Church of San Silvestro 302n61, 324n123
Tyre 174
Ugarit 23, 25
Um er-Rasas
Church of Saint Stephen 306n67
Urnes 348, 349, 357–359, 361
Uruk 11, 13n29, 14, 15, 26
Uvdal 348
Vienna
Hofburg Palace, Schatzkammer 316
Vikøyri 363
Vyšší Brod 289
Wadi ʿAfrit
Upper Chapel of the Priest John 305n67
Zinacantepec (Toluca, Mexico) 330
Zlatá Koruna 289

Subject Index

Abel 255, 270
acacia 63
Nile 15
acanthus 305n63, 311–312, 315
Adad-nirari 12, 26
Adam vii–viii, 122, 124, 129, 166, 221–225, 227, 231, 232, 238–239, 245, 294–295, 313, 321
and Christ 231, 233
and Eve 151, 153, 153n37, 203
as guard of the tree of life 146–147, 158
as God’s creation 146–147, 151–152, 159
creation of 220, 222
expulsion of 217, 218, 230
sin/disobedience of 137, 146–147, 151–153, 158–159
true 259, 259n37, 269
Adapa 7
adverbial infinitive 94
afterlife 16, 19, 20, 22, 27
Agnes of Prague 290, 317
agriculture 37–38, 45, 47, 51, 63–64, 68
alabaster 172
Alexander IV, pope 317
allegory 218, 220, 225, 228, 237, 240, 251n10, 252, 273–274
figurative 190, 191, 198, 199, 202–208, 209
allusion 60, 130n14, 184, 206, 223, 225, 233, 351, 358
almond 201, 290
alter Christus 328
Alulim 7
Amaušumgalanna 11
Amenet/Ammut 19
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) 68
ampulla 283–284, 332
Amun-Re 17, 18, 18n49, 64
An 11
Anastasius, cardinal 311
androgyny 255n19, 269, 269n59
angels 219, 225
as guardians 146–147, 155
as speaking 147
as leading 148
as sent by God 155
angle 3, 183, 193–208, 209, 313
animal 257, 261–262, 266, 289, 301, 315
animal imagery 107, 109
animalism 261, 263, 263n46, 264, 266
Annunciation 346
anointing 258n33, 264, 268
anthropomorphism 35–41, 44–45, 47, 54–55, 57, 59
Antichrist 154–156, 158–159
Anti-Semitism 373
Anu 7
apocalypse 183–210, 258n34, 259
illustrated 313–314
apologetic 267, 274n70
apostles 301, 305, 325, 329
Christianity of the 191, 264, 266
see also disciples
apotropaism 283
apparition 189
apple 313
Aquinas, Thomas 325
Araššiḫu 23
arbores consanguinitatis 321–322
Armenian 223, 224
aroma 179
aromatic 176
arrogance 256, 275
Artemidorus 189–194, 199, 200, 202, 204, 210
ascent 253, 258, 267, 268, 270
asceticism 246, 249, 256, 264, 266
antinomian 276
encratic 273
ash, evergreen 344, 346n7, 347, 351, 353, 362
Asherah/asherah 20, 24–25, 24n70, 26, 45–46, 61, 62n95, 63, 381
Ashurnasirpal II 53–54
Assur 41n24, 57
Assurbanipal 117n49
Assyrian cylinder seal 315n
Assyrian sacred tree see tree, sacred
astral motifs 39, 57
constellations 39
eight-pointed star 39, 55, 58
moon 39
solar disc 39, 56–57
stars 39
sun 39, 67n106, 68
astrology 190n33
Aten 18, 19
Athirat(u) see Asherah
axis mundi 168, 281–282, 301–302, 327, 330
Baʾal 61
baobab 201
baptism 218, 231, 232, 265, 266, 273n66, 275n70, 356
basilica 302, 310, 311, 345, 347
Basilideans 251n7, 273
bear 357
beast vii, 179, 180, 269, 271, 308
the Beast 183, 185n8, 192
beauty 168, 175
Behemoth 179
Benjamin, Walter 193n47
Bewcastle Cross 291
birth 153, 157, 159, 161, 145, 148–149, 151–153, 161
and judgment 149, 153, 160
and purification 152n36
as God creating 138, 157, 159–161
as imagery 145, 149–150
metaphor/metaphorical network 134, 144, 147, 149, 156–157, 159–160, 160n48, 161–162
see also mother
bishop’s staff 298–299. See also scepter, royal
Blake, William 196n61
blessing 100, 104, 106, 109, 110, 111, 114, 118, 172, 258, 272
blindness 254, 256, 258, 274, 275
blood 224–225, 246, 300n56, 325, 356, 357
body 222–224, 229
of Adam 220, 221
of Christ 221, 227, 232, 281
bôm an berege 345–346. See also cross
Bonaventure, saint 312, 317–320, 322–328, 331–332
Boniface, saint 350
book 192
of life 192, 297
bowl 183, 185n8, 192, 298, 388
branch 388
bread 218, 221, 225, 231, 261, 262
of life 207
breath 264, 269
bridal chamber 258n33, 263, 263n46, 264, 265, 266, 276
Byzantines 224, 232, 355n23
Cain 255
and Abel 89
canonical 365–366, 371–372, 374–377, 379, 383
caprid 35, 38, 41, 44–46, 52, 55, 61, 63
catacombs 287
Catechism of the Catholic Church 365
Cavallini, Pietro 327
cedar 5, 114, 115, 117, 201
center 195, 210, 281–283, 286–287, 295–298, 299–300, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315–316, 322, 330–331, 371, 373–374, 376, 382, 388
Cervera Bible 291–292
chaos 256, 258, 268, 273
cherub viii, 51, 52n55, 55, 59–61, 114, 125–127, 166, 174, 178, 180, 242, 243, 259, 260
cheroubin 259, 272, 273
chief archon 254, 275
chrism 249, 258n33, 262, 262n45, 264, 266
Christ 155–156, 158, 345, 346, 348, 355n23, 356, 358, 364, 365, 371, 373–374, 377, 381, 382
acts of 225–230
as second Adam 231, 233
as tree of life 230–232, 297, 318
as wisdom 221, 222, 227, 228
as Word 223
Christology 373, 375, 377
coming of as true man 258, 261, 272
dual nature 281, 296, 302
Emmanuel 324
see also Jesus, Messiah
Christianity 217, 218, 220, 229, 233
true 264
Christmas tree 352
Christ Pantocrator 194
Christ’s thorn 15
church 345–364, 388
as mother 143n16, 159–160, 160n48
Egyptian 284–286, 331
Ethiopian 295, 331
Syrian 295
Cistercians 289
Clare of Assisi 317, 332
cognitive metaphor theory 101, 103, 105
column 291, 296–297
commandment 366, 372, 374, 378
community 319, 330, 374, 383. See also connectedness, interdependence
conceptual metaphor theory 134, 135–136, 135–136, 138n11, 144n19, 156, 159n47, 162
connectedness 379, 380. See also interdependence, community
consummation 272, 273, 276
contradictions 77, 86
Corpus Christi, feast of 325
cosmic tree see tree, world
cosmology 179, 192, 381
covenant, between God and Israel 141, 146, 148
creation 100, 129, 153, 246, 252, 262, 264, 269, 269n61, 272, 276, 367, 368, 370, 372–380, 383, 387
by lower gods 251, 253, 267, 268
flawed 261, 266, 269
mistake 261n43, 263
of humanity 252, 253, 265, 266, 267, 269
creationism 370–372
creator 246, 252, 254, 260, 263, 274, 275
crimson 176
cross ix, 130, 204, 207–208, 218, 220, 221, 223–225, 227–233, 249, 262, 264, 345, 346, 348, 355, 365, 375, 381–382, 388
as ankh 286
as tree of life 204, 207, 208, 218, 281–286, 291, 294–295, 331
blossoming 294, 297–300, 312
budding 286, 295, 305, 312
legend of the True Cross 294
crucifixion see cross
curse 252, 255, 258, 260, 272, 274
cypress 300–301
Darius I 117n49
date palm 5, 16, 24, 40–41, 45, 53n60, 54, 115–117. See also doum palm, palm
day of the Lord 154
death 144, 155, 183, 218, 222–226, 233, 240, 254, 256, 257, 257n27, 258, 262, 262n44, 263, 265, 271, 274n66, 345, 355, 356, 366–367, 370–371, 373–374, 376–378, 381, 383
and paradise 137, 139, 141, 143, 153
and judgment 157–158
and tree of life 151, 159
deer 315, 344, 353, 358–362
deficiency 253, 255
defilement 255, 257, 257n30, 263, 270, 275
demiurge 257, 264, 265
demons 258, 259, 268, 272
descent 253, 254, 257
description see ekphrasis
Devil
as deceiver 151
as son of lawlessness 155
see also Satan
diachronic study 75, 80
diagram 321–322
Di Bonaguida, Pacino 325–326
diet, in the garden of Eden 81, 84, 85
Dilmun 8
discern 367, 370, 376, 384
divination 191
divine council 87–88
divine feminine/mother-goddess 36–50, 54, 56, 60–61, 63
divine freedom 90
divine names see Elohim, Yahweh
divine warrior 130
Djed column/pillar 20–21, 24
Documentary Hypothesis 75n2, 78, 79, 89
Dominicans 321, 324, 325, 329–330, 332
Donatists 231
door see entrance
doublets 76, 80n24, 86, 95
doum palm 16. See also date palm, palm
dove 287n14
dragon see serpent, Nidhogg
dream 189–191, 199, 200, 202, 210, 381, 387. See also oracle, vision
stressful 189
drunkenness 254, 263, 266
Ea 7
eagle 255, 255n20, 260
Earth 141, 148, 155, 240
and heaven 142–143, 155
as created by God 151
as mother 136, 136n7, 138n11, 142n15, 144n19, 159n47
as soil 148
as witness 142–143
new 1, 184, 187, 196n61, 208, 210, 313
east 169
Easter 281, 327
eating vii, 7, 15n40, 203, 209–210, 218, 366, 368, 372–374, 376, 378, 382
books 192
from the tree of knowledge 76, 370, 380
from the tree of life 1, 89, 91–95, 129, 200, 201, 209–210, 373
prohibition against 79, 81, 83, 84, 252, 256, 257, 265, 274
echo 55, 85, 89, 202, 205, 210n118, 346, 355n23
Eden, garden of 1, 74, 87, 94, 122–123, 129, 131, 132, 140n12, 146, 152–153, 152n36, 166, 184, 200, 209–210, 238, 361, 362, 387–388
as happiness and virtue 238n11, 244
expulsion from 252, 258, 259, 265, 267, 272, 274
rivers of 282, 287, 310
see also garden, paradise
eisegesis 122
ekphrasis 187–189, 191, 193n46, 195, 197
El 61
elect 167
Elias of Cortona 328
Elisha 224
ellipsis see split coordination
Elohim 78, 90
Eloim 255
Elysian Fields 229. See also Field of Rushes, heaven, paradise
embroidery 315–316
Enki 9n20, 10
Enkidu 13, 13n30, 14
enlightenment 254–255, 255n20, 260, 266, 270n64, 274, 275
Enoch 131
Enosh 179
entrance 56, 58, 59, 114, 289–290, 297, 302, 348, 356, 357n29, 358, 360–364
Epinoia 253, 254, 255, 255n20, 256, 259n37, 260, 275, 276
Erec-ki-gala 11
Eriugena, John Scotus 210n120
eschatology 122, 128, 129, 132, 186, 188, 189, 190n33, 194, 195, 197, 202, 217, 255, 258, 259n37, 262n45, 263, 266, 276, 344, 361, 363, 368, 372, 380, 383, 387. See also paradise, New Jerusalem
eternal life 36, 47–50, 53, 69, 131, 169, 192, 201, 203, 249, 252, 265, 267–268, 276, 367, 369, 371, 374, 376, 387. See also immortality
ethics 261
Ethiopic 170, 221
Etzei Chaim ix
eucharist 221, 223, 232, 301, 305, 324–325, 355n23, 356
Eve vii–viii, 122, 126–127, 217, 218, 222, 295, 313, 315
and Adam 146, 151, 153n37, 203
as mother 146, 148, 159
beauty of 153, 161
creation of 151–153, 157
sin/disobedience of 146–148, 153, 160
true 259, 259n37, 270
evil 127, 131, 143, 167, 369, 374, 376, 379
and good 250, 263, 264, 266
and mourning 148–149
and paradise/new kingdom 137, 141–143
of Israel 141
see also tree of knowledge of good and evil
evolution 380
exodus 124–125, 356
Fall, the 203, 242, 366–367, 369–370, 372–375, 377–378, 381
father 142
as Abraham 146
as Ezra 141–142
as God 142, 151, 153
as Israel 142
feminine 379–381
feminist interpretation 365, 369–370, 379–380
fertility 36, 38, 57, 378, 380, 381, 384
fertilization 56
Field of Rushes 19. See also Elysian Fields, heaven, paradise
fig 315
figurative language 101, 102
fire 175
fish 35, 41
fleur-de-lis 358, 359
floodwaters 67
focus, point of 183, 193, 195, 197, 204, 208, 319
folklore 78
foreknowledge 274
Forest of Cedar 13
forgetfulness 255
forward gapping see split coordination
fountain of life 108, 112, 247, 315
fragrance 166, 175, 176, 180
frame 305–306, 310–311, 318, 322, 324, 329
Franciscans 289, 313, 317, 319, 322, 325–332
Spirituals 328–329
Francis of Assisi 328–329, 331–332
freedom 369, 373–374, 378
Freya 362
fruit vii–viii, 1, 103, 104, 108, 111–115, 118, 126–128, 167, 183, 200, 201, 202, 207, 209–210, 241, 249, 250, 254, 256, 258, 261, 262, 265, 266, 268, 271, 273, 274, 276, 280–281, 288n20, 290n25, 295, 312–313, 318, 324, 328, 371–372, 376, 378–380, 382, 387
Gabriel 145, 155, 346
Gaddi, Taddeo 329
gallows 346n6–7, 351
gaokerena plant 12
gap-filling 76
garden 104, 107, 112–114, 117, 118, 287–288, 295–296, 300, 305, 308, 310–311, 331, 344, 369–371, 376–378, 382, 388
and temple 157
as city 140, 157
as ekphrasis 187
as Jerusalem 140n12, 157
as paradise 136, 153, 157
in Jubilees 152n36
see also Eden
Garden of Irnini 13n13
Geb 64
gender 84–85
genii 51, 54–56, 58, 60
genre 22, 189, 190, 194, 239
Gilgamesh viii, 13, 13n29, 14, 14n38, 15n40
Giotto 327
glory, divine 124
gnōsis 249, 255, 269, 271, 272, 276
Gnosticism
and hermeneutics 250–252
catechesis 256, 261, 261n42
definition of 250–251
myth 253
schools of thought 250–251, 251n7, 252–260, 263, 273
God 219, 220, 222, 223, 227, 241, 246
humanity’s connection to 203
people dwelling with 193, 388
Goddess of the West 21n64
good 367, 369, 374, 376, 378
and evil 250, 263, 264, 266
goodness 245, 247
and Paradise 137, 140–143
of birth 153
of creation 151, 153
of God 148, 153, 161
see also tree of knowledge of good and evil
gospel 217, 230, 346
Gospel of Nicodemus 294
grace 90, 174, 346, 374, 377–378, 383–384
grapevine 290n25, 301, 305, 312
grave 287–288, 295, 297–298, 311, 344–345. See also tomb, sarcophagus
Great Honker 21
Greek 185n8, 190, 191, 218, 219, 225, 229
Gregory the Great, pope 349–350
griffin 52n55, 316n92, 357
growth 240
Gudea of Lagash 117n49
guilt 366
Gunnar 346, 357
Gylfaginning 347
gymnasium 204n97
Hades 158, 224, 225, 254. See also hell, Tartarus
Hall of Truth 19
Haman 225
Hammurabi 23, 26
happiness 238. See also joy
Harbaville Triptych 300
Hardrada, Harald 349
hart see deer
Hathor 16, 19, 21n64, 22, 23n68, 47
healing 122, 124, 125, 131
heaven 1
and earth 142–143, 155
and vision/revelation 145, 147, 149n28
and reward 145, 155
as God’s abode 155
as witness 142–143
eighth 268, 273
new 1, 183, 184, 187, 196n61, 208, 210, 313
war in 183, 192
see also Elysian Fields, Field of Rushes, paradise
Hebrew 191, 218, 264, 266, 269. See also Israel, Israelites, Jews
Hebrews, book of 258n34
Heimdall 361
hell
in the age to come 137, 141
as furnace 138
see also Hades, Tartarus
herb 129
of life 10, 11, 12, 26
Hercules viii
Hermetic literature 251
Hezekiah, king of Judah 63
historical-critical interpretation 365–367, 369–370, 372, 379, 382–384
history 373–375, 377
holiness 130
Holy Spirit 232, 255n19, 258, 261, 264, 265
Homer 229, 251
Ḥôrānu 23
Horus 18n51, 19, 63–64
house of the Lord 113–115, 117, 166. See also temple
Hugh of Saint Victor 296–297
Humbaba 13, 13n31, 14
Ibi 20
iconography 34–36, 345
idolatry 175, 179, 350
ignorance 253, 255, 256, 257, 263, 265, 269, 271, 272, 274, 275
image 32, 33, 34, 37, 44, 45, 59–61, 102, 105–110, 114, 118–119, 149–150, 183–189, 191–195, 197–200, 202–209, 254, 255, 268, 269, 269n59, 270, 271. See also multistability, multivalency, polyvalency, visual texture
image of God vii
imagination 2, 36, 45, 68, 69, 74, 129, 183, 207, 210, 222, 318
immanence see presence, divine
immortality viii, 123, 127–128, 219, 221, 222, 240, 242, 262, 264, 271, 272, 273, 276, 287, 366–369, 372, 382–383
as Edenic humans’ default state 89
as effect of the tree of life 89
see also eternal life, mortality
impurity
and creation 158
and sin/disobedience 152, 158
as human propensity 158
metaphor/metaphorical network 134, 156, 162
of Adam 152
see also sin
inaccessibility 169, 175
Inanna see Ishtar
incense 129
indwelling 257n31, 260
infinitive absolute see adverbial infinitive
inhabited (rinceau) scrolls 305
inscription 283, 294, 306, 310–311, 324n
instructor 257, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274
interdependence 379, 380. See also community, connectedness
intertextuality 119, 188, 380
išd 16
Ishtar (Inanna) 10, 10n24, 11, 13, 26, 37–41, 54–55, 58
Isidore of Seville 296, 321. See also Reliquary of Saint Isidore
Isis 16, 18n51, 21n64, 47, 63–64, 67
Israel
as mother 141–142, 143n16, 159–160
as the seed of Jacob 138, 161
mothers of 143
people of/God’s people 137–138, 142–143, 162n52
twelve tribes 290
see also Hebrew, Israelites, Jews
Israelites 221. See also Hebrew, Israel, Jews
ivory panels 300, 313, 315
ivy 301, 305, 312
Jacobus de Voragine 294
Jacopone da Todi 328, 331
Jacopo Torriti 310, 311n
jealousy 253, 257, 271, 272, 274, 275
Jesus ix, 125, 130, 131, 193–194, 207, 228, 253–254, 255, 256, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 275, 276, 388. See also Christ, Lamb of God
Jewish exegesis 365, 367n4, 368, 381
Jews 226, 241. See also Hebrew, Israel, Israelites
tradition of 287–291, 294–295
Joachim of Fiore 318
John, evangelist 232, 290n29, 313, 324
John XXII, pope 329
Joseph 262, 266
Joshua 225, 291
Josiah, king of Judah 63
journey 168, 177
joy 244. See also happiness
Judaism 264, 266, 269n60, 269n62, 274n70
Judas 346
judgment 123, 129, 130n14, 138–139, 143, 145–149, 153–158, 161, 167, 168, 241, 287, 316, 321, 329, 348, 356, 357, 361
and Adam 146–147, 158
and birth 149, 160
and death 157
and disobedience/sin/impurity 158
day 166
God as judge 146–147, 153, 158, 162, 241
Justin the Gnostic 219
Kabbalah 287
Khoiak festival 20–21
khoikos 265, 269
kikayon see qiqayon
kingdom
and eternal life 158
Messianic 138
of heaven 264
of Jerusalem 142–143
kingship 50–68, 104, 111, 114, 116, 117, 316
kiškānû (kiskanu) 8, 8n19, 9
knowledge 366–367, 369, 373–374, 376, 378, 379–380, 383
of good and evil 84
ladder, heavenly 281, 288, 310n71
Lambert of Saint-Omer 290n25
Lamb of God 125, 195, 199, 200, 203, 207n111, 208, 221, 356, 365. See also Jesus
lampstand 193, 199, 206, 207n111
Latin 218, 220, 225, 226, 229
laude 317, 327–328, 331
laugh 257, 268, 269, 270. See also happiness
law 263, 263n47, 264, 266, 269, 273, 273n68, 275, 276
leaves 167
Leviathan 179
Libanius 187
Lichfield Gospels 298–299
life viii, 130, 166, 168, 246–247, 388
long 169
true 246
life-giving fragrance 123–125, 128, 131. See also scent, smell
light 287, 290
lignum vitae 297n49, 302n61, 305n63, 312, 317–328, 330n143, 331–332
Lignum vitae Christi 328
Lignum vitae Sancti Francisci 329
Lilith 160, 257n30
liminality 297
limit 367, 373–374, 378, 383
lineage 302, 319, 321, 329–331
lion 316, 358, 362
of Judah 358
literal reading 13n34, 107, 114, 190, 191, 192, 198, 199–202, 204, 209, 210, 217, 218, 220, 222, 228, 233, 240, 242, 247, 365, 367n4, 370–372, 379, 383, 384
literary artistry 77, 185–188. See also narrative
liturgy 346n8, 381–382
Lorenzo Maitani 306
lotus flower 36, 48
Louis de Valladolid 330
Lugalbanda 13n29
Luke, evangelist 298–299
lumber 207
Manasseh, king of Judah 63
Mandaeans 251n7
Manichaeans 251n7, 267
manuscripts 281, 291n30, 294, 298, 302, 318n102, 319, 321–322, 324, 328
Marsh of Reeds 21
Marsh of Rest 21
Martha 228
Martini, Simone 327
martyrdom 274n70
Mary, mother of Jesus 264, 346
Mary of Bethany 228
Masoretic Text 75n
mass 325, 327, 346
maturity 370
Maẓẓevoth ix
memory 183, 188, 283, 311, 318
menorah 201n84, 206–207, 208, 290–292
Merenre I 21
Merkabah 180
Messiah 207n11, 287, 288n20, 301. See also Christ
mesu/mes- 11, 26, 63n98
metaphor 7, 37, 69, 100, 101–105, 109, 134, 136, 139, 143, 144, 147, 150, 156–162, 192, 199, 202–204, 210, 227, 233, 249, 281, 317, 319, 368, 381, 387–388
blending or conceptual framework 101, 113
dead metaphor 107
non- 184, 186
source and target domain 103
and worldview 102, 103, 119
Metatron 166, 179, 180
Michael 167, 361
middle 207n111, 238, 266
midrash 287
mirror 55, 290n25, 317, 329
mis pî ritual 10n23
mixed formation 264, 268, 270, 276
modelled form 267, 269, 271
Mona Lisa 193
monastery 280, 284, 286, 289, 306, 319, 331
moon 153
mortality
as Edenic humans’ default state 88–89, 93, 94
as effect of the tree of knowledge 89–90
see also immortality
mosaic 305–306, 308–311, 331
pavement 305–306, 308–309, 315, 322, 331
Moses 179, 227, 254, 254n18, 273n68, 290, 295
mother 143–144, 147, 149, 151–153, 156, 159n48, 160–161, 253, 255, 255n19, 257, 260, 269, 270, 271
as church 143n16, 160, 160n48
as earth 136, 136n7, 138n11, 142n15, 144n19, 159n47
as Eve 146, 148, 159
as God 142, 157
as Israel 141–142, 143n16, 160
as Jerusalem 160n48
metaphor/metaphorical network 134, 136, 143–144, 150, 152–153, 156, 159–162
see also birth
mountain 168, 171, 175
mountains of fire 167
multistability 183–210
multivalency 32, 33, 54, 59
mysticism 220, 228
mythology 366, 368–370, 378
Nabonidus 117n49
nakedness 254, 255, 258, 271, 274
Naphtali 225
Naram-Sin 117n49
narrative 183, 185–188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 366–372, 374–375, 378–379, 382–383
narratology 75
Nebuchadnezzar II 117n49
Necker cube 193, 198n70
Nemtiemzaf Merenre see Merenre I
Nepri 18
Ner Tamid 206
netherworld 39n17
new Jerusalem 194, 195n55, 217, 287, 312, 313, 371, 380–382. See also eschatology, Elysian Fields, Field of Rushes, heaven, paradise
New Testament 217, 230
Nicholas IV, pope 311, 322, 327
Nidhogg 344, 353, 355, 357, 361. See also serpent
Nile 64, 67
Nincubura 10
Ninsun 13n29
Ninurta 57n77
Nitocris 20
Noah 225
Norns 344, 355, 357n27, 364n35
Nut (deity) 16, 20, 21, 21n64, 22, 46–50, 62n93, 64–65, 67–68
oak 46n34
Odin 346, 351, 355, 356, 362
oil 124, 131, 283, 291, 294
of anointing 258n33, 262, 266, 268
olive 114
Old Testament 217, 218, 227, 230, 232
olive 113, 114, 167, 201, 249, 258n33, 262, 262n45, 264, 266, 268, 290–291, 315
Ophites 251n7
oracle 118n51, 154, 189. See also dream, vision
orb 282
ordensstammbäume 319, 321, 329
order 374, 377–378, 382–383
Osiris 16, 18n51, 19, 20, 21, 22, 49–50, 63–68
Ovid 204n96
paganism 345, 346n8, 349, 350
painting
panel 325
wall 284–285, 287, 305n63, 322, 323–324, 327, 330, 332
palm 16, 114–117, 201, 229, 315–316, 328. See also date palm, doum palm
papacy 306, 310–311, 317, 322, 328, 332
paradise viii, 105, 122, 123n1, 128, 141, 143, 147, 149–151, 149n29, 153, 156n45, 157–158, 168, 169, 175, 176, 237, 240, 242, 281, 294–297, 300, 305, 310, 312, 317, 330, 379, 381
and Adam 146, 151–152
and eschatology 137, 140–141
and motherhood 153, 161
and reward 136, 145, 157–158, 161
as Eden 219–224, 229, 230, 232
as destination of saints 218, 220, 224, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233
as God’s dwelling place 153, 161
in Genesis 136, 158
metaphor/metaphorical network 134, 156–158, 162
vision of 141, 157
see also eschatology, new Jerusalem, Elysian Fields, Field of Rushes, heaven
parallelism 113, 140, 346
paten 286–287. See also Phela Treasure
Paul, apostle 221
pearl 172
pelican 324
Pepi I 21
Pepi Neferkare 21
perisa 15
Persia tree 15–16
personification 282, 324, 388
perspective see angle
Phela Treasure 286. See also paten
Philip 262, 263
Philo 196n57, 197n67, 198n73, 201n88, 205, 236–247
philology 75
philosophy 237, 246
Hellenistic 251
Platonic 238
phoenix 229
piety see virtue
pilgrim 283, 332
pillar figurines 61–62
pine 5, 352–353, 354
black 8
Scots 351
pinecone 353
and bucket 53, 55–56
plant of life 6, 9, 21, 22
pleasure 242, 267, 267n56
Pliny the Elder 301
Plutarch 20
pneumatikos 265, 269
poem 280–281, 283, 294, 301, 324, 331–332
polemic 259, 263, 269n60, 273, 273n66, 274n70, 275
politics 188
polyvalency 183–210
pomegranate 201
Pontius Pilate 221, 224
portal see entrance
poverty 267, 268, 269
Přemysl Otakar II 290
presence, divine 125, 132, 375, 376–377, 380–384
pride 172, 366–367
progymnasmata 187n14, 189
prohibit 373–374, 376, 378
prophecy 189, 191
prophylactic 283
protection 32, 36, 38, 40, 49–50, 52, 55, 58, 64–65, 68–69
proto-orthodox 266, 273
proverbial 377, 382
providence 255, 256, 256n22, 257, 260, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 273, 275
Pseudo-Chrysostom 281n3
Pseudo-Cyprian 281
psykhikos 257, 265, 269, 271
Ptah 16, 17
punishment 140, 145, 147, 148–150, 149n28, 151, 153, 158–159
and curse 136
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 152
eternal 148–149, 153, 158
of God 151
purification 55–56
purity 152n36, 156, 158
and birth 152n36
metaphor/metaphorical network 134, 156–157, 162
of God 147, 151–152, 157–158
of the garden of Eden 157
qiqayon viii
Radegunda, saint, queen 280
Raedwald of East Anglia 298
Ragnarok 344, 356, 362, 363
rape 255, 255n21, 256, 257, 257n30, 270, 270n64, 273, 275
Ratatosk 344
rebirth 36, 39–40, 48–49, 55, 64–65, 67, 67n106
reflection 254, 255, 257, 260
regeneration see rebirth
Reichenau Gospel Book 281–282
relic of the Holy Cross 280, 283
religion 367, 369, 371, 373–374, 381
Reliquary of Saint Isidore 295–296. See also Isidore of Seville
rest 160
and paradise 137, 140–141, 145
resurrection 67, 127, 195, 203, 205, 261, 262, 264, 269n70, 388, 367
retribution 108
revelation 372–373, 377
rhetography 188, 190
rhetoric 183, 189, 190, 193n46, 267, 273
rib 252, 254, 270, 270n63
righteous man 218, 226–228
righteousness 137, 139–140, 146, 148–149, 155–156, 158–159
and reward for 136, 139–140, 145, 155, 158, 161
river 10, 111, 148, 179, 180, 217, 224, 227, 230, 231, 282, 310, 378
of life 186, 195–197, 202, 203, 208, 230, 312, 313, 371
Roger II of Sicily 315–316
Romanticism 205
Rood, legend of the Holy 294
rose/rosette 13, 114, 173, 298, 300n56
Ruthwell Cross 291, 293–294
sacrament 200, 207, 223, 231, 249, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 346, 371
Saena tree see tree, world
saga 372, 375–377
saints 205–206, 223, 227, 231, 232, 301, 330
Salerno Ivories 313, 315
salvation 221, 225, 230, 264, 275, 281, 286–287, 294–295, 297, 302, 310, 318, 322, 329, 331, 332, 345–348, 363
history of 302, 367, 372, 375, 379, 383
Samaritan Pentateuch 75n
sapphire 172
sarcophagus of Honorius 288
Sargon of Akkad 117n49
Sargon II 117n49
Satan 92, 224, 225, 346, 361. See also Devil
scent 168. See also smell
scepter, royal 299. See also bishop’s staff
sculpture 289–291, 302, 305–308, 312, 322
seasons 240
secret 167, 179
seed 103, 104
Sennacherib 57n80, 117n49
Septuagint 75n
seraphim 221, 259, 260
serpent vii–viii, 15n40, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90, 126–127, 222, 229, 243, 254, 255n20, 256, 257, 257n31, 258, 260, 265, 274, 275, 295, 311, 353, 357, 358, 359, 360n30, 361, 362, 365, 371, 374. See also Nidhogg
Set 64
Seth viii, 124, 255, 275, 294–295
Sethian Gnosticism 252–260, 253n14, 258n34, 260, 267
Sethians 251n7
setting, scene 188, 191, 193, 200, 203, 205
sexuality 242, 254, 255, 256, 257, 271, 273, 275, 276, 370, 374
immoral 175
shadow effect 197, 200, 352n19
Shalmaneser III 117n49
shalom 140
Shekinah 166, 179
ship-building 225, 350
Siegfried 346, 357
sign 204–207, 208, 210, 371, 376–377
Sigurdsson, Harald 349n14
simile 12, 101n5, 111, 113, 149, 184, 195, 217, 228
Simonians 273
sin 139, 145–149, 155, 158, 222, 223, 229, 232, 376, 378, 380
and Eve 148, 153
of Adam 137, 158
of Israel 141
original sin 366, 369–370, 373
see also impurity, unrighteousness
Sisera 225
sleep 254, 255, 257, 270
smell 168, 175, 180, 351. See also scent
snake see Nidhogg, serpent
sober 254, 271
solar disc 39, 56, 57
Solomon 117n49, 218, 220, 225, 226, 233
soma 9
Son of Man 180
Sophia 253, 254, 255, 255n19, 256, 269, 270, 272, 275
soul 219–222, 224, 227, 240, 243, 367
source criticism 75, 77, 80, 86, 87, 89–90, 95–96. See also Documentary Hypothesis
space 196, 197, 200, 203, 209
sacred 297
spear 91, 346n8, 351, 355, 356, 361
sphinx 52n55
split coordination 81–82
spruce, Norway 351, 353, 354
stained glass 302–304, 305n63, 319n110, 329
stand 257, 269, 270
stave 348. See also church
stupor 272
Sturluson, Snorri 346–347
stylized tree 6
suffering 265, 270
sun 153, 253, 345
sunfolk 18, 18n47
Surt 361
Sutton Hoo Byzantine bowls 298
sword, flaming 223
sycamore 5, 15, 16, 21–22, 46–48, 50, 64–65, 67–68, 201
symbol viii, 105n17, 126, 131, 183, 185n8, 187, 188, 192, 199, 200, 202, 204–208, 210, 316n93, 365, 367, 370–372, 375, 378–383, 387–388
synagogue ix, 287, 289–290, 305, 324, 388
synchronic study 75, 79, 80
Syriac 218, 222
tabernacle 114, 206, 376–377. See also temple
Tabitha 156
Takelot I 16
tamarisk 5, 15, 24, 49, 63–64, 201
Tartarus 147, 149–150, 157, 158. See also Hades, hell
tcheret (tamarisk, willow) 49, 63–64, 66–67
technology 373
temple 129, 132, 135n3, 157, 269n62, 274n70, 380
and purity 157
scroll 140n12
Second 135n3, 140, 140n12, 143n17, 152n36, 157, 159n48
Solomon’s temple 59–60
see also tabernacle
terebinth 5, 46, 173, 225
terracotta lamps 287
test 367n4, 372, 378
thaumaturgy 283, 294
theodicy 115, 116
theological exegesis 365–366, 372, 377, 379, 383
theophany 122, 125–126, 131–132
third heaven 176
Thor 357, 361
Thoth 16, 64
throne 54, 58, 123, 125–128, 132, 166, 167, 180, 186, 195, 197, 200–203, 205, 207n111, 208, 209, 210, 221, 241, 311, 327, 349n14, 356, 380
Tiglath-pileser I 117n49
time 94, 186, 226
tomb 287–288, 295, 311. See also grave, sarcophagus
tongue 108
Torah/torah ix, 62, 106, 110, 111, 113, 118, 172, 179, 180, 184n6, 206, 247, 287, 290, 356, 368. See also law
Totality 265
trampling 258, 259, 259n37–38, 260, 275, 276
transcendence 276
trance 254
trapped 275
Treasure House 23
tree
felling 104
goddesses of the 106
in the literal sense 199–202, 209–210
in the metaphoric sense 202–204, 209–210
in the symbolic sense 204–208, 209–210
of all remedies 12
of death 24, 26, 239
of Jesse 297, 298n51, 301–305, 307, 319, 321, 322n116, 329–330
of knowledge of good and evil vii, 76, 131, 146, 152, 217–219, 222–224, 229, 239, 245, 295, 310, 313, 331, 366–370, 373–374, 376–378, 380, 383
effect of eating 93
location of 77, 81–83, 85
prohibition of 79, 81, 84, 85
prohibition of as test 84n37
of wisdom 168
sacred 5, 6, 8, 8n19, 24, 25, 26, 53–59, 201n83, 367n4, 381, 383
world 8, 8n19, 12, 27, 104, 105, 118, 130, 287
see also acacia, almond, ash, baobab, cedar, cross, cypress, date palm, fig, išd, kiškānû, oak, olive, palm, perisa, pine, pomegranate, spruce, sycamore, tamarisk, tcheret, terebinth, white hom, willow, Yggdrasil
Trinitarian 371
Trinity College Apocalypse 313–314
Tutankhamen 68
typology 218, 222, 224, 226, 287n14, 297n49
Ubertino da Casale 328
union 254, 265
unrighteousness
and God’s people 139
of Assyria 142
and impurity 158
and disobedience 156
see also impurity, sin
uproot 103, 104, 113, 114
Uriel 155
Ur-šanabi/Ur-shanabi 13, 14n35
Ūta-napišti/Utnapishtim 13, 13n31
Valentinian Gnosticism 260–266, 267, 273n66
Valentinians 251n7, 273
Valentinus 260–261
Valhalla 345
Vasari, Giorgio 327
Venantius Fortunatus 280, 283, 324–325, 331
Vercelli Book 294
vice 238, 239
Viking 349n14, 350, 351, 355n23, 358, 361
vine 288n20, 289–291, 301, 305–308, 310–311, 315, 330
virtue 205n101, 237, 238, 242, 244, 318, 324, 388
vision 1, 54, 88, 137, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147–150, 157, 172, 177, 183, 186, 187, 189–195, 199, 200, 202, 204, 205, 206, 208–210, 223, 230, 245, 290–291, 380–381, 387. See also dream, oracle
visual texture 186–189, 191–195, 197, 199, 210
voice 270, 270n64, 275
Voluspa 347, 363
Vourukasha Sea 12
Vulgate 145, 186, 196
Vyšehrad Codex 302
war in heaven 183, 192
watchers 177
water 103, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 125, 217, 225–231
of life 207
well of fate 344, 347, 364n35
well of life 355, 357n27
Weltenbaum see tree, world
Wepwawet 63
west 167
white hom 12, 27
wholeness (prosperity) 107, 108, 109, 115, 117
wilderness 125
will 256, 256n26, 257, 265, 267
William I of Sicily 308
willow 49, 64, 66
Egyptian 15
wine 167
winged disc 8, 23
wisdom 100, 123, 126, 172, 174, 202, 206, 218, 220, 222, 225, 228, 232, 239, 242, 246, 258, 263, 264, 274, 367–370, 372, 377–380, 382–384, 387–388
and paradise 137, 140–141
as Christ 220, 221, 227
Lady Wisdom 105–108
the righteous and the wicked 107, 108, 110–113, 115, 116, 119
wisdom Psalms 100, 109, 119
wise living 109, 111, 113, 117
Woden see Odin
Woden’s Ride see Yggdrasil
woman 204n97, 252, 254, 257, 258, 260, 270, 272
wood 280n1, 281, 283, 294
word 263, 264
worship 104n15, 106, 110, 112, 113, 114, 262, 272
worshipper 104
Yahweh/Yhwh 25, 25n78, 26, 45, 60, 62–63, 78, 90, 291
Yahweh God 19, 22
Yaldabaoth/Yaltabaoth 253, 255, 255n21, 267, 268, 268n58, 269, 270
Yave 255
Yggdrasil 344–348, 351, 353, 355–358, 360–364. See also world tree
Zerubbabel 291
Zosimos viii
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