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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