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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 | Y | Z


A

Aaron, Aaronides, 92, 165, 287, 447, 448, 453, 454, 455, 456, 463, 545, 548, 551, 590, 594

Abram/Abraham, 48, 50, 51, 53, 77, 80, 167, 181, 248, 255, 268, 396, 398, 423–26, 431–33, 435, 443–45, 482, 495, 497, 531, 545, 549, 551, 554, 561–63, 591–92, 596–97

Absalom, 90, 229, 561

Achan, 23, 45, 46, 58, 60–61, 64, 65, 70, 76, 88, 112, 129, 136, 192, 216–18, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227–30, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 253, 282, 283, 285, 286, 305, 315, 340, 352, 461, 479, 488, 489–90, 492, 493, 500, 502, 508, 523, 561

Achor, Valley of, 65, 217, 218, 228, 230, 388

Acsah, 389, 406–7, 422, 425, 428, 439, 440

Acshaph, 321, 324, 325, 326, 358, 395

Adoni-Bezek, King, 370

Adoni-Zedek, King, 278, 291, 292, 554

Adonijah, 451

A Few Good Men (movie), 507

Ahab, King, 203, 567–68, 597

Ai (et-Tell): 23, 24, 32, 35, 40, 43, 45, 47, 54, 55, 58, 62, 113, 129, 187, 198, 216, 218–223, 225, 229, 230–35, 236, 238, 240, 245, 248, 249, 250, 252, 254, 277, 278, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 291–92, 293, 298, 300, 303, 304, 323, 327, 329, 330, 331, 333, 339, 340, 346, 363, 492, 602; archaeology of, 235–36; king of, 229, 233, 234, 235, 247, 357, 561

Aijalon: town of, 395, 448; valley of, 30, 279, 284, 294, 295, 297

“All Israel,” 26, 52, 56, 58, 59, 75, 145, 146, 152, 155, 159, 162, 182, 190, 217, 218, 219, 228, 233, 236, 243, 246, 252, 257, 259, 279, 280, 281, 327, 427, 428, 435, 487, 488, 514, 517, 530, 591

altar, 137, 278, 290, 309, 340, 549, 563, 567; at Gilgal, 69; at the temple, 166; background, 164, 485–86; in the tabernacle, 451; on Mt. Ebal, 31, 58, 67, 71, 251–52, 254–56, 257, 550; see also Transjordan, Transjordanians

Amarna letters, 18, 28, 33, 254, 283, 292, 302, 324, 325, 326, 369, 376, 418

Amazing Grace (movie), 380

Ames, Aldrich, 133, 134

Ammon, Ammonites, 357, 360, 361, 385, 386, 399, 401, 426, 567

Amorite(s): Canaanite people, 30, 145, 147, 162, 277, 321, 326, 357, 362, 385, 518, 545, 556; general term, 48, 55, 147, 216, 223, 279, 292, 294, 296, 297, 299, 305, 307, 309, 311, 312, 313, 324, 385, 421, 546, 555, 557; Transjordanian people, 109, 121, 187, 191, 231, 277, 357, 360, 365, 385, 386, 530, 545, 552, 553, 554, 557

Anak, Anakites (or Anakim), 24, 54, 68, 78, 322, 332–33, 334, 352, 361, 387, 388, 389, 398, 405, 406, 425, 440

Anat, 524

“angel of the Lord,” 131, 185

Aphek, 358, 363, 364, 365, 385, 395

apostasy, 324

Aquinas, 531

Arabah, 146, 155, 218, 228, 233, 321, 322, 331, 357, 360, 393

Arad: city of, 359, 363, 364; conquest of, 359; king of, 358; ostraca of, 359, 363, 417

ark: of the covenant (or the Testimony) 23, 55, 64, 82, 93, 145–46, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162–66, 169, 174, 175, 177, 180, 188, 189, 190, 197, 216, 223, 251, 263, 340, 403, 463, 558; of Noah, 582

Arnon River and Gorge, 357, 360, 385, 386, 399, 400

Aroer, 357, 360, 385, 386, 399, 401

Ashdod, 322, 333, 385, 389, 407

Asher, 24, 325, 391, 395, 411, 415, 418, 420, 448, 449; boundary description and town list, 34, 395, 410, 419; levitical towns in, 448, 449, 455, 457

Ashkelon, 41, 385

Augustine, 531

avenger (or restorer) of blood (goʾel haddam), 59, 447, 451, 461, 462, 471, 501

Avvites, 385, 398

Azekah, 279, 293, 298, 389

B

Baal(s), 121, 140, 165, 524, 525, 552, 564, 565, 567–68, 571

Baal Gad (city), 322, 331, 357, 361, 385, 567

Baal Peor (or Peor), 479, 487, 488, 489, 490, 493, 500, 502, 508, 524, 552, 567

Balaam, 122, 257, 264, 313–14, 328, 386, 401, 425, 545, 552, 553, 556

ban, the (ḥerem), 129, 191

Bashan, 277, 357, 360, 361, 385, 386, 391, 400, 401, 402, 442, 448, 449, 453, 478, 483, 557

Beersheba, 326, 331, 364, 389, 394, 417

Benjamin, Benjaminites: cities, 393–94; districts, 416; tribe, 24, 30, 32, 34, 287, 393, 397, 406, 410, 415, 416–17, 420, 429, 447, 448, 454, 455, 456, 493, 499, 530, 594

Beth Arabah, 388, 390, 393, 394, 416

Beth Aven, 216, 222, 393, 416

Bethel, 29, 30, 32, 111, 195, 216, 218, 219, 222, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 254, 292, 357, 358, 362, 363, 364, 390, 393, 394, 409, 416, 561, 563, 567; see also Luz

Beth Hoglah, 388, 393, 394

Beth Horon, 279, 284, 293, 390, 393, 409, 416, 448

Beth Shean (or Shan), 29, 30, 155, 324, 391, 392, 411, 412, 418, 499

blessing, 48, 50, 75, 163, 258, 259, 264, 265, 266, 270, 271, 275, 288, 307, 308, 339, 367, 402, 411, 432, 440, 483, 484, 519, 527, 553

blood revenge, 451–52, 453, 461–62; see also avenger of blood

Boaz, 132, 136, 501, 521, 598

Book of the Law, 73, 81, 251, 263, 464, 514, 519, 538, 546, 561; see Instruction, the

Book of Jashar, 32, 279, 294, 295

Book of the Covenant, 257, 451

Brown, Brenton, 380

burnt offerings (ʿolah), 251, 254, 255, 479, 480

C

Cabul, 395, 419, 420

Caleb, Calebites, 24, 26, 34, 53, 57, 66, 76, 333, 334, 350, 355, 387–88, 389, 397, 398, 404–6, 406–7, 412, 421, 422, 425, 428, 440, 446, 448, 456, 469, 481, 495, 496, 517, 592, 594, 598

Calvin, John, 459, 460

Calvinism, 445

Canaan (the land), 22–24, 27; gods of, 524, 566–69; list of peoples, 145, 277, 321, 326, 357, 362, 518, 545; northern, 24; social structure of, 369–70; southern, 23

Canaanites, 24, 33, 39, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 59, 61, 87, 107, 111, 112, 119, 120, 121, 127, 129, 140, 191, 194, 197, 199, 200, 201, 411, 427, 519–21, 523, 524, 525–26, 535; clan group, 145, 162, 216, 223, 225, 259, 283, 284, 287, 288, 291, 326, 332, 342, 385, 391–92, 398, 410–11, 413, 425, 427, 457, 460; terror of, 23, 140, 145, 189, 553

Cash, Johnny, 316

chariots, 321, 326, 327, 328, 329, 340, 392, 412, 413, 545, 551

Cheers (TV show), 471

chiasm, chiastic, 119, 302, 329, 456, 458, 481, 483, 491, 557

Christians: as body, 51, 104–6, 107, 241, 243–47, 263, 421, 433–34, 440–41, 473, 509, 512, 602; choice to be, 144; guarding identity of, 538–44; ideal soldier of, 313–17; inheritance of, 443–46; people of prayer, 315–17, 540–41; reclaiming identity, 579–89; spiritual fitness of, 207–9; threats to, 535–38; unique identity of, 98–100, 245, 354–55; unity of, 439–43; warfare of, 310–13

Christmas, 107, 266, 267, 346, 380, 602

church(es): as modern Levites, 473–77; as safe places, 471–73; militant and triumphant, 600–3; modern types of, 98–100

circumcision, uncircumcision, 60, 135, 179, 181–84, 205, 207, 252, 262, 263, 340, 457, 526, 582

Cisjordan, Cisjordanian(s), 33, 359, 360, 361, 362, 402, 403, 404, 410, 414, 427, 457, 481, 482, 484, 485, 489–502, 505, 508, 511

cities of refuge, 24, 69, 92, 258, 340, 447, 450, 451–53, 456, 462, 466, 468, 469, 471

command (or instruction)-obedience pattern, 148, 220, 328

communion (or the Eucharist), 104, 164, 169–72, 174, 267, 538, 587; family reading for, 171

conquest, the, 22, 25, 26, 32, 35–40, 43, 45, 53, 54, 55, 61, 78, 111, 120, 153, 180, 185, 200, 201, 204, 236, 282, 283, 306, 309, 310, 322, 330, 334, 359, 363, 364, 365, 396, 397, 398, 403, 406, 457, 482, 509, 533, 552, 556, 562, 593, 595, 599

corporate worldview, 67, 96, 103–4, 106, 174, 199, 230, 236–38, 240, 243–47, 257–58, 261, 263–64, 267, 359, 556, 559; totality thinking, 500–1

covenant, 23, 24, 36, 45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 58, 59, 61, 74, 77, 82, 91, 93, 123, 130, 135, 145, 146, 147, 150, 152, 153, 157, 159, 160, 162, 166, 174, 177, 181, 182, 183, 188, 216, 217, 222, 225, 227, 230, 251, 253, 254, 255, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 266, 267, 268, 269, 281, 288, 296, 307, 340, 366, 368, 426, 430, 433, 434, 435, 436, 453, 464, 480, 481, 488, 491, 497, 515, 517, 520, 522, 523, 527, 546, 547, 548, 549, 554, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 563, 590; see also Hittites (Anatolia)

Crosby, Fanny, 605

D

Dan, 24, 24, 30, 59, 90, 111, 121, 122, 137, 193, 257, 324, 331, 335, 345, 366, 369, 376, 404, 415; town list, 34, 395–96, 408, 416, 420–21, 448, 454, 455, 456–457

Darius, King, 122

“dark dining,” 513

David, 32, 33, 76, 77, 79, 90, 92, 93, 132, 136, 152, 163, 193, 197, 284, 288, 298, 300, 307, 315, 318, 329, 330, 353, 363, 367, 376, 379, 398, 407, 409, 419, 420, 454, 484, 522, 528, 529, 530, 531, 560, 603

Dead (or Salt) Sea, 85, 155, 360, 399, 406, 408, 496, 499; see also Arabah

Debir, 279, 281, 301, 302, 303, 322, 329, 331, 333, 358, 363, 364, 386, 388, 389, 390, 401, 407, 428, 448

Deborah, 87, 131, 297, 324, 531

Decalogue, the, 225, 228, 548

Deuteronomistic History (DH), Deuteronomist, 18, 31–33, 46, 64, 68, 69, 77, 79, 112, 120, 201, 291, 361–362, 424, 498, 554; language of, 121

Deuteronomy, book of, 31, 41–42, 68, 69, 75–76, 81–82, 90, 252, 262–63, 296, 515, 520; language, style of, 78, 79, 86, 262, 290, 296, 328, 483, 515–16, 519, 520, 521, 552

devoted things, 178, 191, 216, 217, 221, 225, 226, 479

Dinah, 521, 525–27, 549

Dobson, Pastor Ed, 320 Dor, 29, 30, 321, 326, 358, 391, 411

Dorcas (or Tabitha), 139, 605

E

Easter, 266, 267, 346, 511

Ebal, Mount, 31, 55, 58, 68, 71, 130, 251–59, 266, 270, 271, 296, 340, 481, 550

Edom, Edomites, 331, 388, 389, 404, 430, 482, 551, 557

Edwards, Jonathan, 531

Eglon, 279, 280, 281, 292, 299, 302, 331, 358, 389, 499

Egypt, Egyptian(s), 27, 28–30, 37, 48, 74, 76, 84, 85, 94, 97, 109, 117, 120, 121, 160, 176, 181, 183, 224, 225, 233, 258, 277, 285, 306, 311, 325, 336, 337, 337, 339, 350, 359, 369, 371, 385, 398, 404, 423, 430, 546, 547, 551, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 563, 564, 567, 591, 594, 595, 599; plagues against, 157, 183, 299, 532, 545, 548, 551; reproach of, 68, 176, 182–83, 210; slavery in, 97, 166, 167, 182, 556, 570, 602; texts of, 40–41, 283, 292, 325, 326, 333, 417, 498; see also Amarna letters

Ekron, 301, 385, 388, 389, 395, 398, 407, 408, 565, 571

El, 121, 228, 394, 395, 418, 419, 524, 566–67

Eleazar, 24, 26, 33, 286, 387, 391, 396, 403, 411, 422, 447, 478, 480, 481, 487, 590, 591, 594–95, 597, 601, 602, 606

Elijah, 67, 148, 155, 253, 270, 271, 317, 531, 564, 568, 571, 588–89, 597

Elisha, 93, 136–37, 148, 155, 234, 253, 568

Endor, Endorite, 288, 391, 411, 412

Ephraim, 24, 25, 32, 34, 57, 323, 387, 396, 403, 404, 411, 412, 413, 416, 420, 421, 422, 428, 447, 448, 453, 455, 456, 472, 499, 550, 590, 592, 594, 597, 599; boundaries of, 30, 34, 390, 391–92, 397, 410

Esau, 94, 97, 307, 482, 545, 551

Esther, 531

Euphrates River, 73, 78, 551, 555

exodus, the, 26, 27, 37, 49, 74, 98, 120, 148, 150, 151, 154, 155, 158, 160, 161, 162, 166, 181, 182, 184, 205, 223, 246, 268, 311, 337, 339, 340, 361, 421, 431, 501, 532, 533, 545, 546, 551–52, 556, 557, 590, 591, 593, 598

Ezra, 464, 531, 561

F

farewell speech(es), 24, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 67, 76, 90, 130, 230, 370, 410, 458, 459, 480, 483, 484, 515, 516, 517, 523, 527–31, 535, 538, 548

fear of God, the, 81, 128, 147, 162, 167–68, 169, 174, 230, 240, 262, 381, 479, 491, 546, 554

feasts, Israelite: Booths (or Tabernacles), 27, 166, 196, 379; of Unleavened Bread (see also Passover), 166, 196; of Week (or Pentecost), 166, 311

fellowship offerings (zebaḥ šelamim), 251, 254–55, 479

Finding Nemo (movie), 510

flax, 109, 117–18

foreign gods, 546, 556, 558, 559, 561, 563, 566–68

Franklin, Aretha, 581

formulas, literary: chronological, 32, 132, 146, 158, 176, 178, 218, 219, 229, 278, 280, 290, 385, 390, 391, 405, 514, 520; of assurance, 54–55, 94, 131, 218, 230, 247, 279, 280, 293, 300, 321, 327, 346–47, 348–49, 350, 355, 570

G

Gad, Gadites, 24, 34, 73, 85, 95, 146, 159, 322, 331, 57, 361, 389, 392, 400, 414, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 491, 494, 498, 567; boundaries and town lists, 385–86, 401, 447–50, 453, 455, 457

Galilee, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 355, 365, 376, 418, 420, 447, 449

Gath, 322, 333, 385, 407

Gath Hepher, 394, 418

Gath Rimmon, 395, 448, 449, 457

Gaza, 29, 281, 303, 322, 333, 385, 389

Geba, 394, 416, 448

Gebalites, 385, 399

Geder, Gedor, 358, 363, 364, 390

Geliloth, 393, 478, 485

Gerizim, Mount, 68, 251, 252, 255, 258, 259, 559

Gershon, Gershonite(s), 448, 449, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 463

Geshur, Geshurites, 357, 361, 385, 398, 400

Gezer, 29, 30, 41, 281, 302, 358, 363, 390, 391, 409, 410, 413, 448, 454, 457

Gezer Calendar, 117

Gibeath Haaraloth, 176

Gibeon, Gibeonite(s), 23, 32, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 100, 112, 129, 141, 198, 201, 202, 224, 231, 245, 246, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 283–99, 303–15, 317–20, 322, 327, 328, 330, 332, 339, 340, 346, 361, 394, 417, 440, 448, 453, 481, 487, 495, 601; modern examples of, 317–20.

Gilead, Gileadites, 357, 360, 361, 385, 386, 391, 400, 401, 402, 447, 449, 453, 457, 478, 479, 480, 485, 487, 494, 495, 497, 499, 530

Gilead (novel), 72, 470

Gilgal, 23, 32, 58, 62, 66, 67, 69, 147, 149, 158, 160, 161, 166, 169, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 205, 207, 208, 224, 251, 252, 254, 260, 277, 279, 281, 282, 284, 287, 290, 292, 304, 335, 340, 358, 365, 387, 388, 396, 404, 411, 413, 481, 482, 485, 501, 561

God: as creator, 170, 208, 316, 368, 462; his character, 44, 91, 466, 566; his compassion, 46, 166, 202, 248, 314–15, 430, 469, 583, 584; his faithfulness, 50, 140, 314, 368, 382, 433, 460, 465; his forgiveness, 137, 172, 224, 247–50, 379, 465; his generosity, 47, 167, 266, 268, 470, 606; his glory, 156, 217, 227, 228, 381, 383, 384, 571; his holiness, 93, 151, 164, 165, 186, 198, 225, 558; his jealousy, 60, 546, 558; his mercy, 52, 141–42, 202, 248, 307, 310, 314–15, 332, 433, 435, 462, 466, 469, 583, 584, 603; his power, 43, 44, 47, 55, 87, 94, 95, 121, 122, 128, 130, 140, 148, 156, 162, 163–66, 174, 175, 188, 212–15, 258, 259, 264–66, 271–72, 273–74, 297–98, 311, 313, 314, 334, 339, 349, 350, 376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 426, 438–39, 441, 461, 511, 533, 534, 541, 552, 563, 569, 571, 573, 574, 579, 600, 606, 607; his presence, 15, 26, 55–56, 79, 81, 83, 87, 93, 94–95, 98, 107, 130, 148, 150, 151, 153, 156, 161, 162–66, 174–75, 186, 189, 190, 196, 206, 208, 215, 225, 255, 263, 270–71, 289, 345, 348, 356, 377, 378, 379, 392, 393, 396, 413, 429, 442, 445, 464, 497, 535, 558, 568, 571; his sovereignty, 47, 48, 121, 122, 123, 137, 138, 154, 159, 166, 167, 169, 225, 233, 261, 264, 290, 298, 300, 366, 372, 435, 525, 558

golden calf, 25, 95, 97, 224

Goshen, 281, 303, 322, 331, 390

gospel, the, 21, 45, 46, 52, 56, 98, 141, 142, 174–75, 202, 211–12, 241, 246, 261, 310, 311, 312, 319, 343, 345–50, 380, 382, 435–36, 438–39, 441, 443, 475, 533, 579, 585–86, 606

grave, gravesite, 23, 57, 58, 79, 229, 230, 300, 591, 592, 592, 594, 595, 596–99

H

hapiru, 36, 39

ḥaram, ḥerem, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 60, 61, 65, 70, 120, 123, 127, 129, 132, 134, 135, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 202, 221, 225, 226, 227, 229, 234, 235, 238, 241, 243, 247, 281, 282, 283, 287, 288, 291, 301, 305, 308, 309, 312, 314, 315, 317, 329, 332, 333, 334, 336, 339, 340, 352, 489, 525; see also devoted things

Hazor (or Kiriath Arba), 24, 28, 35, 40, 44, 55, 64, 69, 71, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 331, 333, 334, 358, 363, 369, 370, 389, 395, 596; archaeology of, 334–36

Hebron, 32, 34, 67, 279, 280, 281, 292, 292, 301, 302, 322, 326, 331, 333, 357, 364, 387, 388, 389, 390, 405, 406, 407, 408, 422, 425, 447, 448, 453, 454, 456, 469, 592, 594, 596, 597

Hepher, 358, 363, 364, 391

Hepherite(s), 410

Hermon, Mount, 284, 321, 322, 326, 331, 357, 360, 361, 385, 400

Hezekiah, King, 79, 183, 488, 548

Hiel, 195, 203

Hinnom Valley, 388, 393, 406

Hittites (Anatolia), 28–29; treaties of, 262–63, 283

Hittites (in Canaan), 326, 592, 597

Hivites, 58, 283–85, 287–89, 291, 305, 306, 308, 311, 321, 322, 326, 332, 525, 526, 527; see also Gibeon, Gibeonites

holiness, holy, 45, 46, 56, 60, 64, 93, 120, 131, 140, 148, 151, 159, 163, 164, 175, 177, 180, 186, 191, 192, 193, 198, 200, 201, 212, 222, 225, 227, 229, 230, 254, 260, 293, 309, 402, 433, 470, 474, 476, 486, 489, 536, 546, 550, 558, 561, 564, 571, 601, 602

holy war, see Yahweh(′s) war hornet, 545, 553–54

I

Ibleam, 391, 411, 412

idolatry, 46, 137, 143, 164, 202, 406, 501, 508, 523–24, 528, 530, 547, 562–69, 571; and annihilation policy, 43–44, 306–7, 309; critique of, 569–71; examples today, 572–80; zero-tolerance policy, 568

inheritance(s), 22, 24, 26, 34, 51, 53, 57, 59, 75, 80, 85, 86, 94, 95, 96, 248, 322, 334, 340, 355, 357, 361, 362, 366, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 428, 430, 433, 434, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 450, 453, 454, 457, 459, 463, 469, 481, 482, 496, 497, 514, 517, 518, 533, 547, 562, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 597, 598, 599, 602

inclusio(s), 79, 87, 117, 125, 154, 221, 330, 422, 457, 482, 547

inclusion, inclusive, inclusivity, 46, 49, 60, 61, 141, 144, 171, 202, 257, 259, 269, 288, 310, 326, 362, 363, 400, 407, 431, 434, 444, 453, 454, 480, 494, 505, 515, 517, 518, 552, 578, 594

Irenaeus, 531

Instruction, the (torah), 57, 58, 60, 75, 79, 81, 82, 90–92, 101, 179, 251–53, 256–59, 262, 264–65, 266, 270–71, 300, 305, 306, 317, 318, 340, 341, 464, 482, 484, 493, 530, 548, 560, 562, 566, 581, 582, 591, 593, 597

Isaac, 53, 80, 97, 167, 208, 307–8, 423, 424, 545, 551

Israel: assemblies of, 24, 55, 58, 251, 257, 258, 259, 278, 286, 392, 396, 413, 447, 452, 478, 479, 486–87, 517, 549, 550, 562; east bank tribes, 24, 86, 87, 92, 399, 460, 483, 486, 488, 491, 493, 495, 502, 508, 509; identity of, 40–42, 60, 65, 70, 129, 166–67, 181, 199, 240, 257, 281, 414, 426–30, 519–20, 524–27; unity of, 263, 421; west bank tribes, 54, 86, 95, 480, 484, 490, 492, 496, 497

Issachar, 24, 30, 391, 410, 411, 418, 420, 455; boundaries and town lists of, 34, 394–95, 418–19; levitical cities in, 448, 449, 457

Ishtar, 24, 185

J

Jabbok River, 155, 357, 360, 399, 401

Jabin, 321, 323, 324, 326, 554

Jacob, 53, 80, 94, 96, 97, 161, 245, 248, 255, 288, 307, 409, 417, 423, 424, 453, 463, 482, 491, 525–27, 530, 545, 549, 551, 555, 561, 563, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 597, 599

Jael, 131

Jebus, Jebusite(s), 33, 152, 302, 321, 326, 388, 390, 393, 394, 409, 413, 472, 518

Jephthah, 27, 426, 499

Jericho, 23, 27, 32, 35, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 54, 55, 56, 58, 62, 64–67, 69, 70, 109–15, 117–21, 123–28, 129, 132, 134, 135, 138, 140, 144, 146, 147, 150, 155, 159, 160, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 207, 212, 214, 215, 216, 218, 220, 221, 222, 228, 231, 232, 234, 235, 238, 239, 240, 277, 278, 280, 283, 284, 285, 291, 301, 303, 304, 327, 329, 330, 333, 339, 340, 352, 357, 363, 378, 387, 390, 393, 394, 402, 404, 409, 410, 416, 447, 489, 545, 547, 553, 585; archaeology of, 202–5; plains of, 147, 159, 176, 183

Jerusalem, 23, 28, 33, 50, 51, 52, 56, 138, 143, 163, 166, 193, 197, 255, 270, 278, 279, 280, 284, 289, 290, 291, 292, 299, 302, 303, 315, 326, 345, 357, 363, 364, 366, 373, 379, 381, 388, 390, 394, 406, 408, 409, 413, 416, 417, 432, 433, 436, 441, 442, 454, 456, 457, 463, 464, 465, 472, 473, 482, 528, 571, 587, 598; see also Jebus, Jebusite(s)

Jesus Christ, 25, 71, 72, 91, 106, 135, 141, 142, 167, 202, 244, 269, 316, 347, 348; and the patriarchal promise, 50, 51–52, 432; as new Adam, 237–38; as Rahab’s descendant, 132, 194, 246; as king, 373–84, 461, 582; as Messiah, 50, 52, 409, 436–37; his death and resurrection, 49, 100, 169–70, 170–72, 213, 215, 267, 533–34, 606–7; his ethic, 44–45, 47, 310–11, 538; his example, 139–40, 529, 603–4, 605; his farewell speech, 528, 529, 530; his Great Commission, 98–100, 317–20; his mercy, 46, 315; his name, 76; his presence, 107–8, 174, 208, 270, 271, 422, 436–37, 535, 602; his teachings, 174, 209, 241, 245, 247, 249, 263, 313–14, 350–52, 355, 444, 446, 469, 470, 509–10; his unique lordship, 210–11, 261, 543–44, 555, 572, 577–78, 579–81, 581–89; Two Great Commandments, 101–3, 542–43; radical commitment, 144

Jesus War, the, 205, 208, 211–15, 342, 343, 345, 346

Jezebel, 568, 597

Jezreel Valley, 29, 30, 255, 325, 364, 365, 392, 412, 417, 418, 428, 457

Joab, 186, 451, 530

Job (person), 156, 371, 566

Jobab, King, 321, 323, 325

John, 163, 270, 310, 347, 373, 376, 381–82, 384, 432, 531, 543, 582, 601

Jonah, 141, 200

Jordan River, 22, 23, 24, 29, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58, 59, 62, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 85, 93, 96, 99, 107, 109, 110, 113, 115, 120, 121, 127, 132, 134, 137, 145–47, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 179, 189, 191, 198, 205, 206, 207, 216, 223, 225, 277, 285, 311, 324, 327, 339, 340, 357, 358, 360, 361, 364, 396, 399, 400, 401, 402, 406, 410, 423, 447, 450, 457, 458, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 489, 491, 495, 497, 501, 514, 517, 518, 545, 551, 554, 557, 561; and Red Sea, 57, 70, 147, 148, 154, 160, 161, 501, 552, 556, 563, 590; as barrier, 427, 492, 503; as boundary, 385–89, 390–93, 395, 416, 418, 420, 423, 426, 479, 491, 495, 496, 498–500; as metaphor, 503–5; crossing narrative, 180, 188, 252; crossing of, 23, 32, 55, 57, 58, 62, 69, 74, 110, 120, 145–46, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152–56, 158, 159, 160, 162, 169, 170, 179, 181, 184, 198, 202, 252, 327, 339, 340, 457, 458, 482, 499, 520, 529, 553, 561, 562; crossing points (or fords) of, 32, 109, 118, 195, 202, 498, 499; in hymns, 499–500; valley of, 30, 233, 254, 257, 284, 324, 325, 326, 331, 401

Joseph: father of Jesus, 347, 378, 387; son of Jacob, 24, 32, 97, 390, 391, 403, 409, 590–91, 592, 593–94, 597, 599, 601, 602; tribes of (or Josephites), 32, 34, 111, 390, 392, 393, 397, 403, 404, 409, 411–13, 414, 416, 425, 427, 454

Joshua (the book), 26, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 76, 100, 114, 122, 129, 130, 141, 179, 198, 200, 202, 234, 236, 245, 246, 260, 295, 302, 309, 338, 352, 353, 396, 425, 495, 496, 530, 533, 550, 590, 594, 597, 607; its composition, 30–34, 112, 201; it contents, 22–24; its historical setting, 27–30; outline, 62; its plot, 65, 87, 112, 149, 156, 158, 220, 287, 291, 480, 495; title and canon, 21–22

Joshua (the person): and accomplishment summaries, 303–4, 330–34, 593; and land allocations, 385, 387–96, 396, 398–99, 402–4, 404–6 (Caleb), 406–9 (Judah), 409–13 (the Josephites), 413–21 (seven tribes), 447 and 451–53 (cities of refuge), 447–49 and 453–57 (Levites); and Moses, 21, 22, 25–26, 31, 56–58, 74, 77, 81–82, 83, 86, 89, 159, 186, 253, 259, 290–91, 399, 515–16, 592; and the five kings, 298–301; and the northern campaign, 323–28, 329–330; and the southern campaign, 301–3; as military commander, 80–81, 83, 96, 112, 113, 128, 306, 331, 346–47, 484, 550; as Moses’ aide, 25, 26, 73, 340, 350, 592; at Ai, 216–35; at Jericho, 177–78, 179–81, 185–94; at the Jordan crossing, 57, 145, 149–62; his biography, 25–27; his burning of Hazor, 24, 35, 321, 323, 329, 330, 331, 333; his ceremonies at Gilgal, 176–77, 181–85; his commission, 26–27, 34, 53, 56, 57, 74–83, 89, 94, 98, 100, 186, 300, 330, 396, 398, 399, 403, 518; his cursing of Jericho, 23, 66, 178, 195–96; his death and burial, 57, 590–93, 597; his inheritance, 421–22; his name, 25–26, 76; his obedience, 25–26, 27, 57, 75, 76, 83, 100, 148, 252, 303, 328, 330, 340, 350–55, 402; his posthumous title, 58, 77, 592; his reputation rise, 58, 147–48, 152, 159, 196, 253, 296, 303, 323, 330–31, 339–41, 353, 422, 515–16, 592; his spiritual qualifications, 26–27, 76, 387; Joshua and Jesus, 25, 76, 98, 107, 139, 167, 169, 212, 270–72, 315, 342, 350–55, 378, 381, 529, 530, 535, 581, 601, 604, 607; on Mount Ebal, 251–59; speeches of, 514–24, 545–55; “sun, stand still,” 23, 279, 282, 294–298

Josiah, King, 31, 62, 68, 80, 93, 163, 183, 199, 200, 253, 407, 417, 451, 454, 548

Jubilee, Year of, 191, 197, 585

Judea, Judeans, 318, 325, 355, 364, 376, 408, 409, 594

Judah, Judahite, 23, 24, 32, 33, 61, 62, 63, 93, 97, 129, 132, 216, 217, 222, 227, 257, 323, 331, 376, 387, 392, 396, 404, 405, 410, 413, 414, 417, 420, 427, 428, 429, 448, 453, 454, 482, 502, 595; boundaries and town list, 30, 34, 298, 364, 388, 389–90, 393, 397, 406–9, 415, 416, 422; districts, 407, 408; region (or kingdom) of, 136, 140, 199, 231, 311, 322, 325, 333, 370, 376, 447, 455–56

K

Kadesh Barnea, 224, 281, 303, 387, 388, 404, 406

Kenites, 288

Khirbet-el-Maqatir, 235

Khirbet Nisya, 235

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 511, 531, 586

king(s), 77, 79, 93, 107, 122, 137–38, 185, 186, 198, 200, 261, 262, 263, 264, 301, 302, 366–67, 368, 380, 488, 498, 524, 532, 552, 564, 595; Amorite, 89, 109, 120, 147, 162, 187, 191, 231, 277, 279–80, 292, 305, 309, 311–13, 357, 368, 365, 385–86, 399–400, 530, 533, 545, 553–54, 557, 595; Canaanite, 23, 24, 29, 36, 45, 48, 54, 57, 58, 60, 62, 109, 129, 147, 150, 159, 161, 162, 201, 235, 252, 277–79, 280, 281, 283, 284, 286, 291–92, 293, 298, 299, 300, 303, 304, 306, 307, 309, 311, 312, 313, 317, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, 331, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 343, 345, 350, 352, 357–58, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369–73, 378, 381, 398, 552; dangers of, 369–72; of Ai, 218–19, 221, 229, 231, 233–35, 247, 561; of Jericho, 109, 111–12, 114–19, 121, 123, 128, 135, 144, 177, 187, 218, 278, 280

Kinnereth, Kinneroth: Sea of, 360, 361, 386 (see also Galilee); town, 321, 324, 357, 395, 496, 499

kinsman-redeemer (goʾel), 461

Kiriath Arba, 333, 388–89, 390, 405, 406, 447, 448, 456

Kiriath Jearim (or Baal), 30, 163, 278, 388, 390, 393, 416, 567

Kiriath Sepher (or Sannah), 389, 390; see also Debir

knives, flint, 176, 181, 457

Kohath, Kohathite(s), 447–49, 453, 454, 455, 456–57, 463, 550

L

Lachish, 279, 280, 281, 292, 299, 301, 302, 324, 331, 358, 363, 389

land: allotment of, 24, 34, 388, 390, 391, 392, 404, 406, 409, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 418, 420, 421, 422, 425, 454, 455, 458, 496; (royal) land grant, 66, 411, 422, 425, 428; relation to identity, 426–30; see also the individual tribes

law, 82, 83, 90–91, 213, 246, 252–54, 256–57, 261, 262–63, 340, 425, 462, 483, 495, 527, 546, 560; Israelite, 285; Mosaic, 60, 73, 75, 81, 88, 92, 158, 163, 193, 201, 225, 251, 270, 371, 378, 463, 464, 478, 482, 514, 519, 538, 548, 560, 561, 596; Near Eastern 80, 425; of asylum, 453, 462; pharisaic, 105; Yahweh’s 46, 90, 201, 202, 529

Lebanon, 27, 29, 73, 78, 277, 325, 326, 328, 333, 385; Valley of, 322, 331, 357, 361

Lebo Hamath, 324, 385

Levi (tribe), 386, 387, 398, 400, 402, 403, 416, 417, 425, 453; its inheritance, 386, 387, 392, 398, 400, 402, 414, 450, 453, 454

Levite(s), 82, 145, 251, 258, 300; 387, 392, 403, 414, 429, 447, 448, 454, 466, 484, 495, 496, 568, 597; as models, 469–70, 472–77, 525, 530; background, 403–4, 417, 462–64; towns and pastures, 24, 53, 59, 64, 69, 340, 387, 398, 401, 404, 447–49, 450, 454, 455–58, 469, 472, 550, 561; see also church(es)

levitical cities, 365, 450, 453–58, 466, 473 Lewis, C. S., 343–44

Libnah, 280, 281, 301, 302, 303, 331, 358, 363, 389, 448, 456

liturgies (or readings), 171, 383–84

Lombardi, Vince, 94

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (movie), 102

lot(s) (goral), 23, 24, 34, 58, 67, 80, 226–27, 243, 244, 387, 392–96, 399, 403, 412, 413, 415–21, 423, 447, 448, 455, 456, 457, 496, 497, 518

Luther, Martin, 214, 531, 572

Luz, 390, 393, 416

M

Maacathites, 400

Maccabees: First, 528; Second, 93

Makkedah: cave of, 230, 280, 298, 302, 363; city, 279, 280, 293, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 331, 358, 363, 389

Manasseh, 32, 387, 390, 396, 403, 404, 418, 428, 483, 484, 485

Manasseh, East, 24, 34, 73, 85, 95, 146, 159, 357, 361, 385, 386, 391, 392, 399–402, 410, 414, 447, 448, 449, 450, 453, 455, 457, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 491, 494

Manasseh, West, 24, 34, 53, 57, 73, 340, 385, 391, 392, 402, 404, 404, 410–13, 418, 448, 449, 455, 457 Manasseh, King, 548 manna, 23, 70, 84, 176, 184, 205, 206, 495–96

Marron, Madon, 321, 323, 324, 325, 358, 362

Mary Magdelene, 345

Mary, 347, 378, 531

meditate (hagah), 73, 82–83, 101

Megiddo, 29, 30, 324, 358, 364, 365, 370, 391, 411, 412, 596

Merari, Merarite(s), 448, 449, 453, 454, 455, 457, 463

Merneptah Stele, 40, 42, 302

Merom: place, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 331, 412

Mesha Inscription, 198–99

Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, 70, 117, 196, 233, 547, 551; its gods, 554, 555, 562–66

Metaxas, Eric, 581

Midianites, 94, 400

mighty men, 86

Misrephoth Maim (place), 321, 328, 385

Moab, Moabites, Moabitess, 46, 57, 122, 136, 138, 140, 198, 202, 264, 399, 499, 501, 527, 545, 552, 557

Moody, D. L., 531

Moses, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 31, 43, 46, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 112, 113, 121, 123, 127, 145, 146, 147, 149, 152, 159, 163, 166, 179, 186, 191, 194, 202, 206, 223, 224, 225, 234, 235, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 270, 271, 272, 275, 278, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 296, 297, 300, 303, 304, 305, 306, 321, 322, 327, 328, 329, 330, 332, 334, 339, 340, 341, 345, 350, 351, 352, 353, 357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 365, 370, 371, 385, 386, 387, 391, 392, 397, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 410, 414, 415, 423, 447, 448, 450, 451, 453, 455, 460, 464, 469, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 487, 489, 493, 495, 496, 497, 498, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 538, 542, 545, 548, 551, 552, 554, 555, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 568, 573, 577, 581, 582, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 597, 599, 603

Mosley, Walter, 250

Mot, 121, 567

Mother Teresa, 531

Mrs. Miniver, 267–68

N

Naphtali, 24, 365, 415, 418, 447, 448, 449, 455, 457; boundaries and towns, 34, 335, 395, 420, 428

Naphoth Dor, 321, 325, 326, 358

Negev, 28, 256, 281, 303, 322, 331, 357, 359, 362, 364, 389, 394, 407, 408, 417, 422, 427

Nephilim, 333

Newton, John, 380

O

oath(s), 23, 46, 110, 122–23, 124, 125, 126, 127, 132, 168, 178, 192, 194, 195, 222, 248, 262, 263, 278, 286, 287–88, 291, 304, 307–8, 404, 423, 457, 458, 460, 488, 491, 519, 525, 533, 548, 585, 599

obedience, 14, 25, 27, 46, 57, 60, 75, 76, 81, 83, 87, 88, 90, 100, 130, 132, 133, 148, 151, 179, 180, 201, 202, 207, 220, 221, 223, 230, 237, 240, 252, 257, 295, 303, 328, 330, 340, 350, 351, 352, 353, 356, 433, 455, 460, 487, 495, 517, 518, 529, 540, 560, 579, 587

Og (king of Bashan), see Sihon (Amorite king) and Og (king of Bashan)

Opus (comic), 577–78

Othniel, 389, 407, 422, 425, 428

Our Town (play), 599–600, 606–7

Ozymandias (poem), 372

P

Passover, 23, 58, 126, 150, 158, 160, 166, 176, 179, 181, 183–85, 205, 207, 208, 258, 423 Paul: and farewell speeches, 528–31; and Silas, 343; his corporate worldview, 263; on being “not afraid,” 347–48, 355–56; on Christ’s power and authority, 313; on Christ’s victory, 213, 214; on Christian unity, 103–5, 440; on Christians as soldiers, 272–73; on Christians as temple, 174; on old and new Israel, 432–36; on the church as body, 237–38, 243, 245–47, 509; on Gentiles’ pre-faith status, 134–35, 142, 312–13; on God’s “amazing feats,” 533–34; on good conduct, 446, 536, 582; on Jesus’ lordship, 211, 373, 579; on the gospel’s power, 311, 350; on the land of Israel, 50–2; on the Lord’s Supper, 169–70; on “saints,” 601; on suffering, 587; on weakness, 438–39

Peanuts (comic), 440, 505

people of God, the, 58, 100, 105, 222, 263, 433, 434, 439, 506,; its mystical unity, 244–47, 600–602

Perizzites, 321, 326, 392, 411–12; see also Canaan (land), list of peoples

Peter, 167, 270, 376–77, 433, 445, 531, 542–43, 585, 587

Pharisees, 44, 91, 351, 585

Philistine(s), 29, 120, 131, 163, 164–65, 181, 283, 298, 333, 385, 398, 407, 408, 421, 454, 457, 565

Phinehas, 26, 68, 478, 480, 481, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 492–94, 495, 497, 500, 508, 511, 590, 594, 597

Plains: of Jericho, 147, 159, 176, 183; of Moab, 55, 58, 74, 76, 159, 252, 257, 263, 387, 400, 402, 423, 516, 527, 557, 562, 563, 564

polytheism, see idolatry priest(s), 24, 26, 33, 69, 132, 163, 191, 226, 286, 387, 391, 396, 403, 411, 422, 447, 448, 453, 462, 463, 476, 478, 480, 487, 492, 494, 511, 524, 529, 591, 594

promise(s), 22, 24, 25, 39, 49, 51, 53, 60, 61, 65, 70, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 85, 87, 90, 91, 115, 123, 134, 135, 151, 152, 159, 180, 184, 187, 208, 234, 242, 248, 256, 262, 278, 300, 312, 314, 327, 346, 347, 355, 361, 368, 378, 396, 397, 399, 403, 405, 412, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 434, 438, 439, 444, 445, 450, 459, 460, 482, 488, 496, 498, 514, 515, 522, 535, 539, 554, 556, 559, 560, 562, 573, 590, 593, 594, 595, 597; patriarchal, 50, 52, 88, 89, 96, 431, 432, 435, 443, 458, 520, 527, 549, 591; of victory, 54–55, 56, 113, 233, 305, 518

Promised Land, 22, 23, 47, 57, 59, 74, 77, 80, 95, 96, 98, 129, 137, 148, 205, 252, 266, 311, 421, 423, 425, 430, 444, 460, 465, 482, 485, 500, 521, 547, 555, 563, 591, 596, 598

prosperity, 30, 50, 83, 203, 264, 265, 266, 432, 591

Q

Qumran (or Dead Sea Scrolls), 22, 362, 449

R

Rahab, 23, 40, 44, 45–46, 53, 56, 58, 59, 60–61, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70, 100, 109–35, 138–44, 161, 162, 178, 191, 192, 194, 201, 202, 220, 222, 240, 245, 246, 258, 259, 281, 283, 284, 285, 290, 290, 314, 315, 339, 361, 440, 453, 481, 495

Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie), 163

Rameses II, 27, 324, 325, 327

reader, readers, 77, 82, 85, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129, 148, 153, 157, 159, 182, 185, 189, 196, 199, 200, 221, 222, 223, 253, 257, 274, 282, 284, 293, 295, 327, 328, 330, 336, 341, 362, 365, 372, 404, 405, 422, 455, 456, 461, 480, 481, 485, 487, 494, 549, 560, 589, 590

Rebekah, 97

Red Sea, 57, 109, 120, 121, 130, 148, 154, 160, 161, 166, 169, 173, 326, 501, 533, 545, 548, 551, 552, 556; see also Jordan River

Rephaim, 361; Valley of, 388, 393

Rephaites, 357, 361, 385, 392, 412

rest (theme), 24, 27, 31, 40, 45, 46, 54, 73, 78, 85, 86, 96, 98, 106, 107, 119, 142, 144, 153, 192, 212, 218, 220, 255, 282, 297, 298, 304, 322, 334, 341, 355, 378, 386, 387, 388, 391, 400, 401, 406, 447, 448, 449, 450, 455, 457, 458, 460, 465–67, 472, 477, 478, 482, 487, 496, 500, 514, 516, 517, 534, 563, 583, 584, 595, 600, 603

Reuben, Reubenites, 24, 34, 73, 85, 95, 146, 159, 357, 361, 385, 386, 388, 392, 393, 396, 400, 401, 406, 414, 447, 448, 449, 450, 453, 455, 457, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 491, 494, 498

“Roll, Jordan, Roll” (spiritual), 499–500 Robinson, Robert, 532 Ruth, 46, 71, 83, 84, 86, 96, 114, 122, 123, 132, 136, 137, 138, 140, 184, 186, 187, 202, 222, 305, 409, 500, 501, 519, 525, 527, 559, 598

S

Sabbath, 69, 88, 153, 157, 192, 477, 585

Safed the Sage, 71, 172

Sagan, Carl, 344–45

Samaria: hill country of, 325; region of, 355, 441, 442, 586

Samaritan(s), 446, 585–86; the good Samaritan, 446; the Samaritan woman, 585–86

Samson, 592

Sarah, 592, 596, 597

Satan (or the Devil), 98, 213, 214, 272, 343, 355, 377, 585

Saul: Israelite king, 75, 194, 284, 288, 306, 417, 528, 592, 594; of Tarsus, 355

Sea of Galilee, 324, 325, 360, 399, 401, 420, 457; see also Kinnereth, Kinneroth: Sea of

Sea Peoples, 29, 40, 324, 326

Sennacherib, 301, 302, 366, 488

Septuagint (LXX), 18, 22, 25, 52, 76, 78, 82, 86, 111, 117, 119, 124, 152, 156, 179, 181, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 230, 233, 257, 282, 295, 325, 362, 364, 365, 376, 378, 408, 416, 418, 435, 457, 484, 486, 494, 553, 554, 561, 580, 591

settlement, the, 22, 40, 53, 80, 167, 194, 334, 360, 396, 422, 533, 562

Sharon Plain, 29, 325, 364

Shasu, 37, 39, 41

Shechem, 24, 28, 29, 32, 40, 55, 58, 62, 150, 251, 254, 255, 260, 284, 364, 365, 391, 410, 417, 447, 448, 453, 456, 481, 517, 525–27, 545, 546, 549–50, 552, 554, 560, 561, 562, 563, 590, 593, 594, 602

Shephelah (or lowlands), 30, 37, 117, 282, 292, 293, 298, 325, 362, 364, 408, 417

Shihor River, 385, 398

Shiloh, 24, 289, 290, 335, 390, 392, 393, 396, 397, 404, 410, 413, 415, 422, 447, 455, 478, 481, 484, 485, 486, 490, 493, 494, 506, 517, 549

Shimʿon, Shimron, 321, 325, 358, 394

Shinar, 228

Shittim, 109, 145, 147, 150

Sidonians, 385, 398, 399, 426, 436, 438

Sihon (Amorite king) and Og (king of Bashan), 89, 109, 120, 121, 187, 191, 231, 277, 285, 292, 339, 357, 360–61, 365, 366, 385, 386, 399, 400, 401, 426, 530, 533, 552, 557

Simeon, 24, 34, 415, 502; town list, 394, 404, 407, 408, 417, 420–21, 447–48, 455–56

sin, 23, 48, 50, 76, 128, 134, 136, 142, 170, 207, 213, 214, 222, 224, 225, 237, 238, 240–41, 247, 248, 249, 250, 266, 269, 273, 317, 340, 378, 379, 380, 432, 436, 465, 479, 488, 489, 490, 492, 500, 501, 513, 540, 566, 568, 600; Achan-like examples, 241–42; accountability for, 242–44

Sinai, Mount, 25, 74, 93, 95, 97, 163, 186, 197, 206, 224, 252, 253, 255, 270, 271, 314, 423, 465, 548, 557, 558, 560, 561

Sirach, 233, 293

Sisera, 131, 186, 297, 365, 366, 367

Slesson, Mary, 531

Slusher, Pastor Pete, 173–74

solar eclipse, 296

Solomon, 27, 32, 33, 64, 76, 79, 90, 97, 121, 163, 193, 196, 289, 295, 300, 318, 335, 363, 379, 419, 420, 451, 465, 488, 518, 528, 529, 530, 550; administrative districts, 400, 402

Song of Deborah, 87, 131, 297, 366–67

Song of the Sea, 54, 130

Spamalot (musical), 107

spy, spies, spying, 22, 23, 25, 30, 53, 74, 76, 78, 97, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139, 141, 144, 147, 150, 178, 185, 187, 192, 194, 216, 220, 222, 224, 231, 236, 330, 333, 397, 404, 412, 415, 497, 552, 592

stones, 23, 37, 58, 146, 147, 148, 149, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 167, 169, 173, 174, 189, 216, 226, 229, 230, 236, 247, 257, 268, 298, 300, 340, 369, 372, 403, 415, 485, 517, 551, 562, 569, 571, 592; as grave markers, 23, 219, 235, 229–30, 561; memorial at Gilgal, 58, 146–49, 156–58, 160, 161–62, 167, 169, 173–74; with written law, 256–58; see also lot(s)

stone witness: at Shechem, 546–47, 561; by the Jordan, 24, 480–81, 491–92, 494–95; of Jacob and Laban, 491, 561; on Mount Ebal 251, 254–56, 269

suzerain-vassal relationship, 261–64, 287, 325, 369, 488, 520, 548

T

Taanach, 29, 30, 358, 364, 365, 367, 391, 411, 412, 449, 457

tabernacle, 93, 163, 193, 289, 318, 413, 451, 479, 480, 481, 487, 489, 492, 497, 506, 550, 561, 563; see also tent of meeting

Talmud, Talmudic, 17, 588

Tamar, 126, 132

temple, the, 50, 51, 79, 81, 90, 93, 94, 100, 163, 166, 174, 193, 196, 197, 200, 242, 289, 290, 295, 306, 312, 370, 413, 429, 432, 433, 463, 465, 571, 598

Ten Commandments, see Decalogue

tent of meeting, 26, 50, 51, 79, 81, 90, 93, 94, 100, 163, 166, 174, 193, 196, 197, 200, 242, 289, 290, 295, 306, 312, 370, 413, 429, 432, 433, 463, 465, 571, 598; see also tabernacle

theme(s), 24, 31, 43, 46, 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 74, 75, 76, 79, 83, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 111, 112, 120, 122, 128, 129, 130, 144, 148, 149, 151, 154, 156, 157, 164, 190, 192, 198, 202, 205, 211, 220, 221, 230, 234, 239, 240, 253, 257, 260, 267, 270, 282, 289, 291, 293, 296, 300, 303, 310, 323, 328, 330, 334, 339, 340, 344, 345, 359, 360, 365, 366, 367, 369, 375, 379, 380, 381, 397, 398, 400, 401, 402, 409, 410, 411, 414, 422, 423, 427, 432, 436, 438, 443, 444, 446, 450, 455, 457, 458, 459, 460, 466, 471, 481, 490, 495, 500, 503, 509, 515, 518, 528, 531, 532, 541, 548, 551, 552, 553, 582, 585, 586, 590, 591, 592, 594, 595, 597, 600, 604, 605

Thutmose III, 325, 327, 359

Tiglath-Pileser, 327

Timnath Serah, 24, 57, 396, 421, 422, 425, 457, 590, 592, 597, 602

The Lion King (movie), 375

The Little Mermaid (movie), 573

Tobit, 528

Traitor Within (movie), 133

Transjordan, Transjordanians, 22, 24, 26, 27, 31, 34, 54, 56, 74, 75, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 93, 96, 98, 106, 120, 129, 159, 224, 272, 340, 362, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 412, 414, 426, 451, 453, 457, 458, 478, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 500, 502, 503, 506, 508, 511, 512, 522, 548, 552, 554, 556; altar controversy, 24, 59, 62, 129, 130, 229, 478–80, 481, 485–95, 501–2, 503, 504

Trouble Valley, 23, 229, 230, 449; see also Achor, Valley of

Twain, Shania, 144

U

Ugarit, Ugaritic, 29, 66, 180, 196, 197, 361, 370, 425, 524, 564, 566–67

Urim and Thummim, 226, 487; see also lot(s)

V

violence, 21, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 54, 60, 106, 120, 140, 196, 198, 199, 200, 202, 273, 284, 304, 309, 310, 311, 417, 461

Vulgate, 125, 156, 252

W

war, warfare, 23, 24, 25, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 54, 55, 84, 86, 103, 106, 107, 108, 120, 130, 131, 134, 136, 147, 159, 177, 180, 182, 187, 188, 189, 191, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 205, 208, 211, 212, 221, 231, 252, 260, 272, 277, 283, 284, 286, 292, 297, 298, 301, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 318, 322, 327, 332, 334, 341, 342, 346, 352, 355, 356, 360, 371, 374, 376, 379, 380, 382, 388, 396, 405, 406, 465, 478, 480, 484, 486, 487, 493, 494, 511, 553, 587, 590, 598; Gulf War I, 213; World War II, 123, 213, 268

“Wars of the Lord,” Book of, 130

Watts, Isaac, 461

Wilberforce, William, 380

witness(es), 24, 58, 70, 82, 138, 174, 181, 227, 262, 269, 305, 348, 377, 413, 442, 479, 480, 481, 491, 492, 543, 546, 547, 552, 559, 561, 601; in law 559; cloud of, 600–03, 605

wordplay(s), 65, 127, 151, 153, 154, 228, 229, 230, 255, 378, 414, 421, 518, 522

Y

Yahweh: his last words, 450; the warrior, 43, 54–56, 93, 120, 235, 298, 301, 557

Yahweh-alone movement, 568

Yahweh(’s) war, 23, 43, 45, 54, 60, 80, 130, 132, 134, 180, 181, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 197, 198, 201, 208, 212, 213, 227, 230, 233, 293, 296, 310, 359, 518; see also Jesus war

Yam, 524, 567

Z

Zebulun, 24, 34, 395, 419, 420, 448, 449; boundaries and towns, 325, 394, 417–18, 419, 428, 455, 457

Zelophehad, daughters of, 391, 410, 411, 412, 425, 428, 439, 440, 496