Topic Index
Aaron
146
Abednego
90, 156
Abiathar
228, 229, 231–236, 240, 241
Abigail
76, 89, 90
Abimelech
220
Abishag
76, 79, 82, 89
Abner
78, 80, 81
Abraham
38, 101, 102, 114, 126, 127, 128, 150, 213, 214, 216n17, 220, 221
promises to
101, 127, 128, 220
Abram see Abraham
Absalom
76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 89, 216
daughter of
76
abuse, sexual
9, 80, 89, 216
Achaemenid
7, 23–32, 34–40, 52n30, 53, 57, 58, 60, 180, 183, 183n13, 189–193, 195, 244, 280
ideology, imperial; inscription, Achaemenid
Adam
150
Adonijah
76, 77, 79, 83, 89
Agag
86
agency
49, 85, 86, 121, 142, 227, 229, 231, 233, 236, 237, 239, 240, 243, 244, 259, 266, 270, 280, 282
Ahasuerus
85, 86, 91
Xerxes
Ahijah
228–232, 240, 241
Ahimelech
228, 229, 239, 240
Ahinoam
80n21, 81
Ahithophel
80
āl-Yāḫūdu
153, 157
All-Israel
112, 183, 184, 191–194
Israel; panisraelite
allusion see intertextuality
Amalek
86, 233
Ammon
97, 98, 161, 166, 173, 173n36
Amnon
78, 80, 81n23, 82, 89, 216
Amorite
160, 223, 223n41
Amos
97–99, 104–105
Andronicus
261
anointing
12, 59, 70–71, 83
anthropology
51, 110, 111, 117, 147, 154n32, 288
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
261, 262n12, 267–269
Antiochus V Eupator
262, 265
apocalyptic
4, 151, 263, 263n14
Aram
16, 98, 105, 159, 163, 262n11
Aramaic
24, 247
Arsames
160
Asenath
161
Assyria
7, 56, 57, 67n36, 119, 140, 143, 155, 165, 168, 174n40, 191, 281
Mesopotamia
Artaxerxes I
26, 246, 248, 253, 253n34
Artaxerxes II
26
Artaxerxes III
26
Athens
252, 252n30, 253, 256
authority
2, 3, 13, 15, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 91, 100n30, 110, 117, 119, 121, 123, 128, 131, 138, 142, 143, 146, 150, 161, 199, 203, 210, 214n6, 227–231, 236, 237, 239, 240, 247, 248, 250, 256, 277, 279, 280
Babylon
7, 13, 23, 37–39, 55–58, 63–68, 91, 115, 141, 145, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154–159, 161–179, 189, 191, 194, 242n1, 245, 281, 282
Chaldea; Mesopotamia
Babylonian conquest
65
Babylonian period
13
Bactria
25, 25n5
Bagavahya
160, 163
Bagohi
245
Bathsheba
76–80, 82, 83, 89, 90, 235
beauty
5, 74–92
female
75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92
male
75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 91, 92
Benjamin (person)
17n54, 222, 222n37
Benjamin (tribe)
17n54, 86, 189, 242n1, 244, 245, 245n8, 282
Bethel
115, 152
Bisitun
30–31, 190
blessing
18, 36, 99–102, 138n47, 196, 196n1, 217, 222, 223–234
Booths, Festival of see Sukkot
border, enlargement of
93–99, 100n30, 103, 104
Cain
150
Canaan
125, 127, 137
captivity, Babylonian
166, 245
deportation; exile; migration
centralization
7, 13, 23, 25, 29, 53, 96, 96n12, 114, 117–119, 125, 134, 139, 140, 141, 144, 146, 184, 191–194, 221, 245n8
Chaldea
168, 168n21
Babylon
Chileab
81, 82n25
Chronicles
7, 40, 99–104, 183–185, 188, 189, 191, 194
colonialism
11, 12, 18–20, 40, 102, 104, 104n48, 109, 189, 243
collective identity see Identity, Collective
comedy
196, 196n2, 197, 200–203, 205n47, 206n49, 209, 210, 282
parody
communication
145, 147, 148, 163, 227
concretization
170, 171
conquest
Assyrian
140, 191
Babylonian
65
of Canaan
12, 63, 96, 104, 112–114, 137, 137n41
constitution
2, 10, 11, 133, 136, 138, 139, 143, 143n67, 190, 255, 256
control
31, 111, 123, 146, 155, 165, 167, 170, 177, 205, 239, 247, 248, 250, 253, 259, 267, 270
covenant
4, 5, 12, 38, 38n49, 49, 59, 93, 95–106, 116, 127, 128, 133, 137, 137n37, 140n57, 142, 199
theology, covenant
ark of
228, 234–236, 238, 240, 241
code
181
creation
23, 35, 57, 126, 150, 199, 201–204, 280
theology, creation
formula
24–31, 35, 36, 37, 38n49, 40
models of
32–33, 35–36, 39
criticism
historical
5n19, 8, 51, 145, 186, 236n37
ideological
51, 52n29
literary
64n26
materialist
51–54
political
51
sociological
145, 147
source
214, 267n23
curse
12, 14, 15n47, 140, 140n57, 196n1, 201, 202, 204, 204n41, 205, 206, 207
Cush
23, 46, 47, 162
Cyrus II
57, 58, 59, 64n24, 69, 167n15, 193, 194, 242–246, 280
Damascus
98, 105, 163
Daniel
90, 91, 156
Darius I
23, 26–32, 35, 38n49, 39, 39n50, 41, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64n24, 65n27, 70n41, 182, 182n10, 191, 245, 246, 247
David
12, 38, 40, 76–83, 85, 86, 88–90, 92, 184, 213, 214n8, 216, 216n17, 219, 221, 226, 227, 229–236, 239, 240, 241, 246, 255n34, 281
brothers of
78
concubines of
77, 81
dynasty of
24, 60, 70, 71, 125, 150, 219
promises to
40, 83, 220
sons of
78n16
Davidic see David, dynasty of
defilement
95, 117–119, 182, 187, 254, 267
democratization
133, 141, 187, 188, 191, 192, 194, 244, 249, 252
deportation
143, 149, 149n16, 151, 169, 176n48, 177
captivity, Babylonian; exile; migration
Deuteronomy
5, 9n26, 10n29, 11, 94–97, 99, 100, 101, 102n36, 104, 105, 116–119, 130–133, 136–144
Deuteronomic
4n17, 14, 94, 99n30, 100, 116, 118, 119, 184, 185, 187, 191, 198n9
Deuteronomistic (literature, traditions)
13, 15n47, 16, 76n10, 77n12, 96, 99, 102, 103–105, 116, 117, 148, 161, 181, 183, 185, 189, 190, 225, 227, 231, 241, 282
diaspora
11, 74, 76, 84, 84n32, 86, 87, 90–92, 141, 142, 143, 145, 150, 153, 158, 162, 167, 177, 189, 208, 210, 215, 258, 259, 270, 280, 281, 282
diaspora communities
141, 142, 143, 150, 151, 161, 180, 193, 194, 242n1
divination
173, 222, 227–231, 233, 234–241, 242
dominance
10, 11, 12, 15, 37, 57, 79, 146, 154, 158, 198, 199n11, 203, 204, 207, 208
dream
90, 91, 216, 217, 223, 233, 263, 280, 281
Ecbatana
26, 29n18, 190
economics
3, 6, 8, 9, 30n21, 61, 102, 115n29, 145–148, 152, 155–157, 180, 194, 198, 243, 256n38
Eden narrative
14, 15, 150
Edom
125, 161, 166
efficacy
227, 228, 230, 231, 237, 239, 240, 241, 280
Egypt
7, 13, 25, 46, 47, 60, 88, 91, 94, 102, 104, 123–126, 137, 145, 150, 154, 157–163, 166–172, 174–179, 189, 194, 204n41, 205, 213n3, 216, 221, 221n34, 222, 222n36, 242n1, 261, 281, 282
Elam
64n24, 260n9
elders
12, 14, 16, 138, 219n28, 239, 245–248, 250, 265, 267
Eleazar
267
election
59, 60, 88, 126, 133, 136, 137, 280, 216, 221, 224, 259, 261, 263, 268, 269
Elephantine
34, 36, 38n47, 159–163, 191, 194, 246, 247, 250, 263
Eli
237–239
sons of see Eliade
Eliab
78n15, 88
Eliade
83, 227–241
Elvend
26
empire
9, 59, 242
ideology, anti-imperial; ideology, imperial; Persian empire
endogamy see intermarriage
ephod
228, 229, 232–236, 238–240, 280
Ephraim (person)
161
Ephraim (tribe)
161, 162
epiphany
260–263
Esris
265
Esther
84–86, 91–92
Book of
5, 15, 74, 76, 84–87, 91, 92
ethnicity
9, 9n26, 13, 17–20, 32, 42, 72, 131, 134–137, 139, 141n59, 143, 155, 156, 159, 160, 162, 168, 168n20, 199, 278
ethnos see ethnicity
Eve
150
exclusivism
17, 96, 187, 193
exegesis
9
Christian
42, 136
inner-biblical
182
liberation
4n18
exile
55, 59, 66n32, 90, 98, 105, 115, 119, 141, 142, 143, 149–153, 156, 158, 167, 178, 179, 189–191, 208, 245
captivity, Babylonian; deportation; migration
exilic period
77, 77n12, 128, 129, 140–143, 151, 152, 154, 156, 158, 179, 281
Exodus (book)
123–125, 151
exodus (event)
120, 151, 163
exogamy see intermarriage
Ezekiel (book)
145, 146, 148, 156, 159, 160, 169–179
Ezekiel (person)
165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 177–179
Ezra (book)
59, 69, 71
Ezra (person)
156, 248–250, 253–255
Ezra-Nehemiah
40, 186–189, 191, 192, 194, 199, 242–256
factionalism
53, 189–192, 242n1, 282
femininity
91n42
gender; masculinity; women
favor
84, 85, 87, 218, 222
divine
58, 82, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 231, 234, 265, 266, 270
parental
216, 218
royal
87, 89, 90, 91, 92
foreign nations see nation, foreign
foreigner
14, 16, 17, 18, 47, 511, 54, 87, 90, 91, 100, 105, 106, 165, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 188, 190, 220, 225, 225n47, 250, 251, 251n25, 251n26, 251n27, 253, 256, 282
Fürstenspiegel
182, 191
Gad (prophet)
231, 232
Gaza
98
Gedaliah
161
gender
14–17, 15n47
beauty; men; masculinity; women
Genesis
9, 75, 88, 97, 100, 102, 126–128
generation
18, 105, 120, 137, 145, 149, 150, 151, 155, 156, 158, 162, 163, 213, 222, 226, 245, 279
Gerizim
180, 186n23, 189, 191, 192, 243n1
glory
44, 46, 49–52, 69, 266
Habakkuk (book)
170
Hamadan see Ecbatana
Haman
85, 86, 91n42
Hananiah
160
Hannah
83, 239
Haggai (book)
40, 60, 71, 72, 243
Haggai (person)
245
Hasmonean Dynasty
10, 186n22, 258, 259, 269–271, 281
Hegai
84
Heliodorus
260–262
Hellenistic period
7, 10n31, 24, 84n32, 158, 170n27, 183n13, 184, 194, 197n6, 199, 242n1
Hexateuch
12, 101n35, 109–129, 142, 225, 226, 282
Hezekiah
188, 266
narrative of
185
Hittite
160
Holgah
120
holiness
183–195, 282
code
101, 102, 103, 122n55, 127, 148, 180–185, 187–189, 191, 193, 195
Hophni
237–239
Horeb
140, 142
household
15, 81, 110, 110n4, 111, 115–117, 120–123, 126n66, 218, 276
hybridity
190, 191, 194
identity
20n63, 136
collective, national
19, 96, 97, 131, 135, 135n28, 136, 136n35, 137n35, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 144n68, 183, 194, 226, 281
cultural
141, 143
ethnic
136, 141n59, 159
negotiation
189, 194
politics
141
ideology
112, 198
nationalism
agrarian
117
anti-Babylonian
55, 173n39
anti-Egyptian
161
anti-Hasmonean
270
anti-imperial
4, 56, 61, 61n17, 65n27, 65n29, 67, 72, 140
anti-monarchic
3
imperial
13, 24, 31, 37n46, 40, 53, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61n17, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 182, 190, 191
Judean-exilic
179
kinship
117
land
117
neo-Marxist
5n19
theo-ideology
31–32
Persian see ideology, imperial
post-exilic, Yahwistic
192
pro-Babylonian
179
pro-Egyptian
161
pro-Levitical
184
pro-national
140
pro-Persian
61, 61n17
of whiteness
19
zionist
144n69
inheritance
17, 93–96, 103, 110, 112–121, 124–128, 132n11, 136, 146, 222, 223, 282
inscriptions
Achaemenid
25–26, 37, 57, 59, 182, 190, 244
Babylonian royal
176
intermarriage
157, 160–162, 199, 209, 248, 250–253, 255, 282
intertextuality
14, 32, 56, 76, 76n9, 78, 86, 91, 172n34, 214, 219, 221–224, 226
irony, dramatic
197, 205n48, 208, 210, 282
Isaac
114, 150, 220, 221, 224n42
promises to
220
Isaiah (book)
7, 146
Deutero-
59, 69, 71, 72, 151, 157, 163
Trito-
151
Isaiah (person)
165
Ishbosheth
78, 79, 80
Ishmael
101, 127, 128
Israel
2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 16, 17, 20, 42, 43, 46, 47, 52, 60, 67n34, 67n36, 87, 95–99, 101–106, 110, 112–117, 119, 122–124, 126, 128, 129, 136–138, 140–144, 156, 159, 162, 166, 167, 171, 173n36, 178, 180, 181, 187, 191–194, 198, 207, 213, 219, 220, 223, 225, 226, 227, 238, 239, 241, 242, 244, 246, 248, 249, 256, 269, 281, 282
All-Israel; Northern Kingdom; panisraelite; monarchy, united
Jabez
99, 100n30, 101, 103
Jacob
16, 17, 50, 102, 114, 126, 127, 128, 138n47, 150, 156, 159, 216–218, 221–225
Jason
146, 261, 263, 269
Jedaniah
160
Jehoiachin
60, 169, 179
Jeremiah (book)
145, 146, 148, 161, 165n8, 170, 176, 176n48
Jeremiah (person)
165, 165n8, 167, 167n16, 167n18, 168n21, 168n22, 178, 201
Jerusalem
8, 9, 11, 42–55, 59, 61n20, 62, 65, 67–71, 84n32, 89, 115n29, 119, 125, 140, 143, 161, 162, 163, 166, 168–173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182n11, 183, 189, 191–194, 235, 242–245, 247, 253, 254, 257, 259–264, 266, 270, 281, 282, 283
temple, Jerusalem
Jeshua
61n19, 61n20, 70–72, 242, 245, 251n25, 255
Joash
184
Job
14, 196–210
Johanan (son of Kareah)
161
Jonah (book)
199, 208, 210
Jonah (person)
209
Jonathan
74, 75n3, 76, 78, 89, 231, 231n17, 236, 237
Joseph
9, 17n54, 87, 88, 90, 91, 102, 150, 151, 156, 158, 161, 214–226, 281
Joshua (high priest) see Jeshua
Joshua (book)
112–116, 127
Josiah
185, 188, 192
reform, Josianic
Josianic reform see reform, Josianic
Jubilee
122, 122n53, 122n55, 128
Judah (kingdom/province)
3, 4n17, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 32–50, 55, 56, 59, 60, 64n24, 65, 67, 67n34, 68, 67n36, 70–73, 77, 87, 93n2, 98, 99, 115, 119, 126, 141–143, 149, 150, 155–163, 165, 169, 169n22, 170, 172, 173, 175, 177–179, 194, 213, 215, 217, 226, 242, 243, 245–249, 252, 253, 259, 263, 266, 270, 281, 282
Southern Kingdom; Yehud
Judah (person)
88, 217, 218, 219, 221, 223, 224, 281
promises to
217
Judah (tribe)
189, 242n1, 244, 282
Judas Maccabeus
257–259, 261–270, 281
Revolt, Maccabean
judge
12, 14, 20, 48, 49, 52, 142, 239
king
3, 7, 8, 10–12, 14, 24, 26, 27, 29–32, 35–38, 40, 45, 47, 51–53, 57–60, 64, 70, 70n41, 71, 72, 77, 78, 81, 82, 85–92, 104, 105, 108, 110–112, 115, 118, 119, 122, 123, 129, 138, 140, 142, 143, 149, 156, 161, 166, 168–179, 185, 192, 193, 213, 214, 214n5, 214n6, 216, 218–224, 226, 227, 229–231, 237, 239, 243–248, 250, 255, 255n37, 259, 260n9, 262, 265, 266, 266n21, 270, 280, 281
as divine agent
169–178, 244, 269
wives of the
79–82, 89
Achaemenid; Ahasuerus; Artaxerxes; Cyrus; Darius; David; monarchy; Saul; sovereignty, monarchic; Xerxes
Keilah
231–233
Khirbet el-Qom
162, 180
kinship
9, 10n28, 12, 13, 15–17, 20, 98, 115, 117, 117n35
Kuntillet Ajrud
162
Lachish
162
lament
65, 65n26, 65n27, 82, 159–161, 174n41, 200–204
land
8, 93–106, 109–129, 137–144, 149, 150, 152, 157, 158, 159, 208, 223, 225, 233, 255, 281, 282
rights
109, 110–112, 116, 117, 120–123, 127, 128, 129, 275, 278, 279, 282
tenure
8, 93, 101–104
landholding
93, 101–104
law
6, 48, 48n14, 52, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 110n4, 116, 118, 121, 123, 128, 138, 140, 182, 242, 248, 249, 250–253, 256, 260, 275, 276, 279, 281
leadership
2, 3, 4, 9–14, 17n54, 71, 71n42, 114, 146, 149, 155, 162, 173, 173n36, 176n48, 178, 217, 221, 224, 224n45, 227, 228, 230, 233, 241, 243, 245, 246, 249, 249n20, 250, 259, 261–266, 269–271, 275
Leah
16, 17, 88, 88n39, 223
Leviathan (bible)
202
Leviathan (philosophy)
2, 10
Levite
12–14, 16, 113n16, 117–121, 141, 183–188, 191–193, 235, 244, 246, 249n20, 255
priest
Leviticus
97, 122–123
liberalism
2
Lysias
262, 262n12
Mabo
105, 109
Maccabees
Second Book of
10, 257–271
magic
33, 36, 173, 205
divination
Mahlah
120, 121
marriage
9, 16, 79–82, 89, 91, 120, 121, 128n73, 157, 160, 161, 162, 218, 218n27, 225, 249–253, 255, 281, 282
intermarriage
martyrdom
266–269
men
30n21
gender; masculinity
Manasseh (person)
120, 161
Manasseh (tribe)
161
masculinity
15, 16, 30n21
beauty, male; femininity; gender; men
Mazdaism
25
see Zoroastrianism
Memphis
160
Menelaus
261, 263, 269
Mephibosheth
77, 78
Meshach
90, 156
messianism
133
Mesopotamia
33, 33n13, 35, 169, 173, 177n50, 178, 178n53, 194, 204
Assyria; Babylon
Michal
81n24, 89, 90
Midian
46, 162
Milcah
120, 121
migration
151
conquest; deportation; exile; return
forced
9, 13, 115, 149–159
forced-return
13, 72, 145, 149–159
mirror for princes see Fürstenspiegel
Mizpah
152, 167
Moab
125, 136, 137, 137n37, 140, 142, 158, 161, 166, 166n9, 281
Modein
265
modernity
1, 2, 5, 8, 19, 131–133, 148, 281
monarchy
ideology, anti-monarchic; king; power, monarchic; queen; sovereignty, monarchic
period of
77, 115, 139
united
12, 87
monotheism
6–7, 52, 138, 162, 190
Yahwism
Mordecai (Esther)
84, 85
Mordecai (Nehemiah)
245
Moses
78n17, 99, 112, 114, 133, 136, 138, 140, 142, 151, 158, 162, 214n8, 249, 255
promises to
112, 114
Mrs Potiphar
87, 218
multi-levelled socio-historical existence
189, 194, 242n1
Nabal
81, 81n24, 90n49
Nabonidus
157, 170n27
Naboth
103
Naphaina
160
Nathan
78, 235, 240
nationality
9
nation
foreign
42–54, 65n29, 66n32, 86, 98, 99n29, 194
foreigner
-state
19, 130–136, 139, 143
nationalism
2, 10–11, 19, 130–136, 137n39, 141, 143, 144
Naqsh-i Rustam
29–31, 41, 182
Nazism
1–2, 278
Nebuchadnezzar see Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuchadrezzar
91, 157, 159, 165–179, 281
negotiation
3, 4, 12, 78, 80–85, 90, 192, 229, 245, 246n10, 277n9
Nehemiah (person)
156, 245, 249, 251n24, 253–255
Nicanor
257, 263–270
night vision
61–72
Nippur
167
Noah (Numbers)
120, 121
Nob
228, 229, 233, 235, 239, 240
non-P
149, 190, 214, 215, 221n34, 224
North, Land of the
66, 66n33
Northern Kingdom
12, 99, 161
Israel; northern
northern
18, 114, 115, 124, 140, 143, 192, 215–218, 224–226, 281
Israel; Northern Kingdom
Numbers
151, 163
Oholibah
168
omen
261
Onias III
260, 261, 263, 270
oracle, against the nations see prophecy, against the nations
Paltiel
81n24
panisraelite
112, 215, 222n37
All-Israel
parody
196, 204n36
comedy
Pasagardae
69, 69n39
Passover see Pesach
pax persica
27, 31, 35, 55, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73
Pentateuch
4, 7, 59, 60, 72, 93, 105, 130, 142, 151
torah
periphery
13, 14n42, 53, 64n24, 125, 155, 167, 177
ideology, imperial
Persepolis
28–29, 190
Persian empire
24, 30, 34, 55–61, 63–69, 71–73, 84n32, 86, 142, 151, 157, 158, 160–163, 182n11, 183, 184, 189–193, 242, 243, 245–250, 252, 253, 255, 280, 282
Achaemenid; ideology, imperial; pax persica; Persian period
context of
34–39, 115n27, 194, 195, 281
Persian period
7, 13, 17, 17n54, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 53, 59–61, 65–69, 72, 73, 84, 84n32 101, 103, 115, 119, 139, 142, 180, 181, 183n13, 184, 188n28, 189, 199
Achaemenid; Persian empire
Pesach
160, 185, 188, 192, 193
Pharaoh
91, 159, 168, 171, 171n29, 175, 177, 218, 221, 221n34, 222
Philip (the Phrygian)
264
Philistia
98, 125, 166, 166n10, 220, 228, 229, 233, 236, 238, 239, 241
Phineas (Elide)
237, 239,
piety
52, 54, 171, 177, 196, 201, 203, 204, 206–210, 218, 257–260, 261, 263–271, 282
worship
pilgrimage
9n26, 42–54, 137
politics
2–6, 9, 10n31, 20, 23, 66n32, 85, 92, 109, 128, 139–143, 164, 178, 179, 224–226, 242, 259, 276, 277–279, 282, 283
of beauty
74, 76, 80, 86–92
cultural
14, 196–199, 209
gender
121n49
political theology see theology, political
political theory
11, 130n1, 131
postcolonialism
34, 38, 40
postexilic period
70n41, 72, 77, 84, 123, 128, 138, 139, 142, 143, 183, 189, 191, 192, 194, 199, 208, 210, 215, 281
Potiphar
218, 220, 225
wife of see Mrs Potiphar
power
7, 9, 12, 16, 29, 37, 48, 49, 52–54, 63, 64n24, 66, 67, 74, 78–92, 100n30, 109, 115, 117, 123, 125, 126, 129, 134, 135, 140, 146, 148, 158, 163, 169, 176, 179, 194, 195, 198, 205, 207, 210, 227, 229, 232, 236, 240, 243, 244, 253, 256, 271, 276, 277, 277n9, 279
cultic, priestly, sacred
31, 191, 192, 199, 229, 230, 231, 239, 240, 281
divine
32, 33, 36, 37, 45, 100n30
female
79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91
monarchic
75–81, 83–87, 90–92, 131, 221, 229–231, 248, 278, 280, 281
prayer
6, 26, 30, 44, 93, 96, 99, 100, 105, 202n31, 238, 246, 249, 249n20, 252n30, 253, 255, 257–259, 262–266, 268–270, 281
battle
259, 264–266, 269, 281
pre-exilic period
13n38, 76–77, 101, 103, 139–140, 143
priest
10, 12, 13n39, 14, 16, 33, 52, 70n41, 71, 72, 110–112, 117, 119, 121, 123, 123n57, 128, 129, 141, 142, 146, 184–187, 189, 191, 192, 193, 204, 222, 227–241, 244, 251, 251n25, 253, 255, 259, 271
Egyptian
160, 161
High
12, 13n38, 61n19, 61n20, 70, 70n41, 71, 71n42, 146, 260–263, 269, 270, 280, 282
Levites
Priestly (literature, traditions)
7, 10, 14, 24, 33, 35, 36, 39, 59, 60, 72, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99–105, 121, 122n55, 124n61, 127, 128, 148, 149, 180–185, 187–191, 202, 208, 213, 214, 215, 225, 282
Holiness Code; non-P
prophecy
42–54, 60, 99, 146, 157, 164, 165, 168, 170–172, 173n36, 175, 177, 178, 183, 279, 283, 228, 240, 279, 280
against the nations
42, 97, 98, 104, 159, 166, 167, 167n16, 169, 170, 173n39, 174n40, 174n41
night vision
prophet(ess)
12, 13, 15, 15n47, 16, 61, 61n19, 78n15, 88, 99n29, 142, 146, 164–167, 172, 176, 177, 179, 227, 231–233, 235, 240, 245, 263
prophets (canonical division)
151
prophets, minor
42, 50, 151
Ptolemy (governor)
264
punishment
15, 48n14, 48n18, 49, 66n32, 96, 97, 190, 198n9, 208, 216, 248, 248n16, 249, 250, 267
Qohelet
209
queen
12, 47, 86
Esther; monarchy; sovereignty, monarchic; Vashti
mother
82, 83
Rabbat
173
race
9, 17–20, 132, 132n11, 275, 278
Rachel
16, 17, 17n54, 88, 88n39, 216n17, 223
Razis
267, 268
Ramat Raḥel
152, 154, 191
reception history
136, 144
redaction
61, 61n20, 64n24, 75, 76n10, 77, 88, 88n38, 99, 101n35, 120n48, 123n58, 130, 139, 139n50, 140, 141, 142, 148, 178, 182n9, 187, 201n22, 213, 221n34, 224, 227
reform, Josianic
139
Josiah
Reformation, Protestant
133, 134
rejection, divine
78, 88, 89, 222, 227, 241
religion
6, 8–10, 29
resistance see ideology, anti-imperial
restoration
58, 62, 70n41, 142, 143, 155, 160, 183, 242, 259, 261, 263, 269, 270
retribution
50, 196–199, 203, 204, 208, 210
return
13, 47, 52, 55, 59, 84n32, 115, 116, 138, 142, 161, 163, 187, 189, 190, 193, 245, 281
migration, forced-return
Reuben (person)
223
Reuben (tribe)
224, 224n45, 225n45
revolt, Maccabean
7, 257, 258, 266, 267–271
Judas Maccabeus
rhetoric
110n4, 116, 119n46, 122, 123, 128, 137n35, 164, 174n40, 189, 194, 202, 204n36
rivalry, tribal
9, 189, 242n1, 281, 282
Rizpah
80, 81, 83, 90
royal see king
rulership
57, 58, 60, 62, 71
Ruth
16, 151
Sabbath
13n38, 44, 49, 255, 264, 267
Samaria
4n17, 13, 17, 17n54, 119n43, 160, 162, 163, 180, 189, 191, 194, 242n1, 282
Northern Kingdom; northerners
Samuel (books)
227
Samuel-Kings
12, 14, 74–83, 87–92, 183
Sanballat
163
Sarah
126n66, 127, 216n17
Sarai see Sarah
Satan, the
196, 206
Sathrabuzanes
247
satire
14, 15, 198, 202, 205, 209, 275
Saul
12, 76–80, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 216, 219, 221, 222, 226–233, 235–241, 281
sons of
78n16
scribe
12, 13, 16, 39, 94, 113, 119, 122n55, 124, 152, 177, 267, 279
scribal education
5n19, 24, 25, 39
Scythia
64n24
Seir
166, 173n36
Seleucids
158, 170n27, 257, 260–262, 264, 267–269
Seleucus IV Philopator
260
Sennacherib
266
Shadrach
90, 156
Shavuot
265
Sheba
46, 47
Shethar-Bozenai
246
Shiloh
238, 239
Sidon
166
Simon
260
Sisinnes
247
Sodom
160
Solomon
78, 82, 83, 85, 89, 90, 192, 220, 235, 236, 244, 246
promises to
220
Song of the Sea
125
Song of Songs
15
Southern Kingdom
149, 150
Judah; Yehud
sovereignty
2, 9–11, 131, 136, 144, 158, 256, 276, 277, 278
divine
2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 48, 49, 74, 75, 87–92, 104, 105, 122n55, 129, 142, 165, 179, 263
monarchic
12, 74, 75, 87–92, 111, 118, 119, 129, 280
power
speech
16, 33, 45, 46, 65n28, 77, 82, 88, 109n1, 112, 117, 126, 136, 201n22, 203, 207n53, 218, 221, 264, 265, 266, 275, 275n1, 276
sword, divine
171–173, 175, 263, 263n14
Sukkot
255
Susa
26, 57, 58, 190
Tamar (Genesis)
219
Tamar (2 Samuel)
76, 80, 82, 89, 216
Tarshish
46
Tattenai
246, 247, 247n13
tautua
106
taxation
9, 52, 111, 262
Tekoa, woman of
83, 90
temple
8, 14, 39, 40, 122, 160, 163, 260n9
cosmic
33, 39
Elephantine
159, 160, 163, 253
Ezekiel’s
13n38, 163
Jerusalem
9, 43, 44–46, 49–52, 55, 59, 61n20, 70n41, 94n3, 96n11, 141, 150, 163, 180, 184, 188, 189, 191–193, 240, 242–249, 253–255, 257–264, 267–271
Samarian
13, 191–193
Shiloh
239
territoriality
60, 68, 72, 93–105, 112–119, 122, 124–126, 129, 136, 139, 141, 143, 168, 270
Testament of Job
208–210
Thebes
160
theology
biblical
1, 3
Christian
1, 4n18, 6, 23, 278
creation
23–41, 280
covenant
2
Deuteronomistic
94, 96, 100n30, 105, 183
divine warrior
23, 37, 38, 171n29, 175, 261, 262, 262n11, 265
Elohim
220
Hebrew Bible
1, 6, 11
holiness
180–189
of kingship
193
of land
93, 102
liberal
1
political
1–20, 39, 74, 92, 109, 164, 165, 165n2, 178, 179, 198, 199, 208, 242, 248n15, 256, 259, 269, 270, 275–283
Priestly
94, 96, 99–104
prophetic
105
Yahwistic
199, 201, 208
Zion
69
theopolitics see theology, political
Timothy
261, 262
Tirzah
120, 121
Tobit (book)
199, 208, 209, 210
Tobit (person)
209
torah
7, 10, 98, 138, 141, 191, 208, 214n7, 218n27, 220, 221n34, 223, 225, 242, 249, 252–256
community
248–256
imperial authorization of
190, 191
Pentateuch
tradition
treaty
Assyrian
5
succession
140
tribal collective
9, 20, 112, 114–117, 121, 122, 127
tribute
45–46
Tyre
166, 169, 174, 174n40, 174n41, 176, 178, 179
Urdeuteronomium
139
Uriah
80, 81n24, 82
Urim and Thummim
228, 230n7, 233, 236
Uz
196, 199, 203
Van
26, 154
Vashti
84–85, 91
Vidranga
160
violence
7, 33, 82, 96–99, 104, 135, 135n28, 137, 138, 197, 207n53, 216, 223, 225, 232, 238, 264, 267, 268, 269, 278, 279
warfare
7, 10n28, 11, 23, 18, 19, 37, 38, 48, 48n17, 49, 63, 64n24, 66n32, 78, 80, 91n42, 96–100, 104n48, 112, 115, 124, 135, 135n28, 145, 159–161, 163, 169, 171–180, 194, 227–233, 236–241, 257–271, 276, 280, 281
conquest
Weeks, Festival of see Shavuot
White Australia Policy
19n62, 20
wilderness
120, 154, 158, 161, 281
wisdom
32, 33, 50, 54n34, 90, 91n41, 151, 198, 199, 199n14, 201, 208, 233
women
16, 121
beauty, female; gender; power, female
worship
6, 9, 31, 34, 42–45, 47, 48n14, 51, 52, 54, 54n34, 96, 162, 177, 177n6
piety
writings, the (canonical division)
151
Xerxes I
26
Ahasuerus
Yahwism
17, 54, 54n34, 60, 72, 162, 163, 180, 189, 191, 192, 196–199, 203, 204, 206–210
monotheism; theology, Yahwistic
Yehud
34, 39, 53, 70n41, 101, 105, 106, 142, 152, 155, 163, 180, 189–195, 282
Judah; Southern Kingdom
Zadok
146, 234, 235
Zechariah (book)
40, 55, 56, 61–73, 243
Zechariah (person)
245
Zedekiah
161, 169, 173n36, 176, 178
Zelophehad
120
Zerubbabel
60, 61n20, 70–72, 242, 245, 247, 255
Zion see Jerusalem
Zoroastrianism
25, 25n6, 29n18, 37n46
Mazdaism