Index of Subjects
Aaron
4, 56–57, 57n36, 58–61, 61n52, 65, 235, 236n21
Aaronic priests
52, 58–62, 65
Abarim
74
Abihu
4, 52, 57n36, 58, 58n42, 60–62, 64–65
Abmilderung see mitigation
Abram or Abraham
16–19, 24–25, 27, 71, 75, 110, 164n6, 269, 274
Abschwächung see weakness
Achior
268–271, 274, 275n35
acrostic
169, 182–191
Ägypten see Egypt
König von see Pharaoh
Ahasuerus
203–206, 209n15, 210, 267, 267n13
Alexandria or Alexandrie (in Egypt/Ägypten)
24, 284, 287, 290, 294
allusion
8, 22, 83, 85, 87–88, 88n18, 88n20, 89–92, 92n35, 92n36, 95, 105, 117, 117n13, 118–119, 122, 125n43, 198–199, 249, 275, 286, 288–289, 291, 293
ambiguity or Ambiguität
5, 7, 50, 53–54, 65, 94, 94n48, 107, 110, 164, 164n8, 164n9, 175–178, 194–195, 204, 207, 209, 248–249, 252, 254, 256–259, 282, 282n15, 283, 283n16, 284–285, 294
disambiguation
313, 324
anachronism
23, 134, 270, 270n20, 271, 275, 313
Anathoth
7, 219–222, 224, 226–227
ancestor(s)
4, 16–17, 19–20, 24, 101, 110, 221, 266, 270
Anspielung see allusion
Anspielungsironie see irony, allusive
anthropomorphism
4, 52, 61–63, 65
Anthropozentrik
93, 93n41
antiphrasis
5, 83–84, 84n4, 85–86, 88–90, 282
anti-Semitism
207, 248n9
Apuleius
102
Assyria, Neo-Assyrian empire
22, 251, 251n20, 252–254, 265–269, 271–273, 275n35, 276
asteismos
8, 314–315, 315n16, 316, 316n21, 317, 319, 324
Babylon, Babylonia, Neo-Babylonian empire
17, 17n7, 64, 127n49, 177, 181, 187, 219, 222, 224–226, 230–231, 233, 236, 251, 251n20, 251n22, 253, 270, 272, 272n26, 273, 276
Bakhtin, Mikhail
3, 259
Band, Arnold
3, 7, 246, 248, 249n13, 256, 256n40
Baudrillard, Jean
182–185
Behler, Ernst
102
Benjamin, Walter
183
bicoherence
317–318
blood avenger
6, 149, 151–152, 155–156, 159, 159n36, 160
boasting
145, 169, 173–174, 267, 269, 312–313, 317–318, 318n29, 319–321, 321nn39–40, 322–323, 323n50, 324
Booth, Wayne C.
3, 9, 52, 282n12
Bund see covenant
Canaan, Canaanites
17, 20–21, 25–26, 53, 63, 220n3, 269
captatio benevolentiae
136–138, 141–144
Chaucer, Geoffrey
102
child, children
18–19, 25, 35–36, 38–39, 93, 151, 223, 237
child sacrifice see sacrifice
Christ
6, 149–159, 159n35, 160–161, 306, 306n19, 307, 307n20, 308, 315, 321
Jesus of Nazareth
Christological readings
168
Cicero
3, 133, 281n6, 315n17
Clement of Alexandria
299, 299n1, 299n2
confession(s)
72, 104–105, 107, 109–111, 126n45
contestation
16, 181, 187–192, 299
contradiction
7, 9, 17, 34, 42, 45, 69, 69n4, 76–77, 84, 114n3, 116, 121, 151, 194, 195n3, 197, 199–200, 246, 248, 250, 252–256, 258–259, 270n20, 271, 284n22, 294n36
contrast
4, 15, 25, 34–35, 39–40, 40n49, 42, 44, 60–61, 64, 69n4, 89, 92–93, 103–105, 107, 111, 122, 124, 135, 138, 141, 153, 157–158, 170, 174, 176–177, 186, 188, 234, 238, 240, 250, 267n13, 270–271
council, divine
105–106
counter-history
23, 23n24
covenant
7, 19, 25, 27, 52, 60, 63–65, 75–79, 101, 221, 229, 231n4, 237–239, 243, 255, 294
Covenant Code
55
creation
85, 89, 119, 121–123, 126, 159, 199, 199n10, 200, 223, 259, 288, 306
Creator (divine)
119–120, 122, 125–126, 289, 293
curse
63–65, 75–79, 88, 106, 108, 166n13, 203, 237
Cyrus
22–23
Damascus
217–218, 318, 318n30
death
37–40, 45, 58, 64n74, 70–71, 73–74, 79, 88n21, 92, 123, 139, 141, 153, 159–160, 175n36, 177, 182–183, 191, 225, 231, 234–235, 237, 239–240, 247, 266, 283–284, 284n22, 285–286, 291, 294, 300, 305, 310
Deborah
266
Decalogue
55
deconstruction
5, 9, 21, 50, 52, 132, 143, 203–204, 210
deed-consequence nexus see Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang
defilement
58, 223, 232n9, 233–234, 237–238, 238n27, 266
destiny see fate
Deuteronomism or Deuteronomist
5, 74, 78, 107, 107n43, 110–112, 116, 220n3, 269–271, 286
Deuteronomistic History
99, 110–112, 220, 258
dirge
240, 240n39, 241
disambiguation see ambiguity
disciple, discipleship
99, 303–307, 307n21, 308–309, 309n23, 310
beloved disciple (of Jesus)
300
disputation
127, 230
dissimulatio
32, 32n8, 43, 281, 281n6
Distanzierung
195–197
Duldersprüche see confession(s)
Egypt
4, 17–21, 25–27, 35–37, 37n35, 37n36, 38–41, 45–46, 53, 55, 75–76, 75n19, 76, 79, 104, 114n3, 119, 127, 175–176, 176n37, 217, 226, 235, 235n19, 269, 274, 284–285, 288, 290
Ehre see honor
Elihu
5–6, 116, 119, 121, 127, 132–140, 142–145
empire
6, 17, 23, 25, 139, 181–192, 205, 208, 250–253, 253n28, 258–259, 267n13, 268, 272n26, 273, 274n34, 275n35, 276n37, 292
Erkenntnis see knowledge
Erzähler see narrator
Esau
70, 275n35
euphemism
62–63, 65, 166n13
Euphrates
17–18, 18n11, 22, 25, 27
Evagoras (text) and Evagoras (king)
6, 139–145
exaggeration see hyperbole
exile or Exil
64, 64n73, 65, 107–108, 111–112, 177, 181, 221–222, 224, 227, 233, 251, 251n20, 251n22, 253, 253n30, 255, 257, 269–270, 270n20, 271, 273, 275
postexilic era
7, 107, 126, 176, 247n8, 251–252, 256
Exodus (tradition)
4, 15, 15n3, 17–19, 20, 22–25, 27, 55–56, 76, 217
Ezekiel (prophet)
229–231, 231n4, 232, 232nn7–8, 233–239, 239n34, 240, 240n38, 241–242
Ezra (scribe)
25–26
Farrer, Austin
6, 149, 152–153, 156, 159–161
fate
35, 60–61, 64–65, 69, 69n4, 70, 78–79, 99, 103, 106–107, 110, 174, 188, 221, 236, 239, 241–242, 248, 250, 252, 254
fear
62, 126n47, 172n30, 173, 208, 219, 226, 267–268
of God
37n36, 38, 60, 103, 108, 110, 151, 201
feminist interpretation
40n49, 258–259
Figurenebene or Ebene der Figuren
43, 45
Fluch, Verfluchung see curse
fool, foolishness
132, 246–247, 247n5, 312, 316–318, 320–321, 321n39, 321n40, 322, 324
Frauen see women
Frieden see peace
Frömmigkeit see piety
Frye, Northrop
23
Garmendia, Joana
3
Genette, Gérard
110–111
genre or Gattung or Genre
3, 6, 15n2, 22, 27, 88, 102, 114, 114n3, 116, 116n8, 117, 128, 136, 138–139, 139n18, 139n19, 145, 151, 154, 154n13, 160, 177–178, 230, 240–242, 277n40, 294, 294n38
Gerechtigkeit see justice
Gerizim
25n34, 26–27, 27n38
Gewalt see violence
glory
4, 55, 55n31, 56–57, 60, 119, 122, 240–241, 300, 306
Götzenbild
287–292, 292n31, 293–294
Götzendienst
287–289, 291, 293
Gottesfurcht see fear of God
Gottesrede see speech, divine
grace
7, 222, 227, 243, 305
Hagar
4, 16, 18–21, 24n31, 25, 27
Haman
39n42, 203, 205–207, 209–210
Hasmonean era
271, 273, 275, 275n35, 276n37, 276n39
Hebammen
36–37, 37n36, 38–39
Hellenism or Hellenismus
6, 15n2, 24, 25n34, 27, 134n12, 136, 145, 276, 276n37, 285
Herrschaft see rule
Hexateuch
27, 27n39, 70, 70n6
holiness
64n73, 233, 236, 243
Holiness (scribal tradition)
25, 52, 57, 62, 64–65, 237–238
Holocaust
207n7
Holofernes
8, 265, 267–271, 274, 276
Homer
22–24, 106
honor
60, 65, 140–143, 204–205, 239, 292–293
humor or Humor
8, 32, 32n5, 32n6, 114n1, 165, 229, 242, 265, 267, 271, 274, 275n35, 277
hyperbole
8, 25, 27, 34, 36, 39, 39n47, 45, 104, 111, 117, 133, 265, 268, 272, 274–275, 277, 281, 320
hypotext
22, 24
idol, idolatry or Idolatrie
6, 8–9, 239, 270, 285, 290
Imperium see empire
impurity
125, 125n41, 232–234, 236
incongruity or Inkongruenz
34, 85n7, 94n48, 229, 231, 233, 236–238, 241, 246, 248, 250, 252–253, 258, 272n27, 281, 320
injustice
5, 6, 93n39, 125, 128, 149–151, 153–156, 160, 194, 316
intertextuality or Intertextualität
5, 18–19, 21, 22n21, 100–101, 103, 108, 112, 127, 159n38, 211, 266n5
inversion
20, 27, 237–238, 273, 314–315, 320
ironist or Ironiker
3, 7, 50–52, 54, 59, 62, 69, 149, 197, 210, 238, 265, 274
irony or Ironie
allusive
5, 87–88, 115, 117, 117n13
als Lebensform
195
auktoriale
44
deconstructive
5, 9, 132, 203–204, 210
dramatic or dramatische
7–8, 33, 52, 58–59, 115, 128, 203, 300–301
eirōn, eirōneia
32n8, 313–315, 315n15, 317, 319–320, 324
literary
51–52, 100–103
narrativ-episodisch
40
objektive
69, 69n3, 70, 74, 76, 79
punktuelle
33, 45, 71
rhetorical or rhetorische
100–101, 115, 229, 230n2, 239, 314, 317, 319, 324
self-deprecating see asteismos
situational
3, 8, 51–52, 55–56, 59, 62n58, 63–65, 115–116, 218, 313, 317–318, 318n30, 319–324
verbal or verbale
3, 6, 8, 33, 51, 90, 95n50, 115–116, 149–150, 287, 292–293, 300, 313–317, 319–320, 324
Isaac or Isaak
19–20, 71, 75, 110
Ishmael
19–21
Ishmaelites
25
Isocrates
6, 139, 140, 141–145
Jacob or Jakob
18, 70–71, 75, 110
Jael
266, 266n5, 267
Japp, Uwe
3, 9, 95
Jerusalem
25n34, 26–27, 27n38, 106–107, 181, 183, 185–192, 195, 208, 219, 221–225, 227, 230–232, 232n7, 233, 236, 238n28, 250–251, 251n20, 253–254, 258, 268, 270, 270n20, 273, 275n35, 276, 304, 310
Jesus of Nazareth
2, 8, 152–153, 155–159, 161, 170, 217, 299–301, 303–304, 304n15, 305–306, 306n19, 307, 307nn20–21, 308–309, 309n23, 310
Christ
John the Baptist
301, 303–304, 306–309
Johnson, Samuel
3, 21
Jordan (river)
70–74, 76, 78
Joshua or Josua
71–74, 78
Joyce, James
23
justice
34, 92, 93n39, 102, 118n17, 126, 126n47, 127, 155–156, 161, 238, 291
poetic
62, 64
retributive
150–151, 159–160
Kierkegaard, Søren
3, 197, 238–239
Kind, Kinder see child, children
knowledge
9, 31n2, 54, 54n28, 64, 84, 101, 126, 153, 158, 198, 201, 218, 237–238, 242, 291, 305–306
Kontrast see contrast
Krieg see war
Kristeva, Julia
21
Kynes, Will
23n27, 103, 117, 121–122, 124, 125n43, 156n18
land (of Israel)
4, 5, 17–18, 20, 25–26, 52–53, 63–65, 70–74, 76, 78–79, 217, 223, 225–226, 234, 239, 272n26, 286
Canaan
Landnahme
70, 75, 78
Leben see life
Leid, Leiden see suffering
Leviathan
249, 249n13
Levites
58, 176n40, 177, 223
life
31n1, 36, 37, 37n37, 38–40, 52–53, 57, 78–79, 85, 123–124, 157–160, 173, 185–186, 192, 195–200, 210, 223, 225, 234, 236–237, 239, 250, 284–287, 289, 291–294, 299, 305, 309
Lucian of Samosata
102–103, 106
Lukács, Georg
102
Lux, Rüdiger
109
MacKenzie, Roderick
83, 99–100
Mann, Thomas
102
melancholia
181–182, 184–192, 250n19
metaphor or Metapher
61, 84, 88, 93, 118n17, 125n41, 138, 173, 229–232, 240, 240n38, 241–243, 250
midrash
26, 111
mimesis
15n2, 24
mitigation
5, 44, 90, 90n29
mockery
5–6, 40, 76, 91, 115–118, 121, 127, 152, 154, 165, 165n12, 166–173, 177, 177n49, 178, 190, 224, 281n6
Mordecai
203, 205–207, 209n15, 211
Moses or Mose
3–5, 18, 22–24, 24n31, 26–27, 35, 37n35, 38–39, 39n46, 41–42, 42n56, 43–46, 52–55, 55n31, 56–57, 58, 60–61, 61n52, 69, 71–79, 159n35, 217, 236n21, 255
death of or Tod des Mose
70–71, 73–75, 77
Muecke, Douglas C.
3, 6, 115, 116n8, 149
Musil, Robert
102
mystery
114, 225–226, 238, 300, 306, 306n17
myth or Mythos
93–94, 105–106, 122, 127, 143, 229
Nadab
4, 57n36, 58, 58n42, 60–62, 64–65
narrator
8, 17, 20, 51, 57, 60, 61n52, 73–74, 77, 79, 109, 132, 217, 270, 301, 301n5, 303, 304n15, 305–308
Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar
231, 232n7, 251, 270–272, 272n26, 273, 276
Nietzsche, Friedrich
24, 196
Nile or Nil
17, 17n7, 18, 20–21, 25, 27, 38–39, 217
Nineveh
250, 250n19, 251–254, 256, 258–259, 271–272, 272n26
Noah or Noach
53, 291
Olympus, Mount
106
Opfer see sacrifice
opposition
6, 21, 34, 37n35, 40–41, 45, 101n18, 112, 118, 139, 150, 189, 203, 209, 219, 224, 247, 314–315
resistance
oppression
4, 19–20, 36, 40–41, 151–152, 157–158, 171, 174, 177, 217, 224, 258, 271, 275n34
papyri
299, 299n3, 301–302
parable
2, 99, 230–232
paradox
15, 20, 51, 62–63, 65, 94n48, 207, 239, 252, 259, 300, 306n17
parody or Parodie
3–5, 7–8, 15, 15n2, 19, 21–25, 27, 60n51, 72, 88, 88n18, 88n19, 89, 91n33, 114, 114n1, 114n2, 114n3, 115–116, 116n8, 117, 117n13, 118–121, 121n29, 122–124, 124n38, 125, 125n41, 125n43, 126–127, 158n18, 246, 246n2, 248n9, 254, 256n40, 259, 271–272, 274, 277, 281–282, 285, 318n30, 320, 320n38, 321, 321n39, 324
Passion (of Jesus Christ)
150, 153, 155–159, 159n38, 160–161
patriarchy
40, 204–206
Paul
3, 8, 306n19, 312, 314–316, 316n21, 317–318, 318nn28–30, 319–321, 321n39, 321n41, 322, 322nn43–45, 323, 323nn47–48, 323n50, 324
Pax Romana
8, 291–292
peace
226, 284, 291–292
Pharaoh or Pharao
4, 19, 35–37, 37n36, 38–39, 39n42, 39n45, 39n46, 40, 40n49, 41, 217
piety
103–104, 107, 108–109, 111–112, 118, 118n17, 127, 172, 195–197, 201
polemic or Polemik
19–20, 23, 117, 117n13, 288, 290–291
Pope, Alexander
3, 21
postcolonial interpretation
181, 253, 253n28, 258–259
postmodernism or Postmoderne
2, 33
potter
223, 292, 292n31, 293
priestly (tradition or scribal school)
4, 16–17, 20, 25–26, 60, 62, 64, 127–128, 233
lineage
7, 220–221, 233
Pentateuchal narratives
16, 19–20, 52, 126
ritual
4, 56–57, 59, 61, 63, 222, 232n7
sacrifice
proem, proemium
6, 136, 136n14, 137–139, 139n18, 140–142, 144–145, 303
Promised Land
5, 17–18, 20, 53, 226
prophecy or Prophetie
6–8, 20, 41–42, 44, 55, 60, 60n51, 65, 70, 74, 79, 125, 137, 153, 164, 194, 198, 218–226, 229–230, 232–233, 236n22, 237–238, 240, 242, 246–250, 250n18, 252–253, 253n30, 254–259
pseudo-history
271–272
Purim
203, 209–210
queer interpretation
258–259
Quintilian
3, 84n4, 133–134, 281, 283, 314–315, 315n16, 315n17
Ravasi, Gianfranco
151, 159
reception or Rezeption
31–34, 44, 46, 133, 140, 170, 258, 318–319
redeemer
120, 153–157, 159, 159n35, 161
blood redeemer
6, 149, 152–153, 155–157, 159–161
Religionskritik
196–197, 201
resistance
37n35, 40–41, 45, 182, 187, 190, 192, 259
literature
8, 265, 274, 274n34, 276–277
retribution
5–6, 92–93, 132, 217, 239, 255
revelation
17, 20–21, 53, 54n25, 229, 300, 306, 306n17, 306n19, 322, 322n45, 322n46, 323n48
rhetoric or Rhetorik
95, 283–284
classical
84, 87, 280, 280n4, 281, 281n7, 282–283, 283n16
rhetorician
3, 133
rhetorical question or rhetorische Frage
5, 45, 85–86, 87n15, 141
ritual or Ritual
4, 56, 58–61, 61n56, 62n58, 63, 233–234, 290
Rorty, Richard
2, 9, 50n1
rule or sovereignty
41, 118, 158, 169–170, 174, 177, 187, 208, 217, 219, 239, 241, 271–273, 276n37, 304
sacrifice
57, 60–61, 61n56, 62–63, 152–153, 161, 201, 222–223, 232, 232n7
of children
237–238, 238n27
Salomo see Solomon
Sarah
19, 25
sarcasm or Sarkasmus
8, 32n5, 84, 84n6, 88, 114, 117, 117n15, 121, 127, 171n28, 281, 285, 287–288, 290–292, 294, 313–315, 315n16, 316, 316n21, 317, 324
Sargon
22–23
satan or Satan
103, 105–109, 111–112, 158, 322
satire or Satire
3, 6–8, 15, 21, 23, 33, 34n18, 40, 60, 60n51, 63, 63n71, 88, 88n19, 101–102, 116n8, 117, 119, 149, 151–154, 154n13, 155, 157, 159–160, 165, 246, 246n2, 248n9, 265, 272n27, 274–275, 275n34, 276–277, 281, 285, 287, 290, 320
Schicksal see fate
Schlegel, Friedrich
102
Schöpfer, Schöpfung see creation
Schwachheit see weakness
Seleucid dynasty
276, 276n37, 276n39
self-care
183–184, 191
Shakespeare, William
3, 43, 239
shame
52, 64–65, 159, 167n16, 191, 236, 236n21, 316, 318–319
Sharp, Carolyn J.
1, 9, 51, 176, 176n40, 176n42, 203, 208, 210, 212, 232n8, 236–237, 239, 239n32, 243, 243n44, 248n10, 249–250, 250n18, 258, 280n2
Shiloh
221–222, 224, 227
simulatio
32, 85n7, 87, 133
Sinai
44, 52–54, 54n25, 55–56
Sisera
266, 266n5, 267
Socrates or Sokrates
33, 319n35
Solomon
195, 198, 220–222
speech, divine
52–53, 62, 83, 86, 86n11, 87–89, 89n26, 90–93, 93n38, 93n41, 94, 94n44, 94n48, 95, 100–101, 110
Spieckermann, Hermann
105
Spott see mockery
subversion
6, 8–9, 21, 115–116, 158, 186–187, 192, 204, 218, 226, 258–259, 265, 277
suffering
5–6, 21, 101, 103–104, 108–112, 116, 118, 118n17, 121–122, 126, 126n47, 127–128, 149–156, 156n18, 157–161, 172, 192, 198, 239, 252, 258, 318n28, 319
Swift, Jonathan
3, 21
taunt
166–167, 315
temple(s)
7, 26, 56, 107n43, 208, 221–222, 224, 229, 231, 231n4, 232–234, 236, 270, 270n20, 304, 304n15, 305
Tent of Meeting
221
theodicy
270–271
Tochter Levis
38
Tochter Pharaos
38–39, 39n46
Tod see death
Töpfer see potter
Torah or Tora
5, 26–27, 53, 62, 64, 64n73, 71, 77–79, 255, 257–258
tragedy or Tragik
79, 114n1, 189
transformation or Transformation
21, 99, 111, 152–153, 156, 161, 204, 309
trauma or Trauma
181, 184–185, 187–188, 191–192, 227, 250–251, 251n22, 252–253, 253n30, 255–258
postcolonial
6, 181–185, 187–192
Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang
103, 108, 174, 197
typology
6, 8, 149–154, 154n14, 155–158, 160–161
Tyre
7, 229, 240–242
Übertreibung see hyperbole
Ungerechtigkeit see injustice
Unterdrückung see oppression
Vashti
203–206
vengeance
159, 266
blood avenger
Vergeltung see retribution
violence
6, 37n35, 86, 93, 121, 127, 159n36, 181–188, 190–192, 205, 207, 207n10, 208, 210, 223, 292
vir bonus
133
war, warrior
124, 170, 208, 217, 249, 266–267, 273–274, 291
weakness
38, 40, 40n49, 90, 169, 187, 192, 270–271, 315–316, 316n21, 317–318, 318n30, 319–323, 323n50, 324
Weisheit see wisdom
Widerspruch see contradiction
Widerstand see resistance
Williams, James
100
Williams, P. J.
301, 301n6, 302–303
wisdom
3, 8, 39, 39n42, 92, 111, 114n3, 118–119, 126, 126n47, 135–139, 143, 145, 158, 164, 168–169, 174, 177, 198–199, 252, 280, 282, 282n13, 283–286, 288–289, 289n29, 290–291, 293–294, 306n17
witness
61, 125, 172, 181–182, 219, 233, 236, 238n28, 241, 243, 301, 303–307, 309–310
woman, women
8, 21, 25, 35, 37, 37n35, 37n36, 38–40, 40n49, 125, 188–189, 205–206, 221, 258, 265–266, 266n5, 267, 267n13, 268–269, 275n35
word-object
182–192
wordplay
8, 64, 274, 275n35
Yom Kippur
58
Zion
177, 225, 230–231, 231n4, 232–233, 236