A

Abijah, 267–68, 274–75

Abishag, 52, 61

abortion, 420–21, 648

accountability, 334–36

Acton, Lord John, 110–11

Adonijah, 21, 51–55, 59, 61–63

Africa, 437

Ahab, 21–22, 273, 298–99, 307, 323–29, 339–42, 350–55, 362

Ahaz, 563–69, 610

Ahaziah, 367–72, 473–75, 478

Ahijah, 222–23, 245–46

AIDS, 437

Amarna Letters, 181

Amos, 359, 383–84

Anabaptists, 72, 518–19

anger, 489

apostolic succession, 386–87

ark of the covenant, 169–72

Asa, 268–70, 275

Asherah, 268–69; Asherah poles, 246–47

Ashtoreth, 220

Assyria, 550–55, 563–69, 575–78, 597–604; Assyrian Black Obelisk, 21, 203, 476, 485, 675

Athaliah, 497–500

Azariah, see Uzziah

B

Baal, 22, 138, 140, 220–21, 246, 249–50, 296, 299–308, 480–81, 501–2

Baal-Zebub, 368–69

Baasha, 270–71, 277

Babylonians, 605, 610–12, 653–56, 663–65; Babylonian Chronicle, 633, 653

Barzillai, 57, 63

Bathsheba, 21, 51–55, 59, 61–62

Ben-Hadad, 269–70, 323–29

Benton, Thomas Hart, 645

Black Obelisk, see Assyria

Bolsheviks, 345

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 492–93

Bush, George W., 89

C

Cabul (in Galilee), 198

calendar in ancient Israel, 250

Calvin, John, 69–70

Camara, Don Helder, 345–46

Canaanites, 252–53, 566, 577, 622, 636–37

canon (Christian and Hebrew), 19–20

Chesterton, G. K., 507–8

Christmas, 260–61, 559

chronology of Kings, 22, 673–81

church, and political power, 281–84, 387–89; and state, 507–8, 517–19, 647–48; theology, 186–88, 192, 506; conflict within, 284–88, 586;

Clement of Alexandria, 213–14

Clinton, Bill, 332

composition of Kings, 36–37

conversion, 438–41

covenant, 135–37, 146–47, 173–75, 177–78, 227, 456–57, 502–5, 535–36, 583–88; covenant law, 24–26; new covenant, 585–88, 647

creation theology, 188–90

Crusades, 615–16

D

Damascus document, 581–82

David, 21, 26–27, 51–58, 60–63, 86–88, 248–49, 342–43

death, 668–70

democracy, see governments

Deuteronomistic History, 22–23, 29–33, 37, 103–5, 153, 168, 224–27, 295, 327–29, 331, 495, 532–33, 558, 580–81, 606, 650–51, 666

Divine Presence, 303

dream rituals, 80

E

Earth Day, 189–90

Easter, 260–61

Echo Farm, 423–24

economic oppression, 344–46

Edom, 529–30

Edwards, Jonathan, 189–90

Ehrenreich, Barbara, 148

Einstein, Albert, 210

Elijah, 22, 295–312, 340–41, 369–72, 379–85

Elisha, 304, 379–85, 395–96, 412–19, 429–31, 441, 447–58, 525–27

El Salvador civil war, 465

end times, 257–58

Enuma Elish, 140

Ethiopia, 465, 508

Eucharist, 493–94, 647

Exile, 26, 32, 37, 175–76, 575–82, 611, 642, 653–57, 663–67, 669–70

Exodus, 399–400

Ezekiel, 656–57

F

Fairbank, Samuel, 440

faith, 211, 587–88

faithfulness, 230–32, 612–18

famine, 461–62, 465

feminism, 364

festivals in the ancient Near East, 178–80, 243

Feuerstein, Aaron, 543

forgiveness, 287

free will, 360–62

G

Gath, 514

Gehazi, 430–36

gentleness, 490

Getui, Mary, 437

Gezer, 199

Gibbs, Nancy, 258

Gibeon, 77–81

Gibson, Mel, 157

Gilgal, 379

globalization, 110–12

governments, 64–69, 88–90, 108–12, 403; democracy, 68–69, 73–74; and religion, 363–65, 375–76, 507–8, 647–48; in ancient Israel, 358–59; oppression, 344–46, 461, 491–94, 508; law, 363–65; theocracy, 357–59

Greek text, see Old Greek

green revolution, 112

H

Hadad, 221

Hawking, Stephen, 152

Hazael, 453–54, 513–14

Hezekiah, 597–613, 643

“high places,” 36, 78–79, 578–79

Hiram, 120–24, 197–98, 203–4, 206–7

historical criticism, 206–7

historiography (history writing), 29–32, 254–55, 273, 276, 327–29

holiness, 152–54, 158–60

Holocaust, 406–8

“holy war,” 615

Hosea, 487–88

Hubmaier, Balthasar, 72–73

Huldah, 635, 639–40, 642

Hymn to Aten, 433

hypocrisy, 317–19

I

iconography, 160–62

idolatry, 192–93

Immanuel, 567–69

infertility, 420–21

injustice, 489–90

Isaiah, 555–57, 602–8, 620–21

Israel (ancient); civil wars, 270–73, 549–52; conflicts between Judah and Israel, 266–70, 528, 530; divided kingdom, 248–49; government in ancient Israel, 358–59

J

Jehoiachin, 665–66

Jehoiada, 499, 502, 515

Jehonadab, 480–81

Jehoram, 22, 473–74

Jehoshaphat, 350–51, 354–56, 359–60, 392–99

Jehu, 21, 475–89

Jeremiah, 646–47, 665–66

Jeroboam, 222–23, 242–47, 249–55

Jerome, 20, 79

Jervis, Laura, 231

Jesus, 66–67, 71, 154, 210–14, 316–17, 373–75, 435–36, 559–60, 583–84; miracles, 422, 440; new covenant, 585–88, 651; temple symbolism, 146–47, 155, 505–6; Transfiguration, 311

Jezebel, 22, 298–302, 306–7, 340–42, 478–79, 483–84

Jezreel, 339–40

Joab, 56–60, 63

Joash, 498–500, 511–17

John of Leiden, 72–73

John Paul II, 616–17

John the Baptist, 310–12

Jonah, 435, 538–39

Joram, 393–99, 473–78

Josephus, 19, 97, 120, 267, 317, 383–85, 397, 412, 454, 501, 603, 604, 620–21, 644–45

Joshua, 103

Josiah, 35–36, 633–46

Judaism, 309–10, 581–84, 669–70

judgment, 331–36

justice, 190–93, 287, 346, 539–41

K

kingdom of God, 559–61

kings, and God’s will, 357–60

L

Lacau, Pierre, 204

Leibniz, G. W., 650

Lewis, C. S., 312–13

liberalism, 364–65

Lisbon earthquake of 1755 , 650

Luther, Martin, 283, 374–75, 389, 517

LXX, see Septuagint

M

market (stock market), 313–14

Marx, Karl, 214

mammon, 314–15

Manasseh, 620–27

materialism, 306–8, 312–17, 588–89; philosophical materialism, 312–13

martyrdom, 494, 506, 613

Mengistu Haile Mariam, 508

Menno Simons, 519

Mephibosheth, 666

mercy, 336, 435, 538–39, 541–42

Meserete Kristos Church (Ethiopia), 508

Mesha, 392–94

Micaiah, 351–54

miracles, 419, 421–23, 455

missions (Christian), 463–66

Moab, 392–94, 396–99, 402

Moore, Michael, 357

Moses, 103, 302–3, 308–9, 311–12, 617–18

Mount Carmel, 299

Mugabe, Robert, 627–28

Müntzer, Thomas, 71–73

mysticism, 361

N

Naaman, 427–36, 441

Naboth, 339–42

name theology, 180–83, 329–31, 399–400, 656–57

Naram-Sin, 254–55

Nathan, 53–55, 61–62

National Prayer Breakfast, 89

Ncube, Pius (Archbishop of Matabeleland, Zimbabwe), 437

Nebuchadnezzar, 653–56, 663–65

Neufeld, Dietrich, 659

New Yorker, 259

number schemes, 136–37, 220, 302, 304

O

Obadiah, 298–99

Old Greek (translation of the Old Testament), 55, 58, 77, 95, 355, 368, 370, 644, 671–72, 676–77

Omri, 21, 271–73, 278–80

Origen, 20

Ortberg, John, 228–29

P

Park, Harold, 561

Passover, 638, 647

pastoral work, 256–57

Peasant’s Revolt, 71–72

Peter, 386–88

politics; the church and political power, 281–84; political activism, 71–74

postmodernism, 256–57

Potok, Chaim, 152

prayer, 361–62

priesthood; priests in ancient Israel, 358

“promise to David,” 60–67, 103–5, 182–83, 203, 223, 503–5, 557–58, 567–68, 667–68

prophecy, 27–29, 222–23, 244–46, 249, 251–52, 257, 326–27, 351–54, 357–59, 382–85, 395–96, 476, 527, 536–37, 568–69, 639–40

prosperity gospel, 107–8, 149, 210

prostitution, 81–83, 90–91; shrine prostitutes, 247

Q

Queen of Sheba, 201–4

Qumran, 581–83, 586–88

R

Recabites, 480–81

reconciliation, 287

Rehoboam, 240–42, 247

religion, 288; religion and government (religious freedom), 363–65, 375–76

rest theology, 183–85

Riley, Bob, 109

rituals, 159–61, 185, 300

Romero, Oscar, 493–94

Russian revolution, 344–45, 658–59

S

Sabbath, 183–85, 191, 667

sacred stones, 247

sacrifices (ritual), 176–77

Samaria, 279–80

same-sex marriage, 519

Sanneh, Lamin, 317–19

Saul, 342–43

Scripture, 648–49

Sennacherib, 599–604, 606–7

Septuagint, 671–72; book and chapter divisions, 19, 323; verse additions, 77–78; differences with Hebrew Bible, 95, 100, 123, 128, 206

sex offenders, 541–42

shalom, 483–84

shamanism, 439

Shechem, 240, 242–43

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 558

Shemer, 272–73

Short, Clare, 405

siege warfare, 450–52

Sinai, 138

Sinclair, Gordon, 420–21

Sittler, Joseph, 189

slavery, 560

Smith, Michael (pseudonym), 285–86

Smith, Most Reverend Peter, 108

Sokhokhow, Shmuel, 209

Solomon, 21, 26, 51–63, 95–100, 226, 610, 642–43; contrasted with David, 86–88; dedication of the temple, (see temple); end of his reign, 218–23; palace, 119–20, 129–31; wealth and fame, 107–8, 197, 200–208; wisdom of, 77–78, 81–83, 101–8

sovereignty of God, 135–36, 360–62, 649–51

spiritual warfare, 460

Stalinism, 344–45

standing stones, 393

Stevens, Ray, 210

Stewart, Brian, 463–66

suffering, 154–58

submission to authority, 69–71

Swiss Brethren, 518

T

tabernacle, 144

Tarshish, 200–201

taxes, 108–10

Tel Dan inscription, 534

temple, 119–29, 134–44, 512–13, 567, 634–35; artifacts, 131–34, 144–46; Christ as, 146–47, 155, 505–6; dedication of, 168–77; symbolism of, 150–52, 160–62; theology, 186–88

terrorism, 333, 335, 614–15

Thebes, 204–5

theocracy, see governments

“the people of the land” (civic leaders of Judah), 500, 548, 623, 626, 634

Tripp, Bishop Howard, 108

Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 287, 336

Tutankhamun, 204

Tuthmosis III, 204

Tyndale, William, 648–49

Tyre, 120–24

U

Uganda, 423

Ugarit, 304–5

“until this day,” 34–36, 579–80

Ur, 204

Urim and Thummim, 358

utopianism, 313

Uzziah, 547–49

V

Voltaire, 650

W

Walensa, Lech, 464

Wanamaker, John, 315–16

war, 403–6, 459

warrior theology, 399–401, 457–59

Watoto Child Care Ministries, 423–24

wealth, 107–8, 208–15, 569–71

Wilberforce, William, 333, 560

wisdom, 83–88, 90–91, 105–8, 212, 226–30, 458–59

Wooley, Sir Leonard, 204

work, 232

worldliness, 255–57

Y

Yancey, Philip, 150

Z

Zedekiah, 663–64, 667

Zimbabwe, 627–28

Zion, 138–39

Zoba, Wendy, 259–60