A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Z
Aaron/Aaronic, 137, 163, 235–36, 243, 248–49, 251–52, 254–56, 262, 267, 308, 381, 429, 617, 777–78, 782, 810, 813
Aaronic/high priesthood, 185, 263, 267, 360, 409, 429, 450, 515, 600, 669, 792
abomination/something detestable (tôʿēbâ), 120, 204, 121, 217–18, 220, 313, 323–24, 334, 340–45, 349–50, 400, 404–5, 407, 433–35, 437–38, 467, 477, 530, 535, 551, 553, 556, 559–60, 586, 610, 621, 634, 656, 674, 689, 743, 756
Abraham, 36–41, 56, 63, 66, 81, 85–86, 99, 108, 118, 134–36, 154–55, 191–92, 198, 200, 211, 234, 242, 245, 248–49, 256, 259–60, 290, 294, 296, 298–300, 325, 424, 422, 476, 483, 497, 502–3, 530, 536, 561, 601–2, 618, 628–29, 637–38, 641, 662–64, 674, 679, 697, 701–2, 704, 706, 766, 788, 805, 812
alien (gēr), 63, 65, 67, 158, 165, 221, 268, 273–74, 277, 279, 299, 309, 340, 342, 350, 353, 356, 359, 366, 369, 376, 383, 392, 418, 426, 496, 506, 533, 536, 544, 548, 552–53, 566–67, 569, 570–72, 576, 597, 601–2, 604–5, 622, 633–34, 637, 644, 656–57, 674, 678, 704, 719, 726, 737
Amalekite/Amalekites, 46, 74, 81, 126, 480, 484, 592–96, 683, 799
Ammon/Bene Ammon/Ammonites, 31, 60, 71, 80–82, 84–92, 94–96, 100, 103, 436, 443, 475–76, 484, 533, 535–36, 538–40, 551, 592
Amorite/Amorites, 43, 55–56, 62–63, 68–70, 74–75, 84, 88–97, 101, 104, 107, 152–53, 203, 220–21, 253, 467, 573, 677, 711, 718, 723, 735, 789, 796
Amos (the prophet), 86, 276, 374–75, 573–75, 588, 608–9
Anak/Anakites, 68, 71, 79–80, 83–84, 87, 241, 244
ancestors/forefathers, 36, 39–40, 56–57, 60, 63–64, 66, 69–70, 73, 77, 87, 99, 115, 117, 122, 125, 134–36, 141, 144–45, 148, 165, 191–92, 195, 203–4, 206–7, 211, 213, 224–26, 233–34, 236, 241, 249, 253, 259–60, 264, 268, 271, 274, 280–81, 284–85, 289, 292, 294, 300, 303, 324, 332, 335, 344, 354, 357, 449, 454, 457, 542, 562, 597–98, 600–603, 607–8, 627, 639, 642, 660, 664, 679, 685, 693, 695, 697, 699, 702–3, 711, 719–20, 724, 728, 731, 753, 757, 772, 780, 788, 794, 800, 808
animals, 124, 129–30, 176, 271, 283, 287, 293, 321–22, 393, 686, 755, 795; as food, 315–22, 340–54; as offerings, 190, 307, 357, 360, 378–83, 385, 387, 404, 428, 489–90, 534, 538, 547, 609, 627, 678, 751; treatment of, 92–93, 96, 158, 164, 166, 245, 511–16, 518, 580, 589–90, 622, 633, 635, 655, 754, 756, 761; wild, 204, 216, 501–2, 509, 513, 518, 652, 654, 657, 659, 732, 760–61
anthem, Israel’s, 48, 58, 126, 721, 728, 730, 732, 748, 750, 769, 770, 772–73, 801, 806,
Arabah, 30, 55–56, 62–63, 79, 82–83, 100, 102, 152, 298–99
Ark [of the covenant], 29–30, 32–33, 72, 129, 159, 235–236, 256, 261–63, 312, 546, 637, 719–20, 727, 733–35, 773
Asherah, 203, 209, 220, 273, 302, 337, 400, 404, 412, 444, 789
Ashtaroth/Ishtar/Astarte (deity), 213, 253, 729, 760
assembly (of Israel, of Yahweh), 29, 46, 159, 164, 170, 242, 247, 249, 256, 261, 383, 385, 389, 390–91, 433, 499, 527, 533–42, 544, 550, 554, 592, 632, 672, 675–79, 720, 734–35, 739, 748–49, 783, 787, 790, 803
Assyria, Assyrians, 31, 86, 128, 293, 327–28, 348, 394, 412, 418, 436, 442–43, 469, 475, 478–79, 501, 527, 534–35, 607, 647, 654, 658–59, 664, 666, 800
Baal Peor/Beth Peor, 107, 114, 116, 118, 125, 152, 228, 272, 336, 344, 788, 792, 805, 809
Baal, 107, 118, 163, 209, 220, 250, 253, 285, 287, 336–37, 344, 374, 404, 413, 444, 573, 606, 608, 650, 766, 788, 791–92, 798, 817
Babylon/Babylonians, 86, 146, 166, 200, 293, 308, 337, 348, 351, 386, 412, 418, 443, 462, 481, 497, 527, 556, 623, 658, 664, 666, 702, 737
Balaam, 107, 423, 436, 533, 535, 592, 618, 757, 795
Benjamin/Benjamite, 336, 422, 530, 621, 631, 784, 793–94
blessing, 30, 40, 47, 57–58, 65, 117, 119, 122–23, 139, 148, 153, 165, 189, 194, 198–99, 211–13, 232–34, 238, 256, 263, 266–67, 281, 286–98, 308, 310, 315–17, 321, 355, 357–61, 366–67, 372, 374–75, 377, 381–83, 391–93, 413, 421, 430, 459, 473, 487, 491, 498, 533, 535–36, 563, 569, 572, 574, 595, 598, 605, 607–09, 612, 623, 630–32, 637, 640, 642, 646–51, 654, 657–59, 663–69, 671–72, 674, 677, 682–83, 690, 692, 694–95, 697, 699, 704, 706, 709–12, 729, 740, 783–803, 807, 817
bloodguilt/–innocence, 448–458, 487–91, 606
Boaz, 377, 540, 553, 572–73, 576, 587
Book of the Covenant, 160, 169, 291, 301–2, 304, 448–49, 477, 507, 663, 739
Book of the Torah, 29, 114, 395, 636, 672, 689, 699, 718
Booths, Sukkoth, Feast/Festival of (also Tabernacles), 35, 45, 364, 381–97, 719, 726, 733, 736, 738–39, 748
burnt offerings, 302–3, 307, 319, 324, 326, 335, 337, 379, 485, 539, 609, 621, 627–628, 636, 784, 793
Caleb, 39, 69, 73, 76–78, 547, 701, 712
Canaanite gods, 324–25, 329, 332, 608, 341, 343, 477
Canaanite/Canaanites, 61–63, 71, 74, 78–79, 91–92, 97–99, 107–09, 126, 171, 192–94, 197, 203, 205, 207–10, 213–20, 222, 232, 234, 239, 244–45, 248–50, 253–54, 273, 278, 287, 289, 298–300, 304–5, 309–10, 313, 324–26, 329, 332–33, 336, 341, 343–44, 346, 350, 369, 376, 394, 404, 414, 417, 427, 451, 458, 467–69, 476–78, 480–86, 505–6, 528, 636, 540–41, 551, 586, 595, 608, 618, 626, 655, 661, 683, 708, 723, 761, 791, 798–99, 803
canon, canonical, 32–34, 540, 636, 735
central sanctuary/shrine, 26, 28, 304–13, 316–320, 356–57, 359, 378–80, 385, 388, 408–11, 413, 427, 428–431, 450, 456, 461, 491, 552, 598, 604–5, 628, 726, 758
centralized worship, 28, 308–11, 384–85, 399, 401, 770
Chemosh, 83
child sacrifice, 326, 435, 436, 547
circumcision, physical and heart, 26, 40, 77, 136, 173, 179, 199, 253, 268–69, 271–72, 295, 541–42, 628, 692, 694–95, 697–98, 700–705, 712
Clinton, President William, 167, 465
conquest, 62, 82, 89, 91–92, 94, 95, 99, 102–3, 108, 160, 205–6, 216–19, 244–45, 427, 469, 474–76, 496, 625–26, 636, 655, 733, 735, 791, 807, 815
Constantine I, 173
constitutional tradition/ literature/law, 65, 81, 169, 170, 503, 507, 564
covenant love (ḥesed), 158, 161–63, 203, 212
covenant: cosmic/Noachian covenant, 56; Abrahamic/ patriarchal, 37, 56, 134–36, 155, 212, 234, 259, 265, 629, 663–64, 693, 697, 702; Davidic, 56, 312; Israelite, 25, 33, 37, 55–56, 126, 129, 134–37, 155, 164, 263, 265, 289, 294, 299, 346, 353, 517, 570, 620, 641, 662–63, 686, 690, 721; new covenant, 41, 171, 173, 234, 266, 397, 620, 662, 663, 678, 700–702, 705, 816
creator, creation, 98, 130, 132–33, 138, 161–63, 173, 254, 293, 313, 322, 482, 512, 540, 564, 651, 742, 752, 756
curse, 31, 34, 47, 58, 107, 117, 134, 153, 165, 198, 201, 208, 210–11, 214, 220, 266, 281, 286, 288, 290–91, 293–94, 296, 298, 337–38, 375, 418, 420, 444, 447, 456, 463, 473, 477, 481, 491, 492, 494, 498, 501–2, 504–5, 509, 532–33, 535, 551, 581, 592, 618, 621–24, 630–36, 640, 642–49, 651–71, 674–75, 682–87, 689, 692, 694–95, 703, 706, 710–12, 725, 730–31, 734, 760, 761
Daniel (the exile in Babylon), 294, 312, 351, 459, 463, 665, 683
David/Davidic, 32–34, 103, 110, 188, 220, 293, 305, 308, 312, 422–24, 444, 469, 470, 475, 484, 492–93, 503–4, 528, 530, 538, 540, 594, 608, 618, 638, 664, 688, 701–2, 750, 756, 788, 812
Davidic dynasty/kings/ kingship/monarchy, 34, 302, 312, 422–23, 540, 666, 712, 756, 770, 787, 800
debt, debt-slavery/servitude, debt remission, 45, 355, 363–75, 390, 547, 566–70, 575, 590, 719, 726
Decalogue, 25, 31, 33, 58, 128–29, 135, 154–55, 159–76, 180–81, 186, 188, 195, 212, 227, 233, 241, 250, 262, 265, 274, 291, 301–3, 357, 365, 371, 386, 396, 406, 421, 455, 457, 459–60, 498, 502, 507–8, 530, 570, 635, 637, 639, 651, 662–63, 686, 707, 725, 733–34, 739, 770, 776
detestable (tôʿēbâ), see abomination.
Deuteronomistic history, 28, 34, 50, 52, 294, 311, 395, 423
dietary instructions, 315–22, 340–354
divine Warrior, 72, 75, 104, 216, 470, 723, 766, 788–89, 791, 801–2
divine/Yahweh war, 95–97, 221–223, 468, 205, 207, 468, 482
divorce, 46, 278, 288, 345, 495–97, 503, 506, 520–22, 526–28, 553–65, 581, 583, 635, 737
Dodecalogue, 632
Ebal, 40, 298–99, 300, 621, 623–31, 636–37, 639, 640
Edom/Edomites, 60, 73, 80–83, 87, 90–91, 96, 98, 414, 436, 476, 533, 535–36, 538, 542, 576, 800
Egypt, Egyptians, 36, 38, 56–57, 60, 62, 65–66, 68, 72, 74–75, 77–78, 81–87, 98, 106, 114–15, 117, 119, 124, 126–27, 129, 135, 141–43, 145–47, 152–53, 155, 157–58, 164, 166, 177, 172, 178, 185–86, 191–92, 195–97, 201, 203–4, 210–11, 214–15, 224, 233, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252–60, 268, 270, 272, 275, 280, 282, 284–85, 291, 294, 306–7, 323–24, 328–31, 333, 337–38, 363, 372–73, 383, 385, 387–89, 391, 396–97, 414, 416, 418, 443, 453, 457, 466, 469, 533, 535–38, 550, 566–68, 571–74, 586, 592–94, 597, 601–3, 608, 611, 615–18, 634–35, 639, 641, 643, 645–46, 656–57, 659–62, 672, 674–76, 680, 683, 686–88, 690, 701, 712, 716, 722, 726, 730, 733, 735, 746, 760, 762, 764, 789, 795, 800, 805, 810–12, 815, 817
El Qanna’, 131–32, 162, 193, 244
El, 211, 131–32, 162, 209, 211–12, 216, 250, 273, 404, 751, 774, 798–99
elder/elders, 175–76, 308, 357, 402, 422, 431, 449, 453, 455, 487–91, 494, 499–500, 507, 520–23, 525, 578, 583, 621, 624, 674, 678, 719–20, 724–26, 734, 742, 752
election, divine: of the ancestors, 36, 38, 60, 99, 115, 271, 703, 771; of Israel/his people, 36, 38–39, 41, 60, 86–87, 99, 115, 130, 136–37, 141, 143–44, 146, 148, 171, 186, 203, 210, 212, 219, 221–22, 246, 268, 270–71, 285, 292, 306, 308, 340, 343–44, 346, 351–53, 414, 483, 485, 536, 575, 596, 614, 617, 640, 651, 669, 690–91, 697, 712, 729, 752, 762, 770, 774, 801–2; of Israel’s king, 39, 312, 417, 420, 422–24, 656, 770, cf. Hammurabi, chosen by the gods, 737; of the land of Canaan, 285; of the place for Yahweh’s name, 39, 302–6, 308–12, 315–19, 355–58, 378, 383–84, 387–88, 392–93, 395, 400, 409–10, 412, 416, 426, 429, 437, 544, 597–98, 600, 625–26, 637, 719; of the Levitical priests, 39, 426, 428, 430, 487; of Moses, 264, 812; of Joshua, 723; of Jesus, 812; of new leaders, 757; leaders in the church, 424
Elijah, 31, 336, 444, 462, 689, 690, 812
Elyon, 211, 752–53, 757, 774, 794
ethics of the conquest/slaughter of the Canaanites, 95–99, 205, 221–22, 337, 344, 475–78
exile, 32, 36, 52, 114, 133, 145, 205, 220, 265, 289, 294, 300, 351, 395, 399, 423, 459, 478, 539, 561, 563, 619, 647, 656, 659, 661, 689, 694, 696–99, 713, 736, 739, 772
extermination of the Canaanites, 95–99, 193, 220, 248, 481–87
Ezekiel (book of), 156, 680, 772
Ezekiel (the prophet), 15, 41, 108, 156, 170, 198, 227, 253, 265, 290, 380, 395, 444, 537, 551, 588, 665, 678, 680, 702, 712, 737, 772
faithful love, see covenant love.
family, household (bêt ʾāb), 65, 73, 98, 111, 123, 161–64, 167, 184, 186, 189, 191, 195, 210, 217, 231, 239, 274, 280, 283, 302, 309, 322, 331–33, 338–39, 354–58, 363–64, 367–70, 372, 376, 378, 380–81, 385, 390, 393, 413, 421, 426, 429, 451, 453, 458, 572–73, 478, 480, 485, 488, 495–99, 502–3, 506–5, 510, 514, 516, 518, 521–24, 527, 529–31, 535–36, 546, 551, 558–60, 567, 569–70, 672, 576, 578, 581–87, 589–90, 597–98, 600, 602–5, 608, 630, 634, 683, 687, 712, 726, 728, 737, 778, 788, 792, 799, 801, 809, 814–15
fatherhood of God, 75–76, 122, 138–39, 147–49, 187, 237, 267, 276, 279, 297, 338, 375, 377, 462, 620, 638, 705, 739, 742, 752, 774, 801, 804,
fatherless/orphan, 268, 270, 273, 277, 356, 359, 366, 369, 374, 383, 392, 426, 457, 566–67, 570–72, 575, 597, 604, 610, 622, 633–34
fear, fright, 65, 70, 76–77, 88, 93, 96, 176, 281, 290, 334, 412, 467–70, 473, 479–80, 500, 544, 656, 642, 651, 662, 723, 803
fear, reverent awe (yārēʾ), 34–35, 40, 96, 115, 127, 137, 139, 140, 143, 175, 177, 179, 187, 191, 193, 204, 195–96, 198, 202, 220, 236, 268–71, 276, 295, 325, 330, 357, 361, 411–12, 420, 424, 467–69, 500, 562, 592–93, 595, 617, 642, 651, 661, 664, 668, 700, 704, 714, 719, 723, 725, 741, 743, 757
fellowship with God, 58, 308, 344, 353, 381–82, 388, 609
fertility religion, fertility god, 209, 213–14, 239, 250, 255, 285, 287, 339, 350, 404, 545, 600, 604, 608, 611, 649–50, 729, 731, 799, 803
firstborn: animals (bekôr), 302, 307, 315, 356–57, 378–82, 784; human, 46, 355, 453, 487, 494–498, 503, 582, 587, 795; Son of God, 236, 382, 422–23, 668, 801
firstfruits, 389, 426, 428, 597–604
food, clean/unclean, see dietary instructions.
Gad/Gadites, 100–2, 150, 290, 305, 450, 621, 631, 672, 677, 784, 795–97
Gerizim, 40, 298–300, 313, 621, 623–24, 626–27, 630–31, 636–40
Gideon, 195, 209, 216, 336, 480, 503
gods, alien/strange, foreign gods, god not known, 28, 208, 218, 220, 281, 291, 323–25, 329, 332, 413, 561, 686, 719, 728, 731, 743, 750, 754, 765
golden calf, 242–43, 245–53, 264–65, 335, 634, 680, 683, 782, 788, 792
guilt, guiltless, 97, 158, 162–63, 212, 333, 335, 363, 369, 407, 410, 412, 414, 449, 453–55, 458–59, 487–92, 494, 500, 510, 524, 526–28, 543, 548, 560, 566, 569, 578–79, 589, 606, 640, 782
Hammurabi/Hammurabi’s laws, 200, 370, 373, 421, 462, 547, 586, 626, 737, 811
ḥērem, see total destruction
Hezekiah, 188, 329, 394, 423, 470, 594, 608
high priest, see Aaronic priest
Hittites, 203, 220, 467, 482, 538, 738
Holiness Code/instructions on holiness, 160, 169, 301, 507, 514, 646–47, 663, 739
holiness/holy/sacred (qādēš), 38, 160, 169, 206, 219–20, 301, 333, 343, 346, 352, 472, 507, 514, 537, 542, 547, 646–47, 663, 705, 739, 777, 779, 781–782; holy act/service, 92, 231, 420, 552, 805; holy camp, 533, 537; holy city, 375; holy assembly/convocation, 385, 389–91; holy day, 158, 164–65, 387, 394; holy God, 73, 137–38, 277, 343–44, 505, 514, 727, 779, 781, 788; holy land, 99, 333, 483; holy law, 26; holy mountain/hill, 146, 539, 541; holy name, 375, 573; Holy of Holies, 271; holy ones, 783, 789–90, 801–3; holy people/nation, etc., 39, 46, 165, 193, 203, 206, 209–10, 218–23, 277, 291, 331, 340, 342–45, 349–53, 407, 414, 477, 483, 514, 519, 524, 531, 535, 537, 561, 613–20, 640, 642, 646, 650–51, 667, 669–90, 751, 801–3, 816; holy place/temple, 86, 126, 146, 236, 261–62, 271, 300, 311, 357, 541, 544, 598, 607; holy priest, 669; Holy Spirit/Spirit of Yahweh/Spirit of God, 58, 77–78, 110, 118, 194, 196, 226, 228, 233, 235, 238, 253–54, 286, 289, 300, 314, 329–30, 397, 413–14, 462, 551, 619, 676, 739, 780, 801, 811, 816–17; holy war, see divine/Yahweh war; holy word, 32; holy offerings, 307, 319, 348, 359–60, 428, 597, 605–6, 612, 668; holy Scriptures, 169, 446, 725, 735; holy objects, 203, 209, 219, 250, 302, 400, 404; holy images, 209
Horeb, 39–40, 43, 55–57, 60, 62–66, 68, 73, 75, 82, 114–15, 117, 123–27, 129, 131, 135–36, 140, 152, 154–56, 174, 176, 192, 212, 234, 241–43, 246–47, 249, 251–52, 254, 261–62, 265, 275, 283, 291–92, 299, 308, 357, 433, 439, 440, 444, 592–93, 646, 662–63, 677, 683, 686, 697, 726, 789
Hosea (the prophet), 252, 276, 502, 504, 562, 685, 751, 759
idolatry, 60, 129–33, 136, 139, 145, 168, 187, 192, 200, 209, 217–20, 238–39, 249, 252, 254–55, 265, 293, 304–5, 335–36, 339, 342, 352–53, 369, 399, 404, 406–7, 411, 413, 419, 438, 446, 460, 477, 500–501, 512, 550–51, 567, 573, 633–34, 665–66, 680, 681, 683, 687, 689, 702, 751, 769, 770–71, 774–75, 782, 788, 803
image of God, 166, 237, 254, 333, 376, 456, 457, 463, 606
images, 119, 131–33, 204, 209, 217, 237, 254, 313, 329, 339, 546–47, 607, 634, 656, 674, 680, 775, 802, 806
inheritance/grant/special possession (nāḥalâ), 73, 78, 124, 141, 143, 149, 221, 256, 259, 296, 300, 302–3, 309, 356, 363, 366, 426–27, 448–49, 466, 494, 498, 503, 505, 556, 581, 584, 592, 597, 640–41, 670, 672, 719, 742, 752–53, 770, 778
innocence, innocent, 73, 151, 221, 410, 412, 414, 449–450, 452, 454–56, 458, 462–63, 484, 487–88, 490–93, 496, 521–22, 524, 526, 562–63, 569–70, 574, 578, 584–85, 589, 622, 636, 667
interest/usury, 543, 547–48, 550–51, 553
Isaac, 63, 85, 134–35, 191–92, 234, 242, 245, 249, 256, 259, 294, 602, 637, 674, 706, 788, 805, 809
Isaiah (book of), 772
Isaiah (the prophet), 136, 146, 276, 329, 412, 540, 609, 689, 712
Jacob, 37, 55–56, 63, 81, 85, 87, 134–35, 191–92, 220, 234, 242, 245, 249, 256, 259, 275, 277, 294, 423, 503, 528, 540, 601–2, 631, 674, 706, 742, 753, 771, 782–83, 785, 787–88, 790–91, 795–96, 799, 804, 810, 817
jealous, divine, see passion.
jealousy, human, 239, 503, 506
Jephthah, 91, 95, 530, 551, 552, 581
Jeremiah (book of), 156, 214, 772
Jeremiah (the prophet), 28, 31, 41, 135, 145, 171, 276, 312, 337, 375, 413, 429, 443–44, 656, 665, 688, 700–703, 712
Jericho, 84–85, 205, 219, 299–300, 470, 480–81, 626, 636, 777–78, 805, 807
Jerusalem, 27–28, 3–32, 86–87, 263, 293, 306, 311–13, 320, 336, 351, 353, 375, 395, 502, 538, 550, 551, 554, 561, 574, 608, 619, 637–38, 664, 666, 687, 702, 704
Jesus Christ, 25–26, 33–34, 37–38, 41, 57, 59, 76, 99, 110, 122–23, 137, 145–49, 156–57, 164, 171, 173–74, 183, 187–90, 197–98, 200, 205, 221, 227, 236–37, 254, 264, 267, 270, 276–77, 289, 295–96, 300, 313–14, 338–39, 351–53, 360–61, 375, 382, 396–98, 407, 413–14, 420, 423–24, 431, 445–47, 464–65, 481, 485–86, 493, 505–7, 509, 518–19, 528, 532, 540–41, 552, 554, 556–57, 563–65, 575, 587–88, 610–11, 619–20, 638–39, 641, 663, 667, 670, 690–91, 704–5, 715–17, 736, 739–40, 782, 801–3, 812–18
John (the apostle), 25, 57, 110, 122–23, 156, 173, 375, 397, 716, 801
John the Baptizer, 445, 716, 813, 815
Jonah, (the man), 618
Joseph/Josephites, 102, 312, 413, 436, 503, 528, 621, 630–31, 784, 787, 793–95
Joshua (the book), 97, 206, 217–19, 469, 481
Joshua (the man), 30–31, 34, 37, 39, 47–48, 69, 73, 90, 97, 100–101, 103–4, 106–8, 113, 151, 205, 215, 219, 290, 294, 300, 306, 394–95, 422–23, 434, 456, 480, 505, 636–37, 711–12, 718–24, 727–28, 730, 739–40, 745–46, 786, 794, 801, 805, 810–11, 814, 816
Josiah, 28, 33, 188, 209, 219, 251, 310–11, 336, 385, 395, 399, 423, 470, 478, 574, 638, 665, 701, 712, 735–36, 738, 772
Judah/Judahites, 28, 73, 86, 213, 220, 312, 336, 375, 394, 412, 423, 480, 484, 486, 503, 528, 540, 545, 563, 574, 587–88, 608, 621, 631, 665–66, 687–89, 702–3, 712, 783, 787–88, 791, 796, 805, 807
judge, God as, 66, 273, 668, 745, 765
judge, judges (sōpetîm), 63–66, 116, 167, 220, 253, 273, 399–403, 406, 408–12, 417–18, 434, 449, 460–61, 487–89, 500, 572, 578–79, 636, 666, 811
Judges (the book), 108, 219, 469, 594, 687, 814
justice/injustice, 38–39, 41, 58, 65–67, 133, 150–51, 154, 166, 201, 270, 273–74, 276, 295, 332, 375, 377, 399–403, 407–8, 412–14, 417, 421, 456–63, 484, 532, 551–52, 566, 570–71, 573, 576–77, 579, 584, 589, 610, 619, 622, 634, 737, 746–47, 750–51, 758, 761, 797
Kadesh Barnea, 43, 55–56, 61–62, 68–75, 78–80, 85, 91, 95, 106, 117–18, 215, 243, 246, 252, 676
king/kingship, Israelite, 45, 50, 219–20, 312, 320, 329–30, 375, 399, 402, 412, 416–26, 434, 439, 443, 462–63, 474, 480, 486, 491, 503, 516, 530, 588, 608, 616, 619, 638, 644, 656, 664–66, 687–88, 702, 712, 733, 736, 739, 756, 770, 809, 813
kingdom of God/light/heaven, 110, 140, 145, 184, 202, 211, 219, 221–22, 253, 265, 354, 415, 423, 446, 465, 517, 532, 575, 596, 616, 618, 690, 714, 740, 803–4
kingdom of this world/darkness, 148, 151, 202, 211, 219, 222, 279, 486, 611
kings, Amorite, 43, 55–56, 84, 89, 96, 104, 152, 153, 677, 718, 723, 735
kingship, ancient Near Eastern, 417–18, 420–22, 442, 456, 462, 474–75, 635, 708, 729, 737–38, 757, 798, 809
kingship, divine/of Yahweh, 41, 181, 240, 263, 302, 314, 330, 443, 554, 573, 738, 740, 783, 787–88, 791, 802
laws, ancient Near Eastern: Eshnunna, 372, 547; Sumerian, 462, 547, 531; Babylonian, 166, 556; Middle–Assyrian laws, 526; Hittite, 543, 635
levir, levirate marriage, 580–583, 587, 590
Levites, 27, 32–33, 45, 47, 235, 256, 261–64, 266, 275, 303, 309–10, 315, 355–56, 358–60, 380, 383, 392, 400, 409, 416, 426–31, 461, 471, 474, 566, 597, 604–5, 621, 629–33, 636, 640, 702, 720, 732–34, 737–38, 773, 791–93
Levitical priests, 35, 39, 262–63, 266–67, 408–9, 413, 420, 426–28, 430, 441, 474, 491, 568, 629, 632, 637, 724–26
Levitical towns/cities, 380, 427, 430–31, 451, 793
life, sanctity of, 165, 166, 318, 321, 353, 456,
love (ʾāhēb) defined, 144, 163, 182, 189–90, 497, 698; of God, 36, 38–39, 60, 71, 76, 115, 123, 132, 138, 141, 144, 148, 158, 162–63, 203, 206, 211–12, 219, 221, 223, 229, 237, 253–54, 268, 270–71, 274, 277, 376, 381, 423, 481, 504, 531, 533, 536, 609–10, 619, 667, 700, 754, 783–84, 790–91, 794, 801–4, 812; of humans for others, 17, 41–42, 134, 220–21, 268, 270, 276–77, 323, 332, 363, 372, 374, 376, 458, 464, 494, 503, 512, 531, 549, 551, 552, 563, 610, 645, 814; of humans for the Torah, 237; of humans for God, 15, 25–26, 36, 38–42, 44, 115, 123, 148, 154, 156–58, 162, 171, 174, 180–82, 184–86, 188–89, 199–200, 202–3, 207, 212, 237, 240, 254–55, 268–71, 276, 278, 280–81, 286, 289, 295, 323, 328, 330, 335, 338, 374, 392, 449, 457, 481, 539, 542, 549, 575, 588, 612, 620, 652, 667, 692, 695, 697–98, 700–701, 705–6, 710–11, 717
Madoff, Bernard, 553
Malachi (the prophet), 59, 220, 360, 381, 424, 561–62, 736
Manasseh (king), 33, 395, 412, 608, 638, 672, 677, 784, 795, 805, 807
Manasseh (tribe), 33, 100–102, 150, 253, 290, 336, 395, 412, 450, 608, 631, 638, 672, 677, 784, 795, 805, 807
manslaughter, 46, 165, 408, 448–455, 458
marriage, 46, 49–50, 58, 127, 132, 161–62, 166–67, 190, 205, 208, 219–22, 344, 379, 418, 419, 471–72, 495–99, 502–3, 506, 520–33, 535, 538–39, 554, 556–65, 557, 580–82, 587, 590, 635, 664
Massah, 191, 193–94, 196, 243, 246, 252, 740, 783, 792
Meribah/Meribah Kadesh, 73–74, 106, 196, 251–252, 740, 777, 779–81, 783, 792
Messiah, 49, 351, 396, 412–13, 422–23, 444–45, 540, 813–14
Micah (the prophet), 276, 412, 550, 636
Milkom, 84
Moab, 31, 38, 40–42, 55, 60, 79–80, 82–85, 107, 117, 134, 136, 155, 169, 205, 265, 292, 298–99, 477, 540, 618, 629, 631, 646, 662–63, 679, 702, 711, 721, 727, 741, 777–78, 791, 805–7, 809
Moab, Plains of, 38, 40–42, 60, 84, 107, 134, 136, 155, 169, 265, 292, 298–99, 477, 618, 629, 631, 662, 679, 702, 711, 721, 727, 741, 778, 791, 805–7
monergism/monergistic, 128, 729
monotheism, 132
murder/homicide, 151, 158, 165–66, 172, 333–34, 369, 408, 413, 446, 451, 456–58, 461–63, 487–493, 501, 520, 526, 530, 541, 567
music, 314, 535, 546, 608, 773–76,
nations, 36, 66, 81, 86, 88, 92, 96, 98, 110, 116, 118–19, 122, 124–25, 130, 135–36, 141–43, 171, 180, 201, 203–4, 207, 213, 215–16, 218, 225, 232–35, 241–42, 257–58, 260, 264, 268, 275, 281, 290–91, 294–95, 302, 304, 312, 323, 325–27, 338, 345, 351, 363, 367, 416–17, 421–22, 433–440, 448, 450, 466, 468–70, 476, 480, 482–86, 498, 505, 536, 539, 594–95, 611, 613, 615–19, 642, 644–46, 649–51, 654, 656–61, 669, 674, 680, 681, 684–85, 687–88, 690, 692, 695–98, 701, 718, 723, 729, 739, 742, 745, 749–50, 752–53, 757, 762–64, 767–69, 771–74, 784, 795, 800
Nebo/Mount Nebo, 102, 107, 777–78, 781, 786, 791, 805, 807
Nebuchadnezzar, 293, 351, 419, 480, 608,
Noah, 98, 164, 265, 320, 353, 457, 483
Obadiah (the man), 809
offerings, 208–9, 220, 263, 276, 302–3, 305, 307–9, 315, 318–19, 321, 324, 326, 335, 337, 345, 353, 356, 360, 378–80, 382–83, 385, 389–90, 397–98, 413, 426–28, 435, 453, 485, 530, 539, 548, 560, 565, 598–601, 603, 605–6, 609–10, 612, 621, 627–28, 636, 639, 745, 773, 784, 793
Og, 55–56, 83, 88–89, 91–95, 97, 99–101, 104, 151–152, 215, 218, 244, 483, 672, 676, 718
parity treaty, 616
Parras: Emily, 576; Marlon, 576
passion, divine, 38, 125, 129, 131–32, 134, 158, 162, 191, 193, 216, 239, 244, 661, 683, 687, 729, 735, 743, 758–59, 767, 773
Passover, 45, 173, 186, 197, 307, 353, 381, 383–89, 390, 392, 394–97, 546, 701
Paul, 26–27, 35, 58–59, 66–67, 77–78, 86, 122, 139, 146–147, 168, 171, 173, 187, 190, 197–200, 221–22, 236, 238, 253–54, 271, 276, 278, 296, 337–38, 345, 351, 397–98, 424–425, 431, 446–47, 465, 481, 501, 506–7, 509, 515, 518, 531–32, 542, 550–51, 564, 580, 588–90, 609, 619, 641, 667, 676, 689–91, 700–701, 703–5, 712–16, 767, 773, 816
peace (šālôm), 88, 90, 96, 138, 265, 285, 295, 413, 443, 458, 466, 474, 484, 486, 500, 536, 542, 639–40, 704, 788, 801
peace/fellowship offering (selāmîm), 307, 621, 627–28, 636, 639
Pentecost (see also Festival of Weeks), 389, 396–98, 600
Peter (the apostle), 110–11, 146, 188, 196, 237, 237, 265–66, 338, 351, 481, 506, 619, 812–13
phylacteries, 170, 181, 185–86, 268
pilgrim/pilgrimage, 115, 305–7, 314, 350, 358, 384–86, 390–95, 437, 593, 604–5, 726
Pisgah, 100–102, 106–7, 152, 777–78, 805, 807
Plains of Moab, 38, 40–42, 60, 84, 107, 134, 136, 155, 169, 265, 292, 298–99, 477, 618, 629, 631, 662, 679, 702, 711, 721, 727, 741, 778, 791, 805–7
polytheism, 130
Prayer to Any God, 120–21
prayer, 59, 76, 104–7, 109–111, 118, 181, 189, 235, 239, 248–51, 257–261, 264–66, 310, 312, 435, 459, 491, 539–40, 546, 607, 610, 612, 665, 691, 729, 737–38, 791, 794–795, 804
priests, priesthood, 28, 30, 32–33, 35, 39, 41, 185, 221, 231, 256, 262–63, 266–67, 307, 316, 334, 336, 343, 350–51, 357, 359–60, 381, 394, 399–401, 408–14, 416, 418, 420, 426–32, 434, 439, 441, 444, 450, 460–61, 466, 468–70, 474, 487, 491–500, 503, 515, 534–35, 546, 552, 566–68, 597, 599–601, 617–18, 621, 629–32, 637, 669, 683, 687, 690, 719, 724–27, 735–36, 749, 773, 792, 811, 814
prophecy/prophet, 27–29, 31, 33–34, 36, 198–99, 305, 265, 323, 328, 331, 418, 433–47, 503–4, 546, 554, 689, 702, 749, 736, 770, 811; ancient Near Eastern, 443; false, 328–31, 337, 423, 441–447, 546; Moses as, 26, 29, 31, 33, 36, 38, 56, 117, 123, 250, 433–47, 737, 781, 788, 805, 811–17; eschatological, 26
prophetic: circles, 27, 374, 747; dreamer, 323, 328–32, 337; formulas, 444; hope, 300; institution, 28, 439, 31; lawsuit, 747; Messiah, 445, 813; spirit, 812; tradition, 135; utterance/oracle, 31, 34, 220, 243, 329, 336–37, 440–43, 536, 554, 575, 665; vision, 29, 295; zeal, 376, 528
Rahab, 90, 99, 290, 485–86, 541, 618, 701
Rameses II, 616
reading/hearing (the Torah), 29, 33, 35, 37, 87, 139, 154, 168, 170, 293, 416, 420, 422, 424–25, 609, 637, 663, 665, 683, 719, 725–26, 733, 735–37, 740, 770, 773, 806
Red Sea, 69, 74–75, 239, 280, 283, 299, 469
refuge, towns/cities of, 150–51, 333, 450–56
religion/practices of the Canaanites, 209, 217, 245
Rephaim/Rephaites, 71, 79–80, 83–84, 89, 94–95, 100, 102
Reuben/Reubenites, 90, 92, 100–102, 150, 280, 290, 450, 528, 621, 630, 638, 672, 677, 783, 791, 802
righteousness/righteous (ṣedāqâ, ṣedeq), 26–27, 33, 36, 38–41, 45–46, 58–59, 65–67, 111, 116, 119–120, 138, 146, 154, 164, 170, 191, 195–99, 202, 222, 237, 241–42, 245, 247, 251, 253–54, 260, 264, 266, 276–77, 297, 369, 375, 377, 397, 399–405, 407–9, 410–15, 420, 423, 426, 432, 434, 438, 442, 445, 448, 450, 452–60, 462, 465, 467, 487–88, 492–93, 495, 497–500, 504, 511–14, 516–17, 521, 523–26, 528, 534–35, 537–38, 540–41, 547, 551, 553–54, 556, 560, 566, 568–70, 572–74, 577, 579–80, 582, 584–86, 588–89, 592, 618–20, 633, 640, 666, 670, 702, 708–9, 713, 714, 716, 736, 738, 750–51, 771, 774, 782, 784–85, 796–97, 810, 813, 815–16, 818, cf. unrighteous, 139, 200–201, 252, 405, 458, 488
Ruth (the person), 496, 506, 540–41, 572, 587, 618, 701
Sabbath, 158, 160–65, 172–74, 186, 274, 333, 365, 386, 506, 511, 539, 552, 580, 773; sabbaths, 610
sacrifices/offerings, 147, 179, 188, 190, 202, 263, 267, 276–77, 302–3, 307, 309–10, 315–16, 319, 323, 326, 335, 344–45, 348, 353–54, 378–79, 381–83, 385, 387, 396–98, 400, 404–5, 413, 426, 428, 430, 433, 435–36, 458–59, 464, 486, 490, 493, 509, 539, 547, 551, 606, 609, 621, 627, 628, 637, 639, 641, 705, 743, 745, 765, 784, 796
Samaritan[s], 182, 313, 351, 395, 444, 619, 637–38, 816
Samson, 464
Samuel (the prophet), 31–32, 276, 312, 394, 422, 444, 480, 503–4, 516, 594, 656
Saul, 329, 422, 436, 480, 492, 516, 594
Seir, Mount, 55, 69, 74–75, 79–85, 88, 783, 789
servant, general, 73, 158, 164, 167, 303, 309, 315, 328, 363–77, 383, 390, 392, 572, 574, 587, 590, 726, 737, 814; of a king, 809, 811; of Yahweh/Jesus Christ: the patriarchs, 256; 259, 260; Moses, 34, 66, 100, 105, 110, 636, 666, 746, 780–81, 805, 808–9, 812–13; Israel, 745, 768, 771, 772; Caleb, 712; David, 110; the prophets, 444, 576, 666, 771; Jesus, 110, 147, 801, 813; Simeon, 413; Paul, 424, 447; Christians, 196, 202, 431, 818
Shadday/El Shadday, 211, 756–57
Shechem, 299, 311, 451, 456, 528, 601, 623, 627, 637, 672, 684
Shechem/Shechemites, 299, 311, 451, 456, 528, 601, 623, 627, 637, 672, 788
Shema, 27, 159, 163, 177, 180–94, 208–9, 218, 226, 250, 272, 274–75, 288, 329, 438, 614, 686, 698, 701, 707, 750, 769
signs, 110, 141, 143, 145–46, 148, 191, 195, 202, 204, 280, 282, 288, 329–30, 443, 597, 672, 676, 680, 716, 781, 805, 811, 814–15, 817
Sihon, 55–56, 83–84, 88–92, 94–95, 97, 99, 101–2, 104, 106, 151–52, 215, 218, 244, 368, 483, 672, 676, 718
Sinai Covenant, see Israelite covenant
Sinai revelation, 36, 57, 169, 316, 797
Sinai, 32, 34, 36, 38–40, 55–57, 62, 66–67, 69, 82, 87, 107, 123, 133–35, 137–40, 144, 153–55, 165, 168–70, 173, 177, 234, 241, 244, 252, 254, 259, 265, 292, 294, 299, 301, 303, 307–8, 316, 385, 388, 394, 396–97, 440, 477, 562–64, 586, 592, 595, 617–18, 620, 627–29, 631, 641, 646, 660, 662–64, 671, 676–77, 679–80, 686, 691, 702, 723, 725–27, 735, 751, 754, 780, 783, 788–93, 797, 801, 807, 817
slave, slavery, 45, 66, 163, 210, 364, 370–74, 377, 393–98, 418, 453, 491, 494, 496–97, 502, 506, 534, 543–44, 547, 549–50, 553, 561–62, 566, 575–76, 646, 651, 655, 660–62, 745, 809
slavery of Egypt, Israel’s, 60, 66, 75, 126, 143, 146, 158, 161, 165, 173, 191–92, 195, 201, 203, 211, 224, 323–24, 331, 333, 337–38, 363, 383, 388, 418, 566–67, 571–72, 592, 603, 608, 641, 817
slavery to sin, 174, 202, 254, 279, 377, 611
Sodom and Gomorrah, 84, 336, 530, 609, 674, 685, 744, 763–764
Solomon, 32–34, 94, 188, 220, 293, 311–12, 394–95, 423, 475, 503, 618, 638, 666, 688
Song: of the Sea, 282; of Deborah and Barak, 631, 791; of Yahweh/Moses, 30, 32, 42, 49, 465, 720, 728, 730–35, 741, 745–50, 756–76, 777, 786, 801–2
sons [and daughters] of God, 71, 130, 272, 240, 343–44, 352, 377, 381, 414, 422, 640, 691, 753, 757–58, 768–69, 804, 815
Sukkoth, see Booths, Festival of.
Supreme Command, 132, 161, 163, 170, 176–77, 182, 187, 194, 196–97, 208–9, 211, 218, 226, 229, 234, 274–75, 284, 289, 293, 303, 332, 404, 419, 421, 552, 633, 686–87, 707, 709, 735, 751, 755, 776
tabernacle, 165, 208, 231, 261, 263, 275, 311, 316, 380, 386, 396, 407, 515, 546, 600, 627, 727, 737, 773, 793, 812
Tabernacles, Festival of, see Booths, Festival of
Teacher of Righteousness, 445, 813
temple: Davidic/ Solomonic, 32, 34, 165, 186, 231, 263, 275, 306, 310–12, 386, 394–95, 423, 429, 456, 538–40, 546, 600, 608, 627, 639, 665, 688, 693, 736–38, 772–73; post–exilic, 360, 395, 539, 702, 737, second, 170, 186, 313, 413, 637; 693, 737, Samaritan, 637–38; Christians as, 222, 266, 542; pagan, 86, 129, 168, 209, 305–6, 452, 454, 545, 607; other, 451
talion, 462, 463–65, 467, 584–85, 759,
Ten Commandments, 124, 128, 171–72, 256; see further, Decalogue
Tent of Meeting, 309, 546, 719, 727, 730, 746
test/testing, 44, 78, 82, 141, 143, 180, 192–94, 196–97, 200, 206–7, 209, 211, 225–38, 252, 278, 286–87, 294, 323, 325, 330, 443, 447, 648, 667, 676, 740, 792
testimony: false or empty, 158, 161, 166–67, 333–34, 460–63, 500, 523, 567, 636; truthful, 158, 334, 166, 400, 407, 460–62, 523, 668
theophany, 114, 127, 176, 275, 439, 660, 790
Timothy (the man), 37, 425, 431, 447, 816
tithes, 302–3, 307, 315, 355–62, 427, 597, 604–7, 609, 612
Torah of Deuteronomy, 320, 770, 169
Torah of Moses, 33, 36, 119, 122, 197, 336, 424, 440, 443, 606, 636–37, 699, 701, 712, 736–37, 806
Torah (tôrâ), 25, 29–31, 33–35, 41, 48, 57–58, 114, 117–19, 122–23, 127, 137, 169, 197–98, 228, 295, 358, 360, 395, 401, 403, 411, 416–17, 419–24, 440, 443–44, 491, 528, 537, 560, 574, 576, 606, 614, 620, 626, 628–33, 636–40, 660, 665, 671–72, 682–83, 689, 691, 693, 698, 699, 701, 707, 714–17, 721, 724–27, 730, 732–41, 748, 770, 772, 790–91, 806, 810, 817
Torah, this, 30, 35–36, 56, 444, 624–26, 636, 639, 660, 693, 699, 724–26, 769, 790, 806
Total destruction (ḥērem), the policy of, 89, 92, 95–97, 203–11, 217–19, 333–37, 466–68, 475–78
Transjordan, 31, 43, 62, 82–83, 87, 89, 95–96, 101–4, 107–8, 299, 456, 476, 617, 675, 677, 807
treasured possession (segullâ), 39, 203, 209–10, 219, 222, 340, 343, 613–18, 620, 771
treaty/loyalty oaths: parity, 601, 616; suzerain–vassal, 36, 60, 132, 144, 154, 168, 196, 203, 327, 327, 331, 334, 343, 533, 536, 544, 616, 646–48, 654, 659, 664, 671, 678, 703, 733, 738; Hittite, 31, 36, 61, 128, 154, 168, 262, 327, 616, 738; Neo–Assyrian, 31, 128, 327, 647
triennial tithe, 358–59, 605–7, 612
tripartite/trialogical/trilateral covenant relationship, 40, 132, 183, 293, 300, 629, 650, 656, 695–99, 769,
Unleavened Bread, Festival of, 186, 383–96
warfare, war policy, 96–99, 218–19, 466–86, 494–97, 592–96, 759, 760–61
Weeks, Shebuot, Feast/Festival of, 45, 170, 383–84, 389–92, 394–97, 599–600
widow, 268, 270, 273, 276–77, 310, 356, 359, 366, 369–70, 374, 383, 392, 426, 453, 457, 502–3, 559, 566–67, 570–73, 575, 578, 580–84, 587, 597, 604–5, 610, 622, 633–34, 638
Wilberforce, William, 377
wisdom literature, 286, 747, 762
wisdom (ḥokmâ), 28–29, 34, 64–65, 67, 72, 116, 118, 220, 286, 403, 412, 513, 517, 693, 708, 710, 747, 762, 805, 810–811
witness (ʿēd), 40, 66, 105, 125, 126, 132, 144, 146, 234, 254, 262, 282–83, 333–34, 367, 369, 373, 391, 400, 407, 420, 440, 442, 459–62, 469, 490–91, 499–500, 505, 518, 523, 529, 587, 600, 618, 624, 631–32, 636–37, 668, 671, 676, 685, 706, 716, 720–21, 730, 733–34, 741, 747–49, 769, 772, 786, see also Testimony
wonders, 110, 141, 143, 145–46, 148, 191, 195, 202, 204, 268, 329, 597, 672, 676, 680, 716, 781, 805, 811, 814–15, 817
word of God, 59, 157, 228, 423, 425, 740, 741, 746
worship, false/of other gods, 118, 124, 129–132, 136, 139, 158, 162, 165, 209, 213–14, 225, 244–45, 248, 250, 253, 280, 286, 288, 301, 323–25, 329–39, 343–45, 374, 400, 404–7, 412, 435, 437–38, 441, 467, 477, 528, 535, 545–46, 644–45, 656, 661, 674–75, 683, 686, 688–89, 706, 710, 720, 731, 775, 782, 792, 804
worship, true, 28, 32, 45, 58, 109, 127, 130, 140, 157, 160, 165, 169, 172–73, 179, 187–88, 190, 200, 239, 255, 261, 271, 276–78, 301–14, 316, 319–20, 332, 352, 355–58, 360–61, 377, 381–82, 384, 387–90, 393–94, 397–99, 413, 417, 428–29, 435, 502, 512, 534, 539–41, 546, 550, 552, 586, 597–612, 619, 627, 637–38, 663, 733–35, 737, 73–41, 748, 756, 772–74
Zechariah (the prophet), 196, 445
Zecharias, 75