Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
apocalyptic literature and, 535
in Jewish history, 535
rabbinic traditions, 534–35, 580–81
Reform Movement, 535
messianic secret, 56–57, 66
Metatron angel, 465, 544–45
Michael angel, 460, 531, 545
midrash, 4, 548
Ecclesiastes Rabbah
, 580
in Matthew, Gospel According to, 567
New Testament parables and, 565–69
ministry, 276
of glory, 319
of hardship, 321–22
of Jesus, 183–84
of new covenant, 319–20
of reconciliation, 322–23
miracle, 76, 208
in Gospels and Acts, 536
of conception of Jesus, 4
Mishnah, 502, 551, 557
date of, 506
as law book, 518
on neighbor, 528
on reward and punishment after death, 550
mission, 19, 366
of disciples, 71
of Jesus, 62
of seventy, 122–23
missionary
instructions, 19–20
journeys of Paul, 224, 228, 235
mandate by Jesus, 109
sites, 215
modern Jewish thought, Jesus in, 582–85
Montefiore, Claude, 583, 586, 587
moral exhortation, 368
moral law, 518
on neighbor, 541–42
Moses, 31, 391–92, 513
conception of, 2
eschatological act of, 480–81
exodus and, 211–13
Jesus comparison to, 2, 154, 409–10, 504–5
Philo on, 573–74
radiant face of, 319, 320
Mount of Olives, 44, 49, 82–83, 93, 146, 532
MT.
See
Masoretic text murder, 11, 127, 502
mustard seed, parable of, 26–27, 130
N
Nachmanides (Ramban), 303, 431
nativity, 4–5, 96
Nazareth, 6
Jesus rejection by, 27, 71, 106–7
neighbor
Golden Rule and, 543
Jesus on, 543
Jewish and Christian concept of, 540–43
Judaism and, 123
Leviticus on, 541–42
love of, 502, 540–41
Mishnah on, 528
neologisms, of LXX, 564–65
Nero, 463, 511
new covenant, 407;
see also
New Testament
of Jesus, 506
ministers of, 319–20
new Jerusalem, in Revelation, 495–97
New Jewish Publication Society (NJPS), 516
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), 284
translation and Septuagint, 562
translation of “law,” 516
New Testament, 504–7
canon of, 557–60
children of light in, 570
divine Messiah in, 505
Greek sources, use in, 560
Hebrew Bible, comparison to, 505–6
Israel’s laws and, 505
Jewish law in, 505, 515–16
Josephus narratives and, 576
LXX and, 563, 565
midrash and, 565–69
period, Jewish movements of, 526–30
Philo and, 574–75
as translation, 561
NJPS.
See
New Jewish Publication Society
NRSV.
See
New Revised Standard Version
numerology of Revelation, 475
O
olive tree allegory, 275–76
oral prophecy, 466
Oral Torah, 341, 518
oral tradition, 153
Ovid, 163, 227, 304, 308
Origen, 458, 558, 563, 575, 577
P
pagan, synagogue donated by, 520
Palestinian Talmud, 580
Palestinian Targum, 547–49
Papias, 1, 55, 557
parable, 7, 24, 34, 40, 46–47, 66, 96, 132–35, 139–41
of good Samaritan, 96, 123, 124, 502, 540–43
Kingdom of God and, 67–68
of mustard seed, 26–27, 130
of New Testament, midrash and, 565–69
of Pharisee and tax collector, 137–38
of sower, 25, 116–17
of vineyard, 2, 36, 39, 84–85, 567
of yeast, 26–27, 130
paraenesis (moral exhortation), 368
parallel texts, 598–99
paralytic, Jesus’ healing of, 17–18, 110–11
parent, love between child and, 539
parousia, 44, 372, 376
Passion of Jesus
narrative, 56, 190–91
prediction of, 32, 36, 76, 77, 79, 81–82, 120, 121, 139
resurrection and, 47
Passover, 88, 511, 526
John, Gospel According to, and, 154
preparations for, 144
Passover meal, 48, 89, 184, 522
Pastoral Epistles, 383, 391, 397–98
patience
care in speech and, 434
exhortation for, 447
Paul, 319, 320, 326–27, 384–85, 557
Agrippa and, 246–47
apostle, 66
apostles, meeting with, 335–36
as believer in Christ, 242–43
body metaphor of, 297–98, 307–8
on circumcision faction, 523, 552, 555
conversion of, 216–18
defense of, 247–49
on dietary laws, 522
doctrine of the Trinity and, 293
on ethical law, 518
Felix and, 245–46
Festus and, 246
fool’s speech of, 328–30
Gentile outreach by, 523, 553
God’s deliverance of, 316–17
on God’s Spirit, 554
imprisonment of, 355–56
in Jerusalem, 240–42
Jewish Christians and, 555
on Jewish law, 516–18
in Jewish thought, 585–87
journey of, 223, 230–32, 236–39
Judaism and, 333–34, 551–54
on justification, 287
missionary journeys of, 224, 228, 235
on olive tree allegory, 275–76
persecuted by the Jews, 578
persecution of, 552
as Pharisee, 527, 551
Philemon, his appeal to, 404–5
preaching of, 224–27
on proselytes to Judaism, 554
Rome, travel to, 249–52, 250
speech of, in Ephesians, 239–40
on spiritual gifts, 306, 307, 552
on table fellowship, 553
Paul, letters of
authorship of, 551–52
on dietary law, 522
interpretation of, 552–54
non-Jew direction in, 553–54
Pausanias, 233, 276
Pentateuch, 1, 516, 548
oral traditions of, 518
Philo on, 573
Pentecost
Holy Spirit and, 536
land of, 201
teaching on, 202
perfection through suffering, 408
persecution
of disciples, 143
Hadrianic, 506
of Paul, 552
suffering under, 438
Peter, 1, 9, 31, 112, 160, 218, 336, 557
Agrippa I arrest of, 510
arrest of, 205–6, 510
authority of, 444–45
in Christian tradition, 436
church expansion and, 200
on circumcision, 555
confession of, 77, 120
denial by, 49, 50, 90, 92, 145, 146
as Judaizer, 556
speech of, 202, 204–5, 220–21
and table fellowship with uncircumcised, 523
teaching, Holy Spirit and, 201
Peter, First Letter of, 436–42
authorship of, 436
Peter, Second Letter of, 443–47, 460
Pharisees, 2, 43, 53, 391, 583
criticize Jesus, 135
fasting of, 18
invectives against, 126–27
Jesus’ questioning of, 42
Jewish movement, 6
in Luke, Gospel According to, 110, 135, 527
oral tradition, 153
parable of tax collector and, 137–38
Paul as, 527, 551
reject John’s baptism, 110
on Sabbath laws, 527
Sadducees vs., 527–28
sign demanded by, 76
sinners and, 132
tax collectors and, 64, 137–38
water purification rites and, 58
woman who loved Jesus and, 116
yeast of, 30
Philemon, Letter of Paul to, 402–5
authorship of, 402
Paul’s appeal to, 404–5
Philippians, Letter of Paul to, 354–61
authorship of, 354
Paul as observant Jew in, 552
Philo of Alexandria, 56, 155, 157, 168, 274, 507, 514, 569
Hellenistic Judaism of, 575
influence of, 574–75
life of, 572–73
on
Logos
, 548
on Moses, 573–74
New Testament and, 574–75
on proselytes, 525
scripture interpretation of, 574
works of, 573
Pilate, 510
Jesus and, 51–52, 92–93, 147
Plato, 206, 233, 270, 304, 312, 414, 539, 573, 582