A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y
Abel Beth Maacah, 198
Abihu, 119
Abraham, 23
Academy Awards, 82
advertising, 82
afterlife, 64
agnostic, 94
agriculture, 88
Ahab, 322
Akkadian language, 218, 285n3, 304n3, 334n4, 336n9
Alexander the Great, 84
allegorical reading, 31, 214, 237–39, 239n6, 240, 240n7, 241, 243–44, 247–48, 254–55
Ambrose, 137
Ananias, 119
Anat, 292
ancient Near East, 30, 68, 82, 87n1, 108, 181, 195, 216, 227, 236, 240, 240n8, 245n12, 264n1, 269, 269n10, 286, 289n9, 292, 372
ancient Palestine, 218, 245, 283–84, 287, 316n1, 319, 338
anger, 23, 71n3, 117, 131, 140–41, 144–45, 195, 196
apartheid, 188
apostasy, 95
apostle, 57, 95, 322; James, 58, 60; John, 58, 136, 186, 248, 340; Paul, 58, 60, 136, 137, 144, 157, 184, 185, 248, 340; Peter, 60, 230; Thomas, 98
Aryan warrior race, 203
Ashtarte, 292
Aslan, 85
Assurnasirpal, 171
Assyria, 170–71, 192, 198, 267n6
Baal, 370, 372, 374; Baal Hamon, 369–70
Babel, 158
Bartholomew, Craig, 229
Baruch, 229
beauty, 52, 287, 291–93, 294–96, 316, 320, 326, 334, 338–39, 369
bed, 298–99, 305; of Solomon, 300, 302–4, 304n3, 317, 318, 332, 365–66
beloved, the 242, 256, 268, 274, 284, 286–87, 299–300, 315, 316n3, 317, 320, 326, 333–34, 336–37, 338, 342, 349, 355n11, 361, 365–66
Belshazzar, 95
Berlin wall, 188
Bernard of Clairvaux, 240, 278
Beth Shemesh, 119
Bethany, 277
Bible, 38, 40, 79, 81, 97, 103, 108–10, 112–14, 118–19, 129, 133–34, 136, 144–45, 147, 157, 160–61, 169–71, 175, 183, 209, 216, 229, 230–32, 240n8, 241, 243, 248, 250, 256, 277, 307–8, 322–23, 328, 340, 341, 356–57, 367, 375; biblical author, 131, 175, 188, 267n5, 292, 322; biblical context, 81, 169, 219, 292; biblical story, 172, 184, 198, 273, 306; biblical text, 81, 109, 163, 240n8; biblical tradition, 23, 229
Boaz, 273
book of life, 84
bride, 242, 245, 292, 309, 318, 321
British Grand National, 187
Camus, 57
Canaanite, 370
canon, 24, 240n8; canonical context, 373; canonical frame, 277; canonical warrant, 248; of Scripture, 238, 239n6
chaos, 188, 221, 249, 307, 326, 368, 373, 375–76, 378
Christ, 61, 79–81, 156, 160, 184–85, 202, 208, 223, 232, 237, 248, 250–51, 254, 276, 291, 322, 324, 325
Christian, 42, 62, 79, 96–97, 99–101, 108, 113–14, 118, 121, 135, 145, 160–61, 173–76, 183, 189, 207, 210, 223, 231–32, 235, 237–38, 240, 240n8, 242–43, 243n10, 244, 251, 253, 276, 278–80, 290, 293–94, 322, 328–29, 345; asceticism, 293; allegorical reading of, 240; Christendom, 174, 276–7, 278; beliefs, 25; Bible, 157, 248; books, 293; church, 136, 249, 280; colleges, 100; commentators, 24, 37; communities, 100, 294; faith of, 57, 99–100, 148, 185, 291, 294, 323; history of, 34, 57, 279; identity, 175; interpretation, 64, 239, 358; leaders, 122; life, 61, 99, 122, 233, 243, 251, 253, 291, 345; marriage, 321, 324, 375; modern, 24, 97; monks, 278; neighbor, 176; of North America, 63, 114, 176; publishers, 233; readers, 25, 40, 81, 97, 111, 207, 238, 244, 248, 276, 280, 324; repentance, 210; Scripture, 145; subculture, 63; theology, 142, 183; 63; thinking, 41, 42, 61, 62, 175, 253, 377; tradition of, 185, 242, 251, 279, 345; Victorian culture, 277; view of the world, 135, 158, 277; virtue of, 323; of the West, 61
Chrysostom, John, 137
church, 24, 57, 64, 97, 100, 110, 121–22, 136–37, 173, 188, 237–38, 244, 248–49, 252, 254, 276, 278, 280, 294, 324
Codex Alexandrinus, 245
Codex Sinaiticus, 245
consumption, 126–27, 285; of consumers, 201; to consume, 126–27, 320
control, 42, 52–54, 67, 70, 73, 76, 76n6, 82, 87, 90, 90n2, 91–92, 95–97, 101, 108, 117, 120, 134, 144–45, 155–59, 170–71, 173, 183n2, 186–89, 196, 205–6, 209, 249, 251, 253, 318, 242
Corinth, 136
creating, 88, 118, 134, 209, 220, 223, 279
creation, 38, 54–56, 59–62, 67, 94, 96, 99, 105, 109–10, 112, 135, 144, 156, 161, 169, 185, 213, 219, 228, 243, 249, 273, 274, 290–91, 294, 306, 308, 329, 356–57; narrative of, 90, 290; as new creation, 99
creationism, 62
cross, 342
darkness, 75, 93, 128, 128n3, 129–30, 156, 206–7, 213, 215, 215n2, 216–17, 249, 292, 294, 312, 357, 376, 378
Darwinian social evolutionary theory, 34, 159, 208
daughters of Jerusalem, 266–67, 271, 286–87, 298–99, 303, 305, 317, 337, 341, 366, 366n5, 369
Dead Poets Society, 98
Dead Sea, 270
death, 23, 39–40, 42, 61, 67, 75–76, 83–85, 87–88, 91–98, 113, 129, 131, 139, 142–43, 147–48, 167n5, 169, 172, 180–82, 182n1, 183–86, 206–7, 212–13, 217, 217n5, 218, 221, 223–24, 229, 307, 358, 367, 372, 373–76, 378
desert, 300, 304, 317, 319, 366, 367
desire, 53, 56, 90, 109, 113, 127, 129, 133, 136, 146, 172, 212, 357, 365; see also sex: sexual desire
destruction, 88, 172, 193, 217
Deuteronomic schools, 34
divine, 292, 342, 351n3; being, 119; control, 91; creation, 290; desire, 69; inspiration, 223; judgment, 216; love, 375; names, 368n9; perspective, 176; right of kings, 81; seeking, 90
divinity, 134, 208, 292; aspiring to divinity, 83, 173, 307, 308; of a woman’s beauty, 352
domination, 275–76, 279, 311, 370
Don Quixote, 231
dream, 298–99, 305, 308, 312, 315, 332–34, 337, 340–41, 364–65, 366n5
ecological disaster, 216–17
economics, 109–10
Egypt, 110, 169, 200, 214, 236, 238, 283–84, 300, 340
Eichsen, Sir John, 186
Elijah, 374
empiricism, 83–84, 98, 158, 159, 227, 229
En Gedi, 270
Encyclopedia Britannica, 84
Ephesus, 137
Esther, 274
eternal, 112, 145, 210, 217, 221, 223, 375
evil, 68, 68n1, 75–76, 89, 111, 127, 127n1, 129, 166, 167, 172, 180, 181, 185, 199, 205, 209, 213, 228, 376
faith, 42, 99, 148, 172, 175, 183–84, 210, 248, 251, 291, 294, 323, 378; as biblical, 23, 147, 173, 185; in God, 37; leaps of, 98; orthodox, 100; response, 208; Westminster Confession of, 328; see also Christian
Fall, the, 306, 357, 358; effects of in the world, 275–76, 293
Faust, 209
fear of God, 37, 39, 41, 91, 117, 152, 152n1, 153,168, 198, 228, 229; of the Lord, 27, 41, 148
female initiative, 275, 277, 279, 304, 324, 358
feminist theologians, 277
fertility, 270, 286, 304, 305, 317, 355–56, 374
folly, 53, 71, 72, 75, 77, 79, 130, 139, 153n2, 179, 181, 193, 196, 198, 200, 207, 227
fool, 35, 37, 39, 53, 70–72, 75, 92, 105–6, 111, 116–17, 139–41, 152, 158, 165–67, 172, 180–81, 188, 191, 193–96, 198–99, 200, 203, 207–8, 210, 228, 292, 308
Four Loves, The, 329
French existentialism, 56
Freud, Sigmund, 185
Freudian psychiatry, 341
future, 90, 90n2, 95, 97, 100, 107–8, 113, 151, 183, 186, 214, 343, 357
gain, 54, 56, 60–61, 63, 70–71, 74–79, 82, 84, 89–90, 94, 96, 103–5, 107, 130, 151, 232; see also profit
garden, 319, 319n10, 328, 337, 337n12, 349, 356, 358; of Eden, 275, 320, 356, 357, 360; of Gethsemane, 357
Gay Science, The, 377
gender, 80, 219, 245, 249, 253, 240, 351
Ghengis Khan, 173
gift, 68, 69, 74, 77, 100, 128–29, 219, 293, 310, 326
God-ordained, 69, 77, 80, 170, 247, 250, 253, 306
God: as Almighty, 231; as Alpha and Omega, 95, 171; as Creator, 24, 37, 38, 42, 62, 63, 77, 89–91, 96, 104, 128, 131, 134, 148, 150, 151, 154, 169, 213, 214, 217, 219–20, 223, 228–29, 279, 243, 291, 357, 378; as Father, 113, 120, 357; as First and Last, 95, 171; as Giver, 56, 62, 68, 71, 77, 99–100, 129, 208, 325, 342, 346, 374; as Godhead, 113; as male, 277; as Triune, 144, 175; incarnate, 144; presence of, 219, 238, 254, 313, 345; sovereignty of, 92, 95, 148, 171, 184, 209, 276; will of, 69, 92, 182n1
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, 209
gospel, 58, 60, 63, 98, 100, 132, 143–44, 184–85, 210, 219, 250, 309, 325, 347, 378; of John, 98; of Luke, 143; of Matthew, 60, 63, 79, 118, 143–44
government, 126, 158–59, 169, 171, 173, 197, 200, 204, 212, 273, 323
grace, 78, 100, 113, 144–45, 148, 225, 231, 346
Great Divorce, The, 64
Gregory of Nyssa, 237
Hegel, 174
henna blossoms, 270, 270n12, 356
Heshbon, 353
Hillel, 23
Hippolytus, 239
history, 54–58, 155, 198, 208–9, 231–32, 236n3, 238–39, 244, 252, 276, 308, 323
Hitler, Adolf, 203
Holy Place, 119
Holy Roman Empire, 242
Holy Spirit, 78, 113, 169, 230
holy, 119–20, 184, 230, 232, 345; holiness, 118–19, 120, 242
Homer, 85
Hosea, 309
human: activity, 39, 53, 56, 67, 70, 89, 158, 216; destiny, 62, 67, 82, 96, 106, 139, 155, 157, 171, 180–81, 183n2, 206, 223, 269; existence, 38, 51, 57, 88, 93, 140, 145, 198, 209, 213, 221; spirit, 217, 221, 224, 243
idol, 118, 122, 137, 172, 174–76, 189; rendered as gods, 93, 96, 109, 126, 156, 169, 170, 173, 175, 185, 188, 254, 277, 293, 310
idolatry, 81, 96, 134–35, 136, 139, 143, 169, 184–85, 188, 198, 230, 253, 296, 308, 370
image of God, 96, 254, 275, 279, 290–91, 324, 329, 377
Immanuel, 346
immortality, 38, 85, 97–98, 148
incarnation, 342
injustice, 40, 91, 96, 111, 376
intimacy, 245, 253–54, 268, 268n7, 272, 274, 295, 299, 300, 305, 310, 312, 316, 318, 320, 322, 327–28, 334–35, 341, 343, 345–46, 356–57, 359, 364, 375; see also sexual intimacy
Isaac, 23
Islam, 309
Israel, 23, 26, 28–29, 35, 57, 67–68, 94, 107, 110, 119, 132, 134, 164, 169, 171, 173, 192, 235, 237–38, 240, 242, 272–74, 296, 306, 309, 367n8, 370
Ivan the Terrible, 311
Jacob, 23
Jadis, 85
James, 133
Jehu son of Nimshi, 304
Jephthah, 273
Jerusalem, 26, 29, 50, 67, 157, 170, 192, 198, 299, 338; as new Jerusalem, 356, 357
Jesus, 26, 57, 60, 78–80, 95, 100, 108, 111, 113, 118, 120, 123, 136, 144, 158, 160, 174, 184–86, 202, 207–8, 210, 219, 230, 243n10, 275–77, 280, 309, 322, 356, 360–61, 374
Jew, 23–24, 32, 34, 57, 170, 235, 237, 239, 240, 276, 278
Jewish law, 278
Jezebel, 322
Job, 93, 131, 156, 184, 267; Job’s comforters, 34, 36,
Jovinian, 238
joy, 23, 39, 41–42, 67, 71, 73–74, 77–80, 85, 91, 94, 96, 101, 107, 128, 139, 144, 147, 182, 186, 197, 210, 212–13, 219, 221, 224, 228, 274, 277, 280, 292, 305–6, 327, 362
Judaism, 111, 239, 252n16; rabbinic, 238
Judeo-Christian tradition, 109, 278
judgment, 37, 69, 78, 89, 92, 95, 97, 110, 143, 166, 168, 172, 192, 195, 212, 216, 228
justice, 42, 78, 92, 103, 126, 165, 168, 376
Keenan, Brian, 309–10
King Asa, 194
King David, 26, 29, 67, 317, 335; bodyguard of, 302
King Jeroboam, 338
King Keret, 292
King Manasseh, 306
King Rehoboam, 200
king, 26–27, 29, 50, 67–68, 71–74, 75n5, 80–82, 95, 107–8, 126, 148, 163, 164–65, 165n4, 166, 167, 169–71, 192, 196, 197, 235, 246, 255, 266, 266n4, 269, 269n10, 270, 270n11, 271, 274, 285, 302, 305–6, 308, 317, 332, 339, 354, 364, 370–72, 376
kingdom, 80, 95, 169, 170, 174, 274, 306; of God, 61, 64, 95, 169, 170–71, 175, 232–33, 250, 252, 307, 322
knowledge, 39, 71, 79, 82–83, 95, 139, 150, 153–54, 156, 158, 180, 182, 198, 205, 226–27, 229
law, 110, 118, 143, 156, 220, 230, 272, 325; of God, 143, 224, 276, 322–23
letter to the Galatians, 157
Lewis, C. S., 64, 84–85, 254, 325, 329, 341
life, 88, 89; as brief or fleeting, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 67, 212, 219; as Christian, 60–61, 99, 111, 122, 233, 243, 251, 253, 291, 345; as fragile, 58; as gift from God, 74, 80, 184, 209–10, 212, 217; as joyful, 221, 224; as meaningless or futile, 76, 91, 106, 130, 218; as mortal, 80; as precious, 60, 139; as serious, 143–44, 221, 224; as unpredictable, 183; control of, 156; earthly, 210; eternal, 145; legalistic approach to, 100; life beyond death, 85, 98; lived before God, 78, 131, 224, 313; lived well, 168; lived wisely, 204; mortal, 151; to be embraced, 96, 142, 206–7; trials in, 181–82; see also eternal
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The, 114
literal reading, 237–38, 240n8, 241, 244, 247–48, 255
Locke, John, 224
Lord, 27, 39, 41, 95–96, 109, 118–19, 143, 156, 169, 172, 175, 184, 368, 374; of Hosts, 338
love, 89, 96, 120, 134, 145, 179, 180–82, 185, 188, 198, 209–10, 219, 223, 225, 235, 237, 239n6, 240–46, 248, 253–55, 265, 273, 277, 284–86, 289–91, 292, 296, 299, 301–2, 308, 310, 320, 322, 326–27, 333, 339, 341–46, 357–59, 366–68, 373, 374–76, 378; as erotic love, 241, 244, 254, 270, 310, 312–13, 325–26, 329, 373n18
lovemaking, 265–66, 268, 279, 304, 356, 365
LXX, 59, 77n8, 180, 238, 284, 319n10
Macbeth, 187
MacDonald, George, 97
male-female relationship, 246–47, 249–50, 253–54, 268n7, 276, 279, 293, 312, 360
Mammon, 116, 126, 134–35, 174, 176
man (male or men), 27, 29, 73, 81, 84, 154, 157–58, 215–16, 216n3, 219, 235, 241, 245, 247, 249–50, 252, 272, 274, 276–78, 293, 308, 312, 326, 329, 350, 357; as the protagonist, 265–66, 269, 298, 309, 318, 320–21, 324, 332, 334, 339, 352, 364, 366, 372; ideal male, 253; male-domination, 275–76
mandrake, 356
Marcion, 57
marriage, 237–38, 240n8, 243n10, 248, 272–73, 295, 308, 311, 318, 321–27, 342, 344, 346, 359–62, 368, 372, 375; faithfulness in, 322
Marxist, 110
Masoretic text, 29, 77n8, 164, 195, 265, 267n6, 358
materialism, 63, 79, 82, 127, 131, 133–34, 136, 146, 159, 174, 303
meaninglessness, 23, 38, 51–53, 56, 131, 151, 174, 182, 218, 249; see also life, as meaningless or futile
metanarrative, 79
Micah, 72
Meldrew, Victor, 224–25
modern interpreters and commentators, 27, 30, 32–34, 37, 68n1, 111, 163, 241
monarchy, 95
money, 120, 126–27, 134, 141, 208, 233
mortal humanity, 36–37, 51, 53, 56, 63, 67, 70–71, 74, 76–77, 79–80, 83, 84, 90, 90n2, 91, 93–94, 99, 119, 131, 144, 148, 151–52, 161, 164, 189, 223, 306, 374
Moses, 169
Mount Carmel, 353, 354n9; promontory of, 283
Mount Hermon, 353
Mount Sinai, 119
Mozart, 160
mutuality, 279, 292, 308–9, 312, 320, 324, 355, 364, 370
myrrh, 270, 270n12, 289, 303, 333
Nadab, 119
Nebuchadnezzar, 80, 95, 96, 170, 198, 336, 340
neighbor, 64, 84, 95, 103–6, 112, 114, 117, 120, 126, 134, 144–45, 153, 157, 176, 188, 198, 200, 219, 248, 287, 307, 327, 329, 337
New Age spirituality, 61
New Testament, 24, 42, 57, 59–60, 78, 80, 95, 97, 98, 110, 111, 113, 118–19, 133, 144, 156, 157, 171, 207, 219, 221, 229–30, 254, 322, 374
Nicodemus, 172
Nietzsche, Frederich, 99, 174, 377
nihilism, 174
North America, 98–99, 114, 136, 184
obedience, 36, 41–42, 100, 108, 163, 173, 183–84, 220
Old Testament, 25, 28n8, 30, 42, 57, 58, 59–61, 68n1, 71n3, 78, 80, 93, 95, 103, 108, 111, 117–19, 129, 133, 140, 143, 156, 171–72, 185, 194, 198, 200, 217–19, 221, 224, 236, 241–42, 254, 272–74, 276–79, 287n5, 300, 302, 324, 333, 338, 350, 353n6, 355n11, 357, 266n4, 368–70, 372
Olympic Games, 187
One Foot in the Grave, 224
oppression, 40, 103, 105, 107, 111, 126, 128, 133, 136, 140, 146, 147, 167n5, 170, 173–74, 291, 295, 309–10
Osiris, 169
paradise, 72, 82, 306, 308, 320, 375
Passion, the, 357
Persian: empire, 274; language, 320
Pharaoh, 169, 170, 200, 214, 237, 269, 340, 350
Pharisee, 100, 118, 186, 219, 230, 277, 325
Philippi, 60
plain of Sharon, 283
Plato, 243
pleasure, 23, 71, 73, 75, 227, 296
Pollyanna, 188
polygamy, 308
poor, the, 114, 126, 128, 130, 133, 144, 187, 192–93, 195
pornography, 280, 311, 326, 327
postapostolic period, 239
Potiphar’s wife, 340
power, 104, 110, 151–52, 156, 167, 171, 173–74, 184, 192, 196–97, 202, 235, 249, 250, 253, 276–77, 284, 307–13, 358, 361, 373–75, 377; male, 273–75, 324, 357; female, 273, 279, 280; sexual, 278
Princess Bride, The, 376
principalities and powers, 373
profit, 56, 60, 67, 70–71, 77, 87, 89, 94, 103–4, 110, 126–27, 130, 150, 182, 196, 197, 206, 218, 296, 375; see also gain
Promised Land, 23, 132, 200, 319
prophets, 95, 110–11, 117, 135, 198; of Baal, 157; books of, 95, 118
prostitute, 268
proverb, 70, 75, 163, 181, 205, 226–28, 230
Proverbs (book of), 27, 31, 34–37, 72, 78, 80, 89, 132, 142, 145, 154, 156, 194, 237n4, 321, 322
purification, 93
Qohelet, 28, 28n8, 29–33, 33n13, 34–42, 50–54, 56–57, 60–61, 63–64, 67–68, 68n1, 69–76, 78, 83–84, 89, 92–93, 94n4, 96–97, 99, 104, 108–9, 111–13, 118, 126–30, 139, 141, 143–46, 150–53, 153n2, 154–55, 157, 163, 167–68, 171–72, 175, 179, 180–82, 182n1, 184–86, 188, 192, 194, 194n3, 195–98, 204–7, 212–13, 215n2, 218–19, 221, 226, 228, 230, 233, 306, 373
Qumran, 163
Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, 237, 238, 239
Ramachandra, Vinoth, 121
rape, 272–73
Rashi, 239
Rauscher, Frances, 159–60
Re, 169
redemption, 60, 63, 96, 110, 143, 169, 249, 276, 292, 324, 374, 378
Reed Sea, 169
religion, 147,157, 184–86, 188, 220, 224, 249, 309, 323
remnant, 110
repent, 69, 172, 176, 210, 312, 328
resurrection, 41, 93, 97–99, 101, 148, 185, 252n16, 357, 374
revelation, 100, 119, 171, 202, 341
reverence, 228–29
rich, the, 127, 130, 133, 195, 196n4, 197, 207
righteous, 41, 57, 78, 92, 93, 97, 108, 110–11, 144–45, 151, 154, 157, 181, 195, 199–200
righteousness, 179, 183, 229, 322
ritual cleanness, 180
royal: chamber, 274; court, 245–46, 266, 268, 271, 274, 364; harem, 266, 271, 274, 339, 370, 371n16
Sabbath, 134
Sapphira, 119
Satan, 174
Schaeffer, Francis, 41
Schlossberg, Herbert, 134–35
scientific revolution, 82
Scripture, 23–25, 36, 40, 42, 57, 100, 109, 123, 142–43, 145, 158, 229, 230, 232–33, 238, 239, 239n6, 274, 277, 279–80, 324, 328
Semitic: language, 218; peoples, 129
serpent, 100
sex, 242–44, 251, 253–54, 309–13, 326, 328; as intercourse, 274, 326–27, 365; as intimacy, 235, 238, 240n8, 246, 279, 280, 293, 312, 328, 343; as promiscuity, 378; sexual abuse, 294; sexual activity, 249–50, 253, 270–71, 274, 303, 312, 316; sexual control, 251; sexual conquest, 303, 311; sexual desire, 243, 253, 278, 279, 335, 357, 366n3; sexual expression, 243, 251, 310, 312, 328, 358, 360
sexuality, 243, 248, 253, 268, 279, 280, 311, 312, 340
Shakespeare in Love, 189
Shakespeare, William, 187, 189
Shalmanitu, 352
Shammai, 23
Shaw, Luci, 343
Shekhina, 238
shepherding, 90, 227n1, 228, 246, 268–69, 269n10, 271n17, 347
Shunem, 352
Sidon, 374
sin, 69, 95, 110, 113, 116–17, 123, 131, 133–34, 144, 152–53, 155, 243, 291, 294, 309, 357, 358
sinner, 37, 154, 180, 193, 199
social justice, 110
Solomon, 26–28, 32, 50, 67, 68, 73, 80–81, 83–84, 88–89, 94, 200, 235–37, 245–46, 246n14, 248, 267n6, 271, 274, 298–301, 303–5, 305n5, 306, 306n6, 307, 311, 317, 317n6, 318, 320–21, 323–24, 326, 365, 369, 370–71, 371n15
Son of David, 50
spiritual, 96, 146, 185, 242, 294, 327, 329
statue, 336–37
tabernacle, 301
Talmud, 23
Tamar, 269
Tanakh, 57
Teacher, the, 50; as Preacher, 50, 52
temple, 116–17, 157, 180, 290, 300–301, 303
Ten Commandments, 272
terrors, 216, 243, 302, 304, 316
Theocritus, 288
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 237, 238
the times, 37, 87–92, 94, 95, 101, 108, 128, 151, 159, 183, 196, 205, 209
Timnah, 268
Titanic, 82
toil, 40, 54–56, 70, 73, 89, 105–7, 112, 128, 182, 196, 206
tower of David, 316, 317n6, 353
Truth, 202, 227, 231, 341, 376–77
Tyre, 170
under the sun, 54–56, 74, 91, 104, 141, 168, 207
United States of America, 62, 137, 175–76, 187, 231
universe, 37, 40–41, 53, 63, 67, 79, 87, 98, 108, 128, 134, 153, 156, 158–61, 179, 182–83, 188–89, 197, 199, 229, 276, 291, 307, 310, 342, 377
Uriah, 335
Valpeau, Dr. Alfred, 186
Vashti, 274
Vietnam War, 186
vineyard, 268, 271, 274, 285, 354, 361, 364, 369–71, 371n15
Virgin Mary, 237
visions, 340–41
Wangerin, Walter, 345
Watson, Thomas, 186
Watts, Isaac, 101
wealth, 39, 41–42, 67, 72, 82, 84, 88–89, 106, 120, 126, 128, 135, 140, 142, 184, 193, 196n4, 235, 368
Western culture, 112, 158, 174, 249, 253, 278, 295
Western world, 40, 61, 82, 99, 136, 137, 280
Westerner, 310
wicked, 41, 93, 97, 143, 167n5, 168, 171, 180, 191, 196; as wickedness, 92, 103, 144–45, 152, 166, 179, 203, 276
Williams, Robin, 99
wisdom, 40–41, 42, 53, 67, 68, 70–80, 82–83, 85, 117, 130, 139, 141–44, 148, 150–53, 153n2, 154–56, 158, 163, 165, 171, 179, 184, 191–93, 196, 198, 200–203, 222, 228, 231, 279, 306, 341, 373n19; in Israel, 26–27, 28n8, 32, 34, 36, 39, 50, 143; traditional, 31, 34–36
wise, 87, 92, 107, 117, 131, 139, 141, 145, 151, 153, 163–65, 165n4, 166, 171, 180–82, 186–87, 193, 195–98, 200–205, 208, 210, 226, 227, 228, 306
woman (female), 29, 72, 73, 80–81, 84, 154–55, 157, 198, 205n1, 215–16, 216n3, 219, 231, 235, 239, 241, 244–49, 250, 252, 266, 277–80, 288, 293, 308–9, 312, 322–24, 326, 329, 339, 344, 357, 366, 370–72; as female protagonist, 264–65, 270, 270n11, 271, 274, 288, 298–300, 305, 309, 315, 317–22, 332, 335–37, 349–52, 354, 364–66, 366n5, 368, 369n12, 370; as property, 249, 272–73, 311, 370, 372; ideal female, 254; in Israel, 272, 274; rights of, 323; victimization of women, 273
Wooley, Richard van der Riet, 186
Word of God, 108, 112, 118, 135, 157, 230–31, 233, 240, 251, 323
worship, 95, 96, 99, 113, 116–17, 120, 121, 126, 134–35, 137, 148, 159, 169, 174, 176, 180, 186, 209, 245, 292, 325, 336, 374
X-Files, 41
Xerxes, 274