Index of Subjects
academic school
183f., 196f.
activeness (of converts)
17, 25–8, 30–4, 38f., 166, 171, 181, 189, 195, 197, 285, 320, 324, 351, 355, 361
addition (as theoretical term)
5, 25, 38, 53–5, 131
adherence
19, 23, 25, 28, 34, 54n., 103, 301, 444
affiliation
1f., 4f., 10, 19, 23–5, 34f., 38, 40, 44, 47–55, 88, 110, 121, 135, 189, 243f., 317, 320, 364, 412, 416, 427, 436
age (of converts/conversion)
34
agency
of believers
351f., 354–8, 360–3
divine
39, 112, 213, 333, 351f., 354–8, 360–3
human
112, 213, 351f., 354–8, 360–3, 411
aha experience
29
allegiance
360, 363, 380, 382, 435n.
almsgiving
9f., 228n., 369–99
anthropology
39, 94, 169, 206f., 214, 273, 324, 352n.
apocalyptic
351, 352–8, 363
apology
105, 121–3, 132–6, 138
apostasy
19, 44, 244
apotreptic
196f.
appropriation
9, 122, 133, 136, 140, 167f., 198, 275, 323
asceticism
219, 274, 329, 335, 389, 431
assimilation to God/the Son of God
207–9, 211f., 326, 331
atonement
148–50, 155
attention (philosophical)
166, 174n., 176, 179, 183, 187n., 192, 196, 214, 325
autobiography/self report
18, 30, 45, 89, 110, 329, 372n., 408, 411
awakening
163–99
Bacchic cult
408, 417
baptism
2, 9, 45, 108, 112, 248–51, 315, 319, 325, 327–9, 332–6, 410
dying and rising with Christ
342, 346–50, 356–9, 362
Jesus
26
John the Baptist
108f., 247f., 264n., 277
beatitudes
282–5, 287f., 290f., 297, 302f., 306f.
behaviour
10, 17f., 26f., 30, 64, 66, 72–4, 77, 155–8, 164n., 189, 194f., 199, 206, 246–51, 261, 277, 288–90, 292, 294, 333f., 355, 357, 360f., 363, 365n., 369f., 376f., 379, 382f., 387, 389, 399f., 408, 421, 435
behavioural sciences
4, 43–55
belief and faith
3, 5f., 9f., 19, 24, 26f., 35, 44, 47, 51–3, 55, 86–9, 109, 112, 121, 129–41, 145f., 158f., 173, 180, 185, 188, 211, 215, 255–7, 258n., 278, 287, 296, 307, 310, 315f., 319, 321, 322, 325, 329–32, 335f., 344, 358–60, 362f., 369f., 372, 388, 399f., 413, 433f., 440f., 443, 447
biography/biographical
1, 8, 27, 30, 206, 210, 219–35, 253, 319f., 327, 342–65, 372, 408, 411
boundaries
189f., 197, 213, 283, 373, 393
cataleptic
182, 184f., 188, 193, 196
celibacy
100
charity
101, 146, 396, 401
Christology
207, 281, 320–2, 385, 398, 400
Church see ecclesiology/Church
city
93, 104, 133n., 165, 221, 377, 421
cognitive aspect
4–7, 44, 48, 119–41, 168, 172–80, 183–8, 191, 197–9, 319, 324, 336, 356, 361, 363, 409, 412, 434
collegium/thiasos
46f., 229n., 434
community
1, 18f., 21, 24, 33–5, 44, 47f., 50–2, 75n., 88–90, 92–104, 108, 111f., 151, 181, 189, 211, 233, 252, 255f., 261, 265f., 268, 284, 291, 293, 296, 298, 314, 323, 327–9, 331n., 375–7, 383–6, 390f., 397f., 408, 429, 436, 447
confession
96, 188n., 249, 273, 291, 306f., 395
contemplation
204, 275, 335
continuity
54, 135, 140n., 187, 260n., 287, 317, 319f., 354, 381–93, 409
conversion
age
34, 317f., 334
definition
1f., 18–20, 25, 36, 86, 145, 164f., 167n., 203, 212–4, 242f., 319, 321, 371–3, 432–6
experience
1–5, 9, 11, 17f., 39, 43, 46, 112, 164, 176, 179, 197, 319f., 365, 429
gradual
4, 28f., 38, 305, 307
models/variations
4f., 8, 17–40, 43f., 48–55, 157, 219–35, 243f., 260, 262, 267, 273, 409, 416, 418, 423, 432–6
moral
7, 9–11, 127, 134, 157f., 166, 173f., 176, 180, 194, 203–14, 220f., 249, 259, 265, 273, 275, 320f., 326f., 329, 336, 348n., 377, 408
narrative
17f., 20, 33, 45f., 273, 427–47
partial
38
Pauline paradigm
26f., 29f., 32, 45, 109, 112, 273, 309, 371, 407, 410f., 417, 422
philosophical
1, 4, 9, 19, 99, 165, 191, 197, 161–235, 274–6, 279, 315–36, 427
process
9, 31–3, 39, 164, 166f., 170–3, 178, 186, 193f., 196, 198, 212f., 272–4, 281, 283f., 287, 290f., 293, 297, 304–7, 309, 413n., 415n.
psychological aspects
1–8, 17f., 20, 26–30, 33f., 38f., 43, 45–7, 167–70, 173, 175, 177, 197, 203, 244f., 268, 283, 288, 300–5, 318, 324, 360f., 409f., 427
research, state of
2–4, 27, 205, 242–5, 273, 309f., 407–9, 432–6
rhetoric/language/linguistic aspects
7, 17, 46, 89, 95f., 98, 61–70, 90f., 95–8, 103, 105f., 111–3, 164, 186, 198, 241, 244f., 255–7, 259–61, 263, 265, 268n., 319f., 336, 371–3, 417f.
ritual
5, 9f., 20, 90, 108f., 112, 127, 137, 204, 211f., 231, 248, 251, 276, 333, 335f., 348, 358–63, 413–23
social/sociological aspects
3, 5, 19, 46–8, 53, 55, 89, 203, 243, 268, 273, 291–5, 304f., 317, 327, 365, 370, 372, 408f., 427, 435, 445f.
strategies
6, 119
sudden
4, 28–30, 37, 39, 43, 203, 273
theology
46
transactional models
23, 35f.
types
25, 44
corporeal
169f., 181, 350
cosmic
123, 167, 174, 180f., 195, 198, 207f., 353f.
cosmology/cosmological
167f., 204, 206f.
covenant/covenantal
50f., 93f., 96f., 353
ceremony
96
divine
98
new
94f.
creation, new
332–6
creativity theory
29f., 71
cultic
25, 47, 51, 53–5, 320, 379, 381, 386, 393, 397f., 416, 428, 435
cultural context
21, 25–8, 34–7, 54, 273, 388, 427, 434n.
daily life
193f.
death, life as preparation for
351
death of the body
345, 348f., 351, 353, 362
death of Christ
347n., 349f.
death of the self
9, 350, 356, 362
death to sin
342, 347n., 350f., 356–64
decision
26, 34, 39, 66, 98, 155, 158, 213, 250, 273, 277, 285, 298, 306, 309, 324, 328, 357, 372, 378, 388, 394, 427, 433f., 436, 447
defection
19, 34, 244
deficiency
286–91, 300f., 305f., 435n., 443
deliberation/deliberate
11, 65–7, 76, 79, 165, 197, 242, 324, 347, 375, 427, 433–6, 440, 443–6
descending
75f., 205, 210, 335
desire
4, 35, 148, 156, 159, 180, 189, 192, 207f., 222, 224, 231, 276, 287, 290, 292–4, 328, 351, 355, 421, 427f.
determinism/fate
11, 26, 102, 212, 331, 427–33, 440, 445–7
dialogue
7, 196, 199, 205, 214, 276, 301n., 308, 317f., 331f., 372, 434, 442
Dionysiac
204, 417f.
disciple
22–31, 106–9, 189f., 174f., 220–32, 250f., 274, 282, 331, 428, 435, 441, 445
discipline
1, 3, 88, 113, 179, 194, 219, 252, 273, 276, 409
discontinuity
317, 319
disposition
168, 170n., 173, 175, 177, 185, 187f., 190–2, 197f., 261, 355, 360, 363, 365, 395
divine
1n., 3f., 8f., 17, 27, 29, 39f., 46, 94, 98, 109, 112, 120f., 124f., 127, 128, 131, 133f., 135–40, 147f., 150, 152f., 155, 159, 166, 174, 184, 189, 192–5, 207, 209f., 213, 215, 221f., 234, 246, 266, 275, 284f., 289, 295–7, 303f., 307, 315–7, 322, 324–6, 330, 332f., 354, 356, 358, 360–3, 375, 382, 396, 421f., 428, 435
divinization
210
drunkenness
7, 163f., 168–72, 197–9
dyadic personality
21
ecclesiology/Church
35, 46, 49f., 371f., 376f., 380f., 383, 386, 390, 392–5, 397f., 400
education/educational
20, 111n., 193, 204–6, 211–5, 219, 224, 231, 233, 276, 317–20, 331, 335f., 429
election
17, 20, 30f., 95
embodied
10, 319, 334f., 360f.
emergence theory
357
emic
8, 165, 167, 189, 198, 212f., 245, 248, 262, 268
etic
emigration
64
emotion/emotional
18, 26f., 34, 43f., 89, 111, 164, 169, 274n., 290, 293n., 435n.
Epicureans
173n., 196f.
epistemology
184, 187
epistrophê
8, 18f., 102n., 166, 187, 203–5, 327
eschatology/eschatological
10, 249, 278, 287, 297, 322, 326, 336, 345n., 348f., 351, 356, 378f., 383, 385, 388f., 391, 396, 398
Essenes
5, 92, 98–102
ethnography
101f.
etic
8, 167, 189, 198, 212, 245, 248, 268
eureka experience
29f.
evangelicals
24, 36f.
evil
97, 125, 151, 185, 195n., 207f., 214, 261, 265, 281, 288n., 292–5, 297, 299, 301f., 305, 333f., 354, 379, 419–21
exclusive/exclusivity
4, 23–5, 34, 36, 38–40, 45, 47–9, 53–5, 152, 189, 294, 298, 308, 320, 384, 407, 414, 418, 436, 438
exegesis
2, 11, 131, 316, 330, 348, 362, 370, 428–30, 445
exercise
23, 178, 191, 194f.
exhortation, paraenesis
7, 9, 110, 122, 132–40, 163, 166, 168, 185–8, 190, 192–4, 196f., 227, 330, 374, 376f., 379–82, 384f., 390, 396, 398f., 413, 418–21, 445
exodus
94, 97
faith see belief and faith
falsehood
185, 409, 415
fate see determinism/fate
fidelity
19
figment
170f., 182
flood
154
forgiveness (divine)
149, 155, 247, 249f., 255, 258, 259–61, 263
fornication
95
free choice/will
35, 94, 102
freedom
98f., 163, 179, 190, 285, 323, 359, 392, 395, 398, 433
fullness
286, 288–90, 306
garment
100, 107
gens aeterna
101
gentile
47–55, 93, 121, 127, 132, 242, 244, 246, 257–9, 261–4, 427f., 433–40, 446
gift
46, 289, 355f., 358, 362f., 381f., 392–5, 397f.
gift and demand
358, 362f.
Gnostic/Gnosticism
10f., 284, 298f., 304n., 419n., 427–33, 439, 445
goal/telos of philosophical life
204, 219n., 275n., 279, 284, 298f., 308, 326
God see divine
good, the
274, 276n., 286f., 290, 294, 301f., 306, 308
Gospel/gospels
22f., 26, 45–7, 52, 107f., 122f., 136, 241, 248, 254, 259–61, 268, 277, 279, 307, 312f., 315, 322–4, 329–33, 352, 354f., 375, 378, 380f., 383, 391f., 395f., 398f., 429–32, 442
grace
159, 284n., 330, 350–2, 354f., 361, 393–8
Greek philosophy
274, 276, 288n., 307f., 316, 330n.
gymnosophists
100, 232f.
habit
178f., 185, 193, 422
happiness
165, 178n., 283, 286f., 293n., 299, 420
hardening
173n., 320, 324f.
heavenly man
332
Hebrew (noun)
122n.
Hellenism
274, 317, 321, 326
Hellenistic (philosophy/philosophers)
3, 165n., 168, 181n., 188n., 203, 280, 282n., 292n., 307f., 316f., 322, 324n.
hesitation
184f.
hieroi logoi
418n.
History of Religions School
342, 347
holistic
167, 198, 206, 210, 214
holy/profane
95, 97, 302f., 420
hospitality
101, 374f., 390
hybridization/hybridity
9, 317
identity
redefinition
21f.
transformation/change
4, 17–40, 47, 427–9, 435f., 446
idol
320–2
ignorance
165f., 170n., 173, 182, 188, 205, 214, 260, 263, 276n., 286f., 302n., 320f., 418, 434
illness
187
illumination
318, 324, 331, 334f.
image of God
322–7, 335
imagination
8, 170n., 171, 220, 328n.
immanent
180n., 181, 189–93, 198, 213, 281n., 289, 303
immortality
193, 214, 344, 434
impression
171f., 174, 182–8, 190–3
inclusive, inclusivity
24f., 36, 79n.
incorporation
68, 327–9
Indian
24f., 36, 232
indicative and imperative
356, 358, 362f.
initiation
2, 10, 20, 25, 35, 127, 219–22, 225, 228, 230f., 233f., 331, 342–4, 348, 350f., 362, 410, 416–8, 420–3
initiation test
2, 229
innovation
29
institutional tradition
19
instructor
96
integration
25, 32, 34f., 39, 80n., 415, 436
intensification
1, 5, 19, 44, 48, 51f., 55, 147n., 157, 244, 248, 250, 252, 257, 259f., 320
intertextuality
62n., 317
introspection/introspective
7, 154–8, 187
irrational
165, 174f., 177, 180–2, 189, 193–8
Isiaic cult
10, 408, 413n., 416
isolation
213, 361, 396
Israel
cities of
93n.
new Israel
93
people/nation of
63, 133n., 148, 152, 155, 253, 260, 265, 282n., 318, 323, 353, 355n., 389
perfect Israel
96
true Israel
93
Jewishness
86, 88
Jews
24, 47, 50–2, 88, 91, 98, 100, 103, 107f., 121, 134, 168, 211, 241, 246, 248, 251, 254, 258–65, 282n., 317, 321n., 324, 373, 376, 383, 398, 434
Johannine community
51
Judaism
1, 5f., 13, 31, 47–53, 86, 90, 92, 102, 108, 113, 119, 131, 140, 241, 248, 252, 258, 260, 262, 291f., 297, 316f., 323, 353n., 372, 376, 384, 387, 389, 399, 416, 428
common Judaism
87, 88n.
Rabbinic Judaism
87, 145
Tannaitic
146
justification
9, 283, 285, 294, 354, 358–64, 397
Kingdom of God/heaven
52, 247–54, 277f., 282f., 285, 287, 289f., 299, 303, 307f., 346, 388, 399, 419
knowledge of God/truth
135, 315, 324, 326, 329, 334f., 420
Law divine/Mosaic/Jewish
51f., 90f., 93n., 94n., 96f., 98, 100, 112, 124, 127, 128, 131, 133, 148, 195, 197, 276–8, 291–3, 295f., 299, 317, 321, 349n., 350, 389, 395
Torah
oral
102
written
102
zeal for
105
Levites
95, 97
“like by like” principle
325f., 333
lifestyle
45, 189, 220f., 227f., 308, 382, 388
light
183f., 184n., 329f.
Logos of God
326f., 329–35
lordship of Christ
352–3, 355
love
125, 228, 293–302, 306, 327, 375, 388–91, 395–400
between master and disciple
223f.
mutual
100, 375, 379, 390
erotic
223f.
for the enemy
294, 389f.
for humankind/neighbor
99, 293–302, 333, 389
of God
99, 350n., 351
loyalty
45f., 54, 139n., 213, 427, 434–6, 438–40, 443–6
macarism
282–89, 297, 302f., 307
beatitudes
magoi/magi
100, 232
male as constituent factor for groups
95, 109n., 182n., 282n.
marginalize
47
marriage, levirate
67, 69, 74
martyr/martyrdom
101, 346
Matthean community
51–3
Matthew, Gospel of
47, 52f., 245n., 246n., 247, 249–5, 257f., 260n., 268, 277, 279, 281, 304, 307, 312n., 373, 376, 378
maturation
20, 28, 38
meal, communal/cultic
53, 101, 167, 211, 343
medicine
101, 174, 179, 198, 219n.
mental
158, 167, 171n., 173, 182, 189, 193f., 197, 274f., 285n., 290n., 302n., 304, 309f., 320, 356n., 412
Messiah/messianic
22, 80, 93, 260, 315, 317, 331, 381, 428, 433, 438–40, 442, 445f.
metamorphosis
165n., 325
metanoia/metanoeō
7f., 19, 96n., 99n., 108, 151n., 154, 165, 203–15, 205, 241, 245–68, 272–91, 303–10, 320n., 321f., 371n., 421
Middle Platonism
7, 213, 322
mind
7, 30, 53, 69f., 73, 99, 111, 125, 127, 129f., 138f., 159, 167–74, 177n., 178n., 179f., 182, 184–6, 189, 190–4, 206, 208, 210f., 215, 219, 246, 254, 260f., 264, 268n., 274, 316, 323–5, 332–4, 345, 355n., 422
mission, missionary
211, 256, 259n., 321n., 322, 331, 378, 382, 391, 397f., 439–42, 447
Mithraic cult
408, 413
monistic
167, 170, 198, 212
moral progress/transformation
7, 11, 166, 204–6, 214, 295, 306, 318, 325, 327, 329
perfection
motivational psychology
17, 33f.
mystery cult
10, 47, 133n., 204, 342–4, 407–23
naming
66, 74–6
narrative identity construction
17
nature, according to
165n., 174, 177, 181, 183–5, 191, 193–5
nature, spiritual
427–40, 445
need (material)
10, 295f., 374, 376f., 379, 382f., 385–7, 389, 390f.
negotiation, process of
4, 17, 21, 23, 27, 33, 37, 40, 364n., 373, 427, 436
Neoplatonist
175, 413
neurosciences
44
newness
9, 347n., 348f., 360
New Perspective on Paul
52n.
new religious movement (NRM)
26f.
non-sages (non-philosophers)
173, 175, 177, 323
once/now
4, 212, 320, 327
ontic/ontological
174, 192, 205, 208, 210, 212, 316, 318, 320, 331–3, 336, 360
opinion
112, 179f., 246, 431
optimism, anthropological
11, 215
Orphism/Orphic
6, 119–41, 409n., 415, 417
Overseer
96, 98
paenitentia
101, 275
paideia
164, 317, 323, 330
paranaesis see exhortation/paraenesis
patron-client relationship
3, 46, 245n., 435, 444
Passions
169f., 172–5, 194, 208f., 212f., 351, 433
past and present
111
Pauline paradigm of conversion
26, 30, 45, 371f., 407, 410f., 417, 422
Paul the Apostle
87, 315–36, 342–65, 376–84, 392–8, 410, 439f.
convert
109–13
Pharisee
104f., 110
perception
44n., 88, 121, 169, 171n., 172n., 174, 181–3, 187
perfection
8, 100n., 166, 187, 203–5, 284n., 291n., 295, 298n., 306, 318, 325, 327
periagôgê
204, 318
Pharisees
5, 47, 52f., 88f., 90, 100, 102–8, 111, 250–2, 282n., 376
philosopher
ideal/true
189f., 211n., 225, 279, 281, 308
in progress/potential
212n., 221, 232f., 318, 322, 330n., 335, 351
new
219, 228
philosophy, philosophical
1–4, 6–11, 23, 37, 39f., 45, 54, 87f., 99–102, 119, 120, 122f., 137, 139, 140, 163–8, 174, 178f., 184–7, 189, 190–2, 194–8, 203–7, 209–15, 219–29, 231, 233, 234, 268, 274–6, 279–81, 286, 290, 292, 294, 297, 302f., 307–9, 315–27, 329–36, 351, 362, 371, 383, 407, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 421–3, 435, 444
definition
23
groups in Israel
100, 102
life
220
parts
99
succession
225, 231, 234
physics
99, 169, 174, 212, 219n.
polis see city
polygamy
95
poor
252, 282n., 283, 285f., 373f., 378–82, 385–7, 389f., 392, 396, 400
possession
369–401
postcolonial
316f.
poverty
10, 285–8, 302, 306, 309, 374f., 386, 388, 396, 400f.
predestination
11, 324f., 427, 431, 445
pre-Socratic
274–6
priest
95–7, 296, 436
property, sharing/renouncing of
99f., 228, 383
proselytes
95, 105f., 157, 258n., 262n.
prototype
45, 49, 61
protreptic
164, 168n., 177, 181, 183–6, 194, 196–9, 206, 211, 330n., 411, 413, 418
psychic
168, 170n., 171, 173–5, 177, 178–85, 188, 197f.
psychogony
207
psychological
4f., 17f., 20f., 23, 25–9, 34, 39f., 46, 273, 283, 288, 305
conversion, psychological aspects of
punishment (divine), withdrawal of
108, 148–59
pure/impure
95, 97
Pythagorean
133n., 204, 207n., 212, 223, 229, 275, 323n., 331, 417n.
race
86, 88, 125, 131
ransom
153
rational
27, 165n., 172, 174–8, 180–2, 188–92, 194, 198, 207f., 215, 274, 307, 316, 318, 326, 329, 335, 383, 438, 444f.
reason see rational
reciprocity
293f., 298, 305
reckoning
9, 350–2, 356n., 358–64
redeem
64, 69, 74, 77f.
Reformation
369, 388
regimen
7, 178f., 189, 193, 198
rejection
23, 120n., 134, 140, 253f., 260, 317, 322, 342, 347, 353, 427, 433–6, 438, 443, 446
relational
22, 188, 192, 320, 387, 391
relationship
27, 33, 132, 140, 188–93, 198, 219, 223f., 253–7, 277, 284, 287, 289, 293–307, 315–7, 320, 333, 351f., 360–4, 374f., 386–92, 395–400, 435f.
religion, religious
1–6, 8f., 11, 17–9, 21, 23–7, 29, 32–8, 40, 43–51, 54, 55, 86–8, 102, 120–3, 126, 128, 130, 132, 135, 137, 139f., 155–8, 167, 174, 178, 193, 197, 205, 210, 212, 220, 241, 243f., 249f., 253, 260f., 268, 273, 280, 283, 295–7, 299, 305, 309, 315–7, 319, 321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 331–3, 335f., 342, 344, 347, 364, 371–3, 382, 393, 407–12, 414–6, 419, 420, 427, 431, 433, 435f.
religious identification
54
remnant
94
remorse
147, 156
renunciation
10, 24f., 38f., 99f., 189, 228, 274, 292, 297, 305, 378, 388f., 407, 414, 416–8, 423
reorientation
50, 95, 203, 250, 329, 369, 433, 436, 442
reparation
152, 158
repentance
6, 19, 94f., 97, 105f., 108, 145–8, 153f., 158f., 211, 247–52, 255–66, 275, 277, 313, 378, 388, 400, 417, 421
resocialization
3
restoration
8, 61, 148, 150, 158, 210, 241f., 248–67, 319f.
intracommunal
254–7, 266
intrareligious
248–54, 265, 320
universal
257–9
resurrection
107, 325, 331, 335f., 346, 349f., 356, 360
return
5f., 61–4, 66–9, 73f., 78f., 146–8, 158f., 210, 275, 306
rhetoric see conversion, rhetoric/language/linguistic aspects
rich/wealthy
103, 172, 230, 282, 286, 378, 380, 396f.
righteous
92, 96f., 104, 192, 251f., 273, 277, 291f., 359, 421
righteousness of God
299, 355f., 363
rites of passage
20
ritual
10, 20, 25, 108f., 120, 204, 211f., 230f., 249, 319, 333, 336, 342, 347n., 348, 358f., 361, 363, 409f., 412–8
rival
168, 183, 197
Roman Imperial Period
7, 10f., 168, 211f., 214, 220n., 316, 317f., 320, 329, 335, 407, 412, 416, 419, 434
Sabbath
99, 334
salvation
10, 70, 148, 150, 252, 261, 265f., 272, 278, 322, 335, 348–50, 353–6, 362, 388, 396, 411, 413f., 422, 427–33, 439f., 445–7
salvation history
353f.
sanctuary, defilement of
95
scribe
107
Second Temple Judaism
5f., 86–113, 353n., 389
seed(s)
73f., 278n., 441f., 446
seeking/searching
299, 303f., 331
self
9, 165n., 180, 187–90, 195n., 327f., 342–62, 436
self-awareness
186–8
self-conflict
179f.
self-control
174, 194
self-examination
187n., 193
self-improvement
185
self-perception
174
self-preservation
298f., 301f.
self-report/narrative/reflection
8, 18f., 28, 33, 37–9, 45f., 428
self-transformation
6, 316, 319, 331
semantics
6, 103n., 113, 146, 204n., 320n.
senses
169–72, 174, 182n., 183–5, 187f., 204, 275n.
Shavuot
61
sin
9, 94n., 99, 150f., 155, 246–51, 255, 258–61, 263–5, 272, 278, 292, 302n., 342, 345, 347–50
power
351–64
reign
351, 357
soberness
164, 167, 167n., 168, 168n., 177f., 180, 181f., 184, 194, 196f.
social see conversion, social/sociological aspects
social cognition
49
social consequences
46f.
social identity
43f., 54f., 139n., 361n., 364n., 397f.
Social Identity Theory
5, 42–55
socialization
44, 327
social legitimacy
8, 234
social-scientific research
27
socio-economic
9, 369f., 374–7, 380, 383f., 389, 397f., 400
Socratic
164f., 167n., 168n., 176, 179n., 180, 187, 204, 219n., 221n., 224, 226, 274–6, 278f., 281, 286n., 292–9, 301–3, 308f., 318f., 322, 323n.
Sodom (and Gomorrha)
63, 67f., 154, 257
soteriology
363, 379, 427
soul
102, 108, 139, 166–97, 203–15, 324–30, 335f., 433, 441
spirit/spiritual
1, 6, 11, 21–6, 35, 89, 145, 178, 273f., 286f., 298, 302, 306, 308f., 315, 320, 325–9, 332–5, 344f., 349, 362, 380f., 389, 396f., 400, 414, 420, 427–40, 445f.
standard narratives/motives
4, 11, 36f., 39, 167, 318, 329, 427–48
Stoic Sage
7, 163f., 176, 189, 191, 193, 212, 318, 328f.
Stoic/Stoicism
163f., 275, 295–7, 301f., 313, 327
stranger
95, 223
strength
125, 175, 178, 181f., 184, 190f., 193n., 197f., 205f., 220, 225
structuration theory
3
synergy
209, 212
synhedrion
105, 107
Tannaitic literature
6, 145–59
Teacher of Righteousness
92, 96, 104
tension of the soul
169f., 172n., 173f., 181f., 194
teshuvah
concept
6, 94n., 145–58, 211n.
strategy
113, 150f.
therapy
178n., 179, 193
time and conversion
28f., 31–3, 39, 147n., 150f., 320
Torah
91, 94f., 96, 97f., 102, 104f., 131, 133n., 147f., 197, 276–8, 291f., 389
Law
Tower of Babel
154
tradition
1f., 86f., 90, 102, 107, 147f., 157f., 319
transition
19, 44, 48–50, 53, 55, 244f., 259, 262
transactional models of conversion
23, 35f.
transcendence
120, 123, 129f., 139, 213, 301–3, 305
transformation see identity and moral and self
transgression
147–9, 151, 153
tripartite anthropology
207
trust (the)
112, 315, 319, 440, 443–6
truth
10, 38, 97, 135, 168, 171, 172n., 180–5, 188, 190, 191, 193, 197, 205, 220, 248, 274, 276, 281, 299, 307, 315, 320–7, 329f., 334–6, 411–5, 423, 437–40
knowledge
turning/change
30, 203, 208, 242, 245n., 246, 248, 253–68, 320–4, 329–36, 371, 415n., 433
and (anti-)turning
253f.
away/from
66, 69, 89, 94n., 97, 99n., 242, 260, 272, 278, 308, 371n., 433, 443
back/returning
6, 145–59, 253, 266, 276
to faith/Christ
3, 6, 319, 329, 331f., 371, 378
turning soul
204, 275n., 318, 336
to self
205, 296, 318, 327–9
towards
89, 214, 242, 246, 321
union with God/Christ
208f., 322, 327–9, 331
universe
7, 128n., 204n., 207f., 214, 220, 433
vertical metaphor/movement
194, 204n., 211, 408
vice
166, 170, 173, 175n., 177n., 182, 188, 194, 214, 248, 329, 411, 418, 434
vigilance
190, 193
virtue
99, 165f., 170, 173n., 175, 176–8, 182, 185f., 188f., 191, 194, 198
vision (of God)
192–4, 315, 325–7, 331f.
vital breath
169, 169n., 170, 182n., 194, 328
volitional
27, 203, 214f., 274, 319
wakefulness
164, 167f., 180–4, 189, 191, 193, 196–9
way of life
32, 38, 86, 99, 163–189, 211, 213, 215, 220, 227–9, 231, 272, 276n., 280n., 286n., 308, 317f., 327, 355, 382, 388, 398n., 414
lifestyle
weak
174, 184f., 196, 377n., 434n.
wine
72n., 164, 167n., 168n., 175–9, 195n., 414
wisdom
100, 122, 131, 133, 135, 138, 164–6, 168n., 170, 179, 182f., 185, 188, 191, 193, 195, 235, 253, 274–6, 280, 286, 290, 292, 295, 298, 303, 325f., 330, 334, 380
woman
11, 72, 77n., 223, 292, 331, 382, 427–46
participation
95n., 109n.
works
92, 100f., 103, 123, 125, 129, 164, 197, 206, 227f., 234, 267, 273, 280, 317f., 326, 335, 348, 369, 386, 396, 411, 431
worship
47, 53, 93n., 101, 147, 321, 344, 407, 427f., 432, 437–40, 443, 445f.
Zadok, sons of
95, 97
zeal for the Law
105