A

Abraham/Abram, 19, 146, 183, 187, 188, 196, 227

Achaemenids, 23, 24, 28n8, 53

Adar, 40, 41, 117, 122, 156, 158, 176, 179, 180, 194, 195, 196, 199, 203, 205, 212, 214, 220

Agag, Agagite, 42, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 124, 159, 166, 168, 169, 170, 173, 174, 175, 184, 186, 196, 199, 203, 212, 218

Albright, W. F., 110

Alexander the Great, 24, 29, 61

Amalek, 120, 121, 170, 174, 185, 186, 218

Amalekites, 42, 120, 125, 131, 168, 170, 184, 185, 186, 190, 196, 197, 203, 213, 220, 227, 238

Amestris, 31, 66, 67, 74

anti-Semitism, 45, 99, 104, 121, 131

Armstrong, Karen, 216

Artaxerxes, 28, 59, 66, 67, 74, 94, 94n3

B

Babylon, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 39, 53, 58, 59, 60, 69, 82, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 191, 201

Baldwin, Joyce, 30, 136n8, 180, 181, 183

Berkof, Louis, 236, 238

Berlin, Adele, 79, 80, 81

Bloesch, Donald, 239

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 106

Bush, Frederic, 30, 59, 136n8, 179, 180n7, 181

C

Calvin, John, 21, 172

chiasm, 155

Clement of Alexandria, 29

Cleopatra, 226

Clines, David, 133n3, 202, 223

Cyrus, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 44, 61

D

Darius, 28, 31, 58, 59, 60, 61n8, 67, 78, 94, 118, 121

David, king of Israel, 22, 63, 85, 88, 124, 129, 131, 153, 154, 164, 169, 199, 201, 203, 215

E

Exodus (event), 42, 108, 125, 185, 227, 234, 242

Ezra (person), 25, 26, 27, 28, 113, 132

F

Fox, Michael, 30, 39n24, 78, 80, 81n6, 84, 85, 86, 165, 177, 180n7, 181, 182, 200, 202, 204, 205, 206, 214n1, 226

G

Goldingay, John, 33, 34n19

Goldman, S., 182

goral (Heb.), 122, 124, 214, 215, 216

Gordis, Robert, 45, 180, 181, 218n3

Greece, 24, 26, 27, 28, 28n9, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 94, 121

Greek (language), 29, 58, 66, 102

Greek versions, 16, 30, 52, 53, 54, 102, 102n11, 119, 127n9, 133, 133n3, 158, 166, 169, 224, 225, 226, 227, 227n5

H

Hays, Richard, 135

Herodotus, 23, 26, 28, 31, 58, 60, 66, 67, 69, 78n1, 94, 95, 118, 121, 132, 153, 166, 177, 188

Hitler, Adolph, 63, 86, 87, 106, 216, 218

Holocaust, 45, 185, 216, 217

Holy Spirit, 34, 68n4, 140, 141, 148, 184, 192, 35

holy war, 167, 168, 169, 183, 184, 186, 190, 192, 193, 196, 197, 198, 202, 203, 209, 222, 228

I

Ishtar, 36, 96, 97, 201

J

Jehoiachin, 31, 93, 95

Jerusalem, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 42, 43, 46, 58, 62, 82, 93, 106, 111, 125, 128, 132, 159, 213, 214, 216, 237, 242

Jesus Christ, 15, 16, 33, 34, 37, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 63, 65, 68n4, 73, 76, 88, 89, 90, 92, 104, 106, 107, 108, 125, 126, 128, 129, 140, 141, 147, 148, 149, 150, 160, 161, 162, 174, 183, 184, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 202, 209, 210, 211, 213, 217, 218, 220, 221, 229, 230, 231, 233, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242

Josephus, 29, 171

Judah, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 82, 83, 93, 95, 168, 190, 191, 215

K

Kuyper, Abraham, 70

L

Laffey, Alice, 70, 84

Levenson, Jon, 30, 79n3, 102, 111, 180n7, 233n1

Lewis, C. S., 239

Longman, Tremper, 168n5, 184, 186n16, 191

lot(s); see goral, pur, 122, 124

Luther, Martin, 21, 21n3, 69, 69n6, 147

M

Maimonides, Moses, 21

Marduka, 96

McKnight, Scot, 91

Medes, Media, 39, 57, 60, 61, 77, 78, 79, 100, 144, 222

Messiah, 21, 25, 45, 46, 63, 102, 111, 184, 192, 193, 217, 218, 220, 228

Moore, Carey, 36n21, 67n2, 110n1, 136n8, 180n7, 200

Mosala, Itumeleng, 71, 84

Moses, 42, 120, 131, 161, 185, 203, 206, 213, 227, 235

N

Nebuchadnezzar, 22, 93

Nisan, 117, 122

P

Passover, 122, 123, 125, 160

Paton, L. B., 36n21, 59n4, 67n2, 136n8, 167, 170n6, 180n7, 199n4, 200

Paul (apostle), 22, 37, 83n8, 98, 105, 135n5, 141, 148, 161, 174, 192, 210, 231

peripety, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161

Persepolis, 59, 96, 144, 198

Persian language, 29, 36, 58, 66, 82, 96, 138, 198, 199

Pierce, Ronald, 97, 102, 134, 136

prayer, 15, 55, 78, 91, 128, 129, 129n11, 136, 137, 207, 208, 208n18, 209, 217, 219, 227, 239, 240, 241, 240n10

pride, 38, 111, 121, 123, 145, 152, 170, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 198, 210, 237, 238

providence, 15, 38, 43, 46, 48, 55, 75, 95, 104, 124, 127, 129, 129n11, 159, 160, 173, 173n9, 206, 208, 208n18, 230, 233, 234, 235, 235n3, 238, 239, 239n7, 240n10, 242

pur (pl. purim), 122, 124, 125, 214, 215, 219

Purim (holiday), 19, 33, 37, 39, 40, 41, 45, 75, 81, 84, 98, 104, 146, 154, 155, 158, 169, 192, 199, 201, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 226, 227, 230

R

Ruth, the Moabitess, 30n14, 52, 59n5, 83, 85, 179n4, 180n7, 181n10, 220n7

Ryken, Leland, 97, 98, 138, 146n2

S

Saba, Abraham, 101, 206

Satan, 88, 89, 126, 128, 129

satrap, satrapy, 31, 58, 59, 117, 121, 175, 178, 194, 195, 205

Saul, king of Israel, 42, 88, 95, 96, 120, 131, 154, 168, 169, 170, 185, 186, 196, 197, 198, 199, 203, 218

Septuagint, see Greek versions

sexism, 70, 71, 72, 95

Solomon, king of Israel, 22, 88, 203

Spurgeon, Charles, 240

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 70

Susa, 20, 28, 29, 44, 51, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 67, 72, 93, 97, 99, 117, 119, 125, 128, 130, 131, 132, 137, 155, 156, 176, 178, 179, 182, 194, 195, 196, 199, 201, 202, 214, 218n4

T

Talmud, 29, 219

W

Weisgall, Hugo, 201

Z

Zerubbabel, 27