Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
The Quest of the Historical Jesus
(Schweitzer), 219
“Rebellion” (Dostoevsky), 266–67
redemptive suffering: Israel’s restoration through, 78–83; Joseph’s story on redemptive, 132–34; other examples of, 134–38; Paul on, 148–53; positive benefits of, 151–57; salvation and, 138–44.
See also
salvation
resurrection: Paul’s teachings on the, 237–42; suffering until the time of, 244–46
Revelation.
See
book of Revelation
sacrifice: Christian understanding of atonement as, 83–86, 142–53, 235, 236;
the Jewish system of, 75–77; “offering of Isaac” as, 168–70; Second Isaiah’s substitutionary, 77–83
salvation: formula of, 85; suffering and, 138–44; through rejection, 144–51.
See also
atonement doctrine; redemptive suffering
Samaria, 46–47, 74, 97, 98
Samuel, 72
Satan (“the adversary”), 163, 165–68, 215–16, 251
Schweitzer, Albert, 219
Second Isaiah, 77–83
Second World War: death and suffering during, 57–58, 121; experience of author’s father during, 58–61; Holocaust of, 11, 21–27, 277
sin: atoning sacrifice for, 85–86, 142–53, 235, 236; Deuteronomistic History on consequences of, 100–106; New Testament on consequences of, 106–11; paradox of suffering and, 119–23; prophets on suffering caused by, 96–100; relationship between suffering and, 84–88, 96–100, 137–38.
See also
disobedience; evil
666 symbolism, 253
Solomon, King, 72–73, 106, 120, 138, 192
Son of Man.
See
Jesus Christ
southern kingdom (Judah), 42, 74, 202
Stephen, 108
stoning punishment, 108–9
Suffering: A Test of a Theological Method
(McGill), 272
suffering: book of Revelation’s description of, 254–55; Christ as solution to, 272–74; comparing Old and New Testaments on, 88–90; Enlightenment view of, 10, 26, 121, 269; finding solutions to world’s, 276–78; during First and Second World Wars, 11, 21–27, 57–61, 121–22; God as providing strength to deal with, 271–72; of natural disasters, 230–32, 259; New Testament’s view of, 83–88; paradox of sin and, 119–23; reactions to, 111–19; redemptive, 78–83, 132–57; relationship between sin and, 84–88, 96–100, 137–38; as test of faith, 164–68, 275.
See also
physical suffering; problem of suffering
suffering as punishment: additional biblical references to, 62–64; Deuteronomistic History of Israel on, 69–74; as fallacy, 96; Pentateuch theme of, 64–69; prophetic view on Israel’s, 27–31, 34–42, 61–62, 203, 264.
See also
punishment
“suffering servant,” 82, 281nn.8, 9
theodicy: apocalypticism as ancient king of, 256; assertions on God and suffering by, 8–10, 26; assumptions of, 121; insolvable philosophical problem of, 122–23; origins of term, 8
Third Isaiah, 77
Tilley, Terrence, 122
Torah: forbidden by Assyrian rulers, 208; law of sacrifice in the, 75–76
Trumbo, Dalton, 58
United Nations, 129
utopia,
89
vanity, 191–93
vindication (apocalyptic), 217–18
Voltaire, 11–12
wealth: ephemeral nature of, 191–92; inequality of, 97–100
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
(Kushner), 7, 8, 270
Whisenant, Edgar, 225–26
Wiesel, Elie, 7
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Genesis 2:17, 64
Genesis 3:14–19, 65
Genesis 4, 101
Genesis 6:5, 65
Genesis 6:6, 65
Genesis 9:11, 66
Genesis 19:24–26, 66
Genesis 21:1–7, 169
Genesis 22:1–14, 76
Genesis 22:12, 169
Genesis 22:13–14, 169
Genesis 22, 168
Genesis 37–50, 132
Genesis 37:1–11, 132
Genesis 37:18–20, 132
Genesis 39, 113
Genesis 41, 133
Genesis 50:15–18, 134
Genesis 50:19–20, 134
Exodus 1:8, 102
Exodus 4:21: 10:1: 14:17, 135
Exodus 4:21, 135
Exodus 8:15, 32, 135
Exodus 10:1–2, 135
Exodus 14:17–18, 136
Leviticus 1–7, 75
Leviticus 1:4, 76
Leviticus 4:35, 76
Leviticus 5:16, 76
Leviticus 18:5, 20:12, 37
Numbers 13–14, 67
Numbers 14:22–23, 67
Deuteronomy 21:23, 142, 236
Deuteronomy 28:1–6, 68
Deuteronomy 28:16–28, 68
Deuteronomy 28, 67
Joshua 1:5–8, 70
Joshua 6, 70, 102
Joshua 7, 71
Judges 10:6–9, 72
Judges 19:1, 105
Judges 19:22, 104
Judges 19:23–24, 104
Judges 20–21, 105
Judges 21:25, 72
1 Samuel 9, 32
1 Samuel, 72
2 Samuel 10:1; 16:12–13, 149
2 Samuel 11, 105
2 Samuel 12:15, 138
2 Samuel 12, 32, 137
2 Samuel, 69, 72
1 Kings 5:13–18, 106
1 Kings 6–9, 106
1 Kings 9:4–7, 73
1 Kings 9:15–22, 106
1 Kings 11:1, 73
1 Kings 11:3, 73
1 Kings, 69, 72, 73
2 Kings 17:5–18, 74
2 Kings 22:16–17, 74
2 Kings 25, 77
2 Kings, 42, 64, 73–74
2 Kings, 69
Job 1:1, 164
Job 1:5, 76
Job 1:11, 165
Job 1:20, 166
Job 1:22, 166
Job 2:3, 168
Job 2:5, 166
Job 2:7, 166
Job 2:10, 166
Job 3:1-3, 11–12, 16, 174
Job 3, 112
Job 4:1–2, 7–9, 175
Job 6:24–25, 28, 30, 178
Job 7:13–16, 19, 180
Job 7, 165
Job 8:1–7, 176
Job 9:13–20, 182
Job 11:1–6, 177
Job 14:11–12, 181
Job 16:12–14, 16–17, 179
Job 21:7–9, 12–13, 181
Job 22:4–7, 9–10, 177
Job 23:3–7, 183
Job 27:3–4, 182
Job 30:18–21, 179
Job 31:35–37, 183
Job 38:2–7, 184
Job 38:12, 16–18, 22, 33–35; 39:26–27, 186
Job 40:1–2, 186
Job 40:3–4, 186
Job 40:6–9, 186
Job 42:2, 5–6, 187
Job 42:11, 168
Psalms 22, 149
Psalms 6:2–4, 6–10, 115
Psalms 22:14–21, 119
Psalms 22, 83
Psalms 137:1–9, 117
Psalms 137, 116
Proverbs 2:11–12, 264
Proverbs 3:33, 62
Proverbs 10:3, 62
Proverbs 11:8, 63
Proverbs 11:19, 63
Proverbs 12:21, 63
Proverbs 13:21, 63
Ecclesiastes 1:1, 190
Ecclesiastes 1:2–6, 8–11, 191
Ecclesiastes 1:16–2:23, 192
Ecclesiastes 2:11, 192
Ecclesiastes 2:17, 192
Ecclesiastes 2:20, 192
Ecclesiastes 2:24, 192
Ecclesiastes 2:26, 192
Ecclesiastes 5:18–19, 194
Ecclesiastes 6:1–2, 192
Ecclesiastes 7:15, 193
Ecclesiastes 8:14, 193
Ecclesiastes 8:15, 194
Ecclesiastes 9:1–3, 193
Ecclesiastes 9:4, 193
Ecclesiastes 9:5–6, 194
Ecclesiastes 9:11–12, 193
Isaiah 1:4–9, 49
Isaiah 1:21–25, 49
Isaiah 1:23, 99
Isaiah 3:14–15, 99
Isaiah 3:24–26, 50
Isaiah 6:1–2, 50
Isaiah 6:11–12, 50
Isaiah 10:2–3, 50
Isaiah 10:20–27, 51
Isaiah 40–55, 77
Isaiah 40:1–2, 78
Isaiah 40:2, 78
Isaiah 40:3–5, 79
Isaiah 40:29–31, 79
Isaiah 41:8–10, 80
Isaiah 41:8; 49:3, 82
Isaiah 47:6, 11, 78
Isaiah 49:3, 80, 139
Isaiah 52:13–53:12, 80
Isaiah 53:3, 83
Isaiah 53:4–5, 139
Isaiah 53:5, 83
Isaiah 53:7, 83
Isaiah 53:9, 84
Isaiah 53:10, 84
Isaiah 53:12, 83
Isaiah 53, 83, 139, 140, 149
Isaiah 54:7-8, 79
Jeremiah 5:15–17, 51
Jeremiah 5:26–29, 100
Jeremiah 7, 112
Jeremiah 9:11, 52
Jeremiah 11–20, 112
Jeremiah 11:19–20, 113
Jeremiah 15:19–21, 52
Jeremiah 16:4, 52
Jeremiah 19:8–9, 52
Jeremiah 20:14–18, 113
Jeremiah 31:15, 103
Jeremiah 52, 77
Hosea 1:6, 43
Hosea 1:9, 43
Hosea 2:3–4, 44
Hosea 2:8–12, 44
Hosea 9:1–3, 45
Hosea 10:14–15, 45
Hosea 13:4–9, 46
Hosea 13:16, 47
Amos 1–2, 36
Amos 1:1, 34
Amos 1:3–4, 35
Amos 1:6–8, 36
Amos 2:6–7, 98
Amos 2:6–15, 37
Amos 3-5, 214
Amos 3:1, 38
Amos 3:3–6, 38
Amos 3:11, 38
Amos 4:1, 98
Amos 4:2–3, 99
Amos 4:6–11, 264
Amos 4:6–12, 40
Amos 5:1–11, 98
Amos 5:21–24, 41
Amos 7:14, 34
Amos 9:10, 41
Amos 9:14–15, 42
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Matthew, Gospel of 1:6, 138
Matthew, Gospel of 2:18, 103
Matthew, Gospel of 4:1–11, 234
Matthew, Gospel of 5:17–20, 142
Matthew, Gospel of 5, 223
Matthew, Gospel of 13:40–43, 222
Matthew, Gospel of 18:4, 223
Matthew, Gospel of 19:28, 222
Matthew, Gospel of 24:32–34, 226
Matthew, Gospel of 25:26, 88
Matthew, Gospel of 25:31, 87
Matthew, Gospel of 25:34–35, 87
Matthew, Gospel of 25:41–43, 88
Matthew, Gospel of 25, 87
Mark, Gospel of 1:15, 219, 220, 255
Mark, Gospel of 8:38, 221
Mark, Gospel of 9:1; 13:30, 219
Mark, Gospel of 9:1, 205, 255
Mark, Gospel of 10:31, 223
Mark, Gospel of 10:45, 86, 143
Mark, Gospel of 13:23–29, 221
Mark, Gospel of 13:24–27, 222
Mark, Gospel of 13:30, 205, 255
Mark, Gospel of 13:33–37, 224
Mark, Gospel of 14–15, 143
Mark, Gospel of 14:22–24, 86
Mark, Gospel of 14:36, 170
Mark, Gospel of 15:24, 107
Mark, Gospel of 15:31, 233
Mark, Gospel of 15:34, 143
Mark, Gospel of 15:38–39, 143
Luke, Gospel of 3:7–9, 220
Luke, Gospel of 6:24–26, 224
Luke, Gospel of 6, 223
Luke, Gospel of 7:22–23, 235
Luke, Gospel of 9:48, 223
Luke, Gospel of 12:45–56, 225
Luke, Gospel of 14:11, 223
Luke, Gospel of 17:24, 26–27, 30, 221
Luke, Gospel of 21:20–24, 110
John, Gospel of 1:29, 250
John, Gospel of 3:3, 257
John, Gospel of 11:4, 137
John, Gospel of 11:25, 136, 234
John, Gospel of 11, 136
John, Gospel of 14:1–3, 257
Acts 1:8, 146
Acts 3:12–15, 145
Acts 4, 5, 7, 146
Acts 7, 108
Acts 8:1, 147
Acts 9, 145, 153
Acts 13:44–49, 147
Acts 14:19–20, 109
Romans 1:18, 85
Romans 3:23–25, 85
Romans 3:24–25, 139
Romans 7, 142
Romans 8:18–23, 245
Romans 9:2–3, 151
Romans 11:11, 151
Romans 11:25–26, 151
1 Corinthians 1:23, 150
1 Corinthians 2:2, 107, 140
1 Corinthians 15:3–5, 239
1 Corinthians 15:3, 85, 140
1 Corinthians 15:6–8, 239
1 Corinthians 15:51–53, 242
1 Corinthians 15:54–55, 242
1 Corinthians 15, 239–41
2 Corinthians 1:2–7, 152
2 Corinthians 1:7–10, 153
2 Corinthians 1:8–10, 119
2 Corinthians 11:23–26, 110
2 Corinthians 11:23–29, 246
2 Corinthians 11, 245
Galatians 1–2, 237
Galatians 3:1, 107
Galatians 3:13, 142, 236
Galatians 3:21, 141
Galatians 6:11, 153
1 Thessalonians 2:14–16, 148
1 Thessalonians 4:15–17, 243
1 Thessalonians, 243
Philemon 2:7–9, 170
Philemon 2, 237
Hebrews 3, 84
Hebrews 4–5, 84
Hebrews 4:12, 249
Hebrews 9–10, 84
Hebrews 10:10, 84
Hebrews 10:12, 84
Hebrews 9–10, 76
1 Peter 2:22–24, 140
1 Peter 4:12–13, 19, 170
1 Peter, 170
2 Peter 3:8, 247
Revelation 1:1,7, 248
Revelation 1:1, 248
Revelation 1:12–13, 248
Revelation 1:19, 249
Revelation 2–3, 249
Revelation 4–22, 249
Revelation 4:1, 249
Revelation 5:1, 249
Revelation 5:6, 249
Revelation 6:12–13, 250
Revelation 8:1–2, 250
Revelation 16:1–2, 250
Revelation 17:6, 252
Revelation 17:9, 252
Revelation 17:18, 252
Revelation 18:2, 250
Revelation 19:11, 251
Revelation 19:17–21, 251
Revelation 20:1–6, 251
Revelation 20:11–15, 251
Revelation 21:9–27, 251
Revelation 22:12, 251
Revelation 22:20, 247, 251
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POCRYPHA
1 Maccabees 1:11–15, 207
1 Maccabees 1:20–23, 208
1 Maccabees 1:24, 208
1 Maccabees 1:29–31, 208
1 Maccabees 1:42, 208
1 Maccabees 1:44–50, 208
1 Maccabees 1:59–61, 208