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Subject Index

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

A

Abel, 109, 358

Abel Beth Maacah, 198

Abihu, 119

Abraham, 23

Academy Awards, 82

achievement, 53, 56

Acts of Thomas, 243n10

Adam, 80, 109, 275, 307

advertising, 82

afterlife, 64

agape love, 329, 341

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

animals, 92–94, 96, 170, 325

apartheid, 188

apocalypse, 213–14, 217, 221

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

Arabia, 267n6

Aryan warrior race, 203

asceticism, 243, 293

Ashtarte, 292

Aslan, 85

Assurnasirpal, 171

Assyria, 170–71, 192, 198, 267n6

B

Baal, 370, 372, 374; Baal Hamon, 369–70

Babel, 158

Babylon, 170, 338

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

birth, 87, 97, 129, 140

Boaz, 273

book of life, 84

bride, 242, 245, 292, 309, 318, 321

British Grand National, 187

C

Cain, 109, 358

Cambodia, 111n1

Cameron, James, 81n10, 82

Camus, 57

Canaanite, 370

canon, 24, 240n8; canonical context, 373; canonical frame, 277; canonical warrant, 248; of Scripture, 238, 239n6

capitalism, 54, 63, 80, 136

carpe diem, 98–100, 229

chaos, 188, 221, 249, 307, 326, 368, 373, 375–76, 378

chariot, 269, 350

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

circle of life, 61, 62

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

D

Daniel, 336, 340

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

Davidic dynasty, 50, 67, 164

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

disciple, 95, 325

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

E

ecological disaster, 216–17

economics, 109–10

education, 82–84, 188, 202

Egypt, 110, 169, 200, 214, 236, 238, 283–84, 300, 340

Eichsen, Sir John, 186

Elijah, 374

Ellul, Jacques, 122, 135

empiricism, 83–84, 98, 158, 159, 227, 229

En Gedi, 270

Encyclopedia Britannica, 84

end times, 96, 213, 217

Enlightenment, 174, 201

Ephesus, 137

Epic of Gilgamesh, 38, 39

eros, 325, 327, 341

Esther, 274

eternal, 112, 145, 210, 217, 221, 223, 375

eternity, 90, 96, 100, 221

Europe, 81, 112, 242

Eve, 80, 109, 274

evil, 68, 68n1, 75–76, 89, 111, 127, 127n1, 129, 166, 167, 172, 180, 181, 185, 199, 205, 209, 213, 228, 376

exile, 238, 307

F

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

flies of death, 193, 194

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

freedom, 278, 280, 323, 325

French existentialism, 56

Freud, Sigmund, 185

Freudian psychiatry, 341

future, 90, 90n2, 95, 97, 100, 107–8, 113, 151, 183, 186, 214, 343, 357

G

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

genetics, 82, 209

Ghengis Khan, 173

gift, 68, 69, 74, 77, 100, 128–29, 219, 293, 310, 326

gnosticism, 243n10

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

grave, 217–18, 225, 373, 374

Great Divorce, The, 64

Gregory of Nyssa, 237

H

Hayek, Frederich, 158, 159

heaven, 52, 119, 185, 216

Hebrew poetery, 264, 350n2

hedonism, 212, 220

Hegel, 174

henna blossoms, 270, 270n12, 356

Heshbon, 353

Hezekiah, 170, 198

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

I

Ibn Ezra, 31, 246

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

inheritance, 74, 77, 85, 128

injustice, 40, 91, 96, 111, 376

Internet, 201, 280, 311

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

Israelites, 200, 307, 319

Ivan the Terrible, 311

J

Jacob, 23

Jadis, 85

James, 133

Jehu son of Nimshi, 304

Jephthah, 273

Jerome, 25, 237, 279

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,

Joseph, 172, 268, 340

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

Judah, 170, 198

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

K

Kedar, 267, 267n6

Keenan, Brian, 309–10

Khmer Rouge, 111n1

Kidron Valley, 350, 350n1

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

L

Lamech, 109–10, 307

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

light, 75, 130, 172, 199, 312

Lion King, The, 61, 62

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

M

Macbeth, 187

MacDonald, George, 97

madness, 70, 75, 77

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

Mahanaim, 351, 351n3

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

Marx, Karl, 109, 134, 185

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

merismus, 87, 87n1, 205n2

metanarrative, 79

Micah, 72

Meldrew, Victor, 224–25

Mishnah, 23, 278

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

Mot, 372, 374

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

N

Naboth, 322; vineyard of, 133

Nadab, 119

nard, 270, 270n12

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

Noah, 109, 307

North America, 98–99, 114, 136, 184

O

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

Origen, 237, 239, 245

orphan, 103, 114

Osiris, 169

P

paradise, 72, 82, 306, 308, 320, 375

Passion, the, 357

past, 90, 90n2, 94, 108

peace, 78, 89, 210

Peanuts, 112n2

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

pomegranate, 317, 350, 356

poor, the, 114, 126, 128, 130, 133, 144, 187, 192–93, 195

pornography, 280, 311, 326, 327

postapostolic period, 239

postexilic, 26, 236, 237

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

preexilic, 26, 236

Princess Bride, The, 376

principalities and powers, 373

Private Witt, 98, 98n6

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

Q

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

queen, 81, 285

Qumran, 163

R

Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, 237, 238, 239

Rachel, 334n4

Ramachandra, Vinoth, 121

rape, 272–73

Rashi, 239

Rauscher, Frances, 159–60

Re, 169

rebellion, 131, 164, 375

redemption, 60, 63, 96, 110, 143, 169, 249, 276, 292, 324, 374, 378

Reed Sea, 169

Reformation, 240, 293

religion, 147,157, 184–86, 188, 220, 224, 249, 309, 323

remnant, 110

Renoir, Pierre, 81n9, 83

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

S

Sabbath, 134

sacrifice, 303–4, 305n5

Saint Augustine, 225, 278

salvation, 95, 233

Sapphira, 119

Satan, 174

Schaeffer, Francis, 41

Schlossberg, Herbert, 134–35

scientific revolution, 82

scribes, 29, 100, 229

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

seal, 367, 367n6

seed, 205n1

Semitic: language, 218; peoples, 129

Sennacherib, 170, 192, 198

serpent, 100

servant, 215–16, 250

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

Sheol, 93, 221

shepherding, 90, 227n1, 228, 246, 268–69, 269n10, 271n17, 347

Shulammite, 245n13, 352

Shunem, 352

Sidon, 374

Simpsons, The, 84, 85, 209

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

slaves, 72–73, 231, 232

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, 113, 226, 228

Son of David, 50

Son of Man, 95, 221

spiritual, 96, 146, 185, 242, 294, 327, 329

spirituality, 98, 185, 293

spiritualizing, 24, 31

statue, 336–37

strangers, 103, 129

T

tabernacle, 301

Talmud, 23

Tamar, 269

Tanakh, 57

Targum, 31, 238–39

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

Thin Red Line, The, 98n6

time, 90, 95, 166

the times, 37, 87–92, 94, 95, 101, 108, 128, 151, 159, 183, 196, 205, 209

Timnah, 268

Tirzah, 236, 236n3, 338

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

U

Ugaritic texts, 236n3

under heaven, 54, 68, 72

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

V

Valpeau, Dr. Alfred, 186

vanity, 52–53, 236

Vashti, 274

Vietnam War, 186

vineyard, 268, 271, 274, 285, 354, 361, 364, 369–71, 371n15

Virgin Mary, 237

virginity, 272, 369

visions, 340–41

W

Wangerin, Walter, 345

war, 89, 166, 192–93

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

widow, 103, 114

Williams, Robin, 99

wine, 71, 100, 285, 365

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

X-Files, 41

Xerxes, 274

Y

Yahweh, 368n9, 370