Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
divine Wisdom, 289–91
Divine Word, 547
divisions and tractates, Talmudic, 603
divorce, 12, 297–98
adultery and, 503, 517
DSS on, 516, 517
Jesus’ protection of women in, 503
in Jewish family life, in first century CE, 538–39
marriage and, 34–35, 80–81
prohibition of, 80
remarriage after, 135, 502
DSS.
See
Dead Sea Scrolls
E
early Judaism, common errors about, 501–4
on heavenly father, 503
on messiah, 503
on outcasts, 503
on universalism, 504
on women, 502–3
earthquakes, 44, 54
Ecclesiastes, book of, on afterlife, 549–50
Ecclesiastes Rabbah
, 580
Ecclesiastical History
(Eusebius), 463, 558
education in first century CE, 540
Egypt
bureaucracy of, 507
Diaspora synagogue in, 520
flight to, 5–6
Jesus’ family fleeing, 566
elders, 456, 458
qualifications for, 398–99
tradition of, 28–29
Eleazar, 511, 533, 534
exorcism of, 536
Elijah, 53, 78, 107, 160, 164, 531
ascent to heaven, 159
call of, 59
charismatic prophecy of, 536
eschatological act of, 480–81
prophecies about, 79
as prophet, 32
role of, 533
Elisha, 107
charismatic prophecy of, 536
healing by, 79
Emmaus incident, 149–50
end-time signs, 143
endurance, 394–95
exhortation to, 393, 419
Enoch, 63, 77, 164
prophecy of, 462
Enoch
,
First
, on reward and punishment after death, 549–50
entombment, of Jesus, 53–54, 94, 149
Ephesians, Letter of Paul to, 345–53
authorship of, 345
blessing in, 346–47
Colossians comparison to, 365
Paul’s speech in, 239–40
Epictetus, 220, 258, 266–67, 279, 296, 398, 404, 525
Epistle of Barnabas
, 558, 559
epistles.
See
Pastoral Epistles
Epistle to the Laodiceans
, 559
eschatology, 378
David as redeemer and, 530–31
Elijah and, 480–81
Jesus and, 15, 480–81
judgment, 292–93
Matthew elements of, 44
on Messiah timetable, 534
Essene Hypothesis, 569, 570
Essenes, 391, 527
eternal life, sin and, 454–55
ethical law, Paul on, 518
Eucharist, 90, 184–85, 523
Euripides, 248
Eusebius, 1, 152, 463–64, 557, 558
evil, 295
careless speech and, 433–34
of humankind, 255–57
understanding occurrences of, 129
exaltation of Jesus, 408–9
excavations at Qumran, 570
exegesis, 516
exhortation, 366, 375, 395–96, 425–26, 462
to attention, 408
to endurance, 393, 419
on faithfulness in suffering, 392–93
to hope, 445
moral, 368
for patience, 447
for righteousness, 447
salvation and, 400
to virtuous behavior, 444
Exodus, the, 211–13
exorcism, 24, 29, 61, 69, 121, 536
Ezekiel, 464
John of Patmos as new, 473
Ezra
,
Fourth
, on Anointed One, 531
F
faith, 136
of Abraham, 337
children of God through, 338
forgiveness of sin and, 62–64
heroes of, 420–23
importance of, 428
law vs., 336–37
works vs., 337, 431–32
faithfulness
of Abraham, 261–63
of God, 261, 263–64, 282–85
life of, 278–80
in suffering, 392–93
of Thessalonians, 372
faithful obedience, of life in Christ, 264–65
false prophets, 15, 445–46, 453, 581–82
false teachers, 358–59, 384, 389–90, 443
family
of Abraham, 552
division within, 129
of Jesus, 117, 540, 566
Jewish, in first century CE, 537–40
Farewell discourse, Jesus’, 185–87
fasting, 14, 64–65
of Moses, 7
of Pharisees, 18
Feast of Tabernacles, 154, 155
Feast of the Dedication, 179
feeding
of five thousand, 27–28, 72–73, 119, 169–70
of four thousand, 29–30, 75
Felix, 245–46, 532
festival
dates, 367
harvest, of Sukkot, 38
Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot or Booths), 172–74
Festival of Unleavened Bread, 144
Festus, 246, 532
fidelity, 477
divine, 413–14
idolatry vs., 303
fiduciary.
See
wealth
fig tree
cursing of, 83–84
lesson of, 144
unfruitful, 130
final judgment, 443, 494–95
first century CE, Jewish family life in, 537–40
first Judean revolt, 511–12
Josephus on, 533
Flavius Josephus.
See
Josephus
food, 1;
see also
feeding; Last Supper; Passover meal; table fellowship
restrictions within Jesus Movements, 522
table fellowship and, 521–24
fool’s speech, of Paul, 328–30
forgiveness, 34
redemption and, 364–65
sin and, 62–64, 135–36
fornication, 369
Fourth Gospel.
See
John, Gospel According to
fulfillment narrative, prophecy and, 566
G
Gabriel, 545
Galatians, Letter of Paul to, 332–44
locations in, 334
LXX and, 564
Paul’s rebuke in, 333
on salvation, 517
Galilee, 6, 8, 59, 106
Gamaliel, 198, 209, 527, 529, 579
Gehenna, 20, 80
gender roles, 304
gender segregation, 539–40
genealogy, of Jesus, 3, 105–6
Genesis, in Aramaic, 569
Gentile Christians, 555–56
Gentiles, 55–56, 378
circumcision of, 515
conversion to Judaism, 515, 524–25
following law by, 518
in Jerusalem Temple, 503
Jews’ table fellowship with, 523–24
Jews’ union with, 348
Paul’s outreach to, 523, 553
proselytes and, 273, 574
redemption of, 107
Romans, Letter of Paul to, 253–54
Gerasene demoniac, 69–70, 117–18
German Bible, Luther’s translation of, 561
Gethsemane, 49–50
prayer in, 90–91
women and, 502
God, 58, 259–61, 547–48
armor of, 353
children of, 158, 338–39, 451–54
Christ as manifestation of, 467
elect of, 397
faithfulness of, 261, 263–64, 282–85
Paul deliverance by, 316–17
promise of rest of, 410–11
righteous judgment of, 379
Gog, 473
Golden Rule, 448–49, 543
Good Shepherd discourse, 178–80
Gospel of Peter
, 559, 577
Gospels
collection of, 558
on Pharisees and Sadducees, 527
parallel texts in, 596–97
grace, of Christian, 501
grain, plucking of, on Sabbath, 65, 517
Great Commandment, 502, 543
of love, 308–9
Greek sources
of LXX, 562–63
in New Testament, 560
H
Habakkuk, 569
Hadrianic persecutions, 506
hand washing, 73–74, 154, 161
Ḥanina ben Dosa, 536–37, 584
Hanukkah, 154, 179, 508, 531
Hasmonean dynasty, 508–9, 531, 572
High Priest and, 527
Ioudaios
and, 524
Josephus and, 575
Pompey and, 509
headcovering, 304, 305
healer, Jesus’ authority as, 16
healing, 23, 29, 32, 61, 75, 78–79, 107, 109, 121, 204
of blind men, 37, 76, 139, 177–78
of centurion’s servant, 16, 114–15
of Jairus’s daughter, 70–71, 118–19
of lame man, 153, 167–68
of leprosy, 16, 62, 110, 517
of paralytic, 17–18, 110–11
on Sabbath, 65–66, 130, 131
of woman with a hemorrhage, 70–71, 118–19, 502
heaven
Elijah’s ascent into, 159
treasures in, 128
war in, 482
heavenly temple, 487
cult, 478
Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), 1, 10, 504–7
biography in, 505
canons of, 600