Index of Subjects
Abraham
19, 38–39, 69–71, 121, 182, 265, 268, 285, 291
Acta martyrum, Acts of the Martyrs
222–248
Adam
99–100, 113–115, 118, 121, 133, 157, 256, 262, 277
adoption
28
aeons
251, 253, 255–261, 301n21
Alexandria
52, 64, 72, 144, 224n4, 232, 270, 288, 319
Ammon
32, 53
altar
39, 46n28, 47–49, 247, 307
angel
1–2, 8, 14, 22–23, 31n85, 51–58, 62, 66, 69–74, 78, 80–81, 84, 93–96, 98, 138, 161, 166, 194, 197, 203–204, 208, 257, 259, 261–262, 267, 291, 296n10, 297–298, 300–301, 306, 309, 315, 317
angels of the nations
51–55, 300
aniconism
52, 59, 304
animals
5, 36, 48, 54, 59, 226
Apollo
35, 46, 47, 275, 283n107, 296n10, 297
apotheosis
2, 24, 104, 132
Aramaic
17, 26, 43, 65, 200, 202, 305–306, 310n44
ascent
69, 72, 111, 125, 165, 213, 228, 258, 262, 279, 307
Asherah
39
Atlas
56–57
Augustus
6, 319
Baal
39, 42–43, 60
baptism
19–20, 62, 75–76, 78–83, 126, 133, 135, 136n95, 178, 197, 214, 259n43
Barbelo
258, 278
Bible
39–40, 46, 51, 59–63, 81, 109, 141–143, 162–164, 176, 181, 204, 215, 217n92, 249n3, 285, 289, 318
biblical interpretation
89–90, 92, 95, 96, 114n35, 161, 163, 182, 193, 200, 207, 251, 255n30, 281, 296n9, 305n31, 306, 311–313, 318
Big Bang Christology
293–295, 303, 314, 317
binitarian
178, 215–216, 218–221, 293, 317n68
bishop
90–91, 224, 232, 234, 263, 290
body, bodies
80, 130–131, 148, 150, 167, 171, 250, 252, 254–255, 261, 277, 289, 297, 301–303, 314–315
Canaan, Canaanite
39, 51, 114, 304
chariot
69, 153, 272
church
21–22, 76, 82, 86, 90–91, 98, 105–106, 136–137, 148, 150, 171, 218, 225, 227–228, 233, 247, 262, 284–285, 303n26, 312n51, 318–319
circumcision
17, 38, 135
cosmic Christology
74, 128, 139–171, 294, 309–310, 314–315
cosmic deity
254–255n26, 263, 267–271, 277–278, 286–288, 293, 298, 301–302, 315
cosmology
5, 8, 32, 39, 53, 59, 150n30, 207, 209, 214, 219, 250, 257, 259n44, 297, 301–303, 309
cosmotheism
33
creatio ex nihilo
301–302, 309
creator, creation
5, 6, 8, 19, 27, 41, 49, 52, 52, 58, 63, 67–72, 75–78, 82, 139–171, 180, 196n36, 197, 199, 204–211, 214–220, 231–233, 241, 243n81, 249–262, 263–273, 276–292, 294, 297, 299–303, 309
cult
10–12, 14–16, 21–25, 29, 31n85, 33–34, 37–43, 45, 48n35, 49, 52, 59, 60n60, 79, 121n54, 234, 241, 244–248, 269, 283, 298–299, 307
culture heroes
56, 58
daemon, demon
52–54, 58, 197, 255–256, 276–277, 296n10, 298
demiurge
6, 254, 257, 259, 262n54, 270, 272–273, 276–277, 283, 287, 290, 301
despotes
243
devil
225
devotion
3–4, 11–19, 21–25, 28–31, 97, 103–104, 187, 222, 234, 243–244, 269, 281, 292–293, 303, 305–309, 312
diaspora
16, 21, 175, 193, 207, 294, 306–308
Dionysus
43–48, 59
ditheism
220, 293, 303
divine identity
5, 61–84, 86, 88, 99, 124, 125n66, 127, 132, 139, 143, 146, 166, 169, 294–295, 310, 314, 316
divine name
5, 26, 32, 40, 53, 61–84, 85–86, 88–89, 94–95, 97–98, 142–143, 152, 154–156, 169–170, 195, 198, 206, 253n17, 275, 281, 297–298, 301–302, 306, 310
divine sonship
(
see sonship
)
doxa
(
see glory
)
dyad
178, 222, 271–272, 293, 312n51
early high Christology
1–4, 6–8, 14, 16–17, 24, 31, 86, 93, 133n89, 192–196, 199, 293–319
early high Christology club
1, 6, 293
Egypt, Egyptian
10, 26, 33n4, 35, 37–38, 41, 48, 54–59, 204n60, 224n4, 230, 240, 243, 279–285, 289n142, 299, 319
ekklesia
26, 91, 307, 312n51
elohim
50–54, 59, 75, 94–95, 152
emperor cult, emperor worship
24, 121, 229, 235, 237, 245, 297–299
Enoch
6, 56–58, 66, 69, 125
epistemology
37, 134n91, 260
Essenes
46
euhemerism
55–58
exorcism
21, 306
experience
16, 24, 31n84, 75nn47–48, 80, 83, 104n17, 117, 126–133, 178, 194–195, 242–243, 252, 254–255, 259n43, 264, 267, 279, 283–284, 309, 313
faith
88–89, 91, 101, 104–105, 123, 134–138, 140, 143, 146, 168, 173–188, 198, 206, 211, 217n91, 233–234, 253n16, 257, 260n48, 263, 291, 310, 314, 318
father
3, 27, 45, 49, 58, 73–80, 82–87, 90–91, 96, 98, 105, 120, 129, 135, 136, 139–146, 150, 165, 169, 178, 181, 187, 189, 194, 197, 201, 202, 205, 209–210, 212, 214–220, 251n10, 253–266, 270, 272–275, 278–279, 281, 284, 287–288, 290–291, 294, 297n13, 298n14, 303, 308–310, 316
firstborn
157n60, 160–163, 166, 171, 205, 209
gematria
141–142, 156, 310, 313
genius
235, 237, 245
gentiles
17, 18, 39, 46, 49, 52, 53, 64, 102, 135n93, 265, 312, 316
gentile gods
8, 38, 39, 50–59, 210, 292, 293, 300, 316
glory
7, 15–17, 22, 30, 46, 50, 63, 67, 70, 71, 74, 77, 81, 87, 98, 99–138, 164, 175, 178, 187, 188, 195, 198, 211, 213, 221, 242, 249, 264, 294–295, 298n14, 308, 310
gnosis
249, 252, 260n48, 263, 266, 281, 284
Gnostic, Gnosticism
9n2, 11, 13, 14n20, 51n42, 77–78, 83, 191, 192n13, 233, 250–264, 267–270, 274–288
goddess
35–39, 47, 57n56
Greece, Greek
4, 7n23, 8, 15, 26–28, 32–33, 35, 37–38, 40–41, 43–45, 48–53, 56–58, 60, 63–65, 76, 85–86, 103, 104nn17–18, 109–110, 121, 127n73, 136n95, 138, 142, 144, 147, 150, 164n78, 168n84, 177, 181, 182, 198n43, 200, 204, 207, 218, 229–230, 232–233, 235–237, 242–243, 246, 264, 266–270, 277, 281, 282, 286–289, 291–292, 304, 306, 310, 314, 316–318
hagiography
223–224, 247n102
heaven
11, 14, 19, 28n74, 35–36, 42–43, 48, 52, 55, 59, 63, 65, 68, 70–74, 80, 82–83, 90, 93–95, 98, 125–126, 128, 149, 153, 159, 160, 163, 166, 167, 174, 192, 197, 203–205, 208–209, 211, 216, 228–229, 236–237, 241, 243n81, 249–252, 255, 257–258, 263, 266, 270, 272–276, 290–291, 293, 296–297, 299, 315
Hebrew
26, 43, 48, 52, 53, 54, 56, 64, 65, 66, 72, 86n6, 87, 95, 112, 121n56, 142–143, 151, 154–159, 169, 204, 244, 304, 310, 317
hekhalot
126
Helios
37, 46–48, 59, 306n35
Hellenism
3–4, 12, 15, 193, 303, 304
Hellenistic Judaism
27, 57, 193, 204, 206, 304
henotheism
267, 268, 281, 296n10
Herakles
6
heresy, heretics, heresiology
13, 226n13, 251n8, 254n23, 263, 285, 292
hermaphrodite
277–279, 282
Hermetica
207, 279, 284
heroes
55, 297
hierarchy
103, 173, 272, 296, 300
high priest
44, 62, 63, 70, 81, 83, 92, 308, 319
holotheism
287–289, 292
honor/shame
100, 102, 103, 108, 115
hyle
301, 302, 309
hypertheism
269, 287–289, 292
hypsistos
(
see theos hypsistos
)
iconography
35, 43–45, 52, 54, 56, 59, 304
idol, idolatry
45, 52–53, 56, 58–59, 136, 238, 277, 290–292, 300, 316
image of God
62, 72–73, 81, 83, 132, 157–159, 161, 198, 202, 205, 239, 249n3, 250, 256, 259, 261
immortality
5, 58, 69, 72, 238, 250, 253n16, 277, 299n17
interpretatio
32–35, 37–42, 45–46, 48–51, 53, 55–60
Isis
36–37, 56, 57, 59, 280
Islam
267, 304, 319n72
Jerusalem
18, 33, 38, 41–43, 45, 47–49, 76, 112, 212, 293–295, 303, 305–308, 310, 314
Johannine
164, 170, 189–221, 253
Judea
16, 17, 22, 25, 48, 51, 59–60, 287, 314
Jupiter
35, 40–41, 43, 45, 53, 59, 305
kavod
(
see glory
)
king
40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 55, 57, 92, 94, 98, 130, 153, 155, 161, 162, 163, 200, 201, 211, 213, 229, 235, 280
kingdom
41, 130, 178, 253n16, 257, 315–316
kurios, kyrios
7, 21–22, 25–26, 85–88, 91, 96–98, 193, 229, 243, 294, 298n14, 303, 306, 309–310
law, laws
38, 41–42, 72, 89–90, 116, 135–136, 265–266, 285, 289n142, 310, 318
logos
19, 62, 144, 157–161, 170–171, 191, 194–198, 204–211, 214, 220, 252n14, 261n50, 297, 301, 303n26, 309
lord
19–20, 22n49, 26–27, 33, 41–43, 52, 62n3, 64–69, 74–75, 79–82, 87–88, 91–98, 123, 125, 128, 134n89, 136–139, 141, 143, 146, 153, 160, 164, 169, 173–175, 177–188, 206, 211, 216, 228, 229, 235, 237, 242, 245, 257, 264, 277, 280, 286, 293–294, 297–298, 304–306, 309, 315
magic
21, 38, 101, 246, 258, 284, 319
Marcion, Marcionism
8, 233, 285–289, 297, 312n51, 317
martyrs, martyrdom
7, 222–248
megatheism
267–268, 296n10
Melchizedek
6, 19, 93–98
merkavah
126
messiah
19, 28n74, 96, 120, 125, 133n89, 163, 171, 175, 177, 178n24, 188, 194, 196, 200, 201, 203, 210, 211, 214, 309, 314–316
messianism, messianic
8, 19, 25, 94, 162, 171, 174n9, 178n24, 187, 193, 195–196, 199–204, 213, 215, 221, 298, 309–310n42, 313–316
metaphysics
27n69, 38, 58, 60, 144–146, 165, 251, 252n12, 258–261, 268, 275, 282, 297, 301–302
Metatron
8, 69–72, 84, 264
minim
13
monad
271–272
monogenes
194, 219, 259n42
monotheism
2–8, 14, 27, 32, 73, 106, 109, 134, 136–138, 141–142, 145–146, 165–169, 190–191, 216, 218–221, 243, 261, 263–264, 266–269, 280–281, 294–296, 299–305, 308–312
mortality
5, 38, 42, 208, 210, 237, 245, 277, 283, 291, 297
Mosaic distinction
33, 59
Moses
38, 41, 48, 50, 52, 57–59, 62–64, 70, 73, 84, 112, 116–117, 128, 158, 199–200, 211, 251, 278, 290, 298, 319n72
mother
36–37, 56, 58–59, 67, 112, 128, 161, 205, 209, 210, 255n30, 257, 262, 278, 279, 293n1, 297n12, 304n27
mutation
2, 3, 19, 222, 250, 251, 294
mysteries, mystery cults, mystery religions
11–12, 36, 101
mysticism
68n20, 72, 101, 116, 125–126, 128, 138, 220, 242, 258, 262
Nag Hammadi
252, 257, 258
name, divine
(
see divine name
)
new religionsgeschichtliche Schule
2–3, 5, 7–8, 9–31, 190–191
Nicea, Nicene
220, 295, 311, 317n68
numerology
141–142
Ophites, Ophians
276, 278
Oracle
7, 46, 47, 48, 154, 297n12
orientalism
10, 12, 14, 30n83
Orpheus
47, 57
Orphism
269
pagan, paganism
3–5, 16–18, 21, 24–26, 28, 30, 33, 39, 56n53, 135–138, 140, 193–194, 197, 209, 220, 223, 227, 237, 239, 241, 243–244, 247–248, 266–269, 284, 288–290, 293, 296, 298, 301, 303–306, 309, 312–313, 315n64
pagan monotheism
4–5, 40n20, 266–269, 296–297, 305
Palestine
11, 22, 24, 191, 193, 200, 206
pantheism
48, 281
pantheon
32–34, 38, 48–49, 60, 267, 269, 277, 299
parting of the ways
134n90, 193, 195–196, 312
Paul, Pauline, Paulinism
3, 6, 8, 15–22, 24–27, 29n76, 31n85, 49, 52, 74–75, 85–171, 181, 187, 194, 201, 215–216, 229, 242, 244, 247, 261, 264–266, 285, 289, 291, 293–298, 300–303, 305–319
persecution
178n24, 227, 247, 308–309nn39–40
philosophy
5, 7, 8, 15, 27, 48, 57, 59, 72, 73, 104, 113n35, 144, 181, 197, 198, 205, 207–209, 214, 218–220, 230–232, 246, 250–255, 259–260, 264, 266, 268–271, 274–277, 281–282, 285–294, 297, 301–304, 309, 317n68
Platonism
28, 53, 72, 144, 150n30, 191, 205–208, 219n94, 232, 250–255, 258, 260–263, 268–277, 282, 284–285, 287, 294n4, 301–304, 317n68
pleroma
166, 255–256, 259, 261–262, 282
polytheism
2, 4–6, 32–34, 48–49, 58, 220, 243, 263, 264, 266, 268
prepositional metaphysics
27, 144–146, 165, 169
pre-Socratics
268, 269, 271, 277
priest, priesthood
34, 44, 45, 57, 60, 62–63, 70, 81, 83, 92, 94, 96, 98, 112, 115, 275, 280, 282, 283n107, 298–299, 308, 319
Protestantism
13, 191n12, 310, 318
Pythagoreans
254, 271–272, 274, 284–285
queen
36–37
Qumran
19, 51, 64, 89n11, 93, 95, 126, 306
rabbis
13, 49, 53, 54, 56, 63, 72, 113, 164n77, 206, 319
religionsgeschichtliche Schule
2, 10–11, 30
resurrection
31n84, 73–74, 103–104, 116–117, 120–121, 124–125, 127–133, 135–138, 160, 170, 187, 213–215, 238, 253, 293, 295, 303, 309–310, 313–316
ritual
5, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 30, 34, 43, 45–46, 59–60, 82, 84n62, 136n95, 245–247, 254, 258–259, 293n1, 296n10, 298
Rome, Roman
3–5, 8, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28, 34–35, 37–38, 40–41, 45, 50, 54, 55, 58, 64, 97, 100, 104, 108, 115, 135, 223, 225, 229–230, 232, 235, 238, 240, 243–248, 267, 282, 292, 296, 298–299, 301, 304, 308–310, 312, 319
sacrifice
39, 45, 52, 60, 153, 226, 237, 245, 291, 298, 307, 308n38
savior
192n13, 213, 229, 238, 250n8, 253n19, 254, 259, 260–262
Second Temple
11, 13–16, 18–21, 30, 44, 61–63, 65, 81, 83, 96, 113n35, 126, 146, 164, 195, 294, 306, 312–313
sect, sectarian
199, 207, 252
Septuagint
52, 64, 84, 109n30, 186n51, 204, 244, 294, 296, 301, 317
Serapis
35, 56, 57, 59, 244, 319
serpent
239, 277–280
Sethians
250–252, 255n30, 258, 262, 275–276, 278, 284
Shema
26, 75, 140–146, 168–169, 182, 310, 314
sophia
(
see wisdom
)
subordination
6, 173, 216, 219–220, 267, 269, 300, 303n26, 309
sonship
27–29, 201, 300, 303n26
statue
37, 52, 53, 59, 235, 237, 293n1
Stoic, Stoicism
144, 150n30, 165, 198n43, 205, 207–208, 250, 253n16, 258–261, 269
sun
36–37, 46–47, 56, 67–68, 279, 280, 297, 301n20, 306, 318
syncretism
191
syzygy
278, 301n21
temple
33, 40, 42–49, 59, 63, 64, 79, 83, 112, 121, 136n95, 164–165, 171, 192, 198, 212, 244, 282, 293, 307, 308
tetragrammaton
8, 26n67, 61–65, 76, 78, 80, 83–84, 85–87, 95, 142, 186n51
theodicy
8, 300n18, 302
theos hypsistos
40, 269, 296–297, 305
throne
35, 65, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 113, 125–128, 138, 163, 166, 204–205, 208–209, 307, 314, 316
titans
56
Torah
17, 49, 90, 204, 205, 209, 314
translation
26n67, 33, 38–39, 42, 50, 52, 58–59, 80, 86, 109–110, 122, 138, 148n26, 162–164, 200, 217n92, 226–227, 229–231, 244, 252, 282, 294, 302n22, 307, 312n51
transtheism
275–276, 287–288, 292
trinity, trinitarianism
3, 7, 106n22, 189, 191, 216n88, 218, 220–221, 238, 301, 303n26, 317n68
uncreated
157, 190n7, 196n36, 197, 205, 208–211, 214, 219, 264, 288, 294, 297, 299, 301n20, 309
universal polytheism
32–34, 48–49, 58
unknown god
48–49, 64, 80, 113, 253n17, 255, 257, 265–266, 286, 289, 290
Valentinus, Valentinianism
8, 77, 83, 206, 250–255, 258–262, 275, 278, 284n109, 297n11, 301n21
vision
8, 46, 54, 66, 72, 80, 82, 113, 125–129, 192n15, 238–241, 254, 306
wine
1, 43–45
wisdom
6, 19, 64, 125, 144–146, 157–161, 170, 176, 179, 183–184, 194–195, 199, 204–210, 219, 249–262, 266, 268, 275, 284, 290
worship
2, 5, 14–15, 20–22, 25, 32, 34–41, 44–49, 51, 57, 59, 67, 78, 81, 97–98, 105–106, 117, 122, 134–136, 156, 166, 183, 195–196, 222, 232–234, 237–238, 245, 263, 265, 267–269, 274–277, 280–281, 283, 285, 287, 290–292, 294, 299n16, 300, 303–304, 306–308, 316
xenotheism
285, 287, 288, 292
Yahoel
8, 62, 69–72, 84n63, 98n30
Yahweh, Yhwh
1, 6–8, 20, 22, 26, 33, 38–41, 43, 45–47, 49–52, 55n53, 59–60, 61–64, 66–67, 69–70, 72–75, 77–79, 81–89, 92–98, 140, 143, 152, 155–156, 163–164, 170, 249n3, 263–266, 270, 276, 284–290, 292, 294, 299–300, 304
Zeus
32–33, 35, 37, 40–48, 50, 53, 55n53, 59–60, 267, 269, 270, 272, 277, 289, 304, 306n35