The Jewish Annotated New Testament (186 page)

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