A

absolute infinitive, 204–5

absurd, 105

accommodation, 22

accountability,

adaptation, 20, 21–23, 25

adoption, 31, 711

adultery, 490, 495

afterlife, 85, 719, 720

agriculture, 113–16, 180, 265, 332

Ahab, 285, 347, 357

Ai, 389, 395

Akitu, 72, 155

Akkadian, 69–70, 112, 123, 165, 168, 177, 180, 182, 186, 208, 224, 261, 262, 264, 280, 282, 295, 313, 325, 370, 378, 416, 418, 446, 456, 458, 477, 608, 710, 718

Alalakh, 391, 423

Allah, 245, 384

altars, 279, 394–95, 398, 415, 497, 514–15, 520, 558, 572, 609, 631, 635

Amalekites, 412, 417

Amarna, 32, 264, 370, 418, 457, 530, 674

Ammonites, 425, 481, 484–85, 496

Amorite, 369–71, 417, 419, 456, 458, 712

amulets, 631

Amun, 68

anachronism, 455, 629

Anat, 669

angel of the Lord, 104, 208, 448, 462–66, 500, 533

angels, 44, 46, 129, 207, 209, 216, 291–92, 294, 297, 384, 465, 478, 479–80, 571, 605–6, 613–14, 618, 683, 689, 711–12

animal domestication, 132, 276, 341

animism, 100

anointing, 467, 572, 632

antagonists, 113, 115, 189

antechamber, 182–83, 193, 265

antediluvian kings, 28, 281, 283, 285

anthropocentrism, 142

anthropomorphism, 377

antioxidants, 185

Anu, 28, 75, 112, 184, 186, 213, 230

apologetics, 47, 94, 466, 502

Apophis, 30, 31, 203

application, 38, 55, 298

apsu, 150, 165, 168

Arabic, 228, 312, 456, 501, 502, 608

Arabs, 504

Arad, 458, 572

Aram Naharaim, 390

Aramaic, 167, 208, 423, 477

archaeology, 25, 47, 48, 276, 320

Armenia, 168, 314

arts of civilization, 184, 276–77, 279, 282, 283, 289

Aruru, 261

Asherah, 261, 367, 536

Ashurbanipal, 280, 400

Ashurnasirpal II, 166, 301

Assyria, 48, 230, 283, 294, 314, 327, 345, 369, 370, 376, 408, 416, 446, 452, 457, 465, 495, 504, 532, 605, 670

atheistic premise, 98, 104

atmosphere, 99, 110, 111

atonement, 196, 263, 430–31

authorial intent, 19–20, 21, 22, 36, 43, 44, 46, 68, 71, 72, 74, 76, 81, 82, 84, 89, 99, 115, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 147, 155, 157, 175, 181, 182, 189, 209, 211, 212, 229, 234, 236, 238, 266, 282, 297, 316, 328, 349, 351, 367, 369, 371, 377, 379, 398, 424, 462, 501, 502, 534, 559, 560–62, 629, 631, 670, 688–90, 693

authority, 19, 20, 41, 43, 51, 77, 79, 82, 87, 88, 89, 100, 128, 130, 189, 234, 235, 236, 318, 324, 325, 352, 424, 501, 502, 692

authorship, 21, 41, 368

autonomy, 25, 33, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 239, 242, 380, 384, 385, 386

Azazel, 207, 209

B

Baal Peor 422 , 533

Baal, 72, 150, 151, 155, 172, 182, 384, 419, 465, 478, 536, 548, 669

Babel syndrome, 383

baby boomers, 160

baby busters, 160

Babylon, 29, 48, 72, 73, 75, 114, 123, 150, 155, 165, 167, 181, 186, 239, 312, 370, 372, 374, 376, 377, 378, 380, 390, 391, 416, 458, 476, 494, 632, 672, 716

Balaam, 208, 281, 463, 549, 571, 610

baptism, 245, 467, 469

barrenness, 454, 495, 500, 505, 512, 548, 556–57, 587–88, 595, 714

Bau, 151

Beersheba, 415, 448, 470, 494, 497, 509, 510, 529, 570, 684

behavioral objectives, 424

Beletili, 345

Beni Hassan tomb painting, 277, 532

Bethel, 394–95, 415, 456, 464, 569, 570, 572, 585, 603, 630–32, 635

big bang, 84, 87, 154

big picture, 65, 158, 699

biocentrism, 142

biography, 45

biological clock, 250

birthright, 550–51, 554, 555, 558–59, 561, 593, 594, 636, 668

Black Sea, 168, 322, 329, 330, 368

blessing, 31, 39, 53, 65, 127, 132, 134–35, 143–44, 179–80, 183, 187, 202, 233, 238–39, 265, 266–67, 284–89, 330–31, 341, 344–45, 347, 352, 392–94, 398–9, 401–3, 432–35, 446, 482, 484–85, 496, 499–502, 505, 554–65, 594, 606, 671, 677, 682, 684, 688, 696, 709, 710–12, 716, 722, 723

boats, 312

bread of the Presence, 182

breath of life, 30, 166

bride price, 496, 531, 586, 590, 628, 630, 635

Buddha, 384, 427

burial, 399, 415, 523, 528, 534, 631, 632, 719–20, 721

Byblos, 32

C

calendar, 123, 133, 157, 198

canon, 20, 41, 47, 211, 426, 722

canopy, 93, 94, 113

capacity, 131, 137

capital punishment, 271, 335, 336, 343, 354, 356–58

Carmel, 664, 716

Carthage, 510

causality, 83

celestial bodies, 33, 88, 122, 123, 124, 125, 133, 157

chaos monsters, 30, 113, 127

chaos, 29, 30, 49, 65, 66, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 91, 100, 103, 113, 114, 117, 119, 123, 150, 151, 173, 179, 180, 202, 203, 209, 221, 243, 247, 284, 301, 331, 335–37, 344, 359, 724

character, 219, 247, 270, 272, 550, 556, 557–636, 565, 573, 593, 595–97, 606, 609, 610, 612, 614, 619, 629, 633, 636, 662, 671, 688, 689–90, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696

cherubim, 230, 267

childlike innocence, 179

Christ, 38, 52, 53, 131, 158, 161, 191, 194, 195, 197, 199, 200, 205–6, 217, 226, 234, 235, 236, 246, 248, 249, 258, 286, 287, 301, 303, 319, 329, 338, 359, 363, 379, 384, 402, 403, 404, 405, 425, 427, 430, 431, 432, 435, 437, 440, 462, 463, 466, 468, 469, 480, 486, 487, 506, 615, 724

Christians/Christianity, 42, 92, 93, 94, 99, 100, 105, 106, 119, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 158, 197, 200, 207, 209, 234, 240, 241, 242, 244, 247, 248, 249, 253, 287, 288, 382, 384, 409, 462, 466, 469, 490, 538, 564

Christology, 53, 466, 616, 617, 619

chronology, 48, 323, 389, 390, 569, 630, 667, 686

church, 54–55, 93, 158, 160–61, 194–97, 199–200, 338, 404, 487, 490, 597

circumcision, 345, 449–51, 461, 467, 468, 469, 553, 610, 629, 634–35, 713

cities of refuge, 610

claim promises, 383

clay, 30, 165, 225, 698

climate, 115–16

cloning, 118–20

closed universe, 100

clouds, 80, 111, 114, 323

cold war, 243

collocations, 81

colophon, 41

community, 158, 221, 256, 257, 451, 467, 552

comparative Semitics, 164, 167, 227, 295, 553, 607, 663

comparative studies, 25, 83, 94, 285

compartmentalization, 96, 98

concentric circles worldview diagram, 135

conflict, 31, 34, 226, 243, 244, 245, 504, 549, 553, 556, 557–61, 566, 567, 573, 585, 587, 588, 595, 597, 612, 614, 695, 696

consumerism, 160–61

continental drift, 88

controlled universe, 100

corporate solidarity, 26

cosmic geography, 87, 112, 169, 327

cosmic mountain, 151, 182

cosmic temple, 151, 152, 182, 183

cosmogony, 29, 86, 87, 163

cosmology, 86, 88, 93, 94, 111, 133, 181, 194

cosmos as temple, 147

counterpartner, 177

covenant, 11, 37, 39–40, 51–53, 135, 153, 392–93, 398–404, 409, 425, 432, 448, 449–51, 467, 511–13, 573, 635, 677, 688, 694, 709, 711, 724

creation, 49–51, 79, 80, 84, 85–87, 92, 95–96, 101, 103–5, 114–15, 137, 147–53, 156–57, 159, 173, 331, 724

creation out of nothing, 71, 91, 211

Creator, 38, 86, 91, 100, 101, 103, 105, 142, 157, 159

curriculum, 332, 424

curse, 53, 224–25, 229, 231, 233, 236, 237, 238, 239, 265, 280, 281, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 330, 346, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 423, 499, 555, 556, 679

cycles of sin, 359–61

cynicism, 564, 597

D

Dame Wisdom, 203

Daniel’s four beasts, 75

Darwinism, 93

David, 38, 207, 229, 234, 292, 310, 404, 415, 425, 426, 427, 435, 479, 528, 536, 551, 564, 590, 603, 636, 686, 692, 710, 715, 716, 722, 723

Davidic covenant, 52, 403, 467

day, 80–81

day-age theory, 93, 99

daylight, 80–81

death, 72, 105, 174–75, 183–85, 204–5, 216, 219, 221, 225, 230, 236, 238, 282, 284, 286, 287, 303

definite article, 68–70, 81, 167, 208, 509,

dehumanization, 300

deism, 100

desire, 179, 226, 227–29, 237, 249, 264

devil, 208–10

devotions, 198

diachronic, 164, 176, 227, 228

dignity, 34, 119, 134, 137, 138, 139, 190, 240, 300, 348, 629

diseases, 289, 397

disposition of deity, 33

diversity, 241, 379

divination, 123, 136, 589, 680–81

divine assembly, 33, 129

divine intervention, 34

divine warrior, 115, 345

Dothan, 664–65

dowry, 447, 531

dream books, 672

dreams, 33, 86, 225, 494–95, 548, 554, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 590, 603, 606, 663–64, 672–75, 681, 689, 692, 695, 709, 714

dust, 30, 157, 165, 188, 225, 237, 257

dysfunctionality, 270, 566

E

Ea, 28, 29, 112, 127, 167, 184, 186, 213, 318, 353

Eannatum, 294

Early Bronze Age, 476

early dynastic period, 376

Ebla, 32, 391, 458, 591

eclipse, 122

ecology, 116, 139, 358

economic policy (Joseph), 694

Eden mandate, 194–96, 199, 200

Eden, 147, 148, 166–70, 173, 181–83, 186, 193, 195, 201, 220, 231–33, 282, 331, 344, 401

Edomites, 503, 561

edu, 165

Egypt, 29–31, 32, 37, 47, 68–69, 73, 75, 85–86, 88, 92, 125–26, 130, 151, 165–66, 172, 173, 174, 182, 203, 224, 276, 277, 280, 283, 294, 312, 313, 395–96, 398, 399, 494, 495, 530, 603, 663, 670, 673, 674, 676–77, 679, 681, 684, 686, 687, 688, 691, 720, 721

Einstein’s theory of relativity, 107

El, 167, 261, 280, 367, 419, 455, 456–61, 497–98, 508, 509, 510, 511, 516, 520, 521, 549, 607, 609, 632, 669, 675, 683, 718, 719

Elamites, 48, 416

election, 34, 51–52, 283, 294, 400, 403–4, 458

Elyon, 419, 456, 511

Emar, 32, 391

embalm, 720

empiricism, 42, 98

Enkidu, 28, 175, 213, 225, 342

Enlightenment, the, 42, 94, 120, 140

Enlil, 29, 72, 112, 123, 127, 186, 318, 353–54

enmity, 225, 237

Enoch, 279

environmentalism, 139, 140, 142, 144, 161

envy, 701

enzyme, 185

epics, 28, 32, 45

equilibrium, 29, 65, 146, 147, 148, 153, 173, 174, 281, 284, 310, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 344

Eridu, 28, 182, 276, 277, 378

eschaton, 69

Esther, 99, 104, 299

Etemenanki, 374

ethnic cleansing, 103, 244

etymology, 164, 227, 296, 378, 607, 687

eunuch, 670

euthanasia, 248

evolutionism, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 116, 117, 119, 137, 156

ex nihilo (see also, creation out of nothing), 84

expectations, 20, 32, 45, 83, 256, 436–39, 517–19, 614, 639

F

fable, 45–46, 212

face value, 43, 44–46, 47, 48, 49, 82–84, 93, 94, 96, 99, 147, 212, 235, 282, 326

faith, 42, 43–44, 47–49, 98, 137, 138, 158, 211, 245, 247, 335, 405, 409, 421, 431–32, 434, 440–41, 453–55, 469–71, 514–15, 518–20, 539, 573, 576, 611, 616, 617, 619

family planning, 143

famine, 115, 395–96, 398, 512, 674–75, 677, 687–88, 691, 694, 724

favoritism, 549, 570, 587, 595, 636, 662, 683, 695

Feast of Tabernacles, 155

feminism, 242, 250, 251, 252

fertility, 53, 167, 170, 187, 203, 206, 236, 315, 347, 349, 392, 447, 453, 499, 500, 505, 510, 556, 588, 629, 669, 711, 714

figurative, 43, 82, 83, 88, 99

filling of the earth, 134, 143, 375, 379

fleece, 530, 535, 536, 538

flood layers, 47, 320

food, 28, 33, 53, 65, 133, 136, 164, 165, 180, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 202, 229, 238, 239, 265, 266, 267, 276, 284, 313, 315, 323, 330, 341, 342, 343, 344, 347, 351, 352, 353, 358, 392, 396, 398, 399, 414, 593, 724

footstool, 148

forever, 170, 450

forgiveness, 272, 357, 404, 463, 619, 637, 721

formational history, 85, 87, 92, 95

function, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99, 100, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 132, 133, 144, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 179, 180, 187, 188, 202, 239, 332, 344, 352, 359

function vs. structure, 83–87, 98, 113, 144, 154, 156, 188

functionaries, 133, 134, 151, 152, 172, 179, 183, 202

G

Galilee, 716

garden, 166–70, 172, 173, 175, 180–88, 192, 193, 195, 199, 201, 215, 223, 230, 236, 238, 265, 267, 344, 347

gates of heaven, gate of the gods, 111, 374, 378, 571, 603

Geb, 85

gender roles, 188, 191, 237

genealogies, 36, 45, 48, 53, 135, 279–80, 282, 283–85, 286, 290, 298, 352, 397, 685

Genesis and history, 42–43

genetic engineering, 118–19

genre, 21, 43, 44, 45, 212, 236, 725

geology, 47

Gerar, 494, 498, 499, 553, 559

Gezer, 572

Gideon, 463, 464, 533, 535–36, 538

Gihon, 169

Gilgamesh, 28–29, 47, 127, 175, 184, 213, 225, 293–95, 302, 312–15, 317–18, 326–28, 342, 345, 353, 674

Gishbanda, 203

Gizzida, 203

global flood, 43, 322–24, 326, 330

God’s timetable, 700

gods with needs, 55

golden calf, 478

good, 65, 105, 115, 117

Goshen, 686–87

grammar, 126, 225–26, 234, 237, 260, 421

grand vizier, 676

Gudea, 33, 151, 155, 187, 294, 674

H

Habiru, 418

Haman, 104, 299, 596

Hammurabi, 294, 368, 370–71, 447, 481, 495

Hannah, 450, 505

Haran, 390, 391, 392, 394, 449, 530, 570, 574, 590–91, 593

harmonization, 96

Hattusha, 391

Hattushilis, 494

headwaters, 167, 168

heart, 88

heaven, 67, 69, 70, 71, 86, 87, 88, 111, 112, 124, 125, 132, 148, 158, 163, 186, 279–80, 283, 327, 328, 373, 374, 430–31, 469, 519, 719

heavenly court, 128–30

Hebrew, 70, 72, 78, 93, 228, 235, 261, 280, 420

Hebrew(s), 379, 417–18, 456

Hebron, 395, 415, 448, 476, 494, 529, 570, 632, 664, 720

hedonism, 66

heel, 226, 240, 549, 556, 717

hendiadys, 73, 227

heritage, 558, 560–65

hermeneutics, 76, 190, 211, 466, 502

high context society, 24

Hijaz Mountains, 169

historicity, 44, 47

historiography, 34

Hittites, 48, 416, 451, 528, 707

Hivites, 634, 635

Holy Spirit, 20, 76–77, 91, 128, 194, 211, 216, 536, 637, 725

homosexuality, 300, 488–90

human anatomy, 88, 188

human nature, 66, 231, 255, 298, 363, 376, 530

human sacrifice, 510, 513, 514

Huwawa, 28

hydromancy, 681

Hyksos, 674, 677, 686, 687

I

idiomatic expression, 81, 373, 421, 479, 509, 511, 591, 607, 673

idolatry, idols, 30, 44, 130, 131, 369, 377, 385, 386, 429, 548, 631, 680

image of God, 30, 127, 129, 130–31, 132, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 233, 343, 354, 355

Imhotep, 674

imperialism, 90, 405

in vitro fertilization, 251

incantations, 29, 35, 136, 495, 497, 632

incense road, 665

incest, 346, 481, 484, 485, 490

inclusio, 70, 149, 603

inheritance, 31, 229, 392, 399, 420, 425, 430, 496, 533, 550, 554, 558, 559, 562, 590, 594, 603, 636, 668, 710, 711

inspiration, 19, 21, 41, 42, 79, 82, 114, 694

intelligent design, 99, 156

internal structuring, 36

intertestamental, 235, 426, 489

intervention, 34, 50, 98, 101, 104, 319, 634

intrusion, 36, 292, 459, 558, 560–61, 690

investiture, 676

Irad, 276

Iron Age, 277, 497, 531

irreducible complexity, 156

Ishkur, 111

Ishmaelites, 496, 503, 504, 665

Ishtar, 28, 225, 382, 384, 457, 669

Islam, 244, 504

J

jeopardy, 190, 219, 397, 398, 445, 447, 448, 498, 513, 556, 557, 558, 559, 569, 573, 611, 633, 634, 636, 695

Jerusalem, 70, 169, 182, 244, 285, 376, 395, 415, 419, 427, 510, 511, 529, 570, 609, 632

Jesus, 158, 194, 195, 200, 206, 211, 235, 270, 301, 383, 402, 405, 406, 427, 480, 488, 514, 518, 616, 636, 722, 725

jet stream, 88, 95

Jezreel Valley, 664, 716

justification, 422, 430, 431, 432

K

Kadesh Barnea, 417, 457

Kassite, 370

Khebat, 606–7

Khirbet el-Qom, 458

Khnum, 165

Khosr River, 168

King’s Highway, 417, 448, 665

kingship, 52, 153, 181, 277, 278, 310, 403, 404, 450, 467, 495, 686, 716, 719, 723

Kingu, 29, 71–72

Kish, 320, 418

knowledge of good and evil, 170, 174, 185, 195, 205, 213, 214, 215, 216

Kuntillet Ajrud, 458

L

labor pains, 238

Lagash, 33, 320

Lake Van, 168, 314

Lamech, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 293

lampstand, 124, 148, 182

land, 39, 52, 53, 146, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 399, 400, 403, 404, 415, 420, 422, 424, 425, 426, 430, 435, 450, 454, 460, 461, 496, 497, 498, 500, 502, 503, 504, 512, 513, 515, 518, 529, 534, 552, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 569, 570, 571, 573, 595, 603, 609, 631, 632, 633, 635, 683, 688, 694, 696, 709, 711, 722

language/cultural matrix, 22, 234

Larsa, 373, 374, 416

Late Bronze Age, 395, 481

lecomancy, 681

lector-priest, 674

leisure, 139, 145

Leviathan, 127, 209

levirate marriage, 667, 668, 685, 711

lexical analysis, 21, 22, 78, 80, 111, 147, 152, 163, 164, 176, 177, 227, 228, 229, 291, 292, 309, 420, 421, 422, 607

libation, 315, 407, 572, 631, 632

life span, 45, 185, 281, 282, 294, 295, 296, 298, 379

light, 73, 78–80, 84, 93, 108

literal, 82, 94, 99, 154, 156, 421

literary analysis, 20, 21, 45, 46, 48, 316, 688

literary patterning, 347–48, 501

Lot, 311, 375, 399, 414–16, 424, 425, 433, 445, 454, 477–85, 496, 499, 500, 513, 553, 558

lotan, 209

low context culture, 24

low-pressure systems, 88

LXX, see Septuagint

M

Maʾat, 173

Madaba map, 476

magicians, 92, 674

Mahanaim, 603

Mamre, 529, 632

mandrakes, 588

Manetho, 687

manifestation of deity, 33, 50, 83, 131, 135, 459

Marduk, 29, 73, 112, 113, 114, 150, 261, 369, 370, 382

Mari, 32, 169, 370, 391, 416, 418, 423, 457, 494, 495, 530, 663, 674

mariology, 249

marriage contracts, 446, 495, 531–32, 586, 593

marriage customs, 178, 628, 451, 476, 531–32, 586, 628–29

masquerade, 349, 559, 560, 565, 587, 593, 667, 668, 678, 682, 690, 691

master of our fate, 117

mastery, 723–25, 727

materialism, 66, 200, 335

ME (Sumerian arts of civilization), 277

me religion, 158

Medina, 169

Melchizedek, 418–19, 425, 426–27, 456, 496, 511

menorah, 182

merism, 71, 170–71, 214, 227, 341, 477

Merneptah, 677

Messiah, 52, 211, 234, 262, 401, 404, 429, 715

metal technology, 276

metaphysics, 67, 85

meteorological, 74, 95, 112, 115

methodology, 19–20, 35, 80, 92, 128, 152, 346, 349, 424, 693, 694

Methuselah, 45, 280, 281, 282

metonymy, 79

Middle Bronze Age, 395, 572

Midianites, 503, 533, 665

Mizpah benediction, 592

Mizpah, 590, 594

Moabites, 425, 481, 484, 485, 496, 533

monotheism, 421, 516

montage, 560, 690

moralistic lesson, moralization, 36, 398, 424, 432, 436, 594, 693

Moriah, 510–11, 520

mortality, 28, 184, 218, 280, 296, 302

Moses, 21, 41–42, 149, 297, 315, 319, 351, 368, 369, 379, 389, 399, 400, 421, 448, 455, 457, 458, 459, 460, 463, 465, 479, 485, 511, 516, 529, 533, 536, 610, 692, 722, 723

Mount Masu, 327

Mount Simirriya, 327

musical instruments, 276

mythology, 27, 32, 45, 83–84, 86, 181, 203, 205, 376

N

Nabonidus, 494–95

Nahor, 528, 530

name, naming, 29–31, 86–87, 126, 130, 178, 215, 239, 260–61, 279, 374–75, 386, 392, 448, 449–50, 453, 455, 456–61, 467–68, 496, 497, 511, 516, 549, 553, 556, 559, 587, 588, 592, 595, 606, 607, 609, 632, 635, 691, 713, 720

Namtar, 571

Naram-Sin, 168

narcissism, 66

natural laws, 27, 50, 83, 100, 101, 102, 157

naturalism, 98–99, 408

Negev, 415

neopagan, 242

Nephilim, 295–97

netherworld, 87, 203, 207, 225, 279, 295, 327, 374, 571, 709, 719

New Age, 240–42, 249, 384

New Testament, 76–77, 82, 91, 116, 128, 130, 131, 191, 207, 209, 210, 212, 223, 234, 235, 249, 270, 289, 297, 317, 329, 333, 336, 337, 357, 394, 426, 432, 462, 466, 490, 694

Nimrod, 44, 278, 367, 368–71

Nimrud, 166

Nimush (see also Nisir), 327

Nineveh, 167, 168, 320, 421

Ningirsu, 33, 151

Ningishzida, 203

Ninurta, 313, 369, 495

Nisir (see Nimush), 31

nonexistence, 29–30, 75

Nun, 30

Nut, 85

O

oath, 345, 419, 511, 512, 529, 553, 710

obstacles, 267, 347, 398, 400, 424, 425, 426, 433, 434, 445, 454, 470, 484, 498, 499, 500, 502, 512, 513, 534, 535, 548, 549, 556–60, 566, 587–88, 593, 595, 597, 611, 612, 633, 634, 636–67, 662, 694–95, 696, 723, 724

oceanography, 329

old world science, 87

omens, 33–34, 123, 314, 495, 663, 681

open universe, 100

opening of the mouth, 385

openness of God, 106, 308

oracle, 453, 463, 530, 534, 535–40, 548–49, 675

overpopulation, 143, 284

P

Paddan Aram, 390, 585, 594

paganism, 54–55, 241, 380, 382–83, 386–87, 537

pain, 226–27

Palestinian Liberation Organization, 504

Palestinians, 503

palistrophe, 316

Pangea, 46, 88

parable, 43, 45, 359, 725

paradise, 181, 231

parenting, 549, 557

patron deities, 392, 516

Paul, 138, 184, 194, 217, 235, 249, 258, 287, 301, 357, 430, 431–32, 490, 596

personal archives, 31–32

personal gods, 429

phases of the covenant, 52, 404

Philistines, 498

physicist’s light, 79, 84, 108

pillar, 428, 461, 571–72, 592, 631, 632, 635

Pishon, 169

pluralism, 90, 241–42

plurals, 128–29

polemic, 319

polygamy, 293

polytheism, 33–35, 129, 380, 516

postmodernism, 221, 241

practicing the presence of God, 196

prayer, 186, 198, 271, 385, 408, 446, 505, 530, 536, 537, 538, 540, 587, 604, 614, 717

preadolescent, 215–16

prescriptive, 236–38

presuppositions, 47, 100, 129, 293, 318, 692

priests, 31, 132, 141, 149, 152, 172–74, 185, 193–99, 229, 263, 419, 426–28, 548, 572, 631, 677, 688, 713

primeval hillock, 151

probation tree, 214

pronouncement, 53, 236, 260, 265, 332, 341, 345, 349, 350, 351, 352, 369, 448, 554–56, 711–13, 714, 722

providence, 103

Ptah, 125, 165, 677

punctuated equilibrium, 156

purification, 423, 631

Queen of Heaven, 384

Qumran, 235

R

rabbis, 128, 373, 692

Rahab, 311

rainbow, 345

Re, 31, 166, 670, 677

re-creation, 331, 337–38, 344

recursion, 347, 349, 351, 359, 360

Red Sea, 169, 325, 368, 402, 421

redemption, 54, 131, 137, 211, 234, 382, 400–401, 404

reductionism, 91, 138, 382, 699

rejuvenation, 184

relationship, 53, 131, 233, 238, 283, 400–401, 404, 439, 449, 467–69, 502, 515, 614, 619, 639, 724

religion of Abram, 428

reproduction, 118, 180, 187, 188, 202, 228, 238, 330, 341, 344, 348, 352, 398–99

requirements of deity, 33

rest, 30, 146–55

Retenu, 32

revelation, 19, 34, 37–39, 43, 46, 52–53, 77, 88–89, 91, 114, 143, 181, 207, 211, 350, 382, 386–87, 401–4, 406–9, 436, 494, 536, 723–27

revelation grace, 406

revelatory people of God, 52

revelatory plan/program, 37–38, 52–53, 401, 403–4, 406, 431

reversal, 72, 281, 549, 556, 593, 594, 596, 597, 612, 634, 669, 678

rib, 177

rights, 26, 135, 138–39, 142, 161, 189, 192, 199, 256, 286, 336, 409, 424, 489, 517

role models, 38

royal archives, 31–32, 48, 391

rules, 137–38, 158

S

Sabbath, 146–47, 152–55, 157–60, 193

sacred compass, 193, 194

sacred space, 151, 173–74, 185–87, 192–94, 196–201, 265, 267, 284, 285, 373, 408, 571

sacred stones, 592

sacrifice, 31, 33, 229, 262–63, 266, 271, 281, 315, 358, 394, 404, 428, 631

sages, 28, 184, 277, 280, 283

salvation, 51–54, 158, 249, 338, 353, 401–2, 404, 406, 421, 429, 430–32, 441, 469, 482, 724

Sammael, 209

Sargon, 325, 327–28, 369, 663–64

Sargon II, 167

Satan, 202, 206, 207–11, 216, 226, 233, 235, 236, 249, 295, 297, 425

scale, 152

science, 27, 49, 80–84, 87–94, 96, 98–100, 102–5, 111, 120

Scientific Creationism, 99

seal, 230, 458, 669, 676

secularism, 93, 200

seed, 53, 225–26, 234–35, 240, 246, 394, 454, 552

seeker churches, 200

self-absorption, 134, 252, 375, 387, 725

self-fulfillment, 192, 252

self-indulgence, 141, 267, 359, 725

self-sufficiency, 66, 611, 616–19, 621, 725

semantic range, 80–81, 167, 172, 177, 227, 262

semantics, 75, 79, 172, 176, 208, 292, 478, 553, 555, 713

Sennacherib, 167

Septuagint (LXX), 69, 226, 234, 295, 309, 394, 588, 671, 712, 715

serpent, 29, 43, 45, 179, 202–7, 209–10, 212, 219, 220, 224–26, 233, 236, 237, 240, 243, 265, 717, 723

Sesostris III, 395

seven-day structure, 69, 71, 80, 93, 152–55, 157

seventy, 367–68, 684

sexagesimal system, 281

Shalmaneser III, 168

Shamash, 123, 182, 407–8, 457, 495

Shechem, 59, 394–95, 570, 609, 628–31, 634–35, 664, 668, 679, 712–14

Sheol, 279

shepherding contracts, 585–86, 589

Shiloh, 714–15

Shinar, 372, 416

Shishak, 603

shrines, 150, 630–31

Shu, 280

Shuruppak, 28, 318, 320

sin, 54, 117, 184, 196–97, 230–33, 252–58, 260, 266–70, 284, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 298, 302, 308, 352–54, 359–61, 363, 380, 382, 401, 433, 567

Sinai, 41, 52, 224, 313, 386, 399, 403, 427–28, 448, 457–58, 467, 481, 511, 530, 533, 552, 629

Sinuhe, 32

Sippar, 374

snake, 225–26

Solomon, 155, 177, 207, 209, 277, 285, 487, 574, 603, 674, 692, 710

Sophia, 241, 243, 396

soteriological people of God, 51, 467

soteriology, 52, 53, 404, 406, 422, 430, 432

sovereignty, 33, 37, 50, 65, 72, 91–92, 219, 386, 409, 433, 450, 470, 521, 534, 567, 634, 693, 696–700, 723

special revelation, 38, 53, 402

sperm banks, 251

Spirit of God, 30, 74–77, 166, 676

spiritual death, 175, 230

stability, 146–48, 153, 352, 358–59, 497, 509, 516, 517

stewardship, 108 (of time), 140–44 (of creation)

storehouses, 112

streams, 164, 169, 476

subdue, 53, 132, 139, 341

submission, 191

Succoth, 609

suitable helper, 163, 175

Sumerian flood story, 315

supernatural, 43, 50–51, 98, 100, 207–8, 606

survival, 116, 238

suzerainty treaties, 400

synchronic, 164, 175–77, 224, 227–28, 292, 309, 420

syntactical analysis, 21, 68, 70, 126, 177, 178, 204, 227–28, 237, 260, 326, 345, 355, 420–21, 478

Syriac, 78, 208–9, 671, 715

systematic theology, 210–11, 338

T

tabernacle, 124, 148–49, 182, 185, 193, 265

Talmud, 343, 426, 608

tamarisk, 279, 497

Targum, 209, 296, 350, 394, 426, 671, 715

Tarshish, 368

technology, 90, 116–17, 119, 144, 276–77, 372, 384, 437, 464

Tell Deir Alla, 609

Tell el Fara, 631

Tell Jemmeh, 631

temple, 30, 33, 147–52, 161, 167, 169, 174, 182–83, 185–86, 187, 193, 194, 198, 372–74, 376, 385, 510, 571

temple as microcosm, 124, 148–49, 153, 161

temple construction, 33, 151–52

temple dedication, 155, 157

temptation, 204–6, 216, 425, 693

temptation of Christ, 205

Teshub, 606

test, 205, 214, 508–9, 512, 513, 514, 515, 518–19

theistic evolution, 95, 156–57

theocentric, 38, 142

theogony, 29, 86

theophany, 394, 420, 449, 451, 452, 460, 548, 571, 572, 632, 683

theophoric name, 280

thorns and thistles, 223, 238

Thutmose IV, 494

Tiamat, 29–31, 71, 73, 75, 113, 150

Tiglath-Pileser, 166

time dimension, 107

time, 79–81, 84, 105–9, 114, 115, 116, 144–45, 147, 153, 157, 158, 194, 437

Tirzah, 631

tithe, 55, 419, 572, 630–31, 635, 637

tolerance, 139, 199, 242, 488

total depravity, 253, 307

Tower of Babel, 48, 53, 278, 369, 371–82, 398

transformation, 55, 609, 613, 636, 640, 682, 695, 725

Trinity, 76, 77, 128, 211, 462

Tukulti-Ninurta, 294, 369, 605

U

Ubaid period, 378

Ugarit, Ugaritic, 32, 72, 78, 151, 155, 167, 182, 208, 261, 264, 312, 367, 391, 419, 452, 456, 458, 465, 478, 495, 496, 714, 718, 719

ultimacy, 33, 136

Ur, 203, 276, 320, 390–91

Ur III period, 264, 370, 378

Ur of the Chaldeans, 390–91

Urartu, 314, 327–28

urbanization, 372, 375–78

Urim and Thummim, 530, 536

Uruk, 28–29, 47, 213, 277, 320

Uruk period, 372

Utnapishtim, 28–29, 184, 312–14, 318, 327–28, 353

Utuabzu, 280

V

vassal treaty, 401

vegetarianism, 358

vice-regents, 131

victory, 233–34

visions, 75, 420, 683

vows, 572–75, 604, 630, 631, 635, 636, 639

Vulgate, 226, 295, 394, 671

W

Wadjet, 203

Warad-Sin, 373–74

washing of the mouth, 385

weather, 88, 95, 111–14, 116, 332

wells, 497, 502, 534, 553, 558, 559, 560, 585

windows of heaven, 43, 88

wordplay, 179, 204, 260, 261, 511, 549, 589, 671

worldview, 23–25, 27, 33–35, 43, 50–51, 82–85, 87, 89, 91, 92, 94, 99, 100, 102–4, 108, 129, 134–35, 137, 154, 181–82, 194, 199, 212, 232, 240, 242, 247, 298, 327, 328, 368, 387, 510

worship, 31, 32, 114, 153–54, 159–61, 172, 182, 193, 194, 196, 198–99, 200, 279, 383, 385, 429–30, 487, 497, 514, 637, 639, 710

Y

Yurza, 631

Z

Zagros mountains, 314, 327

Zaqiqu, 494

Zedekiah, 68

ziggurats, 48, 312, 373–78, 571

Zimri-Lim, 169, 416