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Pliny, 392, 527, 569

Plutarch, 514, 555

pollution, woman and symbolism of, 489

Polycarp of Smyrna, 448, 558

polygamy, 530, 538

polygyny, 538

Pompey, 380, 509

Jerusalem conquest by, 536

Pontius Pilate.
See
Pilate pork, abstention of, 515, 522

prayer, 13, 380, 381, 434–35;
see also
Lord’s Prayer

Amidah
, 534
in Gethsemane, 90–91
of Jesus, 189
persistence in, 125
for spiritual wisdom, 364–65

prediction, of Passion of Jesus, 32, 36, 76, 77, 79, 81–82, 120, 121, 139

priests

anointing of, 531
inherited and chosen roles of, 528–29
Levitical, 414–15
as messianic leaders, 534
rabbis vs., 527–30

prophecy, 39, 78

of Balaam, 5
charismatic, 536–37
of Enoch, 462
fulfillment narratives and, 566
of Isaiah, 67
oral and written, 466
Psalms and, 505
tongues and, 309–10

prophet

charismatic, 536–37
Elijah as, 32
Jesus as false, 581–82

prophetic figures, 531

John the Baptist as, 532–33

proselytes

Gentiles and, 273, 524
Ioudaios
and, 524–25
to Judaism, 554

Protestant Reformation, 557, 559, 561

Proverbs

Lady Wisdom in, 155
Wisdom in, 544

Psalms, book of, 1, 569

on Jesus’ crucifixion, 505
prophecy and, 505

Ptolemy II Philadelphus, on LXX, 563

purification rites

baptism as, 164–65, 532
hand washing, 73–74, 154, 161
water, 58

purity, 388

community, 294
laws, 123, 363, 502

Q

Q (Quelle), 1, 96

Qumran

cave, 569–70
excavations at, 570
John the Baptist and, 530
on proselytes, 525
sect, 526, 528, 529
Temple Scroll from, 517
Yaḥad
, 526–27

R

rabbi, 160, 594

amoraic, 593
inherited and chosen roles of, 528–29
priests vs., 527–28
tannaitic, 592
on radiant face of Moses, 319, 320

rabbinic Judaism, 505, 516

on circumcision, 518
law development by, 518

rabbinic literature, 506

midrash and, 565
parable in, 567
on Paul, 585–87

rabbinic texts, on Christianity and Jesus, 580–81

rabbinic traditions, 534–35, 580–81

Rav, 10, 160, 348, 350, 595

redemption

forgiveness and, 364–65
of Gentiles, 107

Reform Judaism, 583

Reform Movement, 535

remarriage, after divorce, 135, 502

repentance

baptism of, 58
teaching on, 203

rest, promise of God’s, 410–11

restoration, of Israel, 275–78

resurrection, 142, 156, 391

afterlife and, 312–13, 549–51
appearances of Jesus, 193–94
centrality of, 311
passion and, 47
questions about, 41

Revelation to John, 463–97, 558

Babylon as whore in, 489–92
beasts in, 483–85
interpretation of, 464
literary history of, 463
numerology of, 475
outline for, 463–64
seven bowls in, 487–88
seven churches in, 465–66, 468–72, 470
seven seals in, 474–76
seven trumpets in, 477–81

Revised Standard Version (RSV), 561

revolt

Bar Kochba, 506, 537
Diaspora, Jewish, 512
first Judean, 511–12, 533
Maccabean, 87, 507–8, 517, 550, 572
Mattathias, 508
second Judean, 512–13, 534

rich

favoring of, 430–31
Lazarus and, 135
poor and, 428
ruler, 138–39
scribe, 86
young man, 35–36

riches;
see also
wealth

emptiness of, 434
Kingdom of God and, 81

righteousness, 4, 7, 273, 421, 447

ritual, 363

calendar, 367
law, 518
purity, 123

ritual practices, 516;
see also
purification rites

hand washing, 73–74, 154, 161

Roman Catholic Church, 31, 253, 560

Roman Empire, tax collectors and, 40

Roman rule, in Jewish history, 509–11

Romans, Letter of Paul to, 253–86

authorship of, 253
commendation in, 285–86
Gentile audience of, 253–54
Paul on gifts in, 306–8, 552

Rome

Jerusalem destruction by, 2
Paul’s travel to, 250, 249–52

Rosh Ha-Shanah, 15, 18, 113, 123, 597

royal figures, 533–34

RSV.
See
Revised Standard Version

rulers, chronological table of, 590–91

S

Sabbath, 61, 155

abstention of work on, 515
healing on, 65–66, 130, 131
instructions for, 22–23
John, Gospel According to, and, 154
laws, 1, 527
observance, 363
plucking grain on, 65, 517
practices, 112

sacrifice

atonement of, 450
Christ as, for sin, 418–19
in Temple, 11

Sadducees, 391

dispute with, 85
James’s execution by, 528
Luke, Gospel According to, on, 527
oral tradition, 153
Pharisees vs., 527–28
on Sheol, 549
yeast of, 30

salvation, 104, 130–31, 275–78, 362, 376, 517

covenant and, 5
exhortations and, 400

Samaritan, 19–20, 508

parable of good, 96, 123, 124, 502, 540–43
reject the Jews, 121
woman, Jesus’ encounter with, 152, 155–56, 165–67

sanctification, 362, 375

Sandmel, Samuel, 571, 584, 586, 587

Sanhedrin council, 206, 243–44

Sanhedrin trial, 50, 91–92, 146–47

Satan, 7, 374, 493–94

Beelzebul and, 66–67
fall of, 482–83
Jews’ association with, 156

scribes, 42–43

Jewish law interpretated by, 63
rich, 86
warnings concerning, 142

Scroll of Lamentations, 566

second Judean revolt, 512–13, 534

Second Temple period

on dietary laws, 522
high priest and, 534
Jewish literature of, 584
Jewish miracle workers in, 536–37
Jews in, 158
Judean synagogues in, 519–20

sects, 529–30

Essenes, 391, 526, 527
Pharisees, 2, 6, 18, 30, 42–43, 53, 58, 64, 76, 110, 116, 126–27, 132, 135, 137–38, 153, 391, 526–28, 551, 583
Sadducees, 30, 85, 153, 391, 526–28, 549

Seleucids of Syria-Mesopotamia, 507

Hasmonean dynasty of, 508–9
Mattathias’s revolt against, 508

Septuagint (LXX), 504, 560, 562

Acts of Apostles and, 198–99
on Jewish law, 516
on Judaizers, 555
language of, 564
Luke, Gospel According to and, 96
neologisms of, 564–65
New Testament and, 563, 565
origins of, 563
Torah translation by, 561
Word of God in, 546

Sermon on the Mount, 1, 2, 7, 9, 516

servant

centurion’s, healing of, 16, 114–15
leadership, 145
unforgiving, parable of, 34

seven bowls, in Revelation, 487–88

seven churches, in Revelation, 465–66, 468–72, 470

seven seals, in Revelation, 474–76

seven trumpets, in Revelation, 477–81

sexual immorality, 294–96

sexual morality, 287, 297, 375–76

Shavuot (Weeks or Pentecost), 88, 526, 561

shekhinah, 2, 34, 98

Sheol, Sadducees on, 549

Shepherd of Hermas
, 413, 464, 482, 558–59

Sicarii, 527–29, 532

sign, 125, 126, 157, 161, 169–70, 289, 536;
see also
healing

end-time, 143
from heaven, 30
interpretations of, 129
John, Gospel According to, on, 153
Pharisees demanding of, 76
raising of Lazarus, 152, 180–82

Similitudes of Enoch
, 531, 545

Simon, 9

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