Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
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