Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
neighbor, concept of, 541
New Testament comparison to, 505–6
opinions vary in, 505
Rabbinic literature and, 506
YHWH in, 544
Hebrews, Hellenists and, 209–10
Hebrews, Letter to, 406–26
authorship of, 406
structure and contents of, 406–7
Hell, 11, 20;
see also
Gehenna; Sheol
Hellenism, 443, 508, 525, 529
Alexander the Great and, 507
Hellenistic Diaspora, 529
Hellenistic Judaism, of Philo, 575
Hellenists, Hebrews and, 209–10
heresy, 557, 559, 579
Herod Antipas, 8, 66, 76, 104, 576
death of, 222–23
Jews and, 509–10
John the Baptist execution by, 533
speculations of, 119
threat of, 131
Herod the Great, 508, 531
death of, 533
Idumeans and, 524
Jesus before, 147
Josephus on, 575
Judas and, 533
temple renovations by, 433, 509, 514
higher authority, subordination to, 280–81
high priest
DSS on, 534
Jesus as, 415
qualifications for, 411–12
Sadducees and, 527
Second Temple period and, 534
Hillel (rabbi), 449, 516, 543
holiness, encouragement to, 437–38
Holy Spirit, 4, 373
baptism with, 58, 81
Pentecost and, 536
Peter’s teaching and, 201
Homer, 56, 216, 227, 273, 383, 399, 549
Ḥoni, 536–37, 584
hope, exhortation to, 445
Horace, 16, 47, 114
household code, 352–53, 362, 370, 399–400, 403
human responsibility, divine judgment and, 257–58
human wisdom, 289–91
humility, 131–32, 356–57
hymn
to Christ, 365–66
of thanksgiving, 569
I
idolatry, 369
fidelity vs., 303
Idumeans, 509, 524
Ignatius, 1, 54, 239, 402, 405, 555, 557–58
imprisonment
of John the Baptist, 105
of Paul, 355–56
Ioudaios
, 155–56, 513
Alexander the Great and, 524
conversion and, 524–25
Hasmonean dynasty and, 524
identity and, 524
Idumeans as, 524
proselytes and, 524–25
translation of, 524–26
Irenaeus, 197, 378, 443, 463, 475, 556, 558
Isaiah
DSS and, 569
on Mary’s conception of Jesus, 560
prophecy, 67
Israel, 36, 66
laws, New Testament and, 505
negative examples of, 302–3
place of, 270–74
restoration of, 275–78
use of scripture of, 439
Israelites
proselytes compared to, 525
Paul’s concern for, 273–74
J
Jairus, healing of daughter of, 70–71, 118–19
James, 31, 37, 53, 460
executed by Sadducees, 528
as Judaizer, 556
James, Letter of, 427–35
content and structure of, 427
Jerome, Latin Bible, Vulgate, produced by, 561
Jerusalem, 5, 512
desolation of, 143
Jesus’ entry into, 82–83, 121, 182–83
Jesus’ lament over, 43, 131
Jesus’ second lament over, 140–41
new, 495–97
Paul in, 240–42
Pompey conquest of, 536
Rome destruction of, 2
Jerusalem Council, 227–30, 523
Jerusalem Temple;
see also
Temple, Second; Temple of Solomon
Antiochus IV Epiphanes and, 507
Caligula statue in, 511, 514
destruction of, 1, 2, 64, 406, 520, 537, 575
Gentiles in, 503
incident in, 38
Jesus’ authority over, 161–63
Jesus in, 103
Jewish worship in, 513–14
religious life centered on, 528
sacrifice, 11
tax, 32–33, 64, 325
tax collectors in, 503
Zeus’s statue in, 44
Jesus, 1, 3, 18, 59, 66, 103, 184, 412, 560;
see also
healing; son of David; Son of God; Son of Man; suffering servant
as Anointed One, 107, 531
arrest of, 91–92, 145, 146
ascension of, 151, 199–200
authority of, 16, 22, 38–39, 161–63
baptism of, 2, 7, 104, 105
birth of, 4, 101, 578
bridegroom, metaphor of, 18
burial of, 93–94, 191–92
children and, 138
circumcision of, 102
condemnation of, 22, 147–48, 191–92
cursing of, 307
death of, 2, 578
on dietary laws, 522
disciples, his appearances to, 150–51, 194
on divorce, 503
entombment of, 53–54, 94, 149
eschatology and, 15, 480–81
exaltation of, 408–9
explains his teachings, 25
as false prophet, 581–82
family of, 117, 540, 566
genealogy of, 3, 105–6
before Herod, 147
as High Priest, 415
Jerusalem entry by, 82–83, 121, 182–83
John the Baptist and, 115–16
Josephus on, 576
as King of the Jews, 51
lamentation over Jerusalem, 43
in medieval Jewish tradition, 581–82
ministry beginning of, 8–9
missionary mandate by, 109
mission of, 62
in modern Jewish thought, 582–85
Moses comparison to, 2, 154, 409–10, 504–5
multiplication of food by, 27–30, 72–73, 75
Nazareth rejection of, 27, 71, 106–7
neighbor, concept of, 543
new covenant of, 506
Peter’s denial of, 49, 50, 90, 92, 145, 146
Pharisees questioned him, 42
Pilate and, 51–52, 92–93, 147
prayer of, 189
rabbinic texts on, 580–81
Samaritan woman’s encounter with, 152, 155–56, 165–67
as shekhinah, 2, 34, 98
stilling of storm by, 17, 68–69, 117
synagogue expulsion of, 188
synagogue sermon of, 107
teaching in Galilee, 106
on temple domination system, 503
temptation of, 7–8, 106
transfiguration of, 31–32, 78, 120–21, 502
triumphal entry of, 37–38, 140, 181–83
walking on water, 28, 73
Jesus Movements, food restrictions within, 522
Jew, 42, 296, 513, 552
Abraham as first, 3
removal of term from New Testament, 525–26
Jesus’ confrontation with, 175–76
on crucifixion, 577
customs of, 514–15
on death of Jesus, 2, 578
Gentiles, table fellowship with, 523–24
Gentiles, union with, 348
Herod and, 509–10
Ioudaios
and, 525
as Jesus archenemies, 152
Judea, relocation from, 507
legalism of, 515
Luke on, 96–97
neighbor, concept of, 540–43
Paul, their persecution of, 578
response to believers in Christ, 577–80
Satan association with, 156
in Second Temple period, 158
Jewish Antiquities
(Josephus), 513, 514, 575–76, 583
Jewish Christians, 554–57
Jewish family life, in first century CE, 537
demographics of, 538
documents on, 538
domestic arrangements in, 538
education and, 540
gender segregation in, 539–40
Jesus’ family and, 117, 540, 560
love between parents and children in, 539
marriage and divorce in, 538–39
polygyny, 538
slaves and, 538
Jewish history (331 BCE-135 CE)
Alexander the Great to Maccabean Revolt, 507–8
Diaspora revolt, 512
first Judean revolt, 511–12, 533
Hasmonean dynasty, 508–9
Roman rule, 509–11
second Judean revolt, 512–13, 534
Jewish law, 62, 315
of circumcision, 514
in New Testament, 515–16
obedience to, 296
Paul on, 516–18
pork abstention, 514, 522
Sabbath, abstention of work, 515
scribes’ interpretation of, 63
Jewish movement, of New Testament period, 526
Pharisees vs. Sadducees in, 527–28
rabbis vs. priests in, 527–30
sects in, 529–30
Jewish thought, Paul in, 585–87
Jewish War
(Josephus), 575
Jewish worship, 513–15
Job, on afterlife, 549