Read The Jewish Annotated New Testament Online
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
Johannine community, 152–53, 448
Johannine literature, 156–57, 456
John, 21, 31, 37, 53, 112, 153–54
arrest of, 205–6
John, Gospel According to, 152–96, 546
anonymous author of, 153–54
anti-Judaism and, 155–56
audience of, 154
epilogue of, 195–96
first-century Judaism and, 154–55
geography of, 162
Jewish sources and, 155
on Jews, 578
Johannine community and, 152–53
Johannine narrative in, 156–57
John, First Letter of, 448–55
authorship of, 448
canonical status of, 448
John, Second Letter of, 456–57
authorship of, 456
John, Third Letter of, 458–59
John Hyrcanus, 98, 508, 524, 575
John of Patmos
heavenly call of, 466–68
as new Ezekiel, 473
John the Baptist, 6–7, 18, 55, 64–65, 156, 502, 510, 567
annunciation of conception of, 98–99
baptism of, 57–58
beheading of, 27, 71–72, 147
birth and naming of, 100
imprisonment of, 105
Jesus and, 115–16
Josephus on, 576
in Luke, Gospel According to, 104
as prophetic figure, 532–33
Qumran and, 530
teachings of, 104–5
testimony of, 159–60
Josephus, 2, 502, 508, 537, 577
on afterlife, 549
on Herod Antipas, 510
on Jesus, 576
Jewish Antiquities
by, 513, 514, 575–76, 583
on Judaizers, 555
on messianic leaders, 531–33
on neighbor, 542
on royal figures, 533–34
Sicarii denouncement of, 527
on synagogue, 520
Judaean Antiquities.
See Jewish Antiquities
Judaism, 513–14;
see also
early Judaism
anti-, 155–56
continuing education on, 501
DSS and, 569
first century, John, Gospel According to, and, 154–55
Gentile conversion to, 515, 524–25
historical study of, 582–83
Luke, Gospel According to, on, 96–97
neighbor and, 123
Paul and, 333–34, 551–54
proselytes to, 554
Rabbinic, 505, 516, 518
works-righteousness model on, 502
Judaizers, 554–57
LXX on, 555
Judas Iscariot, 2, 50–51, 144, 460
death of, 200
Pharisees and, 41
Jude, Letter of, 460–62
authorship of, 460
cultural influences in, 460
Judea, 6, 513
church in, 374
Jews relocated from, 507
Judean
Ioudaios
and, 525
revolts, 511–13, 533, 534
synagogues, in Second Temple period, 519–20
judgment, 15, 113–14
angel of, 63, 486
divine, 257–58, 411
eschatological, 292–93
final, 443, 494–95
God’s righteous, 379
justification, 362
Paul on, 287
Justin Martyr, 558, 560, 574–75, 577
K
Kimchi, David (Radak), 295
kingdom
keys of, 30–31
parable of, 24–25
Kingdom of God, 136, 163
announcement of, 59
parable and, 67–68
riches and, 81
Kingdom of Heaven, 6, 14
King James Version (KJV), 561
King of the Jews, 5, 51, 92
L
Lady Wisdom, in Proverbs, 155
Lamb, opens scroll with seven seals, 474–76
lame man, healing of, 153, 167–68
language
Aramaic, 561–62, 569
of LXX, 564
Last Supper, 28, 48–49, 89–90, 145, 184–85, 305–6
Acts of the Apostles on, 522–23
Late Antiquity
Judaism and Christianity in, 555
synagogue in, 521
law;
see also
Jewish law
covenant and, 338
curse of the, 337–38
DSS on, 516
faith vs., 336–37
freedom from, 296
fulfillment by love, 281
grievances and, 295
Judaism as system of, 513
moral, 518, 541–42
purpose of, 338
ritual, 518
wholeness under, 431
lawyers, 41
challenge of, 124
invectives against, 126–27
Lazarus
raising of, 152, 180–82
rich man and, 135
leper scholar, messiah as, 535
leprosy, healing of, 16, 62, 110, 136, 517
Letter of Aristeas
, 522, 563
letter of tears, 318–19
Levitical priests, 414–15
Leviticus, book of, on neighbor, 541–42
life
in community, charity and, 387–88
of faithfulness, 278–80
light
children of, 570
darkness and, 323, 449
literature
of apocalypse, 3, 535
Jewish, of Second Temple period, 584
Johannine, 456
rabbinic, 506, 565, 567, 585–87
visionary, 464
Wisdom, 157, 548, 549
liturgy, of early synagogue, 520–21
Logos
, 546–49
Divine Word, 547
Memra
comparison to, 547
Lord’s Prayer, 1, 13, 34, 96, 125
Lord’s Supper.
See
Last Supper
love, 539
commandment of, 449
earning God’s, 502
as Greatest Commandment, 308–9
law fulfilled by, 281
mutual, 457
of neighbor, 502, 540–41
Luke, Gospel According to, 96–151
authorship of, 96
geography of, 108
on Jews and Judaism, 96–97
John the Baptist in, 104
on Last Supper, 522
nativity stories in, 96
on Pharisees, 110, 527
on Sadducees, 527
on women, 96
Luther, Martin, 253, 362, 559–61
LXX.
See
Septuagint
M
Maccabean Revolt, 87, 507–8, 517, 550, 572
Maccabees, First (Book of), 563
on Hanukkah, 508
on Hellenism, 507
Maccabees, Second (Book of), 563
on Jews, 513
on martyr, 505
on reward and punishment after death, 550
Maccoby, Hyam, 584, 586, 587
magicians, 391–92
Magnificat, of Mary, 100
Magog, 473
Maimonides (Rambam), 546, 551, 582
Mark, Gospel According to, 1, 55–95
authorship of, 55
on dietary restrictions, 515
on Gentiles, 55–56
geography of, 60
healings in, 61
on Jesus’ crucifixion, 505
on Last Supper, 522
letters of Paul comparison, 55
at Qumran cave, 570
scripture fulfillments in, 89
Markan Apocalypse, 87–88
marriage, 266, 376;
see also
wedding at Cana
children and, 80–81
divorce and, 34–35, 80–81
in Jewish family life, first century CE, 538–39
sexuality in, 297
Mary, 2, 53, 125, 560
Magnificat of, 100
Mary Magdalene, 53, 66, 193–94
mashal
, 567–68
Masoretic text (MT), 159, 562–63
Mattathias, revolt of, 508
Matthew, Gospel According to, 1–54, 557
authorship of, 1
on crucifixion, 505
eschatological elements in, 44
geography of, 8
on Jesus’ conception, 560
on Jewish Christians, 556
on Jewish law, 516
on Last Supper, 522
on neighbor, 542
Peter in, 31
rabbinic midrash in, 567
on tax collecting, 40
medieval Jewish tradition
Babylonian Talmud and, 581
Jesus in, 581–82
Memra
,
Logos
comparison to, 547
Messiah, 2, 57, 76, 86, 154, 176, 202–3, 548
from David’s lineage, 3
divine, in New Testament, 505
in early Jewish thought, 530–31
early Judaism on, 503
as leper scholar, 535
timetable, 534
messianic leaders, 531–34
priests, 414–15, 527–29, 531, 534
prophetic figures, 531–33
royal figures, 533–34
messianic movements, 530–35
age of Messiah and, 531