Page numbers in bold refer to main entries;
those in italics refer to captionsA
Aaron 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 77, 84, 85, 87
Aaronide priests 85
Abednego 336
Abel 18, 36–37, 36
Abimelech 103
Abraham 18–19, 38, 39, 45 , 46 , 51 52 , 59, 118,
192, 277, 312–13, 326 , 332
God’s covenant with 14, 18, 44–47, 50
and the sacrifice of Isaac 19, 45, 50–53, 241,
313
and Sodom and Gomorrah 48–49
Abrahamic faiths 45, 91, 211
Abram see Abraham
Absalom 334
Achan’s sin 333
acrostic poems 141, 151, 221
Acts of the Apostles 13, 195, 201, 202, 261, 276,
280, 318
arrest of Paul 294–95, 294
and the ascension 275
conversion of Saul 290–91
Council of Jerusalem 292–93
and the Great Commission 276, 274 –77
Last Judgment 319
Pentecost 282–83
raising of Tabitha 286, 339
and the resurrection 271
spreading the Gospel 288–89
Stephen the martyr 339
works and miracles 284–87
Adam 18, 23 , 27, 27 , 28, 28 , 29, 32, 32 , 33, 33 ,
34 , 217, 255
Second Adam 35, 41
adultery 82, 118, 119, 338
Ahab, King 114, 124, 125, 126, 334–35
Ahasuerus, King (Xerxes I) 132
Ai 97, 333
Akedah 52, 53
Akkadians 41
Alexander the Great 165, 199
almsgiving 285
Amalekites 96, 101
Amarna Letters 64
Amel-Marduk 131
Amenemopet 149
Amish 209
Ammon 172Ammonites 118, 333
Amorites 97
Amos 13, 145, 169, 293
Ananias 290, 291
Andrew (Apostle) 201, 287
Angelico, Fra 191 , 240
angels 29, 39, 187
Angel of Death 72
Annunciation 178, 178 , 179
at the empty tomb of Jesus 269–70, 269 ,
272
and Balaam’s donkey 65, 89, 89
and Gideon 101, 101 , 102
Jacob wrestles with 19, 56 , 57
Jacob’s ladder 55
Michael the Archangel 302
Nativity 183–84
in Peter’s prison 287
and Samson 104–05
visit Abraham 48
visit Lot 49
animals
man’s dominion over 28
Noah’s Ark 41
see also lions; ravens; snakes; swine
Anna 182, 184–85
Annunciation 178–79, 178
anointing
anointed one (Messiah) 95, 179
for burial 247
Jesus anointed at Bethany 246–47, 246
Saul 95, 114–15, 114
Antioch church 292, 293
Antonia Fortress 251, 260, 261
Apis 84
apocalyptic literature 14, 324
see also Revelation
apocryphal books 13, 310, 311
Apostles 109, 202 , 203 , 257, 276
appointing 176, 200–203
Great Commission 177, 274 –77, 321
Pentecost 282–83
persecution of 287, 288
and the resurrection 271, 272–73
role of 201, 276
spreading the Gospel 288–89
tongues, gift of 282–83, 297
works and miracles 284–87
see also individual index entries
Apostolic Age 202
apostolic sees 203
apostolic succession 203
Aquinas, Thomas 28, 213, 225, 252
Aramaic language 165
Aristotle 306
Arius 299, 299Ark of the Covenant 86–87, 87 , 97, 99, 113–14,
121, 122, 333, 334
Ark of the Law 82
Ark, Noah’s 41, 41
Armageddon 318 , 320
armor of God 302–03
Artaxerxes I, King 133
Asaph 140, 141, 143
ascension 196, 275, 275 , 282 , 283, 318
Ashtoreth 85
Ashur 90
Assyrian Exile 129, 136, 168
Assyrian Tree of Life 245
Assyrians 43, 90, 128, 129, 131, 168–69, 170 ,
172, 217
Aten 140
Atrahasis 41
Augustine, St. 15, 34, 239, 239
Augustus, Emperor 184
aureola 275
Axum, Ethiopia 87B
Baal 85, 90 , 102, 124, 125, 127, 157–58
Babylon city 161
destruction of 49
symbolism of 321, 324
Babylonia, Babylonians
Code of Hammurabi 81, 81
conquest of Jerusalem 95, 128–31, 130 , 142,
158–59, 160–61, 171, 172
creation story 22
gods 22, 22 , 43, 90, 227
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 43
liturgies 141
Tower of Babel 42–43, 43
Babylonian Chronicles 131
Babylonian exile 22, 25, 37, 43, 47, 98, 129, 131,
143, 149, 154, 162, 163, 164, 171, 172
Balaam’s donkey 65, 89, 89
Balak 89
baptism 35, 277, 315
by Apostles 283
by John the Baptist 189
of the dead 195, 197
denominational methods of 197
of Jesus 176, 194–97, 195 , 235
Barabbas 261, 262, 266
Barak 101, 102, 320
Barnabus 292, 293
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Bartholomew (Nathanael) 202
Bathsheba 14, 95, 118–19, 119 , 121, 335
Battle of the Champions 117
Beatitudes 206
Beersheba 50, 332
Belshazzar, King 161, 164, 336–37
Ben-Hadad II, King 335
Benjamin 57, 159
Bethany 197, 226, 246–47, 250, 251, 275
Bethlehem 182–83, 185 , 186
Bethlehem prophecy 171
Bethsaida 229, 231
Bible 12–15
apocryphal books 13, 310, 311
divinity of scripture 309, 310–11
dual authorship concept 12, 308 –11
Hebrew Bible 25, 94, 113, 122, 136, 141, 150,
182, 184, 235
key themes 14
literary genres 13–14
New Testament 13
Old Testament 12–13
scholarship 14–15
translations 12, 310
Bildad 147
Bilhah 57
bishops 203
Boaz 108 , 109
bodily resurrection 295
see also resurrection
body politic 306
Book of Kells 309
Book of the Twelve 169
brazen serpent 238, 238 , 336
bread
bread of life 230
breaking of bread 230, 252, 272 , 273
unleavened bread 73, 87
Buddhism 211
burning bush 39, 64, 67, 68–69, 145
burning chariot (Elijah) 95, 126–27, 127 , 235
burning chariot (Ezekial) 162–63, 162C
Cain 18, 36–37, 36 , 68
mark of Cain 37
Caleb 88, 96, 99
Caligula, Emperor 261
Calmet, Antoine Augustin 225
Calvary 262–64
Calvin, John 34, 35
Cana, miracle at 179, 337
Canaan, Canaanites 39, 44, 46, 51, 56, 57, 88,
91, 94, 165
entry of the Israelites 96–97
Capernaum 222
Carmel, Mount 125
castration 289Catechumens 299
Cathars 199
Chalcedonian Creed 192, 193
cherubim 33, 34 , 122, 162–63, 162
child sacrifice 52, 124, 171
chosen people 46, 70, 73, 75, 77, 90, 102, 103,
114, 145, 163, 179
Christ see Jesus
Christianity
body of Christ 280, 306–07
covenants 46
early Christian community 283, 286–87,
315
Gentiles 277, 289, 292–93, 305, 339
monotheistic faith 45
persecution of Christians 240, 287, 288, 289,
290, 291, 295, 319, 321
spread of early Christianity 202–03, 277, 280,
288–89, 305
Christmas 185
Chronicles 87, 122, 336
church, concept of 307
Cicero 306
circumcision 46, 97, 184, 192, 292, 293, 297,
305, 313
Claudius Lysias 294
Cleopas 272–73
Code of Hammurabi 81, 81
Colossians 192, 305, 306–07
communion 253
concupiscence 34
Confucian Doctrine of the Mean 211
Constantine, Emperor 265, 299, 299
Corinthian church 297, 298
Corinthians 1 and 2 192, 195, 201, 239, 251, 265,
306, 307, 313, 321, 329
Holy Trinity 281, 298–99, 298
hymn to love 296–97
and the resurrection 271, 273
Cornelius 288, 292, 339
Council of Jerusalem 292–93, 299, 313
Council of Nicaea 299
Council of Trent 310
covenants 14, 44–47, 80, 173
with Abraham 14, 18, 44–47, 50, 53, 55, 59
Ark of the Covenant 86–87, 87
Five Great Covenants 45
New Covenant 46, 159, 245, 252
with Noah 40
Ten Commandments see Ten Commandments
Cranmer, Thomas 212
creation
allegorical interpretations 29
Babylonian creation story 22
ex nihilo 23
of humanity 26–29, 27 , 28
Psalms’ songs of creation 143, 144
remaking the world 41
of the universe 20–25, 24 , 25 , 40
watchmaker analogy 24
crime and punishment
Jewish 267
Roman 267cross 276
symbolism 265, 265
see also crucifixion
crown of thorns 260 , 262
crucifixion 27, 177, 179, 196, 245, 262–67, 263
death of Jesus 264
deposition 262, 264, 264
entombment of Jesus 240 , 264, 268–69
historical sources 260
repentant thief 27, 266–67
stages of the cross 262
curse of Canaan 332
Cyrus, King of Persia 154, 155, 161D
Damascus 290
Daniel 164–65, 324, 336–37
dream interpretations 59, 164, 165, 318, 336
in lions’ den 137, 164 , 165
Darius the Mede 164, 165
Darwin, Charles, On the Origin of Species 19,
24
David, King 15, 95, 112, 114, 120–21, 122, 123,
140, 140 , 171, 297, 334, 335
anointed king 115, 117
and Bathsheba 14, 95, 118 –19
and Goliath 95, 116 –17
Jesus’s descent from 95, 171, 178–79, 182, 183
and Jonathan 334
Psalms of David 141, 143, 264, 310
shepherd-king 143, 184
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) 87, 123, 167
Day of the Lord (Day of Judgment) 137, 172,
173 , 173 , 235, 318, 320, 321
see also Last Judgment
death and rebirth, symbolic 53
Deborah 101, 102, 320
Decalogue see Ten Commandments
Delilah 94, 106, 107, 107
demons
demonic possession 224–25, 224 , 227, 271,
286, 337
illnesses and 227
see also Satan
Deutero-Isaiah 90–91, 154
Deuteronomy 65, 82, 85, 94, 95, 97, 192, 198,
216, 220, 267, 285, 310, 333
law code 91
monotheism 90–91
devil see Satan
diaspora 290, 312
Dictamnus 69, 69
Dies irae 172
dietary laws 293
discipleship 201, 210, 276–77
see also Apostles
divination 186
divine spark 28, 29INDEX 345
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