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Eerdman's Dictionary of the Bible
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- Abraham; Acts of the Apostles; Afterlife or Afterdeath*; Altar*; Archaeology and the Bible*; Architecture* - General Survey; Assyria;
- Babylonia*; Bible*; Bible Translations*; Biblical criticism; Birds*; Burial*;
- Canaan or Canaanites*; Canon of the Old Testament*; Canon of the New Testament*; Christ*; Chronology of the Old Testament*; Chronology of the New Testament*; Church*; Covenant*;
- Daniel, Additions to or Additions to Daniel*; David*; Dead Sea Scrolls*;
- Economics*; Egypt*; El*; Ephesians, Letter to the or Letter to the Ephesians*; Eschatology*; Esther, Book of or Book of Esther*;
- Genesis, Book of or Book of Genesis*; God* โ Basic Claims about God; Greece*;
- Hebrew, Biblical or Biblical Hebrew*; Herod (family)*; Hittites*; Humanity;
- Illness and Health Care*; Interpretation, Biblical or Biblical interpretation*; Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah* โ Message; Israel*;
- Jeremiah, Book of or Book of Jeremiah; Jerusalem* โ History; Jesus Christ*; Job, Book of or Book of Job*; John, Gospel of or Gospel of John*; Joshua, Book of or Book of Joshua*; Judah, Kingdom of or Kingdom of Judah* - History;
- Kings, Books of or Books of Kings*;
- Law*; Leviticus, Book of or Book of Leviticus*; Literature, Old Testament as or Old Testament as literature; Luke, Gospel of or Gospel of Luke;
- Maccabees, First and Second Books of or First and Second Books of Maccabees*; Mark, Gospel of or Gospel of Mark; Matthew, Gospel of or Gospel of Matthew; Moab; Moses*; Music or Musical instruments*;
- Nag Hammadi*; Nehemiah, Book of or Book of Nehemiah*;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine* - Physical Description; Paul*; Persia* โ History; Phoenicia*; Poetry; Pottery*; Prayer; Priesthood, Israelite or Israelite Priesthood*; Prophet or Prophecy*; Proverbs, Book of or Book of Proverbs*; Psalms, Book of or Book of Psalms;
- Revelation, Book of or Book of Revelation*; Romans, Letter to the or Letter to the Romans*; Rome*;
- Sacrifices and Offerings*; Samaria*; Samuel, Books of or Books of Samuel*; Shechem (place)*; Sin*; Solomon*;
- Temple*; Text of the Old Testament*; Text of the New Testament*; Time*; Trade and commerce*;
- Ugarit;
- Weights and measures*; Wisdom and Wisdom literature*; Writing* โ List of Scripts of the Bible, the ancient versions and their antecedents;
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- Aaron*; Abarim; Abba; Abednego; Abel-beth-Maacah; Abel-Meholah; Abiathar; Abila; Abimelech โ Abimelech (son of Gideon); Abishag; Abishai; Abner; Abyss; Achaia; Achor; Acts, Apocryphal or Apocryphal Acts; Adam (person); Adonijah โ Adonijah (son of David); Adoption* - Adoption and Adoption Imagery; Adullam; Adulteress; Adultery; Africa; Afterlife or Afterdeath โ Inhabitants of the Netherworld; Transformations in Late Israelite Traditions; Summary; Agape; Agriculture; Ahab - Ahab (king of Israel) - Biblical Account; Ahaz โ Ahaz (King of Judah); Ahaziah โ Ahaziah (King of Judah); Ahikar or Ahiqar; Ahithophel; Ai; 'Ajjul, Tell el- or Tell el-'Ajjul; Akhenaten; Akkadian; Alexander โ Alexander III of Macedon; Alexandria; Allegory; Altar โ Biblical Evidence; Archaeological Evidence; Amalek or Amalekites; Amarna; Amarna letters; Amaziah* โ Amaziah (King of Judah); Ammon or Ammonites; Amorites; Amos, Book of or Book of Amos โ Contents; Anakim; Anat; Anatolian cults; Ancestor; Andrew; Andrew, Acts of or Acts of Andrew; Angel; Animals* โ Mammals; Reptiles; Anoint; Antichrist; Antioch* โ Antioch of Syria; Antiochus โ Antiochus (Antiochus IV Epiphanius); Anti-Semitism and the New Testament; Antonia, Fortress of or Fortress of Antonia; Aphek* โ Aphek (Ras el-'Ayin); Aphorism; Apocalyptic; Apocrypha; Apocrypha, Early Christian or Early Christian Apocrypha; Apollos; Apostasy; Apostle; Apostolic Council; Apostolic Fathers; Apple; Arabia; Arad (place); Aram (place)*; Aramaic*; Arameans; Ararat; Archaeology and the Bible โ Biblical Archaeology; Foundations: Politics, Prestige, and Power; Early National Agendas; Orientalist Tradition Par Excellence; Rise of "Biblical Archaeology"; Emergence of Israeli Archaeology; Recent Developments; Architecture โ Materials and Construction; General Survey โ Fortifications; General Survey โ Cultic Buildings; General Survey โ Administrative Buildings; Ark of Noah; Ark of the Covenant; Army* โ Professional Heavy Infantry; Asa* - Asa (grandson of Rehoboam); Ascension* โ Extrabiblical Literature; Jesus; Ashdod; Asher* - Asher (tribal territory in Galilee); Asherah; Ashkelon; Ashtoreth; Asia Minor; Ass; Associations, Voluntary or Voluntary Associations; Assur (place); Assurbanipal; Athaliah* - Athaliah (Queen of Judah); Athens; Atonement; Atonement, Day of or Day of Atonement; Augustus; Avenger of blood; Azekah;
- Baal (deity); Baalbek; Baal-zephon; Baasha; Babel, Tower of or Tower of Babel; Babylon; Babylonia โ Third Millennium: Beginning of History; Age of Hammurabi; Coming of the Indo-Europeans; First Millennium; Bag; Balaam; Balances; Bald or Baldness; Ban; Baptism; Bar Kokhba; Barnabas; Barnabas, Epistle of or Epistle of Barnabas; Bartimaeus; Baruch* - Baruch (companion of Jeremiah); Baruch, Book of or Book of Baruch; Baruch, Second or II Baruch or Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch; Baruch, Third or III Baruch or Greek Apocalypse of Baruch; Bashan; Bathing; Bathsheba; Beard; Beast; Beatitudes; Bed; Beer-sheba; Bel; Belial; Beloved disciple; Belshazzar; Ben-hadad* - Ben-hadad III; Benjamin* - Benjamin (son of Jacob); Bernice; Bethany* โ Bethany (home of Lazarus); Bethel* - Bethel (city 12 miles north of Jerusalem); Bethlehem โ Bethlehem (Bethlehem of Judah); Bethsaida; Beth-shan or Beth-shean; Beth-shemesh โ Beth-shemesh (city of Dan); Bible - Jewish Scripture; Christian Bible; Bible Translations โ Advances in Biblical scholarship; Linguistic change; Confessional translations; Binding and loosing; Birth pangs; Blasphemy; Bless or Blessing; Blindness; Blood; Body; Body of Christ; Book; Book of the Twelve* - Literary Unity; Bosom; Boundary; Bow and arrow; Bread; Breast; Breastpiece; Brick; Bridegroom of blood; Bronze; Brother; Bull; Burial โ Locations; Rites and practices; Burnt offering;
- Caesarea; Caesarea Philippi; Caiaphas; Cain and Abel; Calah; Call or Calling; Calneh; Camel; Camp; Canaan or Canaanites โ Land; Land โ Biblical sources; Land โ Nonbiblical sources; People; People โ Biblical sources; Culture and Religion; Canon of the Old Testament โ Evidence for a Fixed Canon; Process of Canonization; Canon of the New Testament โ Authorization and Message of the Apostles; Extent of the NT Canon; Capernaum; Caphtor; Cappadocia; Captain; Captives; Carpenter; Cattle; Cave; Cedar; Celibacy; Census; Cereal offering; Chaldea* โ Land and People; History; Chariot; Chedorlaomer; Cherub or Cherubim; Chester Beatty Papyri; Children and Childhood; Christ โ Pauline Letters; Gospels; Beyond the New Testament; Christology; Chronicle; Chronicler's history; Chronicles, Books of or Books of Chronicles* โ Composition, Date, and Sources; Structure and Major Themes; Chronology of the Old Testament โ Special Issues in Biblical Chronology; OT History; OT History โ Neo-Babylonian Period; OT History โ Later Years of the Divided Monarchy; OT History โ Early Years of the Divided Monarchy; OT History โ United Monarchy; OT History โ Period of the Judges; OT History โ Date of the Exodus; Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life; Jesus' Life โ Birth; Ministry; Death; Apostolic Period, including Paul; Apostolic Period, including Paul โ Extrabiblical references; Apostolic Period, including Paul โ Synthesis of a Pauline Christology; Church โ Beginnings of the Church; Expansion in the NT Era; Expansion in the NT Era โ Mission to the Gentiles; Features of the Church; Features of the Church โ Organization in Ministry; Features of the Church โ Role of the Assembly; Church fathers; Cilicia; Circumcision; Cistern; Cities of refuge; Citizenship; City; City (New Testament); Claudius; Clean and unclean; Clement, Epistles of or Epistles of Clement* - 1 Clement; Climate; Clothing; Codex Alexandrinus; Codex Claromontanus; Codex Ephraemi Syri; Codex Washingtonensis; Colony; Color; Colossae; Colossians, Letter to the or Letter to the Colossians; Commander; Commandment; Community of goods; Concubine; Confession; Congregation; Conquest: Biblical narrative; Conscience; Consolation; Conversion; [Copper]]; Coptic; Corinth* โ Commerce; Religion; Corinthians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Corinthians* โ Parties and Opposition; Corinthians, Second Letter to the or Second Letter to the Corinthians; Corporate personality* โ Individualism; Courtyard; Cousin; Covenant โ Covenant and Moral Character; Old Testament; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ New Testament; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ New Testament โ Jesus; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ New Testament โ Paul; Issues in Understanding the Sinai Covenant; Covenant, Book of the or Book of the Covenant; Covet; Creation; Crete; Crime or Crimes; Cross; Crown; Crucifixion; Cubit; Cultic Prostitution; Curse; Cuthah; Cyprus; Cyrene; Cyrus;
- Dagon; Dairy products; Damascus; Damascus Document; Dan (person); Dan (place); Dance; Daniel* - Daniel (Hero of the Book of Daniel); Daniel, Additions to or Additions to Daniel โ Susanna; Bel and the Serpent; Daniel, Book of or Book of Daniel โ Contents; Problem of Bilingualism; Darius - Darius (Darius I); Darkness; Darkon; Dathan; Dathema; Daughter; David โ Sources; Early Career; Historical Relations with Saul's House; Rise to Kingship; Administration and Achievements; Succession; David, City of or City of David; Day; Day of the Lord; Deacon; Dead Sea; Dead Sea Scrolls โ The Scrolls and the OT; The Scrolls and Judaism; The Scrolls and the NT; Death; Deborah* โ Deborah (in Judges); Debt, interest, loans; Decapolis; Decree; Dedication, Feast of or Feast of Dedication; Deep; Deer; Delilah; Demetrius - Demetrius I Soter; Demetrius II Nicator; Demon; Descent into Hell; Desert* - Physical Characteristics; Biblical Accounts; Deuteronomic history; Deuteronomy, Book of or Book of Deuteronomy; Devil; Dibon* - Dibon (city in Transjordan); Didache; Dinah; Dirge; Disciple; Divination; Divorce; Docetism; Dog; Dominion; Door; Dothan; Dove; [Dowry]]; Doxology; Dreams; Drink or Drinking; Drunkenness; Dualism; Dung; Dye or Dyeing;
- Ear; Ebionites; Ebla; Ecbatana; Ecclesiastes, Book of or Book of Ecclesiastes; Economics โ OT Period; NT Period; Eden (place); Edcm; Education* โ Development and History; Eglon (person); Egypt โ Naqada I-II; Proto-dynastic; Old Kingdom; Hellenistic-Roman Rule; Egyptian* (language) โ History and Development; Basic Principles of Writing; Ekron; El โ Middle and Late Bronze Age Sources; Iron Age Sources; Elam (place); Election* โ Old Testament; New Testament; New Testament โ The Community of Faith; Elevation offering; Eli; Elijah; Eliphaz; Elisha* โ Miracle Stories; Political Legends; Elkanah โ Elkanah (father of Samuel)*; Elohim; Elohist; Elymas; Embalming; Emmaus; Emperor; En-gedi; Enoch, Books of or Books of Enoch โ 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch; En-rogel; Enrollment; Ephesians, Letter to the or Letter to the Ephesians โ Occasion, Purpose, and Literary Classification; Theological Themes; Authorship, Dating, and Related Questions; Ephesus; Ephod; Ephraim (person) โ Territory; Epicureans; Epilepsy; Erech; Esau; Eschatology โ Jesus and the Gospels; Esdraelon; Esdras, Books of or Books of Esdras* โ 1 Esdras; 2 Esdras; Essenes; Esther, Additions to or Additions to Esther; Esther, Book of or Book of Esther โ Synopsis; Composition; Purpose; Eternal life; Ethics; Ethiopia; Ethiopic (language); Eunuch; Euphrates; Eusebius; Eve* โ OT; Evil; Excommunication; Exegesis; Exile; Exodus; Exodus, Book of or Book of Exodus โ Theology and History of Composition; Exorcism; Expiation; Eye; Ezekiel, Book of or Book of Ezekiel* โ The Book; Ezion-Geber; Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Date, Scope, and Structure; Content and Messages; Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]); Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]); Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Implementation of the decree in three movements โ First movement: Building of the temple under Zerubbabel and Joshua's leadership in 538-516/5 (Ezra 3:1-6:22); Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Implementation of the decree in three movements โ Second movement: Building community under Ezra's leadership in 458-457 (Ezra 7:1-10:44);
- Fable; Face; Faith; Fall, The or The Fall; False prophets; Famine; Fasting; Father; Fear; Feasts or Festivals; Fellowship; Fig tree; Finger; Fire; Firstborn; Firstfruits; Fish; Fishing; Flesh; Flood* โ Biblical Narrative;Fly; Food; Fool; Forced labor; Foreigner; Forest; Fortress or Fortification; Frankincense; Friend; Fruit; Furnace;
- Gabriel; Gadara; Galatia; Galatians, Letter to the or Letter to the Galatians* โ Backgrtound; Content; Content โ Truth of the Gospel (1:11-2:21); Content โ Children of the Promise (3:1-5:12); Content โ Living by the Spirit (5:13-6:10); Content โ Contemporary Discussion; Galilee* โ Israelite Period; Hellenistic-Roman Period; Galilee, Sea of or Sea of Galilee; Gallio; Gamaliel* โ Gamaliel (Gamaliel I); Games; Gate; Gath; Gaza; Gazelle; Geba; Gebal* โ Gebal (city 30 km north of Beirut); Gehazi; Gehenna; Genealogy; Genesis, Book of or Book of Genesis โ Structure and Contents; Formation; Genesis Apocryphon; Genre; Gentile; Gerar; Gerasa; Gerizim, Mount or Mount Gerizim; Gestures* โ Illustrations; Illustrations โ Face Alone; Illustrations โ Limbs; Gethsemane; Gezer; Gibbethon; Gibeah* โ Gibeah (Benjaminite city); Gibeon; Gideon; Gilead (place); Gilgal* โ Gilgal (place east of Jericho); Gilgamesh epic; Glass; Gleaning; Glory* โ Old Testament; New Testament; Gnat; Gnosticism or Gnosis; Goat; God โ Issues of Genre; The Knowledge of God; Basic Claims about God โ Present; Basic Claims about God โ Relational; Basic Claims about God โ Use of agents; God in the Old Testament, Names of or Names of God in the Old Testament*; God in the New Testament, Names of or Names of God in the New Testament; Gog and Magog; Gold; Golden Calf; Goliath; Good; Goshen* โ Goshen (territory in Egypt settled by Hebrews); Gospel or Good News* โ Matthew and Luke; Paul; Gospel or Gospels; Gothic version; Governor; Grace; Grain; Grass; Grave; Great Sea; Greece* โ Bronze Age and Archaic Period (Beginnings to 450 B.C.E.); Classical Period (450-323 B.C.E.); Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.C.E.); Greek (language) โ Greek in the Near East; Greek versions; Guard;
- Habakkuk, Book of or Book of Habakkuk* โ Historical Context and Central Message; Hades; Hadrian; Hagar; Haggai, Book of or Book of Haggai*; Hair; Hallel; Hallelujah; Ham (person); Hammurapi; Hand; Hannah; Hapiru or Apiru; Haran (place); Harlot; Hasideans; Hasmoneans; Hate; Hauran; Hawk; Hazael; Hazor โ Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain); Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain) โ Textual References; Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain) โ Archaeological Investigations; Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain) โ Archaeological Investigations โ Bronze Age; Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain) โ Archaeological Investigations โ Iron Age; Heart; Heaven; Hebrew, Biblical or Biblical Hebrew โ History; Grammar; Hebrew or Hebrews; Hebrews, Epistle to the or Epistle to the Hebrews* โ Content; Intended Audience; Hebron (place); Heifer; Hell; Hellenism; Hellenistic religions; Herding; Hermas, Shepherd of or Shepherd of Hermas; Hermon, Mount or Mount Hermon; Herod (family) โ Herod Antipater (father of Herod the Great); Herod the Great; Herod the Great โ King Herod; Herod the Great โ Middle Years; Mariamme I; Philip the Tetrarch; Herodium; Heshbon; Hezekiah* โ Hezekiah (king of Judah); High place; High priest; Highway; Hill country; Hillel* โ Hillel (Hillel the Elder); Hiram*; Hireling; Historiography, Biblical or Biblical historiography* โ Survey of Research; Hittites โ History; Identity; Hivites; Holiness or Holy; Holy place; Holy Sepulchre; Holy Spirit* โ Old Testament; New Testament; New Testament โ Gospels; New Testament โ Paul; New Testament โ John; Homosexuality*; Honey; Honor or Shame; Hope; Hormah; Horns of the altar; Horse; Hosea, Book of or Book of Hosea โ Compositional History; Hosea, His Wife, and Social Location; Message; Hospitality; House* โ Textual Usage; Archaeological Contexts; Household; Huldah; Humility; Hunting; Hurrians* โ History; Language and Literature; Hyksos* โ Ethnic Identification; Rise to Power; Hymns, early Christian or Early Christian hymns; Hyrkanus* โ John Hyrcanus; Hyrcanus II;
- Ibleam; Idol or Idolatry; Idumea; Ignatius of Antioch; Illness and Health Care โ Prehistoric and Early Periods; Preexilic Israel; Postexilic Israel; Early Christianity; Conclusion; Illyricum; Image of God; Imagery; Imitation; Immanuel; Incarnation; Incense; India; Inheritance; Ink; Inscriptions, Greek or Greek inscriptions; Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions* โ Hebrew; Inspiration; Interpretation, Biblical or Biblical interpretation โ OT and Judaism; Early Church and Medieval Interpretation; The Reformation and Modern Interpretation; Contemporary Approaches; Iron; Irrigation; Isaac; Isaiah, Ascension of or Ascension of Isaiah; Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ The Prophetic Scroll; The Prophetic Scroll โ Historical Questions; The Prophetic Scroll โ Canonical Criticism; The Prophetic Scroll โ Primary Historical Setting; Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39); Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39) โ Judgment for Judah and Jerusalem (Chs. 2-12); Message โ The Basis for Hope (Chs. 40-55); Message โ Maintaining the Vision (Chs. 56-66); Ishbosheth; Ishmael* โ Ishmael (son of Abraham); Ishmaelites; Ishtar; Isis; Israel โ Name; Biblical Account; Biblical Account of History; Biblical Account of History โ Wilderness to United Monarchy; Biblical Account of History โ Kingdom of Israel; Extrabiblical Evidence and Theories; Itala; Italy; Ituraea; Ivory;
- Jabesh-gilead; Jachin and Boaz; Jackal; Jacob; James* โ James the son of Zebedee; James the brother of Jesus; James, Apocryphon of or Apocryphon of James; James, Letter of or Letter of James* โ Theological Emphases; James, Protevangelium of or Protevangelium of James; Japheth* โ Japheth (son of Noah); Jebus; Jehoiada* โ Jehoiada (priest in coup against Athaliah); Jehoiakim* โ Jehoiakim (King of Judah 609-598 B.C.E.); Jehoram* โ Jehoram (son of Ahab); Jehoshaphat* โ Jehoshaphat (King of Judah); Jehu* โ Jehu (King of Israel ca. 843-816 B.C.E.); Jephthah; Jephthah's daughter; Jeremiah, Letter of or Letter of Jeremiah; Jericho* โ Tell es-Sultรขn; Jeroboam* โ Jeroboam (first king of Israel); Jeroboam (King of Israel 785-745); Jerusalem โ Setting; Jerusalem, Gates of or Gates of Jerusalem* - Restoration Period; New Testament Period; Jesus Christ โ Life; Sources; Teaching; Teaching โ Jewish Law; Controversy and Danger; Controversy and Danger โ Scribes and Pharisees; Jesus's Last Week; The Resurrection; Jethro; Jewelry; Jewish Christians*; Jewish revolts; Jews and Judaism; Jezebel; Jezreel (place) โ Jezreel (valley of Jezreel); Joab; Joash* โ Joash (King of Judah 837-800 B.C.E.); Joash (King of Israel 800-785); Job, Book of or Book of Job โ Content and Movement; Job, Testament of or Testament of Job; Joel, Book of or Book of Joel; John, Acts of or Acts of John; John, Apocryphon of or Apocryphon of John; John, Gospel of or Gospel of John โ Relationship to Other NT Books; John, Letters of or Letters of John* โ 1 John; John the Apostle; John the Baptist* โ Activity and Location; Religious Message; Jokneam; Jonah, Book of or Book of Jonah*; Jonathan* โ Jonathan (son of Saul); Jonathan (son of Mattathias); Jordan River; Joseph* โ Joseph (son of Jacob); Joseph (husband of Mary); Joseph of Arimathea; Josephus; Joshua* โ Joshua (son of Nun); Joshua, Book of or Book of Joshua โ Literary Characteristics; Historical Features; Josiah* โ Josiah (son of Amon); Jotham* โ Jotham (king of Judah); Jubilee, Year of or Year of Jubilee; Jubilees, Book of or Book of Jubilees; Judah, Kingdom of or Kingdom of Judah โ History โ David and Solomon; History โ Assyrian Domination; History โ Egyptian and Babylonian Domination; Judaizing; Judas Iscariot; Judas Maccabeus; Jude, Letter of or Letter of Jude* โ Authorship; Judge; Judges, Book of or Book of Judges* - Contents; Judgment; Judgment seat; Judith, Book of or Book of Judith; Just or Justice; Justification;
- Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea* โ Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea (site in the northern Sinai); Keeper; Kenites; [[[Kerak]]; Kidron; Kiln; King or Kingship; Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven* โ New Testament; Kings, Books of or Books of Kings โ Issues in Recent study; Kinship; Kir-hareseth or Kir-heres; Kiriath-jearim; Kish (place); Kishon; Kiss; Kittim; Knife; Know or Knowledge; Kohath;
- Laban (person); Labor, work, toil or Labor and Work and Toil; Lachish* โ Old Testament; Tel Lachish/Tell ed-Duweir; Lamb; Lameness or Limp; Lament; Lamentations, Book of or Book of Lamentations* โ Contents; Lamp; Lampstand; Land* โ Agriculture; Nationhood; Worship; Laodicea; Lash; Last Supper* โ Form of the Accounts; Meaning; Latin; Laver; Law โ Law Codes; Judicial System; Police Power; Lawsuit; Lazarus; Leah; Leaven; Lebanon; Legend; Legion; Leningrad Codex; Leprosy; Letter; Leviathan; Levirate marriage; Levites; Levitical cities; Leviticus, Book of or Book of Leviticus โ Dating and Provenance; Animal Sacrifice; Holiness and Purity; Lex Talionis; Liberation; Libya; Life; Light; Lightning; Lily; Lintel; Lion; Literacy; Literature, New Testament as or New Testament as literature โ Sayings of Jesus; Narratives; Liver; Locust; Lo-debar; Logia; Logos; Loins; Lord (divine title); Lord or Master; Lord's Prayer; Lord's Supper* โ Paul; Paul โ 1 Cor. 11:17-34; Paul โ 1 Cor. 10:14-22; Matthew and Mark; Luke; Lot; Lots; Love* โ Secular Human Relations; Divine-Human Relationships; Divine-Human Relationships โ Torah; Divine-Human Relationships โ Prophets; Divine-Human Relationships โ Synoptic Gospels; Divine-Human Relationships โ Pauline Letters; Loving-kindness; Lud or Ludim; Luke; Lust; Lycaonia; Lydda; Lye or Soap; Lying;
- Maacah (place): Maccabees, First and Second Books of or First and Second Books of Maccabees โ Historical Background; 1 Maccabees; 2 Maccabees; Maccabees, Third and Fourth Books of or Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees โ 3 Maccabees; 4 Maccabees; Macedonia; Machir* โ Machir (son of Manasseh); Madness; Magi; Magic* โ Old Testament; New Testament and Early Christian Texts; Magnificat; Malachi, Book of or Book of Malachi* โ Authorship; Outline and Message; Manasseh* โ Manasseh (son of Joseph and Asenath); Manasseh (king of Judah); Manasseh, Prayer of or Prayer of Manasseh; Manna; Maon* (place) โ Maon (town in the hill country of Judah); Marduk; Mari* โ History; Texts; Relationship to the Bible; Mark, John or John Mark; Marriage; Martha; Mary* โ Mary (mother of Jesus); Mary Magdalene; Mary, Gospel of or Gospel of Mary; Marzeah; Masons; Masorah; Masoretic Text; Massah or Meribah; Matriarchs* โ Sarah; Rebekah; Leah and Rachel; Matthew; Matthew, Hebrew Gospel of or Hebrew Gospel of Matthew; Meals; Medeba; Medes or Media; Mediator; Megiddo; Melchizedek*; Memphis; Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin; Merari* โ Merari (son of Levi); Mercy; Merenptah; Mesha* (person) โ Mesha (king of Moab); Messiah* โ Eschatological Variety; Common Themes; Messianic woes; Metals or Metalworking; Micah, Book of or Book of Micah* โ Content; Criticial Considerations; Micaiah or Maacah or Micah โ Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (son of Imlah); Michmash; Midian; Milcom; Miletus; Milk; Mill; Millennium; Mind; Mining and Quarrying; Minister or Ministry; Minnith; Miracles; Miriam* โ Miriam (prophetess of Exodus); Mitanni; Mithra; Mizpah or Mizpeh* โ Mizpah of Benjamin; Moabite Stone; Molech; Money; Money-changer; Monotheism* โ Ancient Near East; Moon; Moses โ Biblical Accounts; History; Moses, Testament of or Testament of Moses; Most holy place; Mother; Mother's house; Mourning; Murder; Murmuring; Music or Musical instruments โ Old Testament; New Testament; Mystery; Mystery cults; Mysticism, early Christian or Early Christian mysticism; Myth;
- Nabateans; Nabonidus; Naboth; Nag Hammadi โ Contents; Significance for Ancient Religion and Philosophy; Significance for the NT and Early Christian Literature; Nahum, Book of or Book of Nahum; Nakedness; Names and Naming โ Name-givers; Nanea; Naphtali; Nathan* โ Nathan (prophet at the time of David); Nations; Nature; Nazirite; Nazoreans, Gospel of the or Gospel of the Nazoreans; Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar; Negeb; Nehemiah, Book of or Book of Nehemiah โ Sources; The Order of the Reformers; Nehemiah, the Person; Neighbor; Nergal-sharezer; Nero; Net; Nethinim; Nettles; New moon; New year; Nicolaitans; Night; Nile; Nineveh; Nippur; Noah* โ The Story of Noah; Nob; Nobility; Nomadism or Pastoralism; North; Numbers* โ Symbolic numbers; Numbers, Book of or Book of Numbers* โ Composition; Theological Themes; Nunc dimittis; Nuts; Nuzi;
- Oak; Oath; Obadiah, Book of or Book of Obadiah*; Odor; Office; Officer or Official; Oil or Ointment; Old Latin versions; Olive; Olives, Mount of or Mount of Olives; Omri* โ Omri (founder of Omride dynasty); Oracle; Oral composition; Ordain or Ordination; Orphan; Ostraca; Ox (animal);
- Palace; Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine - Name and Definition; Physical Description โ Coastal Plain; Physical Description โ Coastal Plain โ Pheonicia; Physical Description โ Coastal Plain โ Sharon Plain; Physical Description โ Coastal Plain โ Philistia; Physical Description โ Central Range; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Samaria; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Negeb; Physical Description โ โRiftโ Valley; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Hรปleh Valley; Physical Description โ Transjordan; Climate; Palm tree; Papias; Papyrus; Parables; Paradise; Parchment; Parousia; Parthians; Passion narratives; Passover, Feast of or Feast of Passover; Pastoral epistles; Patriarchs* โ History and Genre; Literary Considerations; Theological Significance; Paul โ โPre-Christianโ Period; Apostleship; Later Writer; Theologizer; Paul, Prayer of the Apostle or Prayer of the Apostle Paul; Peace; Peace offering; Peasantry; Pekah; Pentateuch* โ Textual Transmission; Literary Sources; People of the Land; Perfection; Perfume; Pergamum; Persecution; Persepolis; Persia โ History โ Early period; History โ Persian Empire; History โ Post-Achaemenid Persia; Religion; Peshitta; Peter; Peter, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Peter; Peter, First Letter of or First Letter of Peter โ Form and Structure; Peter, Preaching of or Preaching ofPeter; Peter, Second Letter of or Second Letter of Peter โ Literary Structure; Literary Relationships; The Opponents; Authorship and Pseudonymity; Peter and the Twelve Apostles, Acts of or Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles; Petra; Pharaoh; Pharisees; Phasael; Philadelphia* โ Philadelphia (city in the Roman province of Asia); Philemon, Letter to or Letter to Philemon* โ Contents; Philip* โ Philip the Apostle; Philip, Gospel of or Gospel of Philip; Philippi; Philippians, Letter to the or Letter to the Philippians; Philistines; Philo of Alexandria; Philosophy; Phoenicia โ Religion; Religion โ Gods; Religion โ Temple; Religion โ Child Sacrifice; Phrygia; Phylacteries; Pigeon; Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate; Pilate, Pontius or Pontius Pilate; Pilgrimage; Pillar; Pillar of cloud, pillar of fire; Pisidia; Plague* โ Plagues of Egypt; Plants* โ Field Crops and Garden Plants; Plow or Plowshare; Polycarp, Epistle of or Epistle of Polycarp; Polycarp, Martyrdom or Martyrdom of Polycarp; Pomegranate; Pontus; Poor; Pottery โ Stylistic Characteristics; Ceramic Types; Power; Praetorian Guard; Praetorium; Preaching or Proclamation; Predestination; Preparation, Day of or Day of Preparation; Priesthood, Israelite or Israelite Priesthood โ Duties; History and Development; Principality; Prisca or Priscilla; Prison; Procurator; Promise; Prophet or Prophecy โ Social Role; Historicity; Literary Considerations; Proselyte; Proverb; Proverbs, Book of or Book of Proverbs โ The Individual Sections; Theological Themes; Providence; Pseudepigrapha; Ptolemais; Purple;
- Q; Queen; Quotations;
- Rabbah* โ Rabbah (modern Amman); Rabbi or Rabboni; Rachel; Rapture; Reconciliation; Red Sea; Redemption; Reed or Rush; Refuge; Regeneration; Rehoboam; Remnant; Repentance; Rephaim* โ Ugaritic Texts; Resurrection* โ New Testament; Retribution; Reuben; Revelation* โ Postbiblical Jewish literature; Revelation, Book of or Book of Revelation โ Authorship; Structure; Rhodes; Riddle; Right hand; Righteousness; Ring; Ritual; Rizpah; Roads; Rock; Roman Religion; Romans, Letter to the or Letter to the Romans โ Circumstances and Purposes; Outline; Rome โ Origins to the End of the Monarchy (753-509 B.C.E.); Republic (509-27 B.C.E.); Empire (27 B.C.E.-476 C.E.); Ruth, Book of or Book of Ruth;
- Sabbath; Sabbatical year; Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source; Priestly Source โ Basic Types of Animal Sacrifice; Prophetic Critique; Sadducees; Saints; Salt; Salvation or Save or Savior; Samaria โ Region; City; History; Samaritan Pentateuch; Samaritans; Samson; Samuel; Samuel, Books of or Books of Samuel โ Historical Reliability and Genre; Message; Sanballat; Sanctify or Sanctification; Sandals or Shoes; Sanhedrin; Sarah* โ Sarah (wife of Abram); Sardes; Sargon; Satan; Saul; Scarlet or Crimson; Scepter; Scorpion; Scribes; Scroll; Scythians; Scythopolis; Seal or Signet; Sea peoples; Seat or Seating; Second Coming; Seleucia; Seleucid Empire; Semites or Semitic Languages* โ Semitic Languages; Sennacherib; Sepphoris; Septaugint; Serapis; Sermon on the Mount or Sermon on the Plain; Serpent; Servant; Servant of the Lord* โ Second Isaiah; Settlement: Archaeology* โ Conventional Models; New Models; Sex; Shalmaneser* โ Shalmaneser III; Sharon; Sheba, Queen of or Queen of Sheba; Shechem (place) โ Settlement History; Sheep; Shem; Sheol; Shephelah; Shepherd; Shield; Shiloh; Shinar; Ships and Sailing; Shishak; Shunem or Shunammite; Sidon; Siege; Sign; Silas or Silvanus; Siloam Channel; Siloam Tunnel; Silver; Sin โ Old Testament; New Testament; Sinai* โ Sinai Peninsula; Wilderness and Mt. Sinai; Biblical Traditions; Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of or Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach* โ Contents; Sister; Six hundred sixty-six or 666*; Slave; Sleep; Sling; Smith; Snares and Traps; Snow; Sodom; Sojourner; Solomon โ Kings; Chronicles; History; Solomon, Odes of or Odes of Solomon; Solomon, Psalms of or Psalms of Solomon; Solomon, Testament of or Testament of Solomon; Son; Son of God; Son of Man; Song of Solomon; Sophia; Soul; Spain; Spices; Spinning, Weaving, Loom; Spirit; Spiritual gifts; Spring or Fountain; Star; Stephen; Steward; Stomach; Stoning; Sumerian (language); Sumerians; Sun; Susa; Swine; Sword; Sycamore; Synagogue; Syria; Syriac; Syriac versions;
- Taanach; Tabernacle; Tabernacles, Feast of or Feast of Tabernacles; Table of Nations; Tabor โ Tabor (Mount Tabor); Talmud; Tanning; Targum; Tarsus; Tax; Teaching; Tell; Teman or Temanite; Temple โ Symbolism; Jerusalem Temple; Temple servants; Temptation or Testing; Ten Commandments; Teraphim; Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; Testimony; Text of the Old Testament โ Copying and Transmission; Ancient Manuscripts; Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert; Printed Bibles; Ancient Versions; Textual Criticism; Text of the New Testament โ History of the Discipline; The State of the Text; Methods of Textual Criticism; Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence; Methods of Textual Criticism โ Internal Evidence; Textus receptus; Thaddeus; Thanksgiving or Thank offering; Theater; Thebes; Theft; Theophany; Thessalonians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Thessalonians โ Significant Features; Thessalonians, Second Letter to the or Second Letter to the Thessalonians*; Thessalonica; Thigh; Thirty, The or The Thirty; Thistle; Thomas, Acts of or Acts of Thomas; Thomas, Gospel of or Gospel of Thomas; Thorn; Threshold; Throne; Thyatira; Tiberias; Tiberius; Tilgath-pileser or Tilgath-pilneser* โ Tilgath-pileser III; Tigris; Time โ Vocabulary; Measures of Time; New Testament; Timothy* โ Timothy (emissary of Paul); Tin; Tirzah (place); Tithe; Titus* โ Titus (coworker of Paul); Tobit, Book of or Book of Tobit* โ Story; Literary Antecedents; Themes; Tomb; Tongues; Topheth; Torch; Tower; Trade and commerce โ Antiquity and Varieties of Trade; Commercilization; Tradition; Trajan; Transfiguration, The; Transjordan; Travel or Transportation* โ Modes of Travel; Rate of Travel; Transportation; Treasurer or Treasury; Trees* - List of trees in the Bible; Tribe; Tribute; Trickster; Trinity; Troas; Truth; Trypho; Turban; Typology; Tyre;
- Upper room; Ur (place); Urim and Thummim or Urim and Thummim; Uz (place); Uzziah* โ Uzziah (King of Judah);
- Vale or Valley; Vanity; Vashti; Vegetables; Veil; Verse; Via Dolorosa; Village; Vine or Vineyard; Violence; Viper; Virgin; Virgin birth; Virtue; Vision; Voice; Vow; Vulgate; Vulture;
- Wages; Walls* โ Wall types; Evolution of City Walls; War; Water* โ Physical Aspects; Theological Importance; Theological Importance โ Ritual; Theological Importance โ Holy Spirit; Water of purification; Water works; Wealth; Weapons; Weeks, Feast of or Feast of Weeks; Weights and measures โ Linear; Weights; Weights and measures in the Bible; Well; Wheat; Widow; Wisdom and Wisdom literature โ Ancient Setting; Religious Values; Wisdom of Solomon* โ Contents; Wise men; Witness; Women in the Israelite Cult; Wood; Works* โ Works of God; Human works; Worldview; Worship, Israelite or Israelite Worship* โ Seasonal Festivals; Other Seasonal Celebrations; Foundational Moments; Worship, New Testament or New Testament Worship* โ Description; Theology; Wrath; Writing โ Biblical Scripts; Biblical Scripts โ Hebrew; Postbiblical scripts; Prerbiblical writing;
- Xerxes;
- Yahweh; Yahwist; Yarmuk; Year; Yoke;
- Zadok* โ Zadok (high priest under David); Zarethan; Zeal or Zealot; Zebulun; Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah* โ Zechariah 1-8; Zechariah 1-8 โ Message; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15; Zechariah 9-14; Zechariah 9-14 โ Date and Historical Setting; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message; Zedekiah* โ Zedekiah (last king of Judah); Zephaniah, Book of or Book of Zephaniah* โ Contents and Message; Zerubbabel; Zeus; Ziba; Ziklag; Zion; Zipporah; Zoan; Zoar; Zoroastrianism;
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- Aaron โ High Priest (Exodus-Numbers and Chronicles); Elsewhere in the Old Testament; Negative and Nonpriestly Portrayals; New Testament; Character: A Summary; Abigail* - Abigail (wife of Nabal); Abigail (sister of David); Abihu; Abijah โ Abijah (king of Judah); Abraham, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Abraham; Abraham, Testament of or Testament of Abraham; Absalom โ Absalom (son of David); Acacia; Acco; Adad-nirari โ Adad-nirari II; Adad-nirari III; Adoption โ Adoption Formulas; Afterlife or Afterdeath โ Abode of the Dead; Conclusion; Agrapha; Ahab - Ahab (king of Israel) - Historical Account; Rabbinical Sources; Ahaziah โ Ahaziah (son of Ahab); Ahinoam โ Ahinoam (daugher of Ahimaaz); Ahinoam (wife of David); Akeldama; Alalakh; Alexander โ Alexander Balas of Smyrna; Alexander Janneus; Alexandra โ Alexandra Salome; Alexandra (daughter of Hyrcanus II); Aloes; Alpha and Omega; Amenemope, Instruction of or Instruction of Amenemope; Amon (person) โ Amon (King, son of Manasseh); Amos, Book of or Book of Amos โ Amos the Prophet; Historical Setting; Composition; Amraphel; Ananias โ Ananias (husband of Sapphira); Ananias (who healed Paul's blindness); Ananias (21st Jewish high priest); Anathoth; Ancient of Days; Angle, The or The Angle; Animals โ Amphibians; Antioch โ Antioch (city in Galatia); Antiochus โ Antiochus (Antiochus III); Antiochus (Antiochus V); Antiochus (Antiochus VI); Antiochus (Antiochus VII); Apollonius โ Apollonius (son of Tharseas); Apollonius (son of Menetheus); Apollonius (general under Antiochus IV Epiphanius); Apollonius (son of Gennaeus); Apollonius (governor of Coele-Syria); Apostles, Epistle of the or Epistle of the Apostles; Aquila โ Aquila (husband of Priscilla); Aquila (2nd century translator); Ar; Aram (place) โ Paddam-aram; Aram-naharaim; Aram-zobah; Aram-Damascus; Aram-maacah and Geshur; Aramaic โ Old Aramaic; Official Aramaic; Middle Aramaic; Late Aramaic; Modern Aramaic; Aram-naharaim; 'Araq el-Emir; Archaeology and the Bible โ Geographic Setting; Beginning of Scientific Exploration; Honing Excavation Materials; The Rise of Biblical City Excavations; A Permanent American Presence; Lawrence and Musil; Towards a Secular Archaeology; Revisionist Scholarship; Architecture โ General Survey โ Domestic Buildings; General Survey โ Later Developments; Areopagus; Aretas* โ Aretas I; Aretas II; Aretas III; Aretas IV; Aristeas, Letter of or Letter of Aristeas; Army โ Semi-nomadic Origins; Peasant's Militia; Classic Ancient Near Eastern Chariot Army; Asaph - Asaph (son of Berechiah the Levite); Ascension โ Other Ascensions in the New Testament; Ascents, Songs of or Songs of Ascents; Assumption of the Virgin; Assurnasirpal; Astrologer; Astrology; Astronomy; Atad; Ataroth-addar; Attalia; Azazel; Azvameth or Beth-azvameth; Azmon; Aznoth-tabor; Azor; Azotus;
- Baal-berith; Babylonia โ Geography; Prehistoric Settlements; Bacchides; Barley; Bartholomew, Gospel of or Gospel of Bartholomew; Basilides, Gospel of or Gospel of Basilides; Beelzebul; Beer* โ Beer (well in Transjordan); Bethel (deity); Bether; Bethesda; Beth-haccherem; Beth-jeshimoth; Beth-zur; Beyond the river* - Beyond the river (area west of the Euphrates); Bible Translations โ Advances in Biblical scholarship โ Textual; Advances in Biblical scholarship โ Lexicographical; Advances in Biblical scholarship โ Literary; Specific audiences; Individual translations; Translation theory; Bildad; Birds โ Identification; Domesticated birds; Birds for offerings; Birds of abomination; Birthright; Bithynia; Boaz* โ Boaz (protector of Ruth); Book of the Twelve โ Ancient Evidence; History of the Collection; Bozrah - Bozrah (capital of Edom); Bread of the Presence; Brothers of the Lord;
- Caesar; Caligula; Cambyses โ Cambyses I; Cambyses II; Canaan or Canaanites โ Name; People โ Nonbiblical sources; Language; Canon of the Old Testament โ Canon and Interpretation; Canon of the New Testament โ Prophetic Foundation of the Gospel; Consciousness of Apostolic Authority; Captain of the temple; Carmel* โ Carmel (mountain range north of Israel); Catholic Letters; Center of the Land; Centurion; Chebar; Chemosh; Chorazin; Christ and Abgar; Christmas; Chronology of the Old Testament โ Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Intercalation; Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Spring or Fall Calendars; Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Accession and Nonaccession Year Reckoning; Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Coregency; Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Use of the LXX; Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Relative and Absolute Chronology; OT History โ Persian Period; OT History โ Later Years of Judah; OT History โ Sojourn; OT History โ Patriarchs; Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Birth โ Death of Herod; Jesus' Life โ Birth โ Census; Jesus' Life โ Birth โ Magi; Jesus' Life โ Ministry โ John the Baptist; Jesus' Life โ Ministry โ Jesus' Age; Jesus' Life โ Ministry โ The Temple; Jesus' Life โ Death โ Day; Jesus' Life โ Death โ Year; Apostolic Period, including Paul โ Acts; Apostolic Period, including Paul โ Epistles; Church โ Expansion in the NT Era โ Jerusalem and Judea; Expansion in the NT Era โ Beyond Judea; Features of the Church โ The Hope of the Church; City of Moab; Clement, Epistles of or Epistles of Clement โ 2 Clement; Coat of mail; Codex Bezae; Codex Sinaiticus; Cohort; Collection; Corinth โ Christianity; Corinthians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Corinthians โ Author, Provenance, Date; Corinth; Occasion; Literary and Rhetorical Analysis; Major Issues in Corinth; Significance; Cornelius; Cornerstone; Corporate personality โ Corporate responsibility; Covenant โ Covenant and Moral Character; Old Testament โ Where God Is Not a Partner; Old Testament - Where God Is Under Obligation; Old Testament - Where Israel Is Under Obligation to God: Sinai; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ Postexilic Period; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ Hellenistic Period: Sinai as diathฤkฤ; The New Covenant; Cup; Cush (place); Cushite;
- Damaris; Daniel, Additions to or Additions to Daniel โ Prayer of Azariah; Song of the Three Young Men; Daniel, Book of or Book of Daniel* โ Date; Placement in the Canon; David โ Name; Patronym; Genealogy; Location in Bethlehem; David's Place in Tradition; Deaconess; Debir* - Debir (city of Judah); Dedan; Demetrius - Demetrius Poliorcetes; Demetrius III Eucerus; Desert - Physical Characteristics โ Negeb; Physical Characteristics โ Sinai; Physical Characteristics โ Paran; Physical Characteristics โ Zin; Conditions and Lessons; Desolating sacrilege; Dial of Ahaz; Diocletian; Diotrephes; Diviner's Oak; Domitian; Dor;
- East; Ebal (place); Ebenezer; Education โ Teachers and Sages; Content and Method; Eglaim; Eglon (place); Egypt โ Middle Kingdom; Hyksos; New Kingdom; Third Intermediate Period; Saite-Persian Period; Egyptian (language) โ Scripts*; Loanwords in the OT; Egyptian, The or The Egyptian (d. c. 52-60 CE); Egyptians, Gospel According to the or Gospel according to the Egyptians; Ehud* - Ehud (judge); Elath; Election โ New Testament โ Jesus Christ; Elephantine Papyri; Elihu* โ Elihu (son of Barachel); Elijah, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Elijah โ Apocalypse of Elijah (Jewish-Christian book ca. 150-275 CE)*; Apocalypse of Elijah (Jewish Hebrew apocalypse ca. 6th-7th century)*; Elisha โ Deuteronomistic Edition; El Shaddai; Emendations of the Scribes; En-dor; Enoch โ Enoch (son of Jared); Enoch, Books of or Books of Enoch โ 2 (Slavonic) Enoch; 3 (Hebrew) Enoch; Enosh; Epaphras; Epaphroditus; Ephah (person) โ Ephah (son of Midian); Ephesians, Letter to the or Letter to the Ephesians โ Contents; Ephraim (person) โ Eponymous Figure; Tribe; Erastus; Esarhaddon; Eshtemoa (place); Esther, Book of or Book of Esther โ Canonicity; Versions; Genre; Recent Scholarly Issues; Ethiopian Eunuch; Ethnarch; Eve โ Intertestamental Writings and NT; Later Traditions; Evil-merodach; Exodus, Book of or Book of Exodus โ Canonical Context; Content; Continuing Significance; Ezekiel, Book of or Book of Ezekiel โ The Prophet; Ezra* โ Ezra (of the Book of Ezra); Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Cyrus' decree (538) to restore the house of God in Jerusalem (1:1-4); Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Introduction with a list of returning exiles (Ezra 1:5-2:1-70); Historical Background; Historical and Literary Issues;
- Felix; Firmament; Flax or Linen; Flood โ Terminology; Literary Character; Significance; Other Flood Traditions; Sceintific Issues; Flour; Flute; Footwashing;
- Galilee โ Early Church and Rabbis; Garden; Gareb (place); Gauls; Geder; Gederoth; Gederothaim; Gedor (person); Genesis, Book of or Book of Genesis โ Name and Early Interpretation; History; Gershon; Geshur* โ Geshur (Aramean kingdom); Gessius Florus; Gestures โ IIllustrations โ Head; Giants; Gibeath-elohim; Gihon* โ Gihon (spring in the Kidron Valley); Gilboa, Mount or Mount Gilboa; Girgashites; Goah; God โ Basic Claims about God โ Living and eternal; Basic Claims about God โ Unity; Basic Claims about God โ Unique, incomparable; Basic Claims about God โ Active; Basic Claims about God โ Intentional; Basic Claims about God โ Interactive; Basic Claims about God โ Situational; Basic Claims about God โ Effective; Basic Claims about God โ Vulnerable; Basic Claims about God โ Mighty acts; Basic Claims about God โ Extraordinary events; God in the Old Testament, Names of or Names of God in the Old Testament โ Adon; Baal; El; El Elyon; El Shaddai; Eloah; Fear of Isaac; Holy One; Mighty One of Jacob; Golan; Golgotha; Gospel or Good News โ Origin of usage; Mark; Other NT Usages; Gozan; Greaves; Greece โ Roman Period (31 B.C.E.-476 C.E.); Greek (language) โ History; Gymnasium;
- Habakkuk, Book of or Book of Habakkuk โ Text; Form; Hadashah; Hadid; Hadrach; Haggai, Book of or Book of Haggai โ Prophetic Call to Work on the Temple (1:1-11); Response of Leaders and People (1:12-15a); Assurance of God's Presence (1:15b-2:9); Priestly Ruling with Interpretation (2:10-19); Future Hope (2:20-23); Hagiographa; Halah; Ham (place); Haman; Hamites or Hamitic* โ Hamites or Hamitic (descendants of Ham); Hamites or Hamitic (Hamito-Semitic earlier designation of languages and cultures); Hammath (place); Hanani* โ Hanani (father of Jehu); Hananiah* โ Hananiah (son of Azzur); Havvoth-jair; Hazarmaveth; Hazazon-tamar; Hebrew, Biblical or Biblical Hebrew โ Verbal System; Verbal System โ Diachronic vs. Synchronic Approaches; Verbal System โ Tense vs. Aspect; Hebrews, Epistle to the or Epistle to the Hebrews โ Literary Genre; Authorship; Hebrews, Gospel according to the or Gospel according to the Hebrews; Hellenists; Heresy; Herod (family) โ Herod the Great โ Herod's Buildings; Herod the Great โ Final Years; Herod the Great โ Evaluation; Mariamme II; Salome (sister of Herod); Herod Antipater (son of Herod the Great); Alexander and Aristobulus; Mariamme (granddaughter of Herod); Archelaus; Mariamme (wife of Archelaus); Antipas (son of Herod the Great); Salome (daughter of Herod); Herod (son of Herod); Mariamme (married Herod IV); Agrippa I; Mariamme (daughter of Agrippa I); Agrippa II; Herodias; Herodotus; Hiel; Hierapolis; Hiram โ Hiram I; Hiram the metalworker; Hiram II; Hiram III; Hiram IV; Historiography, Biblical or Biblical historiography โ Definition of History; Biblical Historical Writings; Hittites โ Myths of Origin; Holiness Code; Homosexuality โ Male-male rape; Same-sex intercourse as violation of purity; Same-sex commitments; Hophra; Horeb; Horites* โ Horites (seminomadic people living in Seir-Edom); Horites (Hivites translated in the LXX as Horites); Horonaim; Hosea, Book of or Book of Hosea โ Text; Literary Structure; Huleh, Lake or Lake Huleh; Hyksos โ End of Rule; Impact; Hyssop;
- Iconium; Ijon; Innocents, Massacre of the or Massacre of the Innocents; Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Hebrew โ Pomegranate Scepter Head; Hebrew โ Kuntillet 'Ajrud and Khirbet el-Qรดm; Hebrew โ Jar Impressions, Weights, Seals, and Bullรฆ; Moabite; Moabite โ Mesha Stela; Old Aramaic; Old Aramaic โ Tell Fakhariyeh; Old Aramaic โ Tel Dan; Phoenician; Phoenician โ Byblos (Ahiram); Conclusion; Isaac, Testament of or Testament of Isaac; Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39) โ A People in Revolt (Ch. 1); Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39) โ Judgment for Babylon and the Nations (Chs. 13-35); Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39) โ Isaiah and Hezekiah (Chs. 36-39);
- Jael; James โ James the son of Alphaeus; James the son of Mary; James the father of Judas; James, Ascents of or Ascents of James; James, Letter of or Letter of James โ Theological Emphases โ Wisdom; Theological Emphases โ Love, Faith, and Works; Theological Emphases โ Perfection; Theological Emphases โ Eschatology; James the Greater, Acts of or Acts of James the Greater; Janoah* โ Janoah (town on the eastern border of Ephraim); Janoah (city in the northern region of Naphtali); Jattir; Jealousy; Jehoiachin; Jehoram โ Jehoram (son and successor or Jehoshaphat)*; Jehosheba; Jerahmeel* โ Jerahmeel (brother of Ram and Caleb); Jeremiah, Lamentations of or Lamentations of Jeremiah; Jericho โ Old Testament and Apocrypha; New Testament; Tulรปl Abลซ el-โAlayiq; Jerusalem โ Name; Ancient Sources; Archaeological Evidence; Jerusalem, Gates of or Gates of Jerusalem โ Prexilic Period; Preexilic Period โ Temple Gates; Preexilic Period โ City Gates; Jesus Christ โ Public Career; Teaching โ The Nature of the Kingdom; Teaching โ Its Time and Place; Teaching โ Preparation and Discipleship; Teaching โ The Poor and Sinners; Teaching โ Self-Conception; Teaching โ Ethics; Miracles; Controversy and Danger โ Crowds and Autonomy; Jesus Christ, Wisdom of or Wisdom of Jesus Christ; Jewish Christians โ Sources; History; Job, Book of or Book of Job โ Composition and Structure; John, Gospel of or Gospel of John โ Contents; Authorship and Composition; Date; Readers; Relationship to Other NT Books โ Synoptic Gospels; Relationship to Other NT Books โ Johannine Epistles; Relationship to Other NT Books โ Revelation; Theological Emphasis; John, Letters of or Letters of John โ 2 John; 3 John; Date and Location; John the Baptist โ Sources; Name; Followers; Jonah, Book of or Book of Jonah โ Jonah Called (1:1-3); Jonah Pursued (1:4-16); Jonah's Response to God's Deliverance (1:17-2:10 [MT 2:1-11]); Nineveh and God Repent (3:1-10); A Theological Debate (4:1-11); Joppa; Joseph โ Joseph (father of Igal); Joseph (of the sons of Asaph); Joseph (descendant of Binnui); Joseph (returner of Neh.); Joseph (son of Oziel); Joseph (son of Zechariah); Joseph (brother of Judas Maccabeus); Joseph (brother of Jesus); Joseph (brother of James, son of Mary); Joseph (father of Jannai); Joseph (father of Judah); Joseph (disciple of Jesus called Barsabbas); Joseph (became Barnabas); Joseph the Carpenter, History of or History of Joseph the Carpenter; Jotbah; Judah, Kingdom of or Kingdom of Judah โ History โ Sources; History โ Divided Kingdom; History โ Omride Dynasty; History โ Aramean Domination; Judas, Gospel of or Gospel of Judas; Jude, Letter of or Letter of Jude โ Literary Structure; Sources; The Opponents; Date; Destination; Message; Judea; Judges, Book of or Book of Judges โ Formation; The Judges; Contents โ The Conquest (1:1-2:5); Contents โ Exploits of the Judges (2:6-16:31); Contents โ Appendices (17:1-21:25); Themes; New Directions; Junia; Juttah;
- Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea โ Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea (modern Tell Nebi Mind)*; Kanah* โ Kanah (stream between Ephraim and Manasseh); Kanah (town in the territory of Asher); Kartan; Kedar; Kedemah; Kedemoth; Kenaz or Kenizzite* โ Kenaz or Kennizite (son of Eliphaz); Kethib and Qere; Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven - Old Testament; Apocalyptic and Intertestamental Literature; Conclusion; King's garden; King's highway; King's pool; King's valley; Kings, Books of or Books of Kings โ Organization; Contents; History of Composition; Ideology; Kir* โ Kir (place to which Tilgath-pileser III deported Aramaeans);
- Laban (place); Lachish โ Other Sources; Lamech; Lamentations, Book of or Book of Lamentations โ Genre; Lyric and Lyric Structure; Laodiceans, Letter to the or Letter to the Laodiceans; Laying on of hands; Leather; Leucius; Levi* โ Levi (ancestor of the Levites); Leviticus, Book of or Book of Leviticus โ Anthropological Perspectives; Historical Note; Libnah* โ Libnah (city conquered by Joshua); Lilith; Linus; Literature, New Testament as or New Testament as literature โ Letters; Lizard; Log; Lord of Hosts; Lord's Day; Lord's Supper โ Other Traditions; Conclusion; Love โ Divine-Human Relationships โ Johannine Writings; Lowland; Luz* โ Luz (site of Jacob's ladder dream); Luz (in Judges); Lycia; Lydia (place); Lysimachus* โ Lysimachus (general of Alexander the Great); Lysimachus (brother of Simon and Menelaus); Lysimachus (son of Ptolemy of Jerusalem); Lysimachus (author of an anti-Semitic history); Lystra;
- Maccabees; Machpelah; Magic โ Ancient Mediterranean and Near East; Magistrate; Mahalab; Mahalath or Basemoth* โ Mahalath or Basemoth (cryptic term in Psalms); Mahanaim; Makkedah; Malachi, Book of or Book of Malachi โ Date; Historical Background; Genre; Outline and Message โ 1:2-5 God's Love for Israel; Outline and Message โ 1:6-2:9 Pollution by the Priests; Outline and Message โ 2:10-16 Unfaithfulness within the Community; Outline and Message โ 2:17-3:5 โ Cleansing of the Community; Outline and Message โ 3:6-12 Paying for Cultic Services; Outline and Message โ 3:13-4:3 (3:21) Hope for the Community; Outline and Message โ 4:4-6 (3:22-24) Living in the Community; Malta; Manichaeism; Mantic; Maon (place) โ Maon (now Khirbet el-Ma'in); Marcion, Gospel of or Gospel of Marcion; Mareshah (place) or Marisa; Mary โ Mary of Bethany; Mary the mother of James and Joseph; Mary wife of Cleopas; Mary the mother of John Mark; Mary of Rome; Masada; Mattanah; Meat; Melchior; Melchizedek โ Genesis 14; Psalm 110; Melqart; Menahem; Menelaus; Mephibosheth* โ Mephibosheth (son of Saul); Mephibosheth (grandson of Saul); Merodach-baldan; Mesopotamia; Mezuzah; Michal; Middin; Midrash; Migdal-gad; Millo* โ Millo (fortification or construction in Jerusalem at an unknown location); Millo (construction of Solomon); Mishael* โ Mishael (alternate name of Meshach, companion of Daniel); Mishnah; Moladah; Monotheism โ Ancient Israel; New Testament; Mordecai* โ Mordecai (character in the Book of Esther); Mount of God or Mountain of God; Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara* โ Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara (on the western side of Mt. Carmel); Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara (in the southwestern Sinai); Muratorian Fragment; Music or Musical instruments โ Old Testament - bฤkลl โฤsรช bฤrรดลกรฎm; Old Testament - hฤlรฎl; Old Testament - hฤsลsฤrรข; Old Testament - kinnรดr; Old Testament - mฤnaโanโรฎm; Old Testament - mฤsiltayim or selsฤlim; Old Testament - nฤbel or nฤbel โฤลรดr; Old Testament - paโฤmรดn; Old Testament - ลกรดpฤr; Old Testament - qeren hayyรดbฤl; Old Testament - tลp; Old Testament - โรปgฤb; Old Testament - Daniel; Old Testament - Collective terms; Old Testament - Superscriptions to the Psalms; Myrrh; Mysia;
- Naamah (place); Nabal; Nablus; Nadabath; Nag Hammadi โ Discovery of the Codices; Nahash* โ Nahash (king of Ammon); Names and Naming โ Types of Names; Naomi; Nathan โ Nathan (son of David); Nazarene; Nazareth; Neco II or Necho II; Nehemiah, Book of or Book of Nehemiah โ Name and Canonical Setting; Authorship; Date and Place of Composition; Nehushtan; Nephilim; Nezib; Night hag; Nimrim, Waters of or Waters of Nimrim; Nimrod; Noah โ Name; Genealogy; Significance; Later References; Noah, Book of or Book of Noah; Numbers, Book of or Book of Numbers โ Name; Structure; Historical Value; Theological Themes โ Holiness; Theological Themes โ Forgiveness; Theological Themes โ Providence; Nurse;
- Obadiah, Book of or Book of Obadiah โ Text; Style; Composition; Biblical Parallels; Date and Historical Setting; Structure and Genre; Contents; Og; ON (place); Onomasticon; Ophel; Ophir (place); Orion; Ornaments;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Central Range โ Lebanon; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Galilee; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Jezreel; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Jerusalem; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Mt. Judah; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Shephelah; Physical Description โ Central Range โ Wilderness of Judah; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Beqaโ; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Mt. Hermon; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Sea of Galilee; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Jordan River; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Dead Sea; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Southern Arabah; Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Reed Sea; Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Bashan; Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Gilead; Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Ammon; Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Moab; Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Edom; Palmyra; Pamphylia; Paraclete; Partridge; Paul โ Sources; Chronology; Paul, Acts of or Acts of Paul; Paul, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Paul; Paul and Seneca, Letters of or Letters of Paul and Seneca; Paul and Thecla, Acts of or Acts of Paul and Thecla; Pella; Pelusium; Pentateuch โ Unity and Diversity; Pentecost; Perga; Perizzites; Persia โ Geography; Peter, Acts of or Acts of Peter; Peter, First Letter of or First Letter of Peter โ Recipients; Author; Purpose; Theology; Peter, Gospel of or Gospel of Peter; Peter, Second Letter of or Second Letter of Peter โ Theological Character; Date; Peter and Paul, The Passion of or The Passion of Peter and Paul; Philemon; Philemon, Letter to or Letter to Philemon โ Structure; Purpose; Philip, Acts of or Acts of Philip; Phoebe; Phoenicia โ People and Language; Religion โ Temple Personnel; Religion โ Daily Sacred Liturgy; Religion โ Sacrifice; Religion โ Death and the Underworld; Society and Its Values; Pine; Pisgah; Pithom; Plants โ Waterway Plants; Wilderness Plants; Thorns and Thistles; Flowers of the Field; Pleaides; Pool; Poplar; Pottery โ Ceramic Types โ Pottery Neolithic Period (ca. 6000-4000 B.C.E.); Ceramic Types โ Chalcolithic Period (ca. 4000-3300); Ceramic Types โ Early Bronze Age (ca. 3300-2000); Ceramic Types โ Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1500); Ceramic Types โ Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200); Ceramic Types โ Iron Age (ca. 1200-586); Ceramic Types โ Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods (ca. 586 B.C.E.-640 C.E.); Praise; Presbyter or Presbytery; Presence; Prophet or Prophecy โ Conceptual World; The โEndโ of Prophecy; Proverbs, Book of or Book of Proverbs โ Date; The Individual Sections โ 1:1-7; The Individual Sections โ 1:8-9:18; The Individual Sections โ 10:1-22:16; The Individual Sections โ 22:17-24:22; The Individual Sections โ 24:23-24; The Individual Sections โ 25:1-29:27; The Individual Sections โ 30:1-31:31; Purim;
- Quail; Queen of Heaven; Quirinus;
- Rahab* โ Rahab (prostitute in Josh.); Rahab (dragon defeated by Yahweh in Job); Rameses* (person) โ Rameses I; Rameses II; Rameses III; Rameses or Raamses (place); Rebekah; Recorder; Red; Rehoboth-ir; Rephaim โ Old Testament; Resheph (deity); Resurrection โ Old Testament; Intertestamental Literature; Revelation โ Old Testament; New Testament; Revelation, Book of or Book of Revelation โ Genre; Date; Purpose and Setting; Sources and Integrity; Rezin* โ Rezin (last king of Aram before the fall to the Assyrians); Romans, Letter to the or Letter to the Romans โ Author, Date, Place; Text; Genre and Other Proposals; Reading Romans; Rome โ Environment; Ruler of the Synagogue;
- Sabbath; Sabbatical year; Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source; Priestly Source โ Basic Types of Animal Sacrifice; Prophetic Critique; Sadducees; Saints; Salt; Salvation or Save or Savior; Samaria โ Region; City; History; Samaritan Pentateuch; Samaritans; Samson; Samuel; Samuel, Books of or Books of Samuel โ Historical Reliability and Genre; Message; Sanballat; Sanctify or Sanctification; Sandals or Shoes; Sanhedrin; Sarah* โ Sarah (wife of Abram); Sardes; Sargon; Satan; Saul; Scarlet or Crimson; Scepter; Scorpion; Scribes; Scroll; Scythians; Scythopolis; Seal or Signet; Sea peoples; Seat or Seating; Second Coming; Seleucia; Seleucid Empire; Semites or Semitic Languages* โ Semitic Languages; Sennacherib; Sepphoris; Septaugint; Serapis; Sermon on the Mount or Sermon on the Plain; Serpent; Servant; Servant of the Lord* โ Second Isaiah; Settlement: Archaeology* โ Conventional Models; New Models; Sex; Shalmaneser* โ Shalmaneser III; Sharon; Sheba, Queen of or Queen of Sheba; Shechem (place) โ Settlement History; Sheep; Shem; Sheol; Shephelah; Shepherd; Shield; Shiloh; Shinar; Ships and Sailing; Shishak; Shunem or Shunammite; Sidon; Siege; Sign; Silas or Silvanus; Siloam Channel; Siloam Tunnel; Silver; Sin โ Old Testament; New Testament; Sinai* โ Sinai Peninsula; Wilderness and Mt. Sinai; Biblical Traditions; Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of or Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach* โ Contents; Sister; Six hundred sixty-six or 666*; Slave; Sleep; Sling; Smith; Snares and Traps; Snow; Sodom; Sojourner; Solomon โ Kings; Chronicles; History; Solomon, Odes of or Odes of Solomon; Solomon, Psalms of or Psalms of Solomon; Solomon, Testament of or Testament of Solomon; Son; Son of God; Son of Man; Song of Solomon; Sophia; Soul; Spain; Spices; Spinning, Weaving, Loom; Spirit; Spiritual gifts; Spring or Fountain; Star; Stephen; Steward; Stomach; Stoning; Sumerian (language); Sumerians; Sun; Susa; Swine; Sword; Sycamore; Synagogue; Syria; Syriac; Syriac versions;
- Tabeel* โ Tabeel (father of person whom the Syro-Ephraimite coalition planned to place on the throne of Judah); Tamar (person)* โ Tamar (daugher-in-law of Judah); Tamar (daughter of Absalom); Tamar (place)* โ Tamar (site marking the southeastern border of the restored, ideal Israel in Ezek.); Tammuz; Tarshish (person)* โ Tarshish (official of Persia or Media in Esth.); Tema (place); Temeni; Terror on every side; Tertullus; Testament; Text of the Old Testament โ Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert โ Qumran; Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert โ Judean Desert; Ancient Versions โ Greek Versions; Ancient Versions โ Latin Versions; Ancient Versions โ Targums; Ancient Versions โ Samaritan Pentateuch; Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence โ Number of Supporting Witnesses; Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence โ Age of Supporting Witnesses; Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence โ Geographical Diversity of the Witnesses; Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence โ โQualityโ of the Supporting Witnesses; Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ Internal Evidence โ Transcriptional Probabilities; Methods of Textual Criticism โ Intrinsic Probabilities; The Text at the End of the Twentieth Century; Theodotion; Thessalonians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Thessalonians โ Historical Context; Epistolatory Structure and Function; Significant Features โ Eschatology; Significant Features โ Familial Language; Significant Features โ Ethical Instruction; Significant Features โ Wrath against โthe Jewsโ; Thessalonians, Second Letter to the or Second Letter to the Thessalonians โ Structure and Purpose; Significant Features; Significant Features โ Divine Justice; Significant Features โ The โDay of the Lordโ; Theudas; Thomas; Thomas, Infancy Gospel of or Infancy Gospel of Thomas; Thrace; Time โ The Days to Come; Timnah* โ Timnah (city on the northern border of Judah); Tirhakah; Titus, Epistle of or Epistle of Titus; Tob; Tobit, Book of or Book of Tobit โ Date, Language, and Versions; Later Use of Tobit; Travel or Transportation โTraveling Conditions; Travelers, Valley of the or Valley of the Travelers; Tribulation; Truth, Gospel of or Gospel of Truth; Tychicus; Tyropoeon Valley;
- Unforgivable sin; Unknown God; Unleavened bread; Uriah* โ Uriah the Hittite;
- Veil of the Temple; Vengeance; Vespasian; Vinegar; Virgin, Apocalypse of the or Apocalypse of the Virgin;
- Walls โ Biblical References; Washing; Water โ Theological Importance โ Cosmology; Weights and measures โ Area; Dry capacity; Liquid capacity; Wisdom and Wisdom literature โ Wisdom Books; Characteristics; Wisdom of Solomon โ Literary Genre; Word; Worm; Wormwood; Worship, Israelite or Israelite Worship โ Foundational Moments โ Priesthood; Foundational Moments โ Kingship; Foundational Moments โ Covenant Renewal; Worship, New Testament or New Testament Worship โ Origins; Wreath; Writing โ Biblical Scripts โ Greek;
- Yokefellow;
- Zacchaeus* โ Zacchaeus (tax official who climbed a tree to get a glimpse of Jesus); Zanoah (place)* โ Zanoah (town in the northeastern Shephelah); Zanoah (town in the eastern hill country of Judah); Zaphon (city); Zaphon (mountain); Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 โ Author and Date; Zechariah 1-8 โ Historical Setting; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:1-6; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 1:7-17; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 1:18-21 (MT 2:1-4); Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 2:1-5 (2:5-9); Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 2:6-13 (2:10-17); Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 3:1-10; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 4:1-14; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 5:1-4; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 5:5-11; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 6:1-8; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 6:9-15; Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 7:1-8:23; Zechariah 9-14 โ Author; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 9:1-17; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 10:1-12; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 11:1-17; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 12:1-9; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 12:10-13:9; Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 14:1-21; Zelophead's daughters; Zephaniah, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Zephaniah*; Zephaniah, Book of or Book of Zephaniah โ Historical Background; Unity; Zerah or Zohar* โ Zerah or Zohar (Zerah the Cushite); Zered, Brook or Brook Zered; Zobah; Zorah;
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- A; AB; Abaddon; Abagtha; Abana; Abdeel; Abdiel; Abdon (place); Abel (person); Abel (place); Abel-Keramim; Abel-Mizraim; Abel-Shittim; Abgar; Abi; Abi-albon; Abiasaph; Abib; Abida; Abidan; Abihud; Abijam; Abilene; Abimael; Abinoam; Abishalom; Abishur; Abital; Abitub; Abiud; Abram; Abron; Abronah; Accad; Achaemenid; Achaicus; Achan; Achim; Achior; Achish; Achsah; Achshaph; Acre; Acrostic; Adadah; Adad-nirari โ Adad-nirari I; Adalia; Adam (place); Adam, Books of or Books of Adam; Adamah; Adami-Nekeb; Adar; Adasa; Adbeel; Addan (person); Addan (place); Addar (person); Addar (place); Addon; Adida; Adin; Adina; Adino; Adithaim; Adlai; Admah; Admatha; Admin; Adonai; Adoni-bezek; Adonikam; Adoniram; Adoni-zedek; Adoraim; Adoram; Adrammelech (deity); Adrammelech (person); Adramyttium; Adria; Adriel; Adummim; Aeneas; Aenon; Agag (person); Agagite; Age; Agee; Agur; Aharah; Aharhel; Ahasbai; Ahava; Ahaz โ Ahaz (descendant of Saul); Ahban; Aher; Ahi; Ahiah; Ahiam; Ahian; Ahikam; Ahilud; Ahimoth; Ahinadab; Ahira; Ahiram; Ahisamach; Ahishahar; Ahishar; Ahlab; Ahoah; Ahohite; Ahumai; Ahuzzam; Ahuzzath; Ahzai; Aiath; Aija; Ain Feshka; Ain Karem; Akan; Akhetaten; Akiba; Akrabattene; Akrabbim; Alabaster; Alamoth; Alcimus; Alema; Alemeth (place); Aleph; Algum or Almug; Aliah; Alian; Allammelech; Allon; Allon-bacuth; Almighty; Almodad; Almon; Almond; Almon-diblathaim; Alms; Alush; Alvah; Alvan; Amad; Amal; Amam; Amana; Amashsai; Amasiah; Amaw; Amber; Amen; Amethyst; Ami; Amittai; Ammah; Ammi; Ammishaddai; Ammizabad; Amok; Amon (deity); Amoz; Amphipolis; Ampliatus; Amulet; Anab; Anaharath; Anak; Anamim; Anammalech; Anan; Anani; Ananiah (person); Ananiah (place); Anath; Anathema; Anem; Aner (person); Aner (place); Aniam; Anim; Annas; Anno Domini; Annunciation; Ant; Antelope; Anthothijah; Anthropomorphism; Anti-Lebanon; Antipatris; Anub; Apelles; Aphekah; Aphiah; Aphik; Apocalypse; Apollonia; Apollyon; Appaim; Apphia; Apphus; Appian Way; Aqueduct; Ara; Arab; Arabah; Arabah, Wadi or Wadi Arabah; Arad (person); Aram-maacah; Aram-zobah; Aran; Aratus; Araunah; Arba; Arbathite; Arbatta; Arbela; Arbite; Archangel; Archelaus; Archippus; Archite; Ard; Ardon; Areli; Areopagite; Argob (person); Argob (place); Aridai; Aridatha; Arieh; Ariel (place); Arimathea; Arisai; Aristarchus; Aristion; Arkite; Armageddon; Armlet; Armoni; Arnan; Arni; Arnon; Arod; Aroerite; Arpachshad; Arpad; Arsaces; Artemas; Artemis; Arubboth; Arumah; Arvad; Arza; Asarel; Ascent; Asceticism; Asenath; Ashan; Asharelah or Jesharelah; Ashbel or Jediael; Ashes; Ashhur; Ashima; Ashkenaz; Ashpenaz; Ashtaroth (deity); Ashtaroth (place); Ashterathite; Ashteroth-karnaim; Ashurites; Ashvath; Ash Wednesday; Asia; Asiarch; Asnah; Aspatha; Asriel; Assassins; Asshur (person); Asshurim; Assos; Assur (deity); Asyncritus; Atarah; Atargatis; Athach; Athaiah; Atharim; Athbash; Athlai; Atroth-beth-joab; Atroth-shophan; Audience hall; Avaran; Avith; Avva; Ayyah; Azal; Azaliah; Azaniah; Azaz; Azbuk; Azel; Azgad; Aziel; Aziza; Azzan;
- B; Baal (place); Baalath; Baalath-beer; Baale-judah; Baal-gad; Baal-hamon; Baal-hazor; Baal-hermon; Baalis; Baal-meon; Baal-perazim; Baal-shalishah; Baal-tamar; Baal-zebub; Baara; Baasaelah; Baca, Valley of or Valley of Baca; Bagoas; Bahurim; Bakbakkar; Bakbuk; Bakbukiah; Baker's Street; Baladan; Balah; Balak; Balm; Balsam; Bamoth or Bamoth-baal; Banner; Bar; Barabbas; Barachel; Barachiah; Barak; Barbarian; Barefoot; Bariah; Baris; Bar-jesus; Bar-jona; Barkos; Barnabas, Acts of or Acts of Barnabas; Bartholomew; Bartholomew the Apostle, Book of or Book of Bartholomew the Apostle; Basin; Basket; Bastard; Bat; Batanea; Bath; Bath-rabbim; Battering ram; Bavvai; Bazlith or Bazluth; Bdellium; Bealiah; Beam; Bean; Becher or Becherites; Becorath; Bedad; Bedeiah; Bee; Beeliada; Beera; Beerah; Beer-elim; Beer-lahai-roi; Beeoth; Beeroth bene-jaakan; Be-eshterah; Beggar; Behemoth; Beka; Bela (place); Bell; Belmain; Belteshazzar; Ben; Ben-abinadab; Ben-ammi; Ben-deker; Bene-berak; Benedictus; Bene-jakkan; Ben-geber; Ben-hail; Ben-hanan; Ben-hesed; Ben-hur; Beninu; Beno; Ben-oni; Ben-zoheth; Beon; Bera; Beracah; Beracah, Valley of or Valley of Beracah; Beraiah; Berea; Bered (person); Bered (place); Beri; Berothah; Berothai; Beryl; Besai; Besodeiah; Besor, Wadi or Wadi Besor; Betah; Beten; Beth; Bethabara; Beth-anath; Beth-anoth; Beth-arabah; Beth-arbel; Beth-ashbea; Beth-aven; Beth-azmaveth; Beth-baal-meon; Beth-barah; Bethbasi; Beth-biri; Beth-car; Beth-diblathaim; Beth-eden; Beth-eked; Beth-emek; Beth-ezel; Beth-gader; Beth-gamul; Beth-gilgal; Beth-haggan; Beth-haram; Beth-hoglah; Beth-horon; Beth-le-aphrah; Beth-lebaoth; Beth-maacah; Beth-marcaboth; Beth-meon; Beth-millo; Beth-nimrah; Beth-pazzez; Beth-pelet; Beth-peor; Bethphage; Beth-rapha; Beth-rehob; Beth-shittah; Beth-tappuah; Beth-togarmah; Bethuel (person); Bethuel (place); Bethulia; Beth-zaith; Bethzatha; Beth-zechariah; Betonim; Beulah; Beyond the Jordan; Bezai; Bezer (person); Bezer (place); Bichri or Bichrites; Bidkar; Bigtha; Bigthan or Bigthana; Bileam; Bilgai; Bilhah (person); Bilhah (place); Bilshan; Bimhal; Binea; Birsha; Birzaith; Bishlam; Bishop; Bithiah; Bitter herbs; Bitter lakes; Bitumen; Biziothiah; Biztha; Blastus; Blemish; Blight; Blood, flow of; Bloodguilt; Boanerges; Boaz โ Boaz (pillar of Solomon's temple); Bocheru; Bochim; Bohan; Book of Life; Borashan; Bosor (person); Bosor (place); Bozez; Bozkath; Bracelet; Branch; Bride of Christ; Brimstone; Bronze laver; [Brook]]; Bukkiah; Bul; Bunah; Bushel; Buzi; Byblos;
- C; Cabbon; Caesar's household; Cake; Calamus; Caleb-ephrathah; Calno; Calvary; Cana; Canaan (person); Cananaean; Candace; Canneh; Caphar-salama; Caravan; Carbuncle; Carchemish; Caria; Carites; Carkas; Carmel โ Carmel (town in the Judean wilderness); Carmites; Carnaim; Carnelian; Carob; Carpus; Carshena; Cart; Casiphia; Caslluhim; Cassia; Cauda; Caulkers; Cenchreae; Cendebeus; Censer; Cephas; Ceremonial law; Cerinthus; Chalcedony; Champions; Chaos; Cheek; Chelal; Chelubai; Cheluhi; Chenani; Chephar-ammoni; Chephirah; Cheran; Cherethites; Cherith, Brook or Brook Cherith; Cherub (place); Chesalon; Chesed; Chesil; Chesulloth; Chezib; Chidon; Chief priests; Chileab; Chilion; Chilmad; Chimham; Chios; Chislev; Chislon; Chisloth-tabor; Chitlish; Chloe; Choirmaster; Christian; Chrysolite; Chrysoprase; Chuza; Cinnamon; Citadel; Cities of the valley; City of Chaos; City of palm trees; City of salt; City of the sun; City of waters; Claudia; Claudius Lysias; Clement; Cleopas; Clopas; Cnidus; Coal; Coast or Coastland; Codex; Codex Vaticanus; Coele-Syria; Commentary; Commission, Great or Great Commission; Conduit; Confirmation; Coniah; Consecrate; Constellations; Convocation; Coping; Cor; Coral; Corban; Cormorant; Corruption, Mount of or Mount of Corruption; Cos; Cosam; Cosmetics; Cotton; Council; Counselor; Cozbi; Cozeba; Crane; Crescens; Crescents; Crispus; Crocus; Crucible; Crystal; Cub; Cucumber; Cumin; Cun; Cuneiform; Cupbearer; Cushan; Cushan-rishathaim; Custodian; Cyamon; Cymbals; Cypress;
- Dabbesheth; Daberath; Daleth; Dalmanutha; Dalmatia; Dalphon; Damascus Gate; Dan-jaan; Dannah; Daphne; Darda; Daric; Debir (person); Decision, Valley of or Valley of Decision; Decretum Gelasianum; Demas; Denarius; Derbe; Destroyer; Deuel; Deuterocanonical books; Dew; Diamond; Diatessaron; Diblaim; Dibon-gad; Dibri; Didrachma; Didymus; Diklah; Dilean; Dill; Dimnah; Dimon; Dimonah; Dinhabah; Dionysius; Dionysus; Diphath; Dishan; Dispersion; Dives; Dizahab; Do not destroy; Dodai; Dodanim; Dodavahu; Doeg; Dok; Dophkah; Dorcas; Dot; Dove on far-off terebinths; Drachma; Dragon; Dregs; Dropsy; Dumah (person); Dura; Dura-Europos; Dysentery; Dysmas;
- E; Eagle; Earring; Earthquake; East wind; Easter; Eastern Sea; Ebez; Ebiasaph; Ebony; Ebron; Ecstasy; Eden (person); Edification; Eglah; Eglath-Shelishiyah; Egnatian Way; Egypt, Brook of or Brook of Egypt; Ehi; Eker; Ela; Elah, Valley of or Valley of Elah; Elasa; El-berith; El-bethel; Eldaah; Eldad; Elder; Elead; Eleadah; Elealeh; Elect lady; El-elohe-Israel; El Elyon; Elemental spirits; Eleven, The or The Eleven; Eli, eli lama sabachthani; Eliahba; Eliathah; Elidad; Elianai; Elihoreph; Elika; Elim; Elimelech; Eliphal; Eliphelehu; Elishah; Elishaphat; Elisheba; Elishua; Eliud; Elizabeth; Elizur; Elkosh; Ellasar; Elmadam; Elnaam; Eloah; Elon (place); Elon-beth-hanan; Eloth; Elpaal; El-paran; Elpelet; Eltekeh; Eltekon; Eltolad; Elul; Eluzai; Elymais; Elzaphan; Embroidery; Emek-keziz; Emerlad; Emim; Enaim; Enam; Enan; En-eglaim; En-haddah; En-hakkore; En-hazor; Enlil; En-mishpat; Enoch (place); En-rimmon; En-shemesh; En-tappuah; Epaenetus; Ephah (measure); Ephai; Ephes-dammim; Ephlal; Ephod (person); Ephphatha; Ephraim (place); Ephraim, Forest of or Forest of Ephraim; Ephrath (person); Ephrathah; Ephrathah (place); Ephron (person); Eran; Eri; Eruption; Escape, Rock of or Rock of Escape; Esek; Eshan; Esh-baal; Eshban; Eshcol (person); Eshcol (place); Eshek; Eshtaol; Eshton; Esli; Etham; Ethanim; Ethbaal; Eth-kazin; Ethnan; Ethni; Eubulus; Eucharist; Eumenes; Eunice; Euodia; Eutychus; Evangelist; Evening; Evi; Ezbai; Ezel; Ezem; Ezrah; Ezrahite; Ezri;
- Falcon; Fallow ground; Fat; Father's house; Fathom; Fertile Crescent; Porcius Festus; Flea; Flint; Fork; Former prophets; Fornication; Fortunatus; Forum of Appius; Fox; Freedmen, Synagogue of the or Synagogue of the Freedmen; Fringe; Frog; Frontlet; Fuel; Fuller;
- Gaal; Gaash; Gabbai; Gabbatha; Gabrias; Gad (deity); Gaddiel; Gadi; Gaham; Gahar; Galbanum; Galeed; Gall; Gallim; Gamad; Gamul; Gangrene; Gareb (person); Garland; Garlic; Garmite; Gatam; Gatekeeper; Gath-hepher; Gaulanitis; Gazzam; Geber; Gebim; Ge-harishim; Geliloth; Gemalli; Gems; Generation; Genizah; Gennesaret; Genubath; Gerah; Gerasenes; Geruth Chimham; Geshan; Geshem; Geshur โ Geshur (people or region south of the Philistine pentapolis); Gestas; Gether; Geuel; Giah; Gibbar; Gibea; Gibeath-haaraloth; Giddalti; Gideoni; Gidom; Gilali; Giloh; Gimzo; Ginath; Ginnethoi; Girzites; Gishpa; Gittaim; Gittite; Gittith; Gizonite; Gloss; Go out and come in; Goad; Gob; Golden Rule; Gomorrah; Good Friday; Gopher wood; Gorgias; Gourd; Grapes; Grasshopper; Guard, Court of the or Court of the Guard; Gudgodah; Gur; Gurbaal;
- H; Haahashtari; Habaiah; Habazziniah; Habor; Hacaliah; Hachilah; Hachmoni; Hachmonite; Hadad (deity); Hadadezer โ Hadadezer (king of Zobah); Hadadezer (king of Damascus); Hadad-rimmon; Hadassah; Hadlai; Hadoram โ Hadoram (descendant of Joktan); Hadoram (son of King Tou or Hamath); Hadoram (official of King Rehoboam); Ha-eleph; Hagab; Hagabah; Haggadah; Haggedolim; Haggi; Haggiah; Haggith; Hagri; Hagrites; Hakkatan; Hakkoz โ Hakkoz (head of the seventh division of priests under David); Hakkoz (family returning from exile); Hakupha; Halak, Mount or Mount Halak; Halakhah; Half-tribe; Halhul; Hali; Halicarnassus; Hallohesh; Hamath; Hamath-zobah; Hammath (person); Hammedatha; Hammer; Hammolecheth; Hammon โ Hammon (city in the territory assigned to Asher); Hammon (city in the territory of Naphtali); Hammoth-dor; Hammuel; Hamonah; Hamon-gog; Hamor; Hamran; Hamul; Hamutal; Hanamel; Hananel, Tower of or Tower of Hananel; Handbreadth; Handkerchief; Hanes; Hannathon; Hapax Legomenon; Hapharaim; Happizzez; Hara; Haradah; Hararite; Harbona; Hare; Hareph; Harhaiah; Harhas; Har-heres; Harhur; Hariph; Harmon; Harnepher; Haroeh; Harosheth-Hagoiim; Harp; Harsha; Harum; Harumaph; Haruphite; Haruz; Hasabnah; Hashbaddanah; Hashem; Hashmonah; Hasubah; Hassenaah; Hassophereth; Hassupha; Hathach; Hathath; Hatipha; Hatita; Hattin, Horns of or Horns of Hattin; Havilah (place); Hazaiah; Hazar-addar; Hazar-enan or Hazar-enon; Hazar-gaddah; Hazar-shual; Hazar-susah; Hazer-hatticon; Hazeroth; Haziel; Hazo; Hearth; Hegai; Hegemonides; Heglam; Helah; Helam; Helbah; Helbon; Heleb; Helech; Heled; Helek; Heli; Heliodorus; Helkai; Helkath; Helkath-hazzurim; Helon; Hemdan; Hen; Hena; Henadad; Henna; Hepher (place); Herbs; Heres, Ascent of or Ascent of Heres; Heresh; Hereth; Hermas; Hermeneutics; Hermes (deity); Hermes (person); Hermogenes; Herodians; Herodion; Heshmon; Heth; Hethlon; Hexapla; Hexateuch; Hezion; Hezro; Hezron (place); Hiddai; Hiddekel; Higgaion; Hilen; Hin; Hind of the dawn; Hinnom, Valley of or Valley of Hinnom; Hippos; Hirah; Hizki; Hizkiah; Hobab; Hobah; Hobaiah; Hod; Hodesh; Hodevah; Hoglah; Hoham; Holm tree; Holofernes; Holy of Holies; Holy One of Israel; Homam; Homer; Hook; Hoopoe; Hophni; Horam; Horem; Horesh; Hor-haggidgad; Hornet; Horonite; Hosah (person); Hosah (place); Hosanna; Hoshama; Host of Heaven; Hothir; Hour; Hozai; Hukkok; Hukok; Hul; Humtah; Hundred, Tower of the or Tower of the Hundred; Hupham; Huppah; Huppim; Hurai; Huram-abi; Huri; Hushah; Hushai; Husham; Hushathite; Hymenaeus;
- I Am who I Am; Ibhar; Ibneiah; Ibnijah; Ibri; Ibsam; Ibzan; Ichabod; Ichthys; Idalah; Idbash; Iezer; Iim; Ikkesh; Ilai; Imaluke; Imlah; Immer (person); Immer (place); Imna; Imrah; Incest; Inn; Inner being; I.N.R.I.; Insects; Iob; Iota; Iphdeiah; Iphtah; Iphtahel; Ir; Irad; Iram; Iri; Irijah; Ir-nahash; Irpeel; Ir-shemesh; Iru; Iscah; Ish-baal; Ishbah; Ishbak; Ishbi-benob; Ish-hai; Ishhod; Ishma; Ishmerai; Ishpah; Ishpan; Ishvah; Island or Isle; Ismachiah; Isshijah; Ithai; Ithamar; Ithlah; Ithmah; Ithnan; Ithra; Ithream; Ithrites; Ivvah; Iye-abarim; Iyim; Iyyar; Izliah; Izrahiah; Izrahite; Izri; Izziah;
- J; Jaakan; Jaakobah; Jaala or Jaalah; Jaar; Jaare-oregim; Jaareshiah; Jaasu; Jaaziah; Jaaziel; Jabal; Jabbok; Jabesh; Jabez (person); Jabez (place); Jabneh; Jacan; Jacinth; Jackal's Well; Jacob's Well; Jada; Jaddai; Jaddus; Jadon; Jagur; Jahaz; Jahdai; Jahdiel; Jahdo; Jahleel; Jahmai; Jahzah; Jahzeel or Jahziel; Jahzeiah; Jahzerah; Jairite; Jairus; Jakeh; Jalam; Jalon; Jambres; Jambri; Jamin โ Jamin (son of Simeon); Jamin (son of Ram); Jamin (Levite of the time of Neh.); Japheth โ Japheth (region north of Arabia); Japhia (place); Japhlet; Jarah; Jareb; Jared; Jarha; Jaroah; Jashar, Book of or Book of Jashar; Jashen; Jashubi-lehem; Jasper; Jathniel; Javan; Jazer; Jaziz; Jeraim, Mount or Mount Jeraim; Jeatherai; Jeberechiah; Jecoliah; Jedidah; Jedidiah; Jegar-sahadutha; Jehezkel; Jehiah; Jehieli; Jehizkiah; Jehoaddah; Jehoaddan; Jehoash; Jehoiarib; Jehoshabeath; Jehoshaphat, Valley of or Valley of Jehoshaphat; Jehovah; Jehovah-jireh; Jehovah-nissi; Jehovah-shalom; Jehozadak; Jehubbah; Jehucal; Jehud; Jehudi; Jehuel; Jekabzeel; Jekameam; Jekuthiel; Jemimah; Jemuel; Jerah; Jered; Jeremai; Jeremiel; Jeriah or Jerijah; Jeribai; Jeriel; Jerioth; Jerome; Jerubbaal; Jerubbesheth; Jeruel; Jerusha or Jerushah; Jeshanah; Jesharelah; Jehebeab; Jesher; Jeshishai; Jeshohaiah; Jeshua (place); Jeshurun; Jesimiel; Jesse; Jetheth; Jetur; Jeuz; Jezer; Jeziel; Jezahiah; Jidlaph; Joahaz; Joanan; Joanna; Joarib; Jochebed; Joda; Joed; Joelah; Joezer; Jogbehah; Jogli; John the Divine, Discourse of or Discourse of John the Divine; Joiakim; Jokdeam; Jokim; Jokmeam; Jokshan; Joktan; Jonam; Jorah; Jorai; Jorim; Jorkeam; Josech; Joseph, Prayer of or Prayer of Joseph; Joseph and Asenath; Joshah; Joshaviah; Joshbekashah; Josheb-basshebeth; Joshibiah; Josiphiah; Jotbathah; Jozacar; Jozadak; Jubal; Jucal; Julia; Julius; Jushab-hesed;
- Kab; Kabzeel; Kadmiel; Kadmonites; Kain (people); Kain (place); Kaiwan; Kallai; Kamon; Kareah; Karka; Karkor; Karnaim; Kartah; Kattath; Kehelathah; Keilah (person); Keilah (place); Kelaiah or Kelita; Kenan; Kenath; Kenosis; Keren-happuch; Kerioth; Kerioth-hezron; Keros; Kerygma; Keturah; Keziah; Kibroth-hattavah; Kibzaim; Kid; Kidneys; Kinah; Kiriath; Kiriath-arba; Kiriatharim; Kiriath-baal; Kiriath-huzoth; Kiriath-sannah; Kiriath-sepher; Kishi; Kishion; Kite; Kitron; Kneading bowl; Kneeling; Koa; Koz; Kue; Kushaiah; Kyrie eleison;
- Laadah; Lacedaemonians; Ladder; Ladder of Tyre; Lael; Lahad; Lahmam; Lahmi; Laish (person); Laish (place); Laishah; Lakkum; Lapis lazuli; Lappidoth; Lasea; Lasharon; Last Days or Latter Days; Lasthenes; Latrine; Latter prophets; Lawyer; Lead; Lebana or Lebanah; Lebaoth; Lebbaeus; Lobonah; Leb-qamai; Lecah; Leech; Leek; Lehabim; Lehem; Lehi; Lemuel; Lent; Lentils; Leopard; Leshem; Lethech; Letushim; Leummim; Levant; Libation; Lidebir; Likhi; Lime or Limestone; Lithostroton; Lo-ammi; Lod; Lois; Lo-ruhamah; Lotan; Lotus; Luhith, Ascent of or Ascent of Luhith; Lute; Lydia (person); Lyre; Lysanias; Lysias;
- M; Maadai; Maadiah; Maai; Maapha; Maarath; Maasai; Maath; Maaz; Machaerus; Machbannai; Machi; Machnadebai; Madai; Madmannah; Madmen; Madmenah; Madon; Magadan; Magbish; Magdalene; Magdiel; Magog; Magpiash; Mahaneh-dan; Maharai; Mahavite; Mahazioth; Maher-shalal-hash-baz; Mahlon; Mahol; Mahseiah; Makaz; Makheloth; Malcam; Malchiel; Malchiram; Malchishua; Malchus; Mallothi; Mallow; Malluchi; Mallus; Mamertine Prison; Mammon; Mamre (person); Mamre (place); Manaen; Manahath (person); Manahath (place); Manahathites; Mandrake; Manger; Man of God; Manoah; Many waters; Maoch; Maon (person); Maonites; Mara; Marah; Maranatha; Marble; Mareal; Mark; Mark Antony; Marketplace; Maroth; Marriage present; Marsena; Martyr; Mary, Gospel of the Birth of or Gospel of the Birth of Mary; Mary, Revelation of or Revelation of Mary; Mash; Mashal (genre); Mashal (place) or Mishal; Maskil; Masrekah; Matred; Matrites; Mattatha; Mattattah; Matthan; Matthias; Maundy Thursday; Mazzaroth; Mearah; Mebunnai; Mecherathite; Meconah; Medad; Medan; Medium or Wizard; Megilloth; Mehida; Mehir; Meholathite; Mehujael; Mehuman; Me-jarkon; Melathiah; Melea; Melons; Memorial portion; Memucan; Menna; Menuhoth; Meonothai; Mephaath; Merab; Meraiah; Merathaim; Mercy seat; Mered; Meres; Meribath-kadesh; Meribbaal; Merom; Meronothite; Meroz; Mesha (place); Meshach; Meshohab; Mehullemeth; Metheg-ammah; Methuselah; Methushael; Meunim or Meunites; Mezahab; Mezobaite; Mibhar; Mibzar; Michmethath; Michri; Midwife; Migdal-el; Migron; Mikneiah; Miktam; Milalai; Mildew; Mile; Millet; Mina; Minni; Minor prophets; Mint; Minuscule; Mirmah; Mirror; Mishal; Misham; Mihmannah; Mishraites; Mispar or Mispereth; Misrephoth-maim; Mist; Mithkah; Mithnite; Mitylene; Mixed multitude; Mizar; Mizraim; Mizzah; Mnason; Moadiah; Modein; Molid; Moresheth or Moresheth-Gath; Morning star; Mortar, The or The Mortar; Moserah or Moseroth; Most high; Moth; Mother-of-pearl; Mouse; Mozah; Mulberry; Mule; Muppim; Mushi; Mustard; Muth-labben; Myrtle;
- Naam; Naamathite; Naamites; Naarah (person); Naarah (place); Naarai; Naaran; Nacon; Naggai; Nahalal; Nahaliel; Naham; Nahamani; Naharai; Nahbi; Nahor (place); Nahshon; Nain; Naioth; Naphath; Naphath-dor or Naphoth-dor; Naphish; Naphtha; Naphtuhim; Narcissus; Nard; Nash Papyrus; Nathan-melech; Nave; Neah; Neapolis; Nebai; Nebaioth; Neballat; Nebat; Nebo (deity); Nebo, Mount or Mount Nebo; Nebushazban; Nebuzaradan; Nedebiah; Needle; Nehelam; Nehum; Nehushta; Neiel; Nephism; Nephtoah, Waters of or Waters of Nephtoah; Nephusheshim; Ner; Nereus; Nergal; Neri; Neriah; Netaim; Netophah; Network; Neziah; Nibhaz; Nibshan; Nicodemus; Nicodemus, Gospel of or Gospel of Nicodemus; Nicolaus; Nicopolis; Niger; Nighthawk; Nimrah; Nimshi; Nisan; Nisroch; No-amon; Nobah (person); Nod; Nodab; Nogah; Nohah (person); Nohah (place); Nophah; Northeaster; Not my people; Not pitied; Numenius; Nun; Nympha;
- Obal; Obedience; Obeisance; Obelisk; Obil; Oblation; Oboth; Ochran; Ocina; Ohad; Ohel; Oholah or Oholibah; Oholiab; Olivet; Olympas; Omar; Omega; On (person); Onan; Onesimus; Onesiphorus; Onion; Ono; Onycha; Onyx; Ophir (person); Ophni; Ophrah (person); Order; Oreb; Oren; Original sin; Oronites; Orpha; Osnappar; Osprey; Ostrich; Othni; Othniel; Oven; Ovens, Tower of the or Tower of the Ovens; Owl; Ox(person); Oxyrhynchus fragments; Ozni;
- P; Paarai; Paddan-aram or Paddan; Padon; Pagans; Pagiel; Pahath-moab; Pai; Palal; Pallu; Palm Sunday; Paltite; Paphos; Parah; Paran; Parapet; Parbar; Parmashta; Parmenas; Parnach; Parshandatha; Paruah; Parvaim; [][Pasach]]; Paschal; Pas-dammim; Patara; Pathros or Pathrusim; Patrobas; Pau; Pavement, The or The Pavement; Pearl; Pedahel; Pedahzur; Pekahiah; Pekod; Pelaliah; Peleg; Pelethites; Pelonite; Peniel; Peninnah; Penny; Pentapolis; Penuel (place); Peor; Perazim, Mount or Mount Perazim; Perea; Peresh; Perez; Perez-Uzza; Perida; Perseus; Persis; Peruda; Pestilence; Peter to James, Letter of or Letter of Peter to James; Peter to Philip, Letter of or Letter of Peter to Philip; Pethor; Pethuel; Peullethai; Phanuel; Pharathon; Pharpar; Phasaelis; Phaselis; Phicol; Philadelphia โ Philadelphia (of the Decapolis, now Amman); Philetus; Philip โ Philip II of Macedon; Philip V of Macedon; Philip the Phrygian (governor of Jerusalem); Philip the Tetrarch; Herod (Philip?), son of Herod and Mariamme II; Philologus; Phlegon; Phoenix; Phrygelus; Pi-beseth; Pi-hahiroth; Pildash; Pilha; Piltai; Pim; Pinnacle; Pinon; Piram; Pirathon; Pishon; Pispa; Pistis Sophia; Pit; Pitch; Pithon; Plumb-line or Plummet; Pochereth-hazzebaim; Poratha; Porphyry; Portion or Share; Posidonius; Potiphar; Potiphera; Priestly document; Prison letters; Prochorus; Proconsul; Prophets, The or The Prophets; Psalter; Pseudo-Matthew, Gospel of or Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew; Publius; Pudens; Pul; Punites; Punon; Purah; Put; Puteoli; Puthites; Putiel; Puvah or Puah; Pyrrhus;
- Qesitah; Qoheleth; Quartermaster; Quartus; Qumran;
- Raama or Raamah; Raamiah or Reelaiah or Resaiah; Raamses; Rabbah โ Rabbah (city of Judah); Rabbith; Rabmag; Rabsaris; Rabshakeh; Raca; Racal; Raddai; Rages or Ragae; Raham; Rainbow; Raisin cakes; Rakem; Rakkath; Rakkon; Ram (animal); Ramath-levi; Ramath-mizpeh; Ramathaim-zophim; Ramathite; Rameses (person) โ Rameses IV; Rameses V; Rameses VI; Rameses VII; Rameses VIII; Rameses IX; Rameses X; Rameses XI; Ramiah; Ransom; Rapha; Raphael; Raphah or Rephaiah; Raphon; Raphu; Rassis; Rathamin; Raven; Reba; Recah; Reelaiah or Raamiah or Resaiah; Regem; Regem-melech; Rehabiah; Rei; Rekem (place); Remaliah; Remeth; Rephael; Rephah; Rephan; Rephidim; Resen; Reseph (person); Return; Reumah; Rezeph; Rezon; Rhegium; Rhesa; Rhoda; Rib; Ribai; Riblah; Rimmon (deity); Rimmon (person); Rimmono; Rimmon-perez; Rinnah; Riphath or Diphath; Rissah; Rithmah; Rizia; Rod; Rodanim; Rogelim; Rohgah; Romamti-ezer; Romans; Roof; Rose; Rosh; Ruby; Rue; Ruhamah; Rumah; Ruth;
- Sabta or Sabtah; Sabteca; Sachia; Sackcloth; Saffron; Sala; Salamis; Salecah; Salem; Salim; Salmon; Salmone; Salt, Valley of or Valley of Salt; Salu; Samgar-nebo; Samlah; Samos; Samothrace; Sansannah; Saph; Sapphira; Sapphire; Sarid; Sarsechim; Satrap; Sea, Molten or Molten Sea; Sea gull; Seah; Seba; Sebam; Second man; Second quarter; Secretary; Sect; Secu; Secundus; Seer; Seir (person); Seirah; Selah; Seled; Semachiah; Semein; Senaah; Seneh; Senir; Seorim; Sephar; Sepharad; Sepharvaim; Serah; Sered; Serug; Seth; Sethur; Seven, The or The Seven; Seven words; Shaalbim or Shaalabbin; Shaalbon; Shaalim; Shaashgaz; Shadrach; Shagee; Shaharaim; Shahazumah; Shalishah; Shalmai or Shamlai; Shalman; Shama; Shamgar; Shamhuth; Shamir (person); Shamlai or Shalmai; Shamma; Shammoth; Shamsherai; Shapham; Shaphir; Sharai; Sharar; Sharuhen; Shashai; Shashak; Shaveh, Valley of or Valley of Shaveh; Shaveh-kiriathaim; Shavsha or Seraiah or Shiva or Shisha; Sheal; Shealtiel; Sheariah; Shear-Jashub; Shebaraim; Shebat; Sheber; Shebna or Shebnah; Shedeur; Sheerah; Shehariah; Shekel; Shelah, Pool of or Pool of Shelah; Sheleph; Shelesh; Shelomi; Shelumiel; Shema (place); Shema, The or The Shema; Shemaah; Shemeber; Shemed; Shemida; Sheminith; Shenazzar; Shepham; Shepher, Mount or Mount Shepher; Shephi or Shepho; Shepupham; Shephuphan; Sheresh; Sheshach; Sheshai; Sheshan; Sheshbazzar; Shethar; Shethar-bozenai; Shibah; Shibboleth; Shiggaion or Shigionoth; Shihor; Shihor-libnath; Shikkeron; Shilhi; Shilhim; Shillem or Shallum; Shiloah, Waters of or Waters of Shiloah; Shilshah; Shimeam; Shimeath; Shimeathites; Shimeon; Shimon; Shimrath; Shimrith or Shomer; Shimron (person); Shimshai; Shinab; Shion; Shiphi; Shiphmite; Shiphrah; Shiphtan; Shisha or Seraiah or Shavsha or Sheva; Shitrai; Shittim Shittim (valley of Shittim); Shiza; Shoa; Shobach or Shophach; Shobai; Shobek; Shobi; Shoham; Shophach; Shophar; Showbread; Shrine; Shuah; Shual (person); Shual (place); Shubael; Shuhah; Shuham or Hushim; Shuhite; Shulammite; Shumathites; Shuni; Shuphamites; Shur; Sia or Siaha; Sibbecai or Mebunnai; Sibmah or Sebam; Sibraim; Siddim, Valley of or Valley of Siddim; Silk; Silla; Silvanus; Sinew of the hip; Sinites; Siphmoth; Sippai; Sirah, Cistern of or Cistern of Sirah; Sirion; Sisera โ Sisera (of the โsons of Siseraโ); Sismai; Sithri; Sitnah; Sivan; Snail; Snuffers; Soco (person); Sodi; Solomon, Book of the Acts of or Book of the Acts of Solomon; Solomon's officials; Solomon's portico; Solomon's servants; Sopater; Sotai; South; Span; Spelt; Spider; Spit; Squad; Square; Stachys; Stacte; Stadion; Staff; Statue; Stephanas; Stephen, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Stephen; Stocks; Straight, Street called or Street called Straight; Strangler; Street; Suah; Sucathites; Sukkiim; Sukkoth; Suphah; Sur โ Sur (town on the Mediterranean coast in Jdt.); Susi; Swaddling cloths; Swallow; Sweet cane; Sychar; Syene; Syntyche; Syracuse; Syrophoenician; Syrtis, The or The Syrtis;
- Taanath-shiloh; Tabbaoth; Tabbath; Tabeel โ Tabeel (Samaritan official in Ezra); Taberah; Tabitha; Tableland; Tabor โ Tabor (Oak of Tabor); Tabor (levitical city assigned to the Merarites); Tabrimmon; Tadmor; Tahan; Tahash; Tahath (place); Tahchemonite; Tahpanes; Tahpenes; Tahrea or Tarea; Talent; Talitha cum; Talmon; Tamar (person) โ Tamar (daughter of David); Tamar (place) โ Tamar (city โin the wildernessโ in 1 Kgs.); Tamarisk; Tanmuheth; Tanis; Taphath; Taralah; Tarea or Tahrea; Tartak; Tartan; Tassel; Tatian; Tattenai; Tebah; Tebaliah; Tebeth; Tehaphnehes; Tehinnah; Tekoa; Tel-abib; Telah; Telaim; Tel-assar; Telem (person); Telem (place); Tel-harsha; Tel-melah; Tema (person); Temah; Tephon; Terah (person); Terah (place); Terebinth; Teresh; Tertius; Testimonia; Tetragramamton; Tetrarch; Thaddues, Acts of or Acts of Thaddeus; Thassi; Thebez; Theodotus; Theophilus; Thousand; Three taverns; Threshing floor; Thumb; Thunder; Tibhath or Betah; Tibni; Tidal; Tilgath-pileser or Tilgath-pilneser โ Tilgath-peleser I; Tilgath-pileser II; Tikvah โ Tikvah (father of Shallum); Tikvah (father of Jahzeiah); Tilon; Timaeus; Timbrel; Timnah โ Timnah (town of the hill country of Judah);Timnath; Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah; Timnite; Timon; Timothy โ Timothy (commander of the Ammonite forces in 1 & 2 Macc.); Timothy, Letters to or Letters to Timothy; Tiras; Tirathites; Tirhanah; Tiria; Tirzah (person); Tishbe or Tishbite; Tishri; Tittle; Titus โ Titus Manius; Titus, Letter to or Letter to Titus; Tizite; Toah or Nahath or Tohu; Tob-adonijah; Tobit; Tochen; Togarmah; Tohu or Nahath or Toah; Toi or Tou; Tokhath; Tolad; Topaz; Tophel; Torah; Tou; Town; Town clerk; Trachonitis; Tribunal; Tripolis; Trogyllium; Trophimus; Trumpet; Trumpets, Feast of or Feast of Trumpets; Tryphanea; Tryphosa; Tubal; Tubal-cain; Tumors; Tunic; Turtledove; Twelve, The; Twin brothers; Tyrannus;
- Ucal; Uel or Joel; Ulai; Ulla; Ummah; Uncial; Unleavened Bread, Feast of or Feast of Unleavened Bread; Unno; Uphaz; Ur (person); Urbanus; Uzai; Uzal; Uzza (place); Uzzen-sheerah; Uzzia;
- Vaizatha; Vavniah; Vashni; Vermillion; Vial; Vopshi;
- Wadi; Waheb; Wardrobe, Keeper of the or Keeper of the Wardrobe; Wars of the Lord, Book of the or Book of the Wars of the Lord; Wasp; Watcher; Way; Weasel; Weeds; West; Western Sea; Wheel; Whirlwind; White; Whitewash; Witchcraft; Woe; Wolf;
- Xanthicus;
- Yellow; Yiron; Yom Kippur;
- Zaanan; Zaananim; Zaavan; Zabadeans; Zabud; Zaccai; Zacchaeus โ Zacchaeus (officer in the Maccabean army); Zaham; Zair; Zalaph; Zalmon (person); Zalmonah; Zalmunna; Zamzummim; Zanoah (person); Zaphenath-paneah; Zarathustra or Zoroaster; Zarephath; Zarius; Zattu; Zaza; Zebah; Zebedee; Zebidah; Zebina; Zeboiim; Zebul; Zecher; Zedad; Zeeb; Zela; Zelek; Zelophehad; Zelzah; Zemarites; Zemer; Zemirah; Zenan or Zaanan; Zenas; Zephath; Zephatham; Zephi or Zepho; Zephon; Zer; Zerahites; Zerarah; Zeresh; Zereth; Zereth-shahar; Zeri; Zeror; Zeruah; Zerulah; Zetham; Zethan; Zethar; Zia; Zibia; Zibiah; Ziddim; Zillah; Zilpah; Zimmah; Zimran; Zimri (place); Zin, Wilderness of or Wilderness of Zin; Zina; Zior; Ziphah; Ziphion or Zephon; Ziphron; Zippor; Ziv; Ziz; Zizah or Zina; Zobebah; Zoheth; Zophah; Zophai or Zuph; Zophar; Zophim; Zuar; Zuph (person); Zuph (place); Zuriel; Zurishaddai; Zuzim;
Multiple summaries
[edit]- Abda โ Abda (father of Adoniram); Abda (son of Shammua); Abdi โ Abdi (grandfather of Ethan); Abdi (father of the Levite Kish); Abdi (divorcing Israelite of the time of Ezra); Abdon (person) โ Abdon (son of Hillel); Abdon (son of Shashak); Abdon (son of Jeiel); Abdon (son of Micah); Abiel โ Abiel (father of Kish); Abiel (Arbathite warrior); Abiezer โ Abiezer (descendant of Manasseh); Abiezer (of David's Champions); Abihail โ Abihail (father of Zuriel); Abihail (wife of Abishur); Abihail (man of the tribe of Gad); Abihail (daughter of Eliab); Abihail (father of Esther); Abijah โ Abijah (son of Samuel); Abijah (son of Jeroboam I); Abijah (head of the eighth division of priests); Abijah (wife of Hezron); Abijah (son of Becher); Abijah (priest who signed the covenant of Nehemiah); Abijah (head of a priestly group); Abijah (name on ostracons); Abimelech โ Abimelech (king of Gerar); Abimelech (Ruler David escaped); Abimelech (son of Abiathar); Abinadab โ Abinadab (father of Eleazer); Abinadab (son of Jesse); Abinadab (son of Saul); Abiram โ Abiram (son of Eliab); Abiram (son of Hiel); Abishua โ Abishua (son of Phinehas); Abishua (son of Bela); Absalom โ Absalom (messenger of Judas Maccabeus); Achbor โ Achbor (father of Baal-hanan); Achbor (son of Micaiah); Achzib โ Achzib (town in the Shephelah); Achzib (city 9 miles north of Acco); Adah โ Adah (wife of Lamech); Adah (wife of Esau); Adaiah โ Adaiah (man from Boskath); Adaiah (Levite of the family of Gershom); Adaiah (son of Jeroham); Adaiah (descendants of Bani and Binnui); Adaiah (son of Joiarib); Adaiah (father of Maaseiah); Addi โ Addi (leader of returning clan of Israelites); Addi (ancestor of Jesus); Adiel โ Adiel (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Adiel (son of Jahzerah); Adiel (father of Azmaveth); Adna โ Adna (son of Pahath-moah); Adna (priest of the family of Harim); Adnah โ Adnah ("chief of thousands"); Adnah (officer under Jehoshaphat); Adonijah โ Adonijah (Levite of 2 Chr.); Adonijah (signer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Ahab โ Ahab (son of Kolaiah); Ahasuerus โ Ahasuerus (possible Biblical name of Xerxes I); Ahasuerus (Ahasuerus the Mede); Ahasuerus (a destroyer of Ninezeh in Tobit); Ahiezer โ Ahiezer (son of Ammishaddai); Ahiezer (kinsman of Saul); Ahihud โ Ahihud (son of Shelomi); Ahihud (descendant of Ehud); Ahijah โ Ahijah (son of Ahitub); Ahijah (prophet from Shiloh); Ahijah (son of Shisha); Ahijah (father of Baasha); Ahijah (son of Jerahmeel); Ahijah (son of Ehud); Ahijah (Pelonite); Ahijah (Levite under David); Ahimaaz โ Ahimaaz (father of Ahinoam); Ahimaaz (son of Zadok); Ahimaaz (one of Solomon's commissary officers); Ahiman โ Ahiman (descendant of Anak); Ahiman (Levite of 1 Chr.); Ahimelech โ Ahimelech (son of Ahitub); Ahimelech (friend of David); Ahimelech (son of Abiathar); Ahio โ Ahio (son of Abinadab); Ahio (son of Beriah); Ahio (brother of Kish); Ahitub โ Ahitub (son of Phinehas); Ahitub (son of Amariah); Ahitub (son of another Amariah); Ahitub (ancestor of Judith); Ahlai โ Ahlai (daughter of Sheshan); Ahlai (father of Zabad); Aiah โ Aiah (son of Zibeon); Aiah (father of Rizpah); Aijalon โ Aijalon (levitical city); Aijalon (burial place of Elon); Ain โ Ain (town in Numbers); Ain (city in Judah); Ain (city given to the descendants of Joshua); Akkub โ Akkub (son of Elioenai); Akkub (head of levitical family of gatekeepers); Akkub (chief of a family of temple servants); Akkub (Levite in Neh.); Alemeth (person) โ Alemeth (son of Becher); Alemeth (descendant of Saul); Alexander โ Alexander (son of Simon of Cyrene); Alexander (priest who questioned Peter and John after their arrest); Alexander (Jew of Ephesus); Alexander (of 1 Tim.); Alexander (coppersmith of 2 Tim.); Alexandra โ Alexandra (daughter of Aristobulus); Alexandra (daughter of Phasael); Alphaeus โ Alphaeus (father of James); Alphaeus (father of Levi); Amariah โ Amariah (son of Hebron); Amariah (priest descended from Eleazar); Amariah (son of Azariah); Amariah (high priest at the time of Jehoshaphat); Amariah (levitical priest of time of Hezekiah of Judah); Amariah (son of Hezekiah); Amariah (priest and son of Azariah); Amariah (man of the family of Azzur); Amariah ("son of Amariah" in Neh.); Amariah (name on seals); Amasa โ Amasa (kinsman of David); Amasa (son of Hadlai); Amasai โ Amasai (son of Elkanah); Amasai (Chief of David' Thirty); Amasai (priest of 1 Chr.); Amasai (father of Mahath); Amaziah โ Amaziah (father of Joshah); Amaziah (Levite of the family of Merair); Amaziah (priest of era of Jeroboam II); Ammiel โ Ammiel (son of Gemalli); Ammiel (father of Machir); Ammiel (father of Bathsheba); Ammiel (son of Obed-edom); Ammihud โ Ammihud (father of Elishama); Ammihud (father of Shemuel); Ammihud (father of Pedahel); Ammihud (father of King Talmai); Ammihud (returning exile of 1 Chr.); Aminadab โ Aminadab (son of Ram); Aminadab (son of Kohath); Aminadab (chief of levitical family of Uzziel); Aminadab (father of Esther); Aminadab (King of Beth-ammon); Amnon โ Amnon (son of David); Amnon (son of Shimon); Amon (person) โ Amon (official of Samaria); Amon (returner from exile); Amram โ Amram (grandson of Levi); Amram (son of Bani); Amzi โ Amzi (son of Bani); Amzi (son of Zechariah); Anah โ Anah (son of Zibeon); Anah (son of Seir); Anaiah โ Anaiah (who stood at Ezra's right hand); Anaiah (chief who sealed the covenant of Nehemiah); Andronicus โ Andronicus (deputy under Antiochus IV Epiphanius); Andronicus (Commander of garrison at Gerizim); Andronicus (fellow prisoner of Paul); Anna โ Anna (wife of Tobit); Anna (widow in Luke); Anna (Mother of Mary); Antigonus โ Antigonus (general of Alexander the Great); Antigonus (son of John Hyrcanus); Antigonus (Antigonus II of Judea); Antipas โ Antipas (Herod Antipas); Antipas (martyr of Pergamum); Antipater โ Antipater (son of Jason); Antipater (Idumean noble); Antipater (son of Herod); Aphek โ Aphek (Afqฤ); Aphek (town of the tribe of Asher); Aphek (town in the Golan); Arah โ Arah (son of Ulla); Arad (ancestor of returners); Aram (person) โ Aram (son of Shem); Aram (son of Kemuel); Aram (son of Shemer); Aram (ancestor of Jesus); Ariel (person) โ Ariel (of Ezra's delegation); Ariel (two Moabites killed by Benaiah); Arioch โ Arioch (king of Ellasar); Arioch (captain of Nebuchadnezzar's bodyguards); Arioch (King of the Chaldeans); Aristobulus โ Aristobulus I; Aristobulus II; Aristobulus (mentioned in Romans); Aroer โ Aroer (Aroer on the Arnon); Aroer (town in Gilead); Aroer (town near Damascus); Aroer (settlement west of Jordan); Arphaxad โ Arphaxad (king of the Medes); Arphaxad (ancestor of Jesus); Artaxerxes โ Artaxerxes I Longimanus; Artaxerxes II Mnemon; Asa - Asa (father of Berechiah); Asahel โ Asahel (son of Zeruiah); Asahel (Levite sent into Judah in 2 Chr.); Asahel (Levite who collected tithes); Asahel (father of Jonathan); Asahel (son of Ezora); Asaiah โ Asaiah (servant sent to Huldah); Asaiah (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Asaiah (head of a Merarite levitical family); Asaiah (firstborn of the Shilonites returning from exile); Asaph โ Asaph (father of Joah); Asaph ("sons of Asaph"); Asaph (Keeper of Artaxerxes' park); Asher โ Asher (Akkadian god); Asher (son of Jacob); Ashnah โ Ashnah (Josh 15:33); Ashnah (Josh 15:43); Asiel โ Asiel (father of Seraiah); Asiel (ancestor of Tobit); Asiel (scribe of Ezra); Asshur (place) โ Asshur (Assur of Assyria); Asshur (alternate name for Assyria); Assir โ Assir (son of Korah); Assir (son of Ebiasaph); Ataroth โ Ataroth (town in Transjordan); Ataroth (town in Josh 16:2); Ataroth (town in Josh 16:7); Ataroth (place in 1 Chr 2:54); Ater โ Ater (ancestor of returning family); Ater (Levite leader of a family of gatekeepers); Ater (Israelite covenant sealer in Neh.); Athaliah โ Athaliah (son of Jeroham); Athaliah (father of Jeshaiah); Attai โ Attai (son of Jarha); Attai (Gadite warrior at Ziklag); Attai (son of Rehoboam); Aven โ Aven (abbreviation of Beth-aven); Aven (derisive epithet for an Armenean valley); Aven (city possibly Heliopolis); Avvim โ Avvim (inhabitants of the Philistine Plain); Avvim (city of the tribe of Benjamin); Azarel โ Azarel (Korahite at Ziklag); Azarel (levitical singer of time of David); Azarel (son of Jeroham); Azarel (descendant of Binnui); Azarel (son of Ahzai); Azarel (priest of Neh.); Azariah โ Azariah (son of Zadok); Azariah (son of Nathan); Azariah (given name of King Uzziah); Azariah (great-grandson of Judah); Azariah (descendant of Judah); Azariah (descendant of Aaron); Azariah (priest in Solomon's temple); Azariah (father of Hilkiah); Azariah (of the Kohathite division of Levites); Azariah (priest of 1 Chr.); Azariah (son of Oded); Azariah (two sons of Jehoshaphat); Azariah (son of Jeroham and son of Oded, military officers); Azariah (priest of 2 Chr.); Azariah (murdered Ephraimite); Azariah (two men, father of Joel and son of Jehallel, who helped clean the temple); Azariah (chief priest under Hezekiah); Azariah (grandfather of Ezra); Azariah (father of Amariah); Azariah (wall repairer of Neh.); Azariah (one of the leaders of the exile returners); Azariah (interpreter of Ezra); Azariah (emigrant to Egypt in Jer.); Azariah (Hebrew name of Abednego); Azaziah โ Azaziah (Levite who played the lyre); Azaziah (father of Hoshea); Azaziah (overseer of the temple in 2 Chr.); Azvameth (person) โ Azvameth (one of David's Champions); Azvameth (Benjaminite of Ziklag); Azvameth (treasurer at the palace of David); Azvameth (son of Jehoaddah); Azriel โ Azriel (of the tribe of Manasseh); Azriel (father of Jerimoth); Azriel (father of Seraiah); Azrikam โ Azrikam (son of Neariah); Azrikam (son of Azel); Azrikam (son of Hashabiah); Azrikam (murdered by Zichri); Azubah โ Azubah (daughter of Shilhi); Azubah (wife of Caleb); Azzur โ Azzur (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Azzur (father of Hananiah); Azzur (father of Jaazaniah);
- Baal (person) โ Baal (descendant of Joel); Baal (son of Jeiel); Baalah โ Baalah (Kiriath-jearaim); Baalah (mountain on the border of Judah); Baalah (city of southern Judah); Baal-hanan โ Baal-hanan (son of Achbor); Baal-hanan (Overseer of olives under David); Baana โ Baana (son of Ahilud); Baana (son of Hushai); Baana (father of Zadok); Baanah โ Baanah (son of Rimmon); Baanah (father of Heleb); Baanah (leader of exile returners); Bani โ Bani (Gadite member of David's Thirty); Bani (Levite of the line of Ethan of the time of David); Bani (son of Perez); Bani (family of 642 returners); Bani (father of Rehum); Bani (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Barsabbas โ Barsabbas (surname of Joseph); Barsabbas (surname of Judas); Baruch โ Baruch (son of Zabbai); Baruch (ratifier of the covenant of Nehemiah); Baruch (son of Colhozeh); Barzillai โ Barzillai (Gileadite of Rogelim); Barzillai (father of Adriel); Barzillai (husband of the daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite); Basemath โ Basemath (wife of Esau); Basemath (daughter of Solomon); Bath-shua โ Bath-shua (wife of Judah); Bath-shua (alternate form of Bathsheba); Bealoth โ Bealoth (city of Judah); Bealoth (place in Asher); Bebai โ Bebai (ancestor of returners); Bebai (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Bedan โ Bedan (son of Ulam); Bedan (of 1 Samuel); Beer (place to which Jotham fled); Beeri โ Beeri (father of Judith); Beeri (father of Hosea); Bela (person) โ Bela (son of Boer); Bela (son of Benjamin); Bela (son of Azaz); Benaiah โ Benaiah (son of Jehoiada); Benaiah (one of David's Thirty); Benaiah (Simeonite chief in 1 Chr.); Benaiah (Levite musician of David); Benaiah (trumpet blower of the ark of David); Benaiah (priest of 2 Chr.); Benaiah (four divorcing Israelites of the time of Ezra); Benaiah (father of Pelatiah); Ben-hadad โ Ben-hadad I; Ben-hadad II; Benjamin โ Benjamin (son of Bilhan); Beor โ Beor (father of Bela); Beor (father of Balaam); Berechiah โ Berechiah (son of Zerubbabel); Berechiah (father of Asaph); Berechiah (son of Asa); Berechiah (gatekeeper of the ark under David); Berechiah (son of Meshillemoth); Berechiah (son of Meshezabel); Berechiah (son of Iddo); Beriah or Beriites โ Beriah or Beriites (son of Asher); Beriah or Beriites (son of Ephraim); Beriah or Beriites (son of Elpaal); Beriah or Beriites (son of Shimei); Beroea โ Beroea (Macedonian city); Beroea (Hellenistic name of Aleppo); Bethany - Bethany (โBethany beyond the Jordanโ where John the Baptist baptized); Beth-dagon โ Beth-dagon (town of Judah); Beth-dagon (town of Asher); Bethel - Bethel (town in the Negeb of Judah); Bethlehem โ Bethlehem (town of Zebulon); Beteh-shemesh - Beth-shemesh (village South of the Sea of Galilee); Beth-shemesh (settlement of Naphtali); Beth-shemesh (alternate name for Egyptian On); Beyond the river โ Beyond the river (area east of the Euphrates); Beyond the river (district of Haran); Bezalel โ Bezalel (Judahite descendant of Caleb); Bezalel (returner from exile); Bezek โ Bezek (town of Judges); Bezek (town of 1 Sam.); Bigvai โ Bigvai (returner from Exile); Bigvai (family group returning from exile); Bilgah โ Bilgah (head of priestly family at time of David); Bilgah (leader of family of returning priests); Bilhan โ Bilhan (son of Ezer); Bilhan (son of Jediael); Binnui โ Binnui (son of Pahath-moab); Binnui (father of 13 divorcers); Binnui (ancestor of family of returners); Binnui (Levite contemporary of Zerubbabel); Bozrah โ Bozrah (city in Jer.); Bozrah (city in Gilead); Bukki โ Bukki (leader of the tribe of Dan); Bukki (son of Abishua); Bunni โ Bunni (Levite in Neh.); Bunni (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Bunni (ancestor of Shemaiah); Buz โ Buz (son of Nahor); Buz (father of Jahdo);
- Cabul โ Cabul (town of Asher); Cabul (district in Galilee); Cainan โ Cainan (son of Arphaxad); Cainan (alternate name of Kenan); Calcol โ Calcol (grandson of Judah); Calcol (son of Mahol); Caleb โ Caleb (son of Hezron); Caleb (son of Jephunneh); Carmi โ Carmi (son of Reuben); Carmi (father of Achan); Carmi (possible alternative name of Caleb); Chelub โ Chelub (father of Mehir); Chelub (father of Ezri); Chenaanah โ Chenaanah (father of Zedekiah); Chenaanah (son of Bilhan); Chenaniah โ Chenaniah (chief of Levites at time of David); Chenaniah (Levite of 1 Chr. and Neh.); Chinnereth โ Chinnereth (lake in northern Israel); Chinnereth (city near Sea of Chinnereth); Chinnereth (territory around the city and lake); Col-hozeh โ Col-hozeh (father of Shallum); Col-hozeh (father of Baruch); Conaniah โ Conaniah (Levite of time of Hezekiah); Conaniah (Levite of time of Josiah); Cush (person) โ Cush (son of Ham); Cush (messenger to David); Cush (opponent of David); Cushi โ Cushi (father of Shelemiah); Cushi (father of Zephaniah);
- D โ D (Deuteronomist); D (symbol for Codex Bezae [D] and Codex Claromontanus [D2]); Daniel โ Daniel (son of David); Daniel (priest returned from exile); Daniel (praised by Ezekiel); Darius - Darius (Darius II Ochus); Darius (Darius III Codommanus); Darius (Darius the Mede); Debir - Debir (city in Gilead); Debir (city on Judah-Benjamin border); Deborah - Deborah (nurse of Rebekah); Deborah (grandmother of Tobit); Delaiah โ Delaiah (son of Elioenai); Delaiah (descendant of Aaron); Delaiah (ancestor of returning exiles); Delaiah (son of Mehetabel); Delaiah (son of Shemaiah); Demetrius - Demetrius of Phalerum; Demetrius of Ephesus; Demetrius (3 John); Dibon - Dibon (town of the Negeb in Judah); Dishon โ Dishon (son of Seir); Dishon (son of Anah); Dodo โ Dodo (father of Puah); Dodo (son of Ahohi); Dodo (father of Elhanan); Dumah (place) โ Dumah (city of Judah); Dumah (Dumat al-Jandal); Dumah (mentioned in Isaiah);
- Ebal (person) โ Ebal (son of Shobal); Ebal (son of Joktan); Ebed โ Ebed (father of Gaal); Ebed (son of Jonathan); Eber โ Eber (ancestor of Hebrews); Eber (clan of the tribe of Gad); Eber (son of Elpaal); Eber (son of Shashak); Eber (postexilic priest); Eder (person) โ Eder (postexilic Benjaminite); Eder (son of Mushi); Eder (place) โ Eder (town in southern Judah); Eder (landmark in the vicinity of Bethlehem); Edrei โ Edrei (Transjordanian city); Edrei (city in Naphtali); Ehud โ Ehud (son of Bilhan); Ehud (father of Naaman); Elah โ Elah (one of the 11 chiefs of Esau/Edom); Elah (4th king of Israel); Elah (father of Hoshea); Elah (son of Caleb); Elah (returning Benjaminite); Elam (person) โ Elam (son of Shem); Elam (son of Shashak); Elam (son of Meshelemiah); Elam (head of returning clan of Israelites); Elam ("other Elam"); Elam (signer of covenant of Nehemiah); Elam (priest who assisted Nehemiah); Elasah โ Elasah (son of Pashhur); Elasah (son of Shaphan); Eleasah โ Eleasah (son of Helez); Eleasah (son of Raphah); Eleazar โ Eleazar (son of Aaron); Eleazar (son of Abinadab); Eleazar (son of Dodo); Eleazar (son of Mali); Eleazar (son of Phinehas); Eleazar (priest of dedication in Neh.); Eleazar (son of Parosh); Eleazar (son of Mattathias); Eleazar (father of Jason); Eleazar (scribe of 2 Macc.); Eleazar (ancestor of Joseph); Elhanan โ Elhanan (son of Jair); Elhanan (son of Dodo); Eliab โ Eliab (son of Helon); Eliab (father of Dothan); Eliab (son of Jesse); Eliab (descendant of Levi); Eliab (Gadite officer of David); Eliab (Levite harpist of 1 Chr.); Eliab (ancestor of Judith); Eliada โ Eliada (son of David); Eliada (father of Rezon); Eliada (Benjaminte officer of Jehoshaphat); Eliakim โ Eliakim (official of Hezekiah); Eliakim (son of Josiah); Eliakim (priest of Neh.); Eliakim (grandson of Zerubbabel); Eliakim (son of Melea); Eliam โ Eliam (father of Bathsheba); Eliam (son of Ahithophel); Eliasaph โ Eliasaph (head of tribe of Gad); Eliasaph (son of Lael); Eliashib โ Eliashib (descendant of David); Eliashib (priest of the time of David); Eliashib (father of Jehohanan); Eliashib (singer of the time of Ezra); Eliashib (descendant of Zattu); Eliashib (descendant of Bani); Eliashib (high priest of the time of Nehemiah); Eliashib (son of Joiakim); Eliashib (priest of the temple staff of Neh.); Eliehoenai โ Eliehoenai (son of Meshelemiah); Eliehoenai (son of Zerahiah); Eliel โ Eliel (head of Manassite household of 1 Chr.); Eliel (ancestor of Samuel); Eliel (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Eliel (Mahavite of David's Mighty Men); Eliel (Gadite who joined David); Eliel (Levite of the sons of Hebron); Eliel (Levite under Hezekiah); Eliezer โ Eliezer (oldest of Abraham's servants); Eliezer (son of Moses); Eliezer (son of Becher); Eliezer (trumpet blowing priest); Eliezer (son of Zichri); Eliezer (son of Dodavahu); Eliezer (priest sent by Ezra); Eliezer (divorcing son of priest of Ezra); Eliezer (divorcing Levite); Eliezer (son of Harim); Eliezer (ancestor of Jesus); Elihu โ Elihu (son of Tohu); Elihu (defecting chief at Ziklag); Elihu (gatekeeper of the lineage of Obed-edom); Elihu (brother of David); Elioenai โ Elioenai (son of Neariah); Elioenai (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Elioenai (son of Becher); Elioenai (divorcing priest); Elioenai (Israelite of the Zattu clan of Ezra); Elioenai (priest of Neh.); Eliphelet โ Eliphelet (son(s?) of David); Eliphelet (of David's Thirty); Eliphelet (son of Eshek); Eliphelet (returning descendant of Adonikam); Eliphelet (divorcing descendant of Hashum); Elishama โ Elishama (son of Ammihud); Elishama (son of David); Elishama (father of Nethaniah); Elishama (descendant of Jerahmeel); Elishama (priest of Jehosaphat's commission); Elishama (scribe under Jehoiakim); Elizaphan โ Elizaphan (son of Uzziel); Elizaphan (son of Parnach); Elkanah โ Elkanah (descendant of Korah); Elkanah (ancestor of Samuel of Chr. 6:25); Elkanah (ancestor of Samuel of Chr. 6:26); Elkanah (ancestor of Berechiah); Elkanah (Korahite of David's Mighty Men); Elkanah (Davidic Levite doorkeeper of the ark); Elkanah (official of Ahaz); Elnathan โ Elnathan (father of Nehushta); Elnathan (1 or 2 "leaders" and a "wise" returner from exile); Elnathan (son of Achbor); Elon (person) โ Elon (father of Basemath); Elon (son of Zebulun); Elon (Zebulunite judge); Elzabad โ Elzabad (Gadite of Ziklag); Elzabad (Korahite temple gatekeeper); En-gannim โ En-gannim (settlement in the Judean Shephelah); En-gannim (levitical city of Issachar); Enoch โ Enoch (son of Cain); Ephah (person) โ Ephah (concubine of Caleb); Ephah (son of Jahdai); Epher โ Epher (son of Midian); Epher (son of Ezrah); Epher (of 1 Chr. 5:24); Ephrath (place) โ Ephrath (city near where Rachel died); Ephrath (place where Rachel was buried); Ephron (place) โ Ephron (district on the northern border of Judah); Ephron (town taken by King Abijah of Jordan); Ephron (large town of 1 Macc.); Er โ Er (son of Judah); Er (son of Shelah); Er (father of Elmadam); Eshtemoa (person) โ Eshtemoa (son of Ishbah); Eshtemoa (descendant of Hodiah); Etam โ Etam (place where Samson lodged); Etam (town occupied by the descendants of Simeon); Etam (town in the hill country of Judah); Ethan โ Ethan (one of the sons of Mahol); Ethan (descendant of Zerah); Ethan (son of Zimmah); Ethan (son of Kishi); Ether โ Ether (town of the tribal allotment of Judah); Ether (town occupied by the tribe of Simeon within the tribal allotment of Judah); Ezbon โ Ezbon (son of Gad); Ezbon (son of Bela); Ezer โ Ezer (son of Seir); Ezer (father of Hushah); Ezer (cattle raiding Ephraimite); Ezer (joined David at Ziklag); Ezer (son of Jeshua); Ezer (priest of Neh.); Ezra โ Ezra (priest of Neh. 12:1, 13); Ezra (priest of Neh. 12:33);
- Gabael โ Gabael (ancestor of Tobit); Gabael (friend of Tobit); Gad (person) โ Gad (son of Jacob); Gad (David's prophet or seer); Gaddi โ Gaddi (son of Susi); Gaddi (nikname of Judas Maccabeus' brother John); Gaius โ Gaius (Macedonian who traveled with Paul to Ephesus); Gaius (Paul's companion from Derbe); Gaius (Corinthian baptized by Paul); Gaius (recipient of 3 John); Galal โ Galal (Levite of 1 Chr. 9:15); Galal (son of Jeduthun); Gamaliel โ Gamaliel (son of Pedahur); Gamaliel (Gamaliel II); Gath-rimmon โ Gath-rimmon (city allotted to Dan); Gath-rimmon (city reallotted from Manasseh to Levites); Gazez โ Gazez (son of Caleb); Gazez (son of Haran); Gebal - Gebal (now Gibal territory); Gedaliah โ Gedaliah (son of Ahikam); Gedaliah (musician of David's reign); Gedaliah (of the family of Jeshua); Gedaliah (son of Pashhur); Gedaliah (grandfather of Zephaniah); Gederah โ Gederah (town in the Shephelah); Gederah (home town of Jozabad the Gederathite); Gedor (place) โ Gedor (town in the Judean hill country); Gedor (city in Gilead and capital of Perea); Gemariah โ Gemariah (son of Hilkiah); Gemariah (son of Shaphan); Gera โ Gera (son of Benjamin); Gera (father of Ehud); Gera (father of Shimei); Gera (name in 1 Chr. 8:1-40); Gera (son of Ehud); Gershom โ Gershom (son of Moses); Gershom (son of Levi); Gershom (descendant of Phinehas); Gibeah โ Gibeah (town in the hill country of Judah); Gibeah (town in the hill country of Ephraim); Giddel โ Giddel (returning temple servant); Giddel (servant of Solomon); Gihon โ Gihon (river of Genesis); Gilead (person) โ Gilead (son of Machir); Gilead (father of Jephthah); Gilead (ancestor of the Gadite clan); Gilgal โ Gilgal (place "opposite" Mts. Gerizim and Ebal); Gilgal (place in Galilee); Gilgal (place on the northern border of Judah); Gilgal (site north of Bethel); Gilgal (iste Demetrius passed in 1 Macc.); Ginnethon โ Ginnethon (priest of Neh. 10:6); Ginnethon (priest of Neh. 12:16); Goiim โ Goiim (kingdom led by Tidal); Goiim (kingdom whose king was defeated by Joshua); Goiim (alt. form of goyim); Gomer โ Gomer (son of Japheth); Gomer (son of Diblaim); Goshen โ Goshen (region in southern Canaan); Goshen (town in the hill country assigned to Judah); Guni โ Guni (son of Naphtali); Guni (father of Abdiel);
- Hadad (person) โ Hadad (son of Ishmael); Hadad (king of Edom, son of Bedad); Hadad (later king of Edom); Hadad (Edomite king, enemy of Solomon); Hanan โ Hanan (son of Shashak); Hanan (son of Azel); Hanan (son of Maacah); Hanan (head of family of returners); Hanan (Levite of the time of Ezra); Hanan (Two men listed as leaders of the people in Neh.); Hanan (son of Zaccur); Hanan (guild member who occupied a chamber of the temple in Jer.); Hanani - Hanani (son of Heman); Hanani (son of the priestly family of Immer); Hanani (Nehemiah's brother); Hanani (priest and trumpeter of Neh.); Hananiah โ Hananiah (son of Zerubbabel); Hananiah (postexilic member of tribe of Benjamin); Hananiah (son of Heman); Hananiah (commander under King Uzziah); Hananiah (of the family of Bebai who sent away foreign wife); Hananiah (son of Shelemiah); Hananiah (governor of the citadel/palace at time of Nehemiah); Hananiah (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Hananiah (priest and head of house of Jeremiah at time of Neh.); Hananiah (father of official under Jehoiakim); Hananiah (father of Chelemiah); Hananiah (changed name to Shadrach); Hanniel โ Hanniel (son of Ephod); Hanniel (son of Ulla); Hanoch โ Hanoch (son of Midian); Hanoch (son of Reuben); Hanun โ Hanun (son of Nahash); Hanun (Israelite helped restore walls in Neh.); Hanun (son of Zalaph); Haran (person) โ Haran (son of Terah); Haran (descendant of Judah); Haran (son of Shimei); Harim โ Harim (head of a priestly family at time of David); Harim (person or place that designates a lay family of returners in Ezra); Harod โ Harod (spring in Judg.); Harod (town SE of Jerusalem, exact location unknown); Hasadiah โ Hasadiah (son of Zerubbabel); Hasadiah (ancestor of Baruch); Hashabiah โ Hashabiah (father of Malluch); Hashabiah (father of Azrikam); Hashabiah (son of Jeduthun); Hashabiah (Hebronite official of David); Hashabiah (son of Kemuel); Hashabiah (chief officer of the Levites at time of Josiah); Hashabiah (descendant of Merari); Hashabiah (one of 12 priests set apart by Ezra); Hashabiah (divorcing descendant of Parosh); Hashabiah (ruler of half the district of Keilah at time of Neh.); Hashabiah (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Hashabiah (chief officer of the Levites at time of Neh.); Hashabiah (head of a priestly family of Hilkiah); Hashabiah (a leader of the Levites at time of Neh.); Hashabneiah โ Hashabneiah (father of Hattush); Hashabneiah (Levite at time of Neh.); Hashum โ Hashum (returner at time of Ezra); Hashum (representative of the family of Hashum at time of Ezra); Hasrah โ Hasrah (grandfather of Shallum); Hasrah (head of family of returning exiles); Hassenuah โ Hassenuah (father of Hodaviah); Hassenuah (father of Judah); Hasshub โ Hasshub (Levite of the line of Merari); Hasshub (son of Pahath-moab); Hasshub (Israelite who helped rebuild the walls); Hattush โ Hattush (son of Shemaiah); Hattush (son of Hashabneiah); Hattush (returning priest); Havilah (person) โ Havilah (son of Cush); Havilah (son of Joktan); Hazor โ Hazor (city in the Negeb); Hazor (city on the southern border of Judah); Hazor (town resettled by Benjaminites after the Restoration); Hazor (collective term for Arab kingdoms); Heber โ Heber (son of Beriah); Heber (Kenite descended from Hobab); Heber (descendant of Ezrah); Heber (son of Elpaal); Hebron (person) โ Hebron (son of Kohath); Hebron (son of Mareshah); Heldai โ Heldai (Netophatite of David's army); Heldai (returner from exile); Helem โ Helem (descendant of Asher); Helem (responsible for the crown of the high priest in Zech.); Heleph; Helez โ Helez (descendadnt of Jerahmeel); Helez (Pelonite of the army of Ephraim); Heliopolis โ Heliopolis (Egyptian city Om); Heliopolis (Greek name of Baalbek); Heman โ Heman (descendant of Esau); Heman (son of Mahol); Heman (son of Joel); Hepher (person) โ Hepher (son of Gilead); Hepher (descendant of Judah); Hepher (one of David's mighty men); Hephzibah โ Hephzibah (wife of King Hezekiah); Hephzibah (symbolic name for Jerusalem); Hezekiah โ Hezekiah (head of family of returners); Hezekiah (ancestor of Zephaniah); Hezir โ Hezir (leader of 17th division of priests under David); Hezir (Levite who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Hezron (person) โ Hezron (son of Reuben); Hezron (son of Perez); Hieronymus โ Hieronymus (district governor in 2 Macc.); Hieronymus (Latin form of Jerome); Hilkiah โ Hilkiah (father of Eliakim); Hilkiah (High priest at time of Josiah); Hilkiah (pre-exilic Levite, possible great-grandfather of Ezra); Hilkiah (ancestor of Merari); Hilkiah (father of postexilic priest, various names); Hilkiah (gatekeeper at the time of David); Hilkiah (one who stood beside Ezra); Hilkiah (leader of the priests at time of Neh.); Hilkiah (father of Jeremiah); Hilkiah (father of Gemariah); Hilkiah (ancestor of Judith); Hilkiah (ancestor of Baruch); Hilkiah (ancestor of Susanne); Hillel โ Hillel (father of Abdon); Hodaviah โ Hodaviah (son of Elioenai); Hodaviah (head of a family in the half-tribe of Manasseh); Hodaviah (son of Hassenuah); Hodaviah (Levite ancestor of returners from exile); Hodiah โ Hodiah (brother-in-law of Nahum); Hodiah (Levite interpreter of the law of the time of Ezra); Hodiah (two Levites who signed the covenant of Ezra); Hodiah (an apparently non-Levite signer of the covenant of Ezra); Holon โ Holon (city in the hill country of Judah); Holon (city in the tableland of Moab); Hor โ Hor (mountain on which Aaron died); Hor (mountain marking the northern boundary of Israel); Horn โ Horn (container for liquids); Horn (symol of power, victory, or glory); Hoshaiah โ Hoshaiah (a leader of Judah in Neh.); Hoshaiah (father of Jezaniah); Hoshea โ Hoshea (original name of Joshua); Hoshea (last king of northern Israel); Hoshea (chief officer David placed over Ephraim); Hoshea (levitical priest who ratified Ezra's covenant); Hoshea (prophet also called Hosea); Hotham โ Hotham (son of Heber); Hotham (father of Shama); Hur โ Hur (companion of Moses and Aaron); Hur (grandfather of Bezalel); Hur (one of five kings slain at Peor); Hur (father of Solomon's governor in Ephraim); Hur (father of Rephaiah); Huram โ Huram (Tyrian metal-worker); Huram (alternate form of the name Hiram); Huram (son of Bela); Hushim โ Hushim (son of Dan); Hushim (sons of Aher); Hushim (mother of Abitub); Hyrkanus โ Hyrcanus (son of Tobias);
- Iddo โ Iddo (father of Ahinadab); Iddo (Levite descendant of Gershom); Iddo (prophet said to have authored a midrash); Iddo (grandfather of Zechariah); Iddo (tribal leader under David); Iddo (Yehudite who married a foreign woman); Iddo (Judean leader of the time of Ezra); Igal โ Igal (spy from Issachar); Igal (son of Nathan); Igal (son of Shemaiah); Imnah โ Imnah (son of Asher); Imnah (father of Kore); Imri โ Imri (ancestor of Uthai); Imri (father of Zaccur); Ira โ Ira (Manassite of the lineage of Jair); Ira (son of Ikkesh); Ira (Ithrite, one of David's Champions); Ishi โ Ishi (son of Appaim); Ishi (father of Zoheth); Ishi (Simeonite whose sons or followers defeated Amalekites in 1 Chr.); Ishi (head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh); Ishmael โ Ishmael (son of Azel); Ishmael (father of Zebediah); Ishmael (son of Johananan); Ishmael (son of Passhur); Ishmael (son of Nethaniah); Ishmaiah โ Ismaiah (Gibeonite leader of the Thirty); Ismaiah (son of Obadiah); Ishvi โ Ishvi (son of Asher); Ishvi (son of Saul); Issachar โ Issachar (son of Leah); Issachar (son of Obed-orem); Isshiah โ Isshiah (son of Izrahiah); Isshiah (who joined David at Ziklag); Isshiah (son of Uzziel); Isshiah (Levite of the family of Rehabiah); Ithiel โ Ithiel (ancestor of Sallu); Ithiel (person addressed in Proverbs); Ithran โ Ithran (son of Dishon); Ithran (son of Zophah); Ittai โ Ittai (man from Gath in 2 Sam.); Ittai (son of Ribai); Izhar โ Izhar (Levite father of Korah); Izhar (Judahite son of Helah);
- Jaasiel โ Jaasiel (Mezobaite, one of David's mighty men); Jaasiel (son of Abner); Jaazaniah โ Jaazaniah (commander of the troops of Judah under Gedaliah); Jaazaniah (son of Jeremiah); Jaazaniah (son of Shaphan); Jaazaniah (son of Azzur); Jabin โ Jabin (king of Hazor in Josh.); Jabin (king of Hazor in Judg.); Jabneel โ Jabneel (town on the southern border of the tribe of Judah); Jabneel (town on the southeastern border of Naphtali); Jachin โ Jachin (son of Simeon); Jachin (leader of the 21st priestly division at the time of David); Jaddua โ Jaddua (a "leader of the people" who sealed the covenant in Neh.); Jaddua (son of Jonathan); Jahath โ Jahath (son of Reaiah); Jahath (son of Libni); Jahath (grandson of Gershom); Jahath (son of Shelomoth); Jahath (overseer of the temple repair work force at the time of King Josiah); Jahaziel โ Jahaziel (Benjaminite who came to David at Ziklag); Jahaziel (priest at the time of David); Jahaziel (Korahite Levite of 1 Chr.); Jahaziel (son of Zechariah); Jahaziel (father of Shecaniah); Jair โ Jair (son of Manasseh); Jair (Jair the Gileadite); Jair (father of Elhanan); Jair (father of Mordecai); Jakim โ Jakim (son of Shimei); Jakim (leader of the twelfth division of priests at the time of David); Japhia (person) โ Japhia (king of Lachish); Japhia (son of David); Jarib โ Jarib (son of Simeon); Jarib (sent by Ezra to Casiphia); Jarib (priest Ezra ordered to give up a foreign wife); Jarmuth โ Jarmuth (city in Judah); Jarmuth (city in Issachar); Jashobeam โ Jashobeam (Hachmonite leader of David's Three); Jashobeam (son of Zabdiel); Jashobeam (Korahite who defected at Ziklag); Jashub โ Jashub (son of Issachar); Jashub (returned exile of Ezra); Jason โ Jason (son of Eleazar); Jason (father of Antipater); Jason (Cyrenian historian); Jason (high priest 174-171 B.C.E.); Jason (Jewish Christian of Acts 17:5-9); Jason (companion of Paul in Rom 16:21); Jeconiah or Jechoniah โ Jeconiah or Jechoniah (altenate name of King Jehoiachin of Judah); Jeconiah or Jechoniah (Levitical priest of time of King Josiah); Jeconiah or Jechoniah (alternate name of King Jehoahaz or Judah); Jedaiah โ Jedaiah (son of Shimri); Jedaiah (eponymous ancestor of a priestly house); Jedaiah (wall builder of Neh.); Jedaiah (priest of the time of Neh.); Jedaiah (two levitical chiefs who returned at time of Neh. 12:6-7); Jedaiah (two head of family priest of Neh. 12:19, 21); Jedaiah (contemporary of the prophet Zechariah); Jediael โ Jediael (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Jediael (son of Shimri); Jediael (military chief who deserted David at Ziklag); Jediael (son of Meshelemiah); Jeduthun โ Jeduthun (father of Obed-edom); Jeduthun (Levitical musician of 1 and 2 Chr.); Jehallelel โ Jehallelel (descendant of Judah); Jehallelel (father of Azariah); Jehdeiah โ Jehdeiah (descendant of Shubael); Jehdeiah (Meronothite overseer of David's donkeys); Jehiel โ Jehiel (Levite musician of the time of David); Jehiel (founder of the levitical family of Jehieli); Jehiel (son of Hachmoni); Jehiel (Gershonite of 1 Chr.); Jehiel (Levite of 2 Chr.); Jehiel (Levite official of the time of Hezekiah); Jehiel (official of the time of Josiah); Jehiel (father of Obadiah); Jehiel (father of Shechasniah); Jehiel (priest of the family of Harim); Jehiel (Israelite of the family of Elam); Jehoahaz โ Jehoahaz (King of Judah son of Jehoram); Jehoahaz (King of Israel son of Jehu); Jehoahaz (17th King of Judah); Jehohanan โ Jehohanan (Korahite Levite gatekeeper of 1 Chr.); Jehohanan (Judahite commander in Jehoshaphat's army in 2 Chr.); Jehohanan (father of Ishmael); Jehohanan (owner of chamber to which Ezra retreated for fasting); Jehohanan (son of Bebai); Jehohanan (son of Tobiah the Ammonite); Jehohanan (head of a priestly house in Neh.); Jehohanan (priest at dedication of the walls in Neh.); Jehoiada โ Jehoiada (priest from Kabzeel); Jehoiada (son of Benaiah); Jehoiada (son of Eliashib); Jehoiada (priest replaced by Zephaniah); Jehoiakim โ Jehoiakim (son of Hilkiah); Jehonathan โ Jehonathan (Levite of 2 Chr.); Jehonathan (postexilic priest of Neh.); Jehoram โ Jehoram (priest of Judah); Jehoshaphat โ Jehoshaphat (son of Ahilud); Jehoshaphat (son of Paruah); Jehoshaphat (son of Nimshi); Jehozabad โ Jehozabad (servant of Joash of Judah); Jehozabad (son of Obed-edom); Jehozabad (Benjaminite commander of 2 Chr.); Jehu โ Jehu (prophet of the era of King Baasha of Israel); Jehu (son of Obed); Jehu (son of Joshibiah); Jehu (Benjaminite warrior of David at Ziklag); Jeiel โ Jeiel (clan chief of 1 Chr.); Jeiel (father of Gibeon); Jeiel (son of Hotham); Jeiel (Levite harpist of 1 Chr.); Jeiel (Asaphite Levite of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (secretary of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (chief of Levites of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (descendant of Nebo); Jekamiah โ Jekamiah (son of Shallum); Jekamiah (descendant of King Jeconiah); Jephunneh โ Jephunneh (father of Caleb); Jephunneh (son of Jether); Jerahmeel โ Jerahmeel (son of Kish); Jerahmeel (Judean officer under Jehoiakim); Jeremiah โ Jeremiah (man from Libnah); Jeremiah (clan head of 1 Chr.); Jeremiah (Benjaminite warrior that joined David at Ziklag); Jeremiah (two Gadite warriors who joined David at Ziklag); Jeremiah (priest who signed the covenant of Neh.); Jeremiah (priest returner of Neh.); Jeremiah (administrative official of Judah at Neh.); Jeremiah (prophet from Anathoth); Jeremiah (father of Jaazaniah); Jeremoth โ Jeremoth (of the sons of Becher); Jeremoth (son of Beriah); Jeremoth (son of Mushi); Jeremoth (son of Heman); Jeremoth (descendant of Elam); Jeremoth (descendant of Zattu); Jeremoth (descendant of Bani); Jerimoth โ Jerimoth (son of Bela); Jerimoth (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Jerimoth (family head of tribe of Levi of 1 Chr.); Jerimoth (temple musician and seer of time of David); Jerimoth (commander of Naphtali at time of David); Jerimoth (son of King David); Jerimoth (temple storeroom overseer of 2 Chr.); Jeroham โ Jeroham (father of Elkanah); Jeroham (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Ibneiah); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Adaiah); Jeroham (man from Gedor); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Azarel); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Azariah); Jeshaiah โ Jeshaiah (grandson of Zerubbabel); Jeshaiah (son of Jeduthun); Jeshaiah (son of Rehabiah); Jeshaiah (son of Athaliah); Jeshaiah (Meraite Levite of Ezra); Jeshaiah (forebear of Sallu); Jeshimon โ Jeshimon (desert region east of the Judean mountains and west of the Dead Sea); Jeshimon (desert region at northeastern end of the Dead Sea); Jeshua โ Jeshua (head of ninth division of Levitical priests of 1 Chr.); Jeshua (priest of the time of Hezekiah); Jeshua (son of Jehozadak); Jeshua (name of a nonpriestly clan of Pahathmoab); Jeshua (levitical house of returnees); Jeshua (alternate form of Joshua son of Nun); Jeshua (father of Jozabad); Jeshua (father of Ezer); Jeshua (Levitical singer of Neh.); Jeshua (son of Kadmiel); Jesus โ Jesus (father of Sirach); Jesus (alternate name of Joshua ben Sira); Jesus (surname of Paul's co-worker Justus); Jether โ Jether (son of Gideon); Jether (father of Amasa); Jether (son of Jada); Jether (son of Ezrah); Jether (Asherite of 1 Chr.); Jeuel โ Jeuel (head of a clan in 1 Chr.); Jeuel (of the sons of Elizaphan); Jeuel (son of Adonikam); Jeush โ Jeush (son of Esau); Jeush (son of Bilhan); Jeush (son of Eshek); Jeush (son of Shimei); Jeush (son of Rehoboam); Jezeniah โ Jezeniah (captain of Judah's army in Jer.); Jezeniah (son of Hoshaiah); Jezreel (person) โ Jezreel (Judahite descent group); Jezreel (son of Hosea); Jezreel (place) โ Jezreel (town in the hills of Judah); Jezreel (town on the southern border of Issachar); Joah โ Joah (son of Asaph); Joah (son of Zimmah); Joah (son of Obed-edom); Joah (father of Eden); Joah (son of Joahaz); Joash โ Joash (father of Gideon); Joash (son of Ahab); Joash (of the Judahite genealogy of 1 Chr.); Joash (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Joash (archer who joined David at Ziklag); Joash (overseer of David's stores of oil); Jobab โ Jobab (son of Joktan); Jobab (son of Zerah); Jobab (King of Madon defeated by Joshua); Jobab (son of Shaharaim); Jobab (son of Elpaal); Joel โ Joel (son of Samuel); Joel (prince of the tribe of Simeon); Joel (father of Shemaiah); Joel (chief of Gad); Joel (son of Azariah of Sam.); Joel (son of Izrahiah); Joel (brother of Nathan); Joel (cheif of the Gershomite Levites of the time of David); Joel (son of Ladan); Joel (son of Pedaiah); Joel (son of Azariah of 2 Chr.); Joel (son of Nebo); Joel (son of Zichri); Joel (prophet, son of Pethuel); Joel (archangel Joel); Joha โ Joha (son of Beriah); Joha (son of Shimri); Johanan โ Johanan (son of Kareah); Johanan (son of Josiah); Johanan (son of Elioenai); Johanan (son of Azariah); Johanan (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Johanan (Gadite who joined David at Ziklag); Johanan (Ephraimite chief, son of Azariah); Johanan (descendant of Azgad); Johanan (high priest of Neh.); John โ John (father of Matthias); John (son of Matthias); John (father of Eupolemus); John (John Hyrcanus I); John (John Hyrcanus II); John (envoy of 2 Mac.); John (John the Baptist); John (son of Zebedee); John (father of Peter); John (friend of Annas); John (John Mark, son of Mary); John (author of Revelation); Joiada โ Joiada (son of Paseah); Joiada (priest during the reign of Darius); Joiarib โ Joiarib (man of insight sent by Ezra); Joiarib (son of Zechariah); Joiarib (returning priest of Neh.); Joktheel โ Joktheel (town in the Shepelah); Joktheel (capital of Edomite territory); Jonadab โ Jonadab (son of Shimeah); Jonadab (son of Rechab); Jonathan โ Jonathan (son of Gershom); Jonathan (son of Abiathar); Jonathan (son of Shammah); Jonathan (son of Jada); Jonathan (son of Shimei); Jonathan (son of Uzziah); Jonathan (uncle of King David); Jonathan (father of Ebed); Jonathan (son of Asahel); Jonathan (son of Joiada); Jonathan (priest of Neh.); Jonathan (son of Shemaiah); Jonathan (secretary of Jer.); Jonathan (son of Kareah); Jonathan (son of Absalom); Jonathan (priest of 2 Macc.); Joram โ Joram (son of King Toi of Hamath); Joram (contracted form of Jehoram); Joram (Levite descended from Eliezer); Joses โ Joses (brother of Jesus); Joses (brother of James the younger); Joses โ Joses (brother of Jesus); Joses (brother of James the younger); Joshua โ Joshua (man of 1 Sam.); Joshua (governor of Jerusalem of 2 Kings); Joshua (high priest); Joshua (person in Luke's genealogy of Jesus); Josiah โ Josiah (son of Zephaniah); Jotham โ Jotham (son of Gideon); Jotham (son of Jahdai); Jozabad โ Jozabad (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Jozabad (two men who joined David at Ziklag); Jozabad (a temple overseer under Hezekiah); Jozabad (Levite who contributed to Josiah's Passover); Jozabad (son of the priestly family of Passhur); Jozabad (son of Jeshua the Levite); Jozabad (Levite of Ezra); Jozabad (Levite of Neh.); Judah โ Judah (son of Jacob); Judah (tribe of Judah); Judah (ancestor of a family in Ezra); Judah (Levite who had married a foreign woman); Judah (son of Hassenuah); Judah (returner from exile); Judah (leader of Judah in Neh.); Judah (priest and musician of Neh.); Judah (ancestor of Jesus); Judas โ Judas (son of Chalphi); Judas (son of Simon Maccabeus); Judas (writer to Aristobulus); Judas (brother of Jesus); Judas (disciple other than Iscariot, often identified with Thaddeus); Judas (Judas of Galilee); Judas (who hosted Paul after the Damascus incident); Judas (Judas Barsabbas); Judith โ Judith (wife of Esau); Judith (of the Book of Judith); Justus โ Justus (surname of Joseph Barsabbas); Justus (Titius or Titus Justus); Justus (Jesus Justus);
- Kedesh โ Kedesh (city in Upper Galilee); Kedesh (town on the southern border of Judah); Kedesh (Levitical city of Issachar); Kedesh (town in southern Naphtali); Kemuel โ Kemuel (son of Nahor); Kemuel (son of Shiphtan); Kemuel (father of Hasabiah); Kenaz or Kenizzite โ Kenaz or Kennizite (brother of Caleb); Kenaz or Kennizite (son of Elah); Kir โ Kir (city in Moab); Kir (apparently a city in southern Mesopotamia); Kiriathaim โ Kiriathaim (town east of the Jordan); Kiriathaim (city in the territory of Naphtali); Kish (person) โ Kish (Benjaminite from Gibeah); Kish (son or descendant of Jeiel); Kish (Levite of the Merarite clan); Kish (son of Abdi); Kish (Benjaminite ancestor of Mordecai); Kolaiah โ Kolaiah (ancestor of Sallu); Kolaiah (father of Ahab); Korah โ Korah (son or grandson of Esau); Korah (son of Izhar); Korah (son of Hebron); Korah (descendant of the levitical Korah); Kore โ Kore (Levite of the line of Korah); Kore (son of Imnah);
- L โ L (material found only in the Gospel of Luke); L (symbol designating Codex Leningradensis B); Ladan โ Ladan (ancestor of Joshua); Ladan (of the lineage of Gershon); Levi โ Levi (ancestor of Jesus); Levi (disciple known as Matthew); Levi (father of Matthat); Libnah โ Libnah (place in the Sinai Peninsula mentioned in Num.); Libni โ Libni (son of Gershon); Libni (Levite descendant of Merari); Lucius โ Lucius of Cyrene; Lucius (relative of Paul); Lucius Caecilius Metullus;
- Maacah (person) โ Maacah (child of Nahor); Maacah (mother of Absalom); Maacah (father of Achish); Maacah (wife of Rehoboam); Maacah (concubine of Caleb); Maacah (sister or wife of Machir); Maacah (wife of Jehiel); Maacah (father of Hanun); Maacah (father of Shepatiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah โ Maasheiah or Asaiah (Levite of the second order of 1 Chr.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (lute player of 1 Chr., maybe identical to previous); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Adaiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (officer under Hananiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (deputy or son of Ahaz of 2 Chr.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (governor of Jerusalem); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest of the family of Jeshua); Maasheiah or Asaiah (member of the priestly family of Harim); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest of the family of Pahhur); Maasheiah or Asaiah (member of the family of Pahath-moab); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Azariah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (person who stood at Ezra's right hand as he read the Torah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (Israelite who read the Torah in Hebrew); Maasheiah or Asaiah (a chief of the people and sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Baruch); Maasheiah or Asaiah (ancestor of Sallu); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest who played the trumpet in Neh.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest who took part in the dedication in Neh.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Zephaniah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Zedekiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Shallum); Maaziah โ Maaziah (founder of division of priests in 1 Chr.); Maaziah (priest who sealed the covenant in Neh.); Machir โ Machir (son of Ammiel); Mahalalel or Mahalaleel โ Malalalel or Mahalaleel (son of Kenan); Malalalel or Mahalaleel (Judahite of the family of Perez); Mahalath or Basemoth โ Mahalath or Basemoth (daughter of Ishmael); Mahalath or Basemoth (wife of Rehoboam); Mahath โ Mahath (son of Amasai of 1 Chr.); Mahath (son of Amasai of 2 Chr.); Mahlah โ Mahlah (daughter of Zelophebad); Mahlah (child of Hammolecheth); Mahli โ Mahli (son of Merari); Mahli (son of Mushi); Malchiah โ Malchiah (father of Pashur); Malchiah (member of Judah's royal family in Jer.); Malchijah โ Malchijah (Gershomite Levite of 1 Chr.); Malchijah (descendant of Aaron of 1 Chr.); Malchijah (descendant of Purosh in Ezra); Malchijah (descendant of Harim in Ezra); Malchijah (son of Harim in Neh.); Malchijah (ruler of Beth-hakkerem); Malchijah (goldsmith in Neh.); Malchijah (man who stood with Ezra when he read the Torah); Malchijah (priest and signer of Ezra's covenant); Malchijah (priest in the choir in Neh.); Malluch โ Malluch (ancestor of Ethan in 1 Chr.); Malluch (of the sons of Bani); Malluch (of the sons of Harim); Malluch (priest involved in the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Malluch (one of the chiefs of the people who signed the covenant of Neh.); Malluch (priest who returned with Zerubabbel); Manasseh โ Manasseh (son of Pahathmoab); Manasseh (son of Hashum); Manasseh (son of Addi); Manasseh (husband of Judith); Mareshah (person) โ Mareshah (son of Caleb); Mareshah (son of Laadah); Massa โ Massa (son of Ishmael); Massa (term in Proverbs); Mattan โ Mattan (priest of Baal); Mattan (father of Shephatiah); Mattaniah โ Mattaniah (last king of Judah); Mattaniah (of the sons of Heman); Mattaniah (ancestor of Jahaziel); Mattaniah (Levite of the time of Hezekiah); Mattaniah (of the clan of Elam); Mattaniah (of the clan of Zattu); Mattaniah (of the clan of Pahath-moab); Mattaniah (of the clan of Bani); Mattaniah (son of Mica or Micaiah); Mattaniah (grandfather of Hana ben Zaccur); Mattathias โ Mattathias (priest of the order of Jehoiarib); Mattathias (son of Absalom); Mattathias (son of Simon); Mattathias (envoy sent by Judas Maccabeus); Mattathias (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:25); Mattathias (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:26); Mattenai โ Mattenai (of the sons of Hashum); Mattenai (of the sons of Bani); Mattenai (of the priestly house of Joiarib); Matthat โ Matthat (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:24); Matthat (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:29); Mattithiah โ Mattithiah (son of Shallum); Mattithiah (Levitical gatekeeper in 1 Chr.); Mattithiah (son of Nebo); Mattithiah (Israelite who accompanied Ezra); Mehetabel โ Mehetabel (wife of Hadar); Mehetabel (ancestor of Shemaiah); Meraioth or Meremoth โ Meraioth or Meremoth (Levite descendant of Aaron); Meraioth or Meremoth (son of Ahitub); Meraioth or Meremoth (priestly family headed by Helkai at the time of Joiakim); Merari โ Merari (father of Judith); Meremoth โ Meremoth (son of Uriah); Meremoth (of the sons of Bani); Meremoth (son of Uriah, grandson of Hakkoz); Meremoth (priest who returned from exile); Mesha (person) โ Mesha (son of Caleb); Mesha (son of Shaharaim); Meshech โ Meshech (son of Japheth); Meshech (son of Shem); Meshillemoth or Meshillemith โ Meshillemoth or Meshillemith (father of Berechiah); Meshillemoth or Meshillemith (descendant of Immer); Meshullam โ Meshullam (grandfather of Shaphan); Meshullam (son of Zerubbabel); Meshullam (head of a Gadite clan in 1 Chr.); Meshullam (son of Elpaal); Meshullam (father of Sallu); Meshullam (son of Shephatiah); Meshullam (father of Hilkiah); Meshullam (father of Jahzerah); Meshullam (Kohathite appointed by Josiah in 2 Chr.); Meshullam ("leader" sent by Ezra); Meshullam (who opposed Ezra's policy of divorce); Meshullam (son of Bani); Meshullam (son of Berechiah); Meshullam (son of Besodeiah); Meshullam (who stood at Ezra's left hand during the reading of the Torah); Meshullam (priest who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Meshullam (chief of the people who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Meshullam (head of the priestly house of Ezra in Neh.); Meshullam (head of the priestly house of Ginnethon in Neh.); Meshullam (gatekeeper in Neh.); Meshullam (who was in the procession in Neh.); Mibsam โ Mibsam (son of Ishmael); Mibsam (son of Shallum); Mica โ Mica (son of Mephibosheth); Mica (father of Mattaniah); Mica (Levite in the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Mica (father of Mattaniah and ancestor of Uzzi); Micah โ Micah (man in Judg.); Micah (son of Shimei); Micah (son of Meribbaal); Micah (son of Uzziel); Micah (father of Abdon); Micah of Moresheth; Micaiah or Maacah or Micah โ Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (father of Achibor); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (wife of Rehoboam); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (official sent to teach Judah in 2 Chr.); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (ancestor of Zechariah); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (trumpeting priest in Neh.); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (son of Gemeriah); Michael โ Michael (father of Sethur); Michael (Gadite in 1 Chr.); Michael (ancestor of Abihail); Michael (Levite ancestor of Asaph); Michael (descendant of Uzzi); Michael (of the sons of Beraiah); Michael (who joined David at Ziklag); Michael (father of Omri); Michael (son of Jehoshaphat); Michael (father of Zebediah); Michael (archangel); Migdol โ Migdol (town on the route of the Exodus); Migdol (town in Egypt in Jer.); Migdol (place in north Egypt); Mijamin โ Mijamin (leader of the sixth division of priest at the time of David); Mijamin (divorcing Israelite in Ezra); Mijamin (priest at the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Mijamin (chief of priests returning from exile in Neh.); Mikloth โ Mikloth (father of Shimeah in 1 Chr.); Mikloth (chief officer under Dodai the Ahohite); Milcah โ Milcah (daughter of Haran); Milcah (daughter of Zelophehad); Millo โ House of the Millo; Beth-millo; Miniamin โ Miniamin (Levite of 2 Chr.); Miniamin (priestly house in Neh.); Miniamin (priest and musician in Neh.); Miriam โ Miriam (descendant of Ezrah in 1 Chr.); Mishael โ Mishael (son of Uzziel); Mishael (who stood at Ezra's left hand at the reading of the Torah); Mishma โ Mishma (son of Ishmael); Mishma (son of Mibsam); Mithredath or Mithridates โ Mithredath or Mithridates (treasure of King Cyrus of Persia); Mithredath or Mithridates (Persian official who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem); Mizpah or Mizpeh โ Mizpah of Gilead; Mizpah or Mizpeh (land or valley of Mizpah); Mizpeh of Judah; Mizpeh of Moab; Mordecai โ Mordecai (returning Israelite); Moreh โ Moreh (terebinth or oak tree near Shechem); Moreh (hill in the Jezreel Valley); Moriah โ Moriah (land of Moriah); Mt. Moriah; Mortar โ Mortar (of pestle); Mortar (plastic building material); Moza โ Moza (son of Caleb); Moza (son of Zimri);
- Naamah (person) โ Naamah (daughter of Lamech); Naamah (wife of Solomon); Naaman โ Naaman (son of Benjamin); Naaman (son of Bela); Naaman (son of Ehud); Naaman (commander of the Aramean army in 2 Kgs.); Nadab โ Nadab (son of Aaron); Nadab (son of Jeroboam I); Nadab (son of Shammai); Nadab (son of Jeiel); Nadab (relative of Ahiqar); Nahash โ Nahash (sister of Zeruiah); Nahath โ Nahath (son of Reuel); Nahath (descendant of Levi); Nahath (assistant of Hezekiah); Nahor (person) โ Nahor (son of Serug); Nahor (son of Terah); Nahum โ Nahum (1 of the 12 minor prophets); Nahum (father of Amos); Nathan โ Nathan (father of Igal); Nathan (father of Azariah); Nathan (son of Attai); Nathan (sent by Ezra to Iddo); Nathanael โ Nathanael (ancestor of Judith); Nathanael (priest in 1 Esd.); Nathanael (Israelite in the Gospel of John); Neariah โ Neariah (son of Shemaiah); Neariah (son of Ishi); Nebo (place) โ Nebo (town allotted to Reuben); Nebo (town in western Palestine settled in postexilic period); Nehemiah โ Nehemiah (a leader of the return); Nehemiah (son of Hacaliah); Nehemiah (son of Azbuk); Nekoda โ Nekoda (head of returning family of temple servants); Nekoda (head of returning family unable to prove their Israelite ancestry); Nemuel โ Nemuel (brother of Dathan); Nemuel (ancestor of the Nemuelites); Nepheg โ Nepheg (son of Izhar); Nepheg (son of David); Nethanel โ Nethanel (son of Zuar); Nethanel (son of Jesse); Nethanel (one of seven trumpeting priests in 1 Chr.); Nethanel (father of Shemaiah); Nethanel (son of Obed-edom); Nethanel (officer of Jehoshapahat sent to Judah to teach); Nethanel (brother of Shemaiah); Nethanel (of the family of Pashhur); Nethanel (head of the family of Jedaiah); Nethanel (Levite singer at the dedication in Neh.); Nethaniah โ Nethaniah (father of Ishmael); Nethaniah (Levite of the line of Asaph in 1 Chr.); Nethaniah (Levite sent to Judah by Jehoshaphat); Nethaniah (father of Jehudi); Nicanor โ Nicanor (a commander sent by Lysius to Judah Maccabeus); Nicanor (one of seven overseers of food distribution in Acts); Noadiah โ Noadiah (son of Binnui); Noadiah (prophetess in Neh.); Nobah (place) โ Nobah (region in Gilead); Nobah (city in eastern Gilead);
- Obadiah โ Obadiah (steward of King Ahab's household)*; Obadiah (postexilic descendant of David); Obadiah (son of Izariah); Obadiah (son of Azel); Obadiah (Levite among the first returners to Jerusalem); Obadiah (Gadite who joined David at Ziklag); Obadiah (father of Ishmaiah); Obadiah (prince commissioned to teach in Judah); Obadiah (Merarite Levite of 2 Chr.); Obadiah (head of family of returners in Ezra); Obadiah (leader who sealed covenant of Neh.); Obadiah (gatekeeper in Neh.); Obadiah (Obadiah the prophet); Obed โ Obed (son of Ruth); Obed (son of Ephlal); Obed (one of David's mighty men); Obed (son of Shemaiah); Obed (father of Azariah); Obed (son of Jonathan); Obed-edom โ Obed-edom (Gidite whose house David put the Ark in); Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun); Obed-edom (son of Korah); Obed-edom (custodian of temple treasures in 2 Chr.); Oded โ Oded (father of Azariah); Oded (prophet of Samaria in 2 Chr.); Oholibamah โ Oholibamah (wife of Esau); Oholibamah (chief of an Edomite clan); Omer โ Omer (unit of dry measure); Omer (sheaf of grain); Omri โ Omri (son of Becher); Omri (Jerusalemite of 1 Chr.); Omri (Issacharite tribal leader of 1 Chr.); Onam โ Onam (Son of Shobal); Onam (son of Jerahmeel); Onias โ Onias I; Onias II; Onias III; Onias IV; Onias V; Ophrah (place) โ Ophrah (city in the tribal territory of Benjamin); Ophrah (Ophrah of Abiezer); Ozem โ Ozem (son of Jesse); Ozem (son of Jerahmeel);
- Palti or Paltiel โ Palti or Paltiel (son of Raphu); Palti or Paltiel (son of Laish); Parosh โ Parosh (Israelite ancestor of returners); Parosh (chief who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Paseah โ Paseah (priest and son of Malchiah); Paseah (head of priestly family of returners); Paseah (postexilic priest who attached his name to the covenant of Neh.); Paseah (son of Immer); Paseah (son of Malchiah); Pedaiah โ Pedaiah (maternal grandfather of Jehoiakim); Pedaiah (son of Jeconiah); Pedaiah (father of Joel); Pedaiah (son of Parosh); Pedaiah (man who stood at Ezra's left hand at the reading of the Law); Pedaiah (Benjaminite in Jerusalem in Neh.); Pedaiah (Levite appointed to administer tithes); Pelaiah โ Pelaiah (son of Elioenai); Pelaiah (Levite who interpreted the Law in Neh.); Pelatiah โ Pelatiah (son of Hananiah); Pelatiah (son of Jahi); Pelatiah (signer of the covenant of Neh.); Pelatiah (son of Benaiah); Pelet โ Pelet (son of Jahdai); Pelet (son of Azmaveth); Penuel โ Penuel (son of Hur); Penuel (son of Shashak); Pethahiah โ Pethahiah (leader of the nineteenth priestly division at the time of David); Pethahiah (divorcing Levite of the time of Ezra); Pethahiah (Levite in the corporate confession of sins of Ezra); Pethahiah (son of Meshezabel); Phinehas โ Phinehas (son of Eleazar); Phinehas (son of Eli); Phinehas (father of a postexilic priest in Ezra); Ptolemy โ Ptolemy I Soter; Ptolemy II Philadelphus; Ptolemy III Euregetes I; Ptolemy IV Philopator; Ptolemy V Theos Epiphanes; Ptolemy VI Philometor; Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator; Ptolemy VIII Euregetes II; Ptolemy IX Soter II; Ptolemy X Alexander I; Ptolemy XI Alexander II; Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysys; Ptolemy XIII; Ptolemy XIV; Ptolemy XV Caesar; Ptolemy (son of Dositheus); Ptolemy (son of Abubus); Ptolemy Marcon; Puah โ Puah (midwife of Exodus); Puah (father of Tola); Puah (descendant of Issachar);
- Raguel โ Raguel (father of Sarah); Raguel (archangel); Rahab โ Rahab (mother of Salmon); Rahab (poetic name for Egypt); Ram (person) โ Ram (son of Hezron); Ram (son of Jerahmeel); Ram (ancestor of Elihu); Ramah โ Ramah (town allotted to Benjamin); Ramah (Ramah of the Negeb); Ramah (village near the border of Asher); Ramah (fortified city of Naphtali); Ramah (hometown of Samuel); Ramah (shortened form of name of Ramoth-gilead); Ramoth โ Ramoth (Ramoth in Gilead); Ramoth (Ramoth of the Negeb); Ramoth (levitical city in the tribal territory of Issachar); Reaiah or Haroeh โ Reaiah or Haroeh (son of Shobal); Reaiah or Haroeh (son of Micah); Reaiah or Haroeh (temple servant, ancestor of returners); Rechab โ Rechab (son of Rimmon); Rechab (father of Jehonadab); Rechab (father of Malchijah); Rehob (person) โ Rehob (father of Hadadezer); Rehob (Levite who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Rehob (place) โ Rehob (place in extreme northern Canaan); Rehob (town allotted to Asher); Rehob (another town allotted to Asher); Rehob (principal city of the Beth-shean Valley); Rehoboth โ Rehoboth (well dug in Gesar in Genesis); Rehoboth ha-Nahar; Rehum โ Rehum (leader who accompanied Zerubbabel back to Judea); Rehum (Persian officer who wrote a letter to Xerxes); Rehum (son of Bani); Rehum (leader who signed a long petition in Neh.); Rehum (priest and Levite returner); Rekem (person) โ Rekem (one of five kings of Midian); Rekem (son of Hebron); Rekem (grandson of Machir); Rephaiah or Raphah โ Rephaiah or Raphah (descendant of Zerubbabel); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Ishi); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Tola); Rephaiah or Raphah (descendant of Saul); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Hur); Reu; Reuel โ Reuel (son of Keturah); Reuel (son of Esau); Reuel (father of Hobab); Reuel (father of Eliasaph); Reuel (son of Ibnijah); Rezin โ Rezin (family in Ezra); Rimmon (place) โ Rimmon (city of En-rimmon); Rimmon (levitical city assigned to the Merarites); Rimmon (outcropping of rocks to which Benjaminites fled in Judg.); Rufus โ Rufus (son of Simon the Cyrene); Rufus (greeted by Paul in Rom. 16:13);
- Sachar โ Sachar (father of Ahiham); Sachar (son of Obed-edom); Sallai โ Sallai (Benjaminite returner); Sallai (priestly family at the time of Joiakim); Sallu โ Sallu (Benjaminite in Jerusalem in 1 Chr.); Sallu (postexilic priestly family); Salma โ Salma (father of Boaz in 1 Chr. 2:11); Salma (son of Hur); Salome โ Salome (sister of Herod); Salome (daughter of Herod); Salome (follower of Jesus); Sarah โ Sara (daughter of Raguel); Segub โ Segub (son of Hezron); Segub (son of Hiel); Seir (place) โ Seir (plateau in Edom); Seir (mountain on the northern border of Judah); Sela โ Sela (site on the Amorite border); Sela (Edomite settlement conquered by Amaziah of Judah); Sela (place mentioned in Isa. 16:1); Sela (place named in Isa. 42:11); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha - Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (royal secretary under David); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (chief priest of the temple in 587/586 BCE); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Tanhumeth); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Kenaz); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Asiel); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (returner from exile); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (a priest who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (postexilic priest in Neh. 11:11); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (one of the โchiefs of the priestโ in Neh. 12:1); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (official of King Jehoiakim); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Neriah); Shaaph โ Shaaph (son of Jahdai); Shaaph (son of Maacah); Shabbethai โ Shabbethai (of Ezra 10:15); Shabbethai (of Neh. 8:7); Shabbethai (of Neh. 11:16); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem โ Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (King who overthrew Zechariah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (husband of Huldah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (descendant of Judah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Josiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (descendant of Simeon); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Zadok); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Naphtali); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (returner and gatekeeper); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (father of Jehizkiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (divorcing levitical gatekeeper); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (of the sons of Bannui); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Hallohesh); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Col-hozeh); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (father of Maaseiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (uncle of Jeremiah); Shalmaneser โ Shalmaneser I; Shalmaneser II; Shalmaneser IV; Shamir (place)* โ Shamir (town of Judah); Shamir (town in Ephraim); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth - Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (descendant of Esau); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (son of Jesse); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (of David's Mighty Men); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (Shammah of Harod); Shammai โ Shammai (son of Onam); Shammai (son of Rekem); Shammai (son of Mered); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea โ Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (son of Zaccur); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (son of David); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (father of Abda); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (head of family of Bilgah in Neh.); Shaphan โ Shaphan (son of Aziliah); Shaphan (father of Jaazaniah); Shaphat โ Shaphat (son of Hori); Shaphat (father of Elisha); Shaphat (son of Shemaiah); Shaphat (son of Abihail); Shaphat (son of Adlai); Sharezer โ Sharezer (son of Sennacherib); Sharezer (emissaries sent to Bethel in 518); Shaul โ Shaul (early Edomite king); Shaul (son of Simeon); Shaul (son of Uzziah); Sheba (person) โ Sheba (son of Raamah); Sheba (son of Joktan); Sheba (son of Jokshan); Sheba (son of Bichri); Sheba (descendant of Gad); Sheba (place) โ Sheba (town in Josh. 19:2-6); Sheba (country of Arabia); Shebaniah โ Shebaniah (trumpet blowing priest in 1 Chr.); Shebaniah (leader in praise and confession in Neh.); Shebaniah (postexilic priestly house led by Joseph at the time of Joiakim); Shebaniah (a Levite signer of the covenant in Neh.); Shebaniah (another Levite signer of the covenant in Neh.); Shebuel or Shubael โ Shebuel or Shubael (Levite of the sons of Gershom); Shebuel or Shubael (son of Heman); Shecaniah โ Shecaniah (father of Shemaiah); Shecaniah (priest, head of the 10th division in 1 Chr.); Shecaniah (Levite under Hezekiah in 1 Chr.); Shecaniah (son of Jahaziel); Shecaniah (son of Jehiel); Shecaniah (father of Shmaiah, gatekeeper in Neh.); Shecaniah (son of Arah); Shecaniah (returning priest in Neh.); Shechem (person) โ Shechem (son of Hamor); Shechem (descendant of Manasseh); Shechem (son of Shemida); Shelah โ Shelah (son of Arpachshad or Arphaxad); Shelah (son of Judah the patriarch); Shelemiah โ Shelemiah (grandson of Asaph); Shelemiah (descandant of Bahi who married a foreign woman); Shelemiah (another descendant of Bani who married a foreign woman); Shelemiah (father of Hananiah); Shelemiah (priest Nehemiah put in charge of the temple storerooms); Shelemiah (son of Cushi); Shelemiah (man sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah); Shelemiah (father of Jehucal or Jucal); Shelemiah (son of Hananiah in Jer.); Shelomith โ Shelomith (daughter of Dibri); Shelomith (daughter of Zerubbabel); Shelomith (son of Shimei); Shelomith (son of Izhar); Shelomith (child of Rehabeam); Shelomith (son of Josiphiah); Shelomoth - Shelomoth (son of Shimei); Shelomoth (son of Izhar); Shelomoth (sonof Zichri); Shema (person) โ Shema (son of Hebron); Shema (son of Joel); Shema (son of Elpaal); Shema (lay leader who stood at Ezra's right hand at the reading of the Law); Shemaiah or Shammua โ Shemaiah or Shammua (Judean prophet after the death of Solomon); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Shechaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of the tribe of Reuben); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Hasshub); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Obadiah); Shemaiah or Shammua (descendant of Elizaphan); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Nethanel); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Obed-edom); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in Judah); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Jeduthun); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite of the time of Hezekiah who helped distribute freewill offering and gifts in 2 Chr.); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of the Levites who helped contribute 5000 sheep and goats to an offering in 2 Chr.); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Adonikam); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of those who returned from exile); Shemaiah or Shammua (priest of the family of Harim in Ezra); Shemaiah or Shammua (Israelite from the family of Harim in Ezra); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Shecaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Delaiah); Shemaiah or Shammua (a priest who signed the binding agreement with Nehemiah and the leaders of the nation); Shemaiah or Shammua (leader of Judah who participated in the dedication of the walls in Neh.); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Mattaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite musician at the dedication of the walls in Neh.); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite who accompanied Nehemiah in the procession at the dedication of the walls); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Uriah); Shemaiah or Shammua (false prophet in Jer.); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Delaiah); Shemariah โ Shemariah (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Shemariah (son of Rehoboam); Shemariah (divorcing Israelite of the sons of Harim); Shemariah (divorcing son of Binnui); Shemer or Shomer โ Shemer or Shomer (owner of a hill Omri purchased in 1 Kgs.); Shemer or Shomer (son of Mahli); Shemer or Shomer (Asherite in 1 Chr.); Shemiramoth โ Shemiramoth (harp player in 1 Chr.); Shemiramoth (Levite sent by Jehosphaphat to Judah); Shemuel โ Shemuel (representative of Simeon in the division of Canaan in Num.); Shemuel (son of Tola); Shephatiah โ Shephatiah (son of David); Shephatiah (anchestor of returning Benjaminite exiles); Shephatiah (Haruphite of the tribe of Benjamin in 1 Chr.); Shephatiah (son of Maacah); Shephatiah (son of Jehosphaphat); Shephatiah (ancestor of two groups of returning exiles); Shephatiah (servant of Solomon and ancestor of returners); Shephatiah (Judahite ancestor of Jerusalemites after the Exile); Shephatiah (prince of Judah in Jer.); Sherebiah โ Sherebiah (โman of discretionโ in Ezra); Sherebiah (Levite interpreter of the Book in Ezra); Sherebiah (Levite who sealed the covenant in Neh.); Sherebiah (chief of returning Levites); Sheth โ Sheth (Hebrew spelling of Seth); Sheth (of the โsons of Shethโ); Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha โ Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha (David's secretary); Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha (son of Caleb); Shilonite โ Shilonite (designation of the prophet Ahijah); Shilonite (gentilic designating a family of returnees); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei - Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (son of Jesse); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (son of David); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (Levite of the house of Merari); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (father of Berechiah); Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam โ Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam (son of Jesse); Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam (son of Mikloth); Shimei โ Shimei (son of Gershon); Shimei (son of Gera); Shimei (son of Jesse); Shimei (leader of David's time who did not support the usurpation of Adonijah in 1 Kgs.); Shimei (son of Ella); Shimei (brother of Zerubbabel); Shimei (descendant of Mishma); Shimei (son of Gog); Shimei (Levite descendant of Merari); Shimei (son of Jahath); Shimei (Benjaminite in 1 Chr., probably an error for Shema); Shimei (one of six sons of Jeduthun); Shimei (Ramathite appointed by David over the royal vineyards); Shimei (Levite descendant of Heman); Shimei (brother of Conaniah); Shimei (Levite who sent away his non-Israelite wife and children in Ezra); Shimei (descendant of Hashum); Shimei (descendant of Binnui); Shimei (descendant of Kish); Shimri โ Shimri (son of Shemaiah); Shimri (father of Jediael); Shimri (son of Hosah); Shimri (descendant of Elizaphan); Shobab โ Shobab (son of Caleb); Shobab (son of David); Shobal โ Shobal (son of Seir); Shobal (son of Hur); Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth โ Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth (mother of Jehozabad); Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth (of the sons of Heber); Shua โ Shua (father of Judah's Canaanite wife); Shua (daughter of Heber); Shuppim โ Shuppim (son of Ir); Shuppim (levitical gatekeeper in 1 Chr.); Shuthelah โ Shutehelah (son of Ephraim); Shutehelah (son of Zabad); Simeon โ Simeon (great-grandfather of Judas Maccabeus); Simeon (Simon Maccabeus); Simeon (ancestor of Jesus); Simeon (a prophet and teacher of the church at Antioch); Simeon (Hebrew equivalent of Simon); Simon โ Simon (high priest Simon the Just); Simon (Simon II, high priest); Simon (Simon the Benjaminite); Simon (Simon Thassi); Simon (Simon Chosamaeus); Simon (Simon Peter); Simon (Simon the Zealot); Simon (Simon, half brother of Jesus); Simon (Simon the Leper); Simon (father of Judas Iscariot); Simon (Simon of Cyrene); Simon (Simon the Pharisee in Luke); Simon (Simon Magus); Simon (Simon the Tanner in Acts); Simon (Simon bar Kosiba); Sin (place) โ Sin (wilderness area between Elim and Mt. Sinai); Sin (Egyptian border fortress); Sosipater โ Sosipater (captain under Judas Maccabeus); Sosipater (Jewish Christian in Rom.); Sothenes โ Sothenes (ruler of a synagogue in Corinth in Acts); Sothenes (called by Paul โour brotherโ in 1 Cor.); Succoth โ Succoth (first encampment of the Israelites on leaving Egypt); Succoth (place on the east side of the Jordan Valley); Susanna โ Susanna (of the apocryphal work of that name); Susanna (woman who supported the work of Jesus in Luke); Symeon โ Symeon (prophet and teacher of the church of Antioch in Acts); Symeon (another name for Simon Peter);
- Tahath (person) โ Tahath (ancestor of Samuel); Tahath (son of Bered); Tahath (son of Eleadah); Talmai โ Talmai (one of the Anakim); Talmai (king of Geshur); Tappuah โ Tappuah (town in the northern Shephelah); Tappuah (town, also called En-tappuah, on the northern border of Ephraim); Tappuah (town in the territory of Tizrah); Tarshish (person) โ Tarshish (descendant of Javan in the Table of Nations); Tarshish (son of Bilhan); Thutmose โ Thutmose I; Thutmose II; Thutmose III; Thutmose IV; Timna โ Timna (concubine of Eliphaz); Timna (chief of Edom); Timna (son of Eliphaz); Tiphsah โ Tiphsah (city on the western shore of the Euphrates); Tiphsah (site of a brutal slaughter by King Menahem in 2 Kgs.); Tobiah - Tobiah (head of a family of returners); Tobiah (an opposer of Nehemiah's journey to Jerusalem); Tobias โ Tobias (son of Tobit); Tobias (landowner of the Maccabean period); Tobijah โ Tobijah (Levite sent by Jehosphaphat to Judea); Tobijah (descendant of Tobiah unable to authenticate his Israelite origin); Tobijah (repatriate from whom Zechariah was to collect gold and silver); Tola โ Tola (son of Issachar); Tola (son of Puah);
- Ulam โ Ulam (son of Sheresh); Ulam (son of Eshek); Unni โ Unni (levitical musician of 1 Chr.); Unni (returning Levite); Uri โ Uri (father of Bezalel); Uri (father of Geber); Uri (poxtexilic gatekeeper of Ezra); Uriah โ Uriah (high priest under Ahaz); Uriah (prophet of the time of Jeremiah); Uriah (father of Meremoth); Uriah (who stood with Ezra at the reading of the Law); Uriel โ Uriel (chief of the Kohathite Levites in 1 Chr.); Uriel (resident of Gibeah in 2 Chr.); Uriel (archangel); Uthai โ Uthai (son of Ammihud); Uthai (returning head of the family of Bigvai); Uz (person) โ Uz (son of Aram); Uz (son of Milcah); Uz (son or descendant of Dishan); Uzza (person) โ Uzza (son of Gera); Uzza (ancestor of returning temple servants); Uzzah โ Uzzah (son of Abinadab); Uzzah (Levite of the family of Merari); Uzzi โ Uzzi (son of Bukki); Uzzi (son of Tola); Uzzi (son of Bela); Uzzi (father of Elah); Uzzi (son of Bani); Uzzi (head of Jedaiah's priestly lineage at the time of Joiakim); Uzzi (priest involved in the dedication of the walls in Neh.); Uzziah โ Uzziah (levitical priest in 1 Chr.); Uzziah (father of Jonathan); Uzziah (returning levitical priest, descendant of Harim); Uzziah (one of the 468 inhabitants of Perez who moved to Jerusalem); Uzziah (chief elder in the city of Bethulia); Uzziel โ Uzziel (son of Kohath); Uzziel (son of Ishi); Uzziel (son of Bela); Uzziel (son of Heman); Uzziel (son of Jeduthun); Uzziel (son of Harhaiah);
- Zabad or Jozacar โ Zabad or Jozacar (son of Nathan); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Tahath); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Ahlai); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Shimeath the Ammonite); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Zattu); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Hattum); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Nebo); Zabbai โ Zabbai (Israelite who had taken a foreign wife in Ezra); Zabbai (father of Baruch); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri โ Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (ancestor of Achan); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (son of Shimei); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (Sphiphmite steward of David's wine cellar); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (son of Asaph); Zabdiel โ Zabdiel (father of Jashobeam); Zabdiel (son of Heggedolim); Zabdiel (Arab who decapitated Alexander Balas); Zaccur โ Zaccur (father of Shammua); Zaccur (son of Hammuel); Zaccur (Levite of the Merarite line); Zaccur (son of Asaph); Zaccur (descendant of Bigvai); Zaccur (son of Imri); Zaccur (Levite who placed a seal on the new covenant of Neh.); Zaccur (father of Hanan); Zadok โ Zadok (father of Jerusha); Zadok (son of Baana); Zadok (son of Immer); Zadok (a โleader of the peopleโ who placed a seal on the covenant in Neh.); Zadok (scribe appointed by Nehemiah as a treasurer); Zadok (father of Achim); Zalmon (place) โ Zalmon (mountain in the vicinity of Shechem); Zalmon (mountain mentioned in Ps. 68:14); Zebediah โ Zebediah (son of Beriah); Zebediah (son of Elpaal); Zebediah (son of Jeroham); Zebediah (son of Meshelemiah); Zebediah (son of Asahel); Zebediah (Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to Judah); Zebediah (son of Ishmael); Zebediah (son of Michael); Zebediah (descendant of the family of Immer); Zeboim โ Zeboim (valley in Benjamin); Zeboim (town occupied by the Benjaminites); Zechariah โ Zechariah (son of Jeroboam II); Zechariah (father of Abi); Zechariah (head of a family of Reubenites); Zechariah (gatekeeper of the time of David); Zechariah (brother of Ner); Zechariah (musician of the time of David); Zechariah (priestly trumpeter of 1 Chr.); Zechariah (son of Isshiah); Zechariah (son of Hosah the Merarite); Zechariah (father of Iddo); Zechariah (official of Jehoshaphat sent to teach in Judah); Zechariah (father of Jahaziel); Zechariah (son of Jehoshaphat); Zechariah (son of Jehoiada); Zechariah (instructor of Uzziah in 2 Chr.); Zechariah (levitical descendant of Asaph of 2 Chr.); Zechariah (levitical descendant of Kohath of 2 Chr.); Zechariah (priest who contributed animals for sacrifice in 2 Chr./1 Esdr.); Zechariah (head of the family of Parosh); Zechariah (head of the family of Bebai); Zechariah (leader of the Jewish exiles in Ezra); Zechariah (Judean who married a foreign wife in Ezra); Zechariah (leader who stood on the platform with Ezra during the reading of the Law); Zechariah (descendant of Perez); Zechariah (ancestor of Maaseiah); Zechariah (ancestor of Adaiah); Zechariah (priestly trumpeter in Neh.); Zechariah (son of Jeberechiah); Zechariah (prophet of the Book of Zechariah); Zechariah (father of Joseph); Zechariah (alternate name for Heman in 1 Esdr.); Zechariah (father of John the Baptist); Zedekiah โ Zedekiah (false prophet at the court of Ahab); Zedekiah (son of Josiah); Zedekiah (signer of the covenant of Neh.); Zedekiah (prophet Jeremiah accused of immoral conduct); Zedekiah (son of Hananiah); Zedekiah (ancestor of Baruch); Zemaraim โ Zemaraim (town in the tribal territory of Benjamin); Zemaraim (mountain in the hill country of Ephraim); Zephaniah โ Zephaniah (Kohathite Levite ancestor of Heman); Zephaniah (son of Cushi); Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah); Zephaniah (father of Josiah); Zerah or Zohar โ Zerah or Zohar (son of Reuel); Zerah or Zohar (father of Jobab); Zerah or Zohar (son of Judah); Zerah or Zohar (son of Simeon); Zerah or Zohar (Levite descendant of Gershom in 1 Chr.); Zerah or Zohar (Kohathite Levite of 1 Chr.); Zerahiah โ Zerahiah (son of Uzzi); Zerahiah (man of the lineage of Pahath-moab); Zeredah โ Zeredah (place of residence of Jeroboam); Zeredah (place in the Jordan Valley); Zibeon โ Zibeon (father of Anah); Zibeon (son of Seir); Zichri or Zabdi โ Zichri or Zabdi (son of Izhar); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Shimei); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Shashak); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Jeroham); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Asaph); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Shelomith); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Eliezer); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Amasiah); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Elishaphat); Zichri or Zabdi (warrior and Ephraimite of 2 Chr.); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Joel); Zichri or Zabdi (head of the priestly family of Abijah at the time of Joiakim); Ziha โ Ziha (head of a line of returning temple servants); Ziha (overseer of postexilic temple servants); Zillethai โ Zillethai (son of Shimei); Zillethai (Manassite leader who deserted David at Ziklag); Zimri (person) โ Zimri (son of Salu); Zimri (King of Israel); Zimri (son of Zerah); Zimri (father of Moza); Ziph (person) โ Ziph (descendant of Caleb); Ziph (son of Jehallel); Ziph (place) โ Ziph (town in the hill country of Judah); Ziph (town in the southern Negeb); Ziza โ Ziza (son of Shiphi); Ziza (son of Rehoboam); Zohar โ Zohar (father of Ephron the Hittite); Zohar (alternate name for Simeon's son Zerah); Zohar (alternate reading of Izhar son of Helah); Zur โ Zur (a king of Midian in Num.); Zur (son of Jeiel);
Redirects
[edit]- Advocate; Agate; Agrippa; Akkad; Alien; Almug; Alphabet; Anatolia; Anthropology; Arrow; Ashur; Assembly; Assumption of Moses; Astarte; Augustan cohort; Azariah, Prayer of;
- Baal-peor; Banquet; Bel and the Dragon; Ben-himmon, Valley of; Birth, new; Blood, field of; Booths, Feast of; Bronze Sea; Bulrush;
- Calendar; Canticles; Captivity; Codex Leningradensis; Comforter; Cosmogony or Cosmology; Crimson; Crocodile, Land; Cult;
- Day star; Decalogue; Deluge; Deutero-Isaiah; Deutero-Zechariah; Devote or Devoted; Diaspora; Disease; Documentary hypothesis; Drink offering;
- Ecclesiasticus; Eloi, eloi lama sabachthani; Elyon; English versions; Epistle; Eternity;
- Family; Flock, Tower of the or Tower of the Flock; Freer Logion;
- General epistles;
- Habiru; Hanukkah; Harmageddon; Harvest; Healing; Hemorrhage;
- Image; Immortality; Individualism; Ingathering, Feast of; Interest;
- Jehonadab; Jerusalem Council; Jewels; John Mark; Jot; Judaism;
- Kenizzite; Koheleth; Koine;
- Lawless One; Limp; Linen; Loom; Love-feast; Lucifer; LXX;
- Magor-missabib; Manuscripts; Maralah; Mariamme or Mariamne; Marisa; Mars Hill; Meal; Medicine; Mediterranean Sea; Menorah; Menstruation; Meribah; Merneptah; Merodach; Mighty men; Mite; Moloch; Molten image; Month;
- Necromancy; Nephthar;
- Offering; Ornan; Osiris;
- Pentateuch, Samaritan; Pipe; Porcius Festus; Potter's field; Poverty; Precincts; Precious stones; Propitiation; Prostitution; Psalms of Solomon; Publican; Pur;
- Qere;
- Ras Shamra; Reeds, Sea of; Remission, Year of; Return of Christ; Roe or Roebuck; Rush;
- Sacrifice, Human; Salathiel; Salt Sea; Save or Savior; Scale armor; Scapegoat; Second Temple; Secret; Shades; Shepherd of Hermas; Shoes; Sibboleth; Signet; Skull, The or The Skull; Soap; Song of the Three Young Men; Stranger; Susanna, Book of; Syzygos;
- Tambourine; Teaching of the Twelve Apostles; Tell-el-Amarna; Thummim; Thunder, Sons of; Tiberias, Sea of; Tilgath-pilneser; Titius Justus; Tobiad; Tongs; Transgression; Twin, The;
- Unclean;
- Versions;
- Water City; Wave offering; Weaving; Wizard;
- Zadokite fragments;
Subarticles
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[edit]- Aaron โ High Priest (Exodus-Numbers and Chronicles)*; Elsewhere in the Old Testament*; Negative and Nonpriestly Portrayals*; New T[stament*; Character: A Summary*;
- Abda โ Abda (father of Adoniram); Abda (son of Shammua);
- Abdi โ Abdi (grandfather of Ethan); Abdi (father of the Levite Kish); Abdi (divorcing Israelite of the time of Ezra);
- Abdon (person) โ Abdon (son of Hillel); Abdon (son of Shashak); Abdon (son of Jeiel); Abdon (son of Micah);
- Abiel โ Abiel (father of Kish); Abiel (Arbathite warrior);
- Abiezer โ Abiezer (descendant of Manasseh); Abiezer (of David's Champions);
- Abigail โ Abigail (wife of Nabal); Abigail (sister of David);
- Abihail โ Abihail (father of Zuriel); Abihail (wife of Abishur); Abihail (man of the tribe of Gad); Abihail (daughter of Eliab); Abihail (father of Esther);
- Abijah โ Abijah (son of Samuel); Abijah (son of Jeroboam I); Abijah (King of Judah); Abijah (head of the eighth division of priests); Abijah (wife of Hezron); Abijah (son of Becher); Abijah (priest who signed the covenant of Nehemiah); Abijah (head of a priestly group); Abijah (name on ostracons);
- Abimelech โ Abimelech (king of Gerar); Abimelech (son of Gideon); Abimelech (Ruler David escaped); Abimelech (son of Abiathar);
- Abinadab โ Abinadab (father of Eleazer); Abinadab (son of Jesse); Abinadab (son of Saul);
- Abiram โ Abiram (son of Eliab); Abiram (son of Hiel);
- Abishua โ Abishua (son of Phinehas); Abishua (son of Bela);
- Absalom โ Absalom (son of David); Absalom (messenger of Judas Maccabeus);
- [[[Achbor]] โ Achbor (father of Baal-hanan); Achbor (son of Micaiah);
- Achzib โ Achzib (town in the Shephelah); Achzib (city 9 miles north of Acco);
- Adad-nirari โ Adad-nirari I; Adad-nirari II; Adad-nirari III;
- Adah โ Adah (wife of Lamech); Adah (wife of Esau);
- Adaiah โ Adaiah (man from Boskath); Adaiah (Levite of the family of Gershom); Adaiah (son of Jeroham); Adaiah (descendants of Bani and Binnui); Adaiah (son of Joiarib); Adaiah (father of Maaseiah);
- Addi โ Addi (leader of returning clan of Israelites); Addi (ancestor of Jesus);
- Adiel โ Adiel (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Adiel (son of Jahzerah); Adiel (father of Azmaveth);
- Adna โ Adna (son of Pahath-moah); Adna (priest of the family of Harim);
- Adnah โ Adnah ("chief of thousands"); Adnah (officer under Jehoshaphat);
- Adonijah โ Adonijah (son of David); Adonijah (Levite of 2 Chr.); Adonijah (signer of the covenant of Nehemiah);
- Adoption โ Adoption Formulas*; Adoption and adoption imagery**;
- Afterlife or Afterdeath โ Abode of the Dead*; Inhabitants of the Netherworld**; Transformations in Late Israelite Traditions**; Summary**; Conclusion*;
- Ahab โ Ahab (king of Israel); Ahab (son of Kolaiah);
- Ahab (king of Israel) - Biblical Account**; Historical Account*; Rabbinical Sources*;
- Ahasuerus โ Ahasuerus (possible Biblical name of Xerxes I); Ahasuerus (Ahasuerus the Mede); Ahasuerus (a destroyer of Ninezeh in Tobit);
- Ahaz โ Ahaz (King of Judah); Ahaz (descendant of Saul);
- Ahaziah โ Ahaziah (King of Judah); Ahaziah (son of Ahab);
- Ahiezer โ Ahiezer (son of Ammishaddai); Ahiezer (kinsman of Saul);
- Ahihud โ Ahihud (son of Shelomi); Ahihud (descendant of Ehud);
- Ahijah โ Ahijah (son of Ahitub); Ahijah (prophet from Shiloh); Ahijah (son of Shisha); Ahijah (father of Baasha); Ahijah (son of Jerahmeel); Ahijah (son of Ehud); Ahijah (Pelonite); Ahijah (Levite under David);
- Ahimaaz โ Ahimaaz (father of Ahinoam); Ahimaaz (son of Zadok); Ahimaaz (one of Solomon's commissary officers);
- Ahiman โ Ahiman (descendant of Anak); Ahiman (Levite of 1 Chr.);
- Ahimelech โ Ahimelech (son of Ahitub); Ahimelech (friend of David); Ahimelech (son of Abiathar);
- Ahinoam โ Ahinoam (daugher of Ahimaaz); Ahinoam (wife of David);
- Ahio โ Ahio (son of Abinadab); Ahio (son of Beriah); Ahio (brother of Kish);
- Ahitub โ Ahitub (son of Phinehas); Ahitub (son of Amariah); Ahitub (son of another Amariah); Ahitub (ancestor of Judith);
- Ahlai โ Ahlai (daughter of Sheshan); Ahlai (father of Zabad);
- Aiah โ Aiah (son of Zibeon); Aiah (father of Rizpah);
- Aijalon โ Aijalon (levitical city); Aijalon (burial place of Elon);
- Ain โ Ain (town in Numbers); Ain (city in Judah); Ain (city given to the descendants of Joshua);
- Akkub โ Akkub (son of Elioenai); Akkub (head of levitical family of gatekeepers); Akkub (chief of a family of temple servants); Akkub (Levite in Neh.);
- Alemeth (person) โ Alemeth (son of Becher); Alemeth (descendant of Saul);
- Alexander โ Alexander III of Macedon**; Alexander Balas of Smyrna*; Alexander Janneus*; Alexander (son of Simon of Cyrene); Alexander (priest who questioned Peter and John after their arrest); Alexander (Jew of Ephesus); Alexander (of 1 Tim.); Alexander (coppersmith of 2 Tim.);
- Alexandra โ Alexandra Salome*; Alexandra (daughter of Hyrcanus II)*; Alexandra (daughter of Aristobulus); Alexandra (daughter of Phasael);
- Alphaeus โ Alphaeus (father of James); Alphaeus (father of Levi);
- Altar โ Biblical Evidence**; Archaeological Evidence**;
- Amariah โ Amariah (son of Hebron); Amariah (priest descended from Eleazar); Amariah (son of Azariah); Amariah (high priest at the time of Jehoshaphat); Amariah (levitical priest of time of Hezekiah of Judah); Amariah (son of Hezekiah); Amariah (priest and son of Azariah); Amariah (man of the family of Azzur); Amariah ("son of Amariah" in Neh.); Amariah (name on seals);
- Amasa โ Amasa (kinsman of David); Amasa (son of Hadlai);
- Amasai โ Amasai (son of Elkanah); Amasai (Chief of David' Thirty); Amasai (priest of 1 Chr.); Amasai (father of Mahath);
- Amaziah โ Amaziah (father of Joshah); Amaziah (Levite of the family of Merair); Amaziah (priest of era of Jeroboam II); Amaziah (King of Judah)**;
- Ammiel โ Ammiel (son of Gemalli); Ammiel (father of Machir); Ammiel (father of Bathsheba); Ammiel (son of Obed-edom);
- Ammihud โ Ammihud (father of Elishama); Ammihud (father of Shemuel); Ammihud (father of Pedahel); Ammihud (father of King Talmai); Ammihud (returning exile of 1 Chr.);
- Aminadab โ Aminadab (son of Ram); Aminadab (son of Kohath); Aminadab (chief of levitical family of Uzziel); Aminadab (father of Esther); Aminadab (King of Beth-ammon);
- Amnon โ Amnon (son of David); Amnon (son of Shimon);
- Amon (person) โ Amon (King, son of Manasseh)*; Amon (official of Samaria); Amon (returner from exile);
- Amos, Book of or Book of Amos โ Amos the Prophet*; Historical Setting*; Contents**; Composition*;
- Amram โ Amram (grandson of Levi); Amram (son of Bani);
- Amzi โ Amzi (son of Bani); Amzi (son of Zechariah);
- Anah โ Anah (son of Zibeon); Anah (son of Seir);
- Anaiah โ Anaiah (who stood at Ezra's right hand); Anaiah (chief who sealed the covenant of Nehemiah);
- Ananias โ Ananias (husband of Sapphira); Ananias (who healed Paul's blindness); Ananias (21st Jewish high priest);
- Andronicus โ Andronicus (deputy under Antiochus IV Epiphanius); Andronicus (Commander of garrison at Gerizim); Andronicus (fellow prisoner of Paul);
- Animals โ Mammals**; Amphibians*; Reptiles**;
- Anna โ Anna (wife of Tobit); Anna (widow in Luke); Anna (Mother of Mary);
- Antigonus โ Antigonus (general of Alexander the Great); Antigonus (son of John Hyrcanus); Antigonus (Antigonus II of Judea);
- Antioch โ Antioch (city in Galatia)*; Antioch (Antioch of Syria)**;
- Antiochus โ Antiochus (Antiochus III); Antiochus (Antiochus IV Epiphanius)**; Antiochus (Antiochus V); Antiochus (Antiochus VI); Antiochus (Antiochus VII);
- Antipas โ Antipas (Herod Antipas); Antipas (martyr of Pergamum);
- Antipater โ Antipater (son of Jason); Antipater (Idumean noble); Antipater (son of Herod);
- Aphek โ Aphek (Ras el-'Ayin)**; Aphek (Afqฤ); Aphek (town of the tribe of Asher); Aphek (town in the Golan);
- Apollonius โ Apollonius (son of Tharseas); Apollonius (son of Menetheus); Apollonius (general under Antiochus IV Epiphanius); Apollonius (son of Gennaeus); Apollonius (governor of Coele-Syria);
- Aquila โ Aquila (husband of Priscilla); Aquila (2nd century translator);
- Arah โ Arah (son of Ulla); Arad (ancestor of returners);
- Aram (person) โ Aram (son of Shem); Aram (son of Kemuel); Aram (son of Shemer); Aram (ancestor of Jesus);
- Aram (place) โ Paddam-aram*; Aram-naharaim*; Aram-zobah*; Aram-Damascus*; Aram-maacah and Geshur*;
- Aramaic โ Old Aramaic*; Official Aramaic*; Middle Aramaic*; Late Aramaic*; Modern Aramaic*;
- Archaeology and the Bible โ Geographic Setting*; Biblical Archaeology**; Foundations: Politics, Prestige, and Power**; Beginning of Scientific Exploration*; Early National Agendas**; Honing Excavation Materials*; The Rise of Biblical City Excavations*; A Permanent American Presence*; Lawrence and Musil*; Orientalist Tradition Par Excellence**; Rise of "Biblical Archaeology"**; Towards a Secular Archaeology*; Emergence of Israeli Archaeology**; Revisionist Scholarship*; Recent Developments**;
- Architecture โ Materials and Construction**; General Survey***;
- Architecture โ General Survey โ Fortifications**; Domestic Buildings*; Cultic Buildings**; Administrative Buildings**; Later Developments*;
- Aretas โ Aretas I*; Aretas II*; Aretas III*; Aretas IV*;
- Ariel (person) โ Ariel (of Ezra's delegation); Ariel (two Moabites killed by Benaiah);
- Arioch โ Arioch (king of Ellasar); Arioch (captain of Nebuchadnezzar's bodyguards); Arioch (King of the Chaldeans);
- Aristobulus โ Aristobulus I; Aristobulus II; Aristobulus (mentioned in Romans);
- Army โ Semi-nomadic Origins*; Peasant's Militia*; Professional Heavy Infantry**; Classic Ancient Near Eastern Chariot Army*;
- Aroer โ Aroer (Aroer on the Arnon); Aroer (town in Gilead); Aroer (town near Damascus); Aroer (settlement west of Jordan);
- Arphaxad โ Arphaxad (king of the Medes); Arphaxad (ancestor of Jesus);
- Artaxerxes โ Artaxerxes I Longimanus; Artaxerxes II Mnemon;
- Asa โ Asa (grandson of Rehoboam)**; Asa (father of Berechiah);
- Asahel โ Asahel (son of Zeruiah); Asahel (Levite sent into Judah in 2 Chr.); Asahel (Levite who collected tithes); Asahel (father of Jonathan); Asahel (son of Ezora);
- Asaiah โ Asaiah (servant sent to Huldah); Asaiah (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Asaiah (head of a Merarite levitical family); Asaiah (firstborn of the Shilonites returning from exile);
- Asaph โ Asaph (father of Joah); Asaph (son of Berechiah the Levite)*; Asaph ("sons of Asaph"); Asaph (Keeper of Artaxerxes' park);
- Ascension โ Extrabiblical Literature**; Jesus**; Other Ascensions in the New Testament*;
- Asher โ Asher (Akkadian god); Asher (son of Jacob); Asher (tribal territory in Galilee)**;
- Ashnah โ Ashnah (Josh 15:33); Ashnah (Josh 15:43);
- Asiel โ Asiel (father of Seraiah); Asiel (ancestor of Tobit); Asiel (scribe of Ezra);
- Asshur (place) โ Asshur (Assur of Assyria); Asshur (alternate name for Assyria);
- Assir โ Assir (son of Korah); Assir (son of Ebiasaph);
- Ataroth โ Ataroth (town in Transjordan); Ataroth (town in Josh 16:2); Ataroth (town in Josh 16:7); Ataroth (place in 1 Chr 2:54);
- Ater โ Ater (ancestor of returning family); Ater (Levite leader of a family of gatekeepers); Ater (Israelite covenant sealer in Neh.);
- Athaliah โ Athaliah (Queen of Judah)**; Athaliah (son of Jeroham); Athaliah (father of Jeshaiah);
- Attai โ Attai (son of Jarha); Attai (Gadite warrior at Ziklag); Attai (son of Rehoboam);
- Aven โ Aven (abbreviation of Beth-aven); Aven (derisive epithet for an Armenean valley); Aven (city possibly Heliopolis);
- Avvim โ Avvim (inhabitants of the Philistine Plain); Avvim (city of the tribe of Benjamin);
- Azarel โ Azarel (Korahite at Ziklag); Azarel (levitical singer of time of David); Azarel (son of Jeroham); Azarel (descendant of Binnui); Azarel (son of Ahzai); Azarel (priest of Neh.);
- Azariah โ Azariah (son of Zadok); Azariah (son of Nathan); Azariah (given name of King Uzziah); Azariah (great-grandson of Judah); Azariah (descendant of Judah); Azariah (descendant of Aaron); Azariah (priest in Solomon's temple); Azariah (father of Hilkiah); Azariah (of the Kohathite division of Levites); Azariah (priest of 1 Chr.); Azariah (son of Oded); Azariah (two sons of Jehoshaphat); Azariah (son of Jeroham and son of Oded, military officers); Azariah (priest of 2 Chr.); Azariah (murdered Ephraimite); Azariah (two men, father of Joel and son of Jehallel, who helped clean the temple); Azariah (chief priest under Hezekiah); Azariah (grandfather of Ezra); Azariah (father of Amariah); Azariah (wall repairer of Neh.); Azariah (one of the leaders of the exile returners); Azariah (interpreter of Ezra); Azariah (emigrant to Egypt in Jer.); Azariah (Hebrew name of Abednego);
- Azaziah โ Azaziah (Levite who played the lyre); Azaziah (father of Hoshea); Azaziah (overseer of the temple in 2 Chr.);
- Azvameth (person) โ Azvameth (one of David's Champions); Azvameth (Benjaminite of Ziklag); Azvameth (treasurer at the palace of David); Azvameth (son of Jehoaddah);
- Azriel โ Azriel (of the tribe of Manasseh); Azriel (father of Jerimoth); Azriel (father of Seraiah);
- Azrikam โ Azrikam (son of Neariah); Azrikam (son of Azel); Azrikam (son of Hashabiah); Azrikam (murdered by Zichri);
- Azubah โ Azubah (daughter of Shilhi); Azubah (wife of Caleb);
- Azzur โ Azzur (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Azzur (father of Hananiah); Azzur (father of Jaazaniah);
B
[edit]- Baal (person) โ Baal (descendant of Joel); Baal (son of Jeiel);
- Baalah โ Baalah (Kiriath-jearaim); Baalah (mountain on the border of Judah); Baalah (city of southern[[ Judah);
- Baal-hanan โ Baal-hanan (son of Achbor); Baal-hanan (Overseer of olives under David);
- Baana โ Baana (son of Ahilud); Baana (son of Hushai); Baana (father of Zadok);
- Baanah โ Baanah (son of Rimmon); Baanah (father of Heleb); Baanah (leader of exile returners);
- Babylonia โ Geography*; Prehistoric Settlements*; Third Millennium: Beginning of History**; Age of Hammurabi; Coming of the Indo-Europeans**; First Millennium**;
- Bani โ Bani (Gadite member of David's Thirty); Bani (Levite of the line of Ethan of the time of David); Bani (son of Perez); Bani (family of 642 returners); Bani (father of Rehum); Bani (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah);
- Barsabbas โ Barsabbas (surname of Joseph); Barsabbas (surname of Judas);
- Baruch โ Baruch (son of Zabbai); Baruch (ratifier of the covenant of Nehemiah); Baruch (son of Colhozeh); Baruch (companion of Jeremiah)**;
- Barzillai โ Barzillai (Gileadite of Rogelim); Barzillai (father of Adriel); Barzillai (husband of the daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite);
- Basemath โ Basemath (wife of Esau); Basemath (daughter of Solomon);
- Bath-shua โ Bath-shua (wife of Judah); Bath-shua (alternate form of Bathsheba);
- Bealoth โ Bealoth (city of Judah); Bealoth (place in Asher);
- Bebai โ Bebai (ancestor of returners); Bebai (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah);
- Bedan โ Bedan (son of Ulam); Bedan (of 1 Samuel);
- Beer โ Beer (well in Transjordan)*; Beer (place to which Jotham fled);
- Beeri โ Beeri (father of Judith); Beeri (father of Hosea);
- Bela (person) โ Bela (son of Boer); Bela (son of Benjamin); Bela (son of Azaz);
- Benaiah โ Benaiah (son of Jehoiada); Benaiah (one of David's Thirty); Benaiah (Simeonite chief in 1 Chr.); Benaiah (Levite musician of David); Benaiah (trumpet blower of the ark of David); Benaiah (priest of 2 Chr.); Benaiah (four divorcing Israelites of the time of Ezra); Benaiah (father of Pelatiah);
- Ben-hadad โ Ben-hadad I; Ben-hadad II; Ben-hadad III**;
- Benjamin โ Benjamin (son of Jacob)**; Benjamin (son of Bilhan);
- Beor โ Beor (father of Bela); Beor (father of Balaam);
- Berechiah โ Berechiah (son of Zerubbabel); Berechiah (father of Asaph); Berechiah (son of Asa); Berechiah (gatekeeper of the ark under David); Berechiah (son of Meshillemoth); Berechiah (son of Meshezabel); Berechiah (son of Iddo);
- Beriah or Beriites โ Beriah or Beriites (son of Asher); Beriah or Beriites (son of Ephraim); Beriah or Beriites (son of Elpaal); Beriah or Beriites (son of Shimei);
- Beroea โ Beroea (Macedonian city); Beroea (Hellenistic name of Aleppo);
- Bethany โ Bethany (home of Lazarus)**; Bethany (โBethany beyond the Jordanโ where John the Baptist baptized);
- Beth-dagon โ Beth-dagon (town of Judah); Beth-dagon (town of Asher);
- Bethel (place) โ Bethel (city 12 miles north of Jerusalem)**; Bethel (town in the Negeb of Judah);
- Bethlehem โ Bethlehem (Bethlehem of Judah)**; Bethlehem (town of Zebulon);
- Beth-shemesh โ Beth-shemesh (city of Dan)**; Beth-shemesh (village South of the Sea of Galilee); Beth-shemesh (settlement of Naphtali); Beth-shemesh (alternate name for Egyptian On);
- Beyond the river โ Beyond the river (area east of the Euphrates); Beyond the river (area west of the Euphrates)*; Beyond the river (district of Haran);
- Bezalel โ Bezalel (Judahite descendant of Caleb); Bezalel (returner from exile);
- Bezek โ Bezek (town of Judges); Bezek (town of 1 Sam.);
- Bible โ Jewish Scripture**; Christian Bible**;
- Bible Translations โ Advances in Biblical scholarship**; Linguistic change**; Confessional translations**; Specific audiences*; Individual translations*; Translation theory*;
- Bible Translations โ Advances in Biblical scholarship โ Textual*; Lexicographical*; Literary*;
- Bigvai โ Bigvai (returner from Exile); Bigvai (family group returning from exile);
- Bilgah โ Bilgah (head of priestly family at time of David); Bilgah (leader of family of returning priests);
- Bilhan โ Bilhan (son of Ezer); Bilhan (son of Jediael);
- Binnui โ Binnui (son of Pahath-moab); Binnui (father of 13 divorcers); Binnui (ancestor of family of returners); Binnui (Levite contemporary of Zerubbabel);
- Birds โ Identification*; Domesticated birds*; Birds for offerings*; Birds of abomination*;
- Boaz โ Boaz (protector of Ruth)*; Boaz (pillar of Solomon's temple);
- Book of the Twelve โ Ancient Evidence*; History of the Collection*; Literary Unity**;
- Bozrah โ Bozrah (capital of Edom)*; Bozrah (city in Jer.); Bozrah (city in Gilead);
- Bukki โ Bukki (leader of the tribe of Dan); Bukki (son of Abishua);
- Bunni โ Bunni (Levite in Neh.); Bunni (sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Bunni (ancestor of Shemaiah);
- Burial โ Locations**; Rites and practices**;
- Buz โ Buz (son of Nahor); Buz (father of Jahdo);
C
[edit]- Cabul โ Cabul (town of Asher); Cabul (district in Galilee);
- Cainan โ Cainan (son of Arphaxad); Cainan (alternate name of Kenan);
- Calcol โ Calcol (grandson of Judah); Calcol (son of Mahol);
- Caleb โ Caleb (son of Hezron); Caleb (son of Jephunneh);
- Cambyses โ Cambyses I; Cambyses II;
- Canaan or Canaanites โ Name*; Land**; People**; Culture and Religion**; Language*;
- Canaan or Canaanites โ Land โ Biblical sources**; Nonbiblical sources**;
- Canaan or Canaanites โ People โ Biblical sources**; Nonbiblical sources*;
- Canon of the Old Testament โ Evidence for a Fixed Canon**; Process of Canonization**; Canon and Interpretation*;
- Canon of the New Testament โ Prophetic Foundation of the Gospel*; Authorization and Message of the Apostles**; Consciousness of Apostolic Authority*; Extent of the NT Canon**;
- Carmel โ Carmel (mountain range north of Israel)*; Carmel (town in the Judean wilderness);
- Carmi โ Carmi (son of Reuben); Carmi (father of Achan); Carmi (possible alternative name of Caleb);
- Chaldea โ Land and People**; History**;
- Chelub โ Chelub (father of Mehir); Chelub (father of Ezri);
- Chenaanah โ Chenaanah (father of Zedekiah); Chenaanah (son of Bilhan);
- Chenaniah โ Chenaniah (chief of Levites at time of David); Chenaniah (Levite of 1 Chr. and Neh.);
- Chinnereth โ Chinnereth (lake in northern Israel); Chinnereth (city near Sea of Chinnereth); Chinnereth (territory around the city and lake);
- Christ โ Pauline Letters**; Gospels**; Beyond the New Testament**;
- Chronicles, Books of or Books of Chronicles โ Composition, Date, and Sources**; Structure and Major Themes**;
- Chronology of the Old Testament โ Special Issues in Biblical Chronology**; OT History**;
- Chronology of the Old Testament โ Special Issues in Biblical Chronology โ Intercalation*; Spring or Fall Calendars*; Accession and Nonaccession Year Reckoning*; Coregency*; Use of the LXX*; Relative and Absolute Chronology*;
- Chronology of the Old Testament โ OT History โ Persian Period*; Neo-Babylonian Period**; Later Years of Judah*; Later Years of the Divided Monarchy**; Early Years of the Divided Monarchy**; United Monarchy**; Period of the Judges**; Date of the Exodus**; Sojourn*; Patriarchs*;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life**; Apostolic Period, including Paul**;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Birth**; Ministry**; Death**;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Birth โ Death of Herod*; Census*; Magi*;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Ministry โ John the Baptist*; Jesus' Age*; The Temple*;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Death โ Day*; Year*;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Apostolic Period, including Paul โ Acts*; Epistles*: Extrabiblical references**; Synthesis of a Pauline Christology**;
- Chronology of the New Testament โ Jesus' Life โ Birth**; Ministry**; Death**;
- Church โ Beginnings of the Church**; Expansion in the NT Era**; Features of the Church**;
- Clement, Epistles of or Epistles of Clement โ 1 Clement**; 2 Clement*;
- Col-hozeh โ Col-hozeh (father of Shallum); Col-hozeh (father of Baruch);
- Conaniah โ Conaniah (Levite of time of Hezekiah); Conaniah (Levite of time of Josiah);
- Corinth โ Commerce**; Religion**; Christianity*;
- Corinthians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Corinthians โ Author, Provenance, Date*; Corinth*; Occasion*; Parties and Opposition**; Literary and Rhetorical Analysis*; Major Issues in Corinth*; Significance*;
- Corporate personality โ Corporate responsibility*; Individualism**;
- Covenant โ Covenant and Moral Character*; Old Testament**; Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt**; Issues in Understanding the Sinai Covenant**; The New Covenant*;
- Covenant โ Old Testament โ Where God Is Not a Partner*; Where God Is Under Obligation*; Where Israel Is Under Obligation to God: Sinai*;
- Covenant โ Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ Postexilic Period*; Hellenistic Period: Sinai as diathฤkฤ*; New Testament**;
- Covenant - Later Traditions about the Sinai bฤrรฎt โ New Testament โ Jesus**; Paul**;
- Cush (person) โ Cush (son of Ham); Cush (messenger to David); Cush (opponent of David);
- Cushi โ Cushi (father of Shelemiah); Cushi (father of Zephaniah);
D
[edit]- D โ D (Deuteronomist); D (symbol for Codex Bezae [D] and Codex Claromontanus [D2]);
- Daniel โ Daniel (son of David); Daniel (priest returned from exile); Daniel (praised by Ezekiel); Daniel (Hero of the Book of Daniel)**;
- Daniel, Additions to or Additions to Daniel โ Prayer of Azariah*; Song of the Three Young Men*; Susanna**; Bel and the Serpent**;
- Daniel, Book of or Book of Daniel โ Contents**; Problem of Bilingualism**; Date*; Placement in the Canon*;
- Darius โ Darius (Darius I)**; Darius (Darius II Ochus); Darius (Darius III Codommanus); Darius (Darius the Mede);
- David โ Sources**; Name*; Patronym*; Genealogy*; Location in Bethlehem*; Early Career**; Historical Relations with Saul's House**; Rise to Kingship**; Administration and Achievements**; Succession**; David's Place in Tradition*;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ The Scrolls and the OT**; The Scrolls and Judaism**; The Scrolls and the NT**;
- Debir (place) โ Debir (city of Judah)*; Debir (city in Gilead); Debir (city on Judah-Benjamin border);
- Deborah โ Deborah (in Judges)**; Deborah (nurse of Rebekah); Deborah (grandmother of Tobit);
- Delaiah โ Delaiah (son of Elioenai); Delaiah (descendant of Aaron); Delaiah (ancestor of returning exiles); Delaiah (son of Mehetabel); Delaiah (son of Shemaiah);
- Demetrius โ Demetrius Poliorcetes*; Demetrius I Soter**; Demetrius II Nicator**; Demetrius III Eucerus*; Demetrius of Phalerum; Demetrius of Ephesus; Demetrius (3 John);
- Desert โ Physical Characteristics**; Conditions and Lessons*; Biblical Accounts**;
- Desert โ Physical Characteristics โ Negeb*; Sinai*; Paran*; Zin*;
- Dibon โ Dibon (city in Transjordan)**; Dibon (town of the Negeb in Judah);
- Dishon โ Dishon (son of Seir); Dishon (son of Anah);
- Dodo โ Dodo (father of Puah); Dodo (son of Ahohi); Dodo (father of Elhanan);
- Dumah (place) โ Dumah (city of Judah); Dumah (Dumat al-Jandal); Dumah (mentioned in Isaiah);
E
[edit]- Ebal (person) โ Ebal (son of Shobal); Ebal (son of Joktan);
- Ebed โ Ebed (father of Gaal); Ebed (son of Jonathan);
- Eber โ Eber (ancestor of Hebrews); Eber (clan of the tribe of Gad); Eber (son of Elpaal); Eber (son of Shashak); Eber (postexilic priest);
- Economics โ OT Period**; NT Period**;
- Eder (person) โ Eder (postexilic Benjaminite); Eder (son of Mushi);
- Eder (place) โ Eder (town in southern Judah); Eder (landmark in the vicinity of Bethlehem);
- Edrei โ Edrei (Transjordanian city); Edrei (city in Naphtali);
- Education โ Development and History**; Teachers and Sages*; Content and Method*;
- Egypt โ Naqada I-II**; Proto-dynastic**; Old Kingdom**; Middle Kingdom*; Hyksos*; New Kingdom*; Third Intermediate Period*; Saite-Persian Period*; Hellenistic-Roman Rule**;
- Egyptian (language) โ History and Development**; Scripts*; Basic Principles of Writing**; Loanwords in the OT*;
- Ehud โ Ehud (judge)*; Ehud (son of Bilhan); Ehud (father of Naaman);
- El โ Middle and Late Bronze Age Sources**; Iron Age Sources**;
- Elah โ Elah (one of the 11 chiefs of Esau/Edom); Elah (4th king of Israel); Elah (father of Hoshea); Elah (son of Caleb); Elah (returning Benjaminite);
- Elam (person) โ Elam (son of Shem); Elam (son of Shashak); Elam (son of Meshelemiah); Elam (head of returning clan of Israelites); Elam ("other Elam"); Elam (signer of covenant of Nehemiah); Elam (priest who assisted Nehemiah);
- Elasah โ Elasah (son of Pashhur); Elasah (son of Shaphan);
- Eleasah โ Eleasah (son of Helez); Eleasah (son of Raphah);
- Eleazar โ Eleazar (son of Aaron); Eleazar (son of Abinadab); Eleazar (son of Dodo); Eleazar (son of Mali); Eleazar (son of Phinehas); Eleazar (priest of dedication in Neh.); Eleazar (son of Parosh); Eleazar (son of Mattathias); Eleazar (father of Jason); Eleazar (scribe of 2 Macc.); Eleazar (ancestor of Joseph);
- Election โ Old Testament**; New Testament**;
- Election โ New Testament โ Jesus Christ*; The Community of Faith**;
- Elhanan โ Elhanan (son of Jair); Elhanan (son of Dodo);
- Eliab โ Eliab (son of Helon); Eliab (father of Dothan); Eliab (son of Jesse); Eliab (descendant of Levi); Eliab (Gadite officer of David); Eliab (Levite harpist of 1 Chr.); Eliab (ancestor of Judith);
- Eliada โ Eliada (son of David); Eliada (father of Rezon); Eliada (Benjaminte officer of Jehoshaphat);
- Eliakim โ Eliakim (official of Hezekiah); Eliakim (son of Josiah); Eliakim (priest of Neh.); Eliakim (grandson of Zerubbabel); Eliakim (son of Melea);
- Eliam โ Eliam (father of Bathsheba); Eliam (son of Ahithophel);
- Eliasaph โ Eliasaph (head of tribe of Gad); Eliasaph (son of Lael);
- Eliashib โ Eliashib (descendant of David); Eliashib (priest of the time of David); Eliashib (father of Jehohanan); Eliashib (singer of the time of Ezra); Eliashib (descendant of Zattu); Eliashib (descendant of Bani); Eliashib (high priest of the time of Nehemiah); Eliashib (son of Joiakim); Eliashib (priest of the temple staff of Neh.);
- Eliehoenai โ Eliehoenai (son of Meshelemiah); Eliehoenai (son of Zerahiah);
- Eliel โ Eliel (head of Manassite household of 1 Chr.); Eliel (ancestor of Samuel); Eliel (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Eliel (Mahavite of David's Mighty Men); Eliel (Gadite who joined David); Eliel (Levite of the sons of Hebron); Eliel (Levite under Hezekiah);
- Eliezer โ Eliezer (oldest of Abraham's servants); Eliezer (son of Moses); Eliezer (son of Becher); Eliezer (trumpet blowing priest); Eliezer (son of Zichri); Eliezer (son of Dodavahu); Eliezer (priest sent by Ezra); Eliezer (divorcing son of priest of Ezra); Eliezer (divorcing Levite); Eliezer (son of Harim); Eliezer (ancestor of Jesus);
- Elihu โ Elihu (son of Tohu); Elihu (defecting chief at Ziklag); Elihu (gatekeeper of the lineage of Obed-edom); Elihu (brother of David); Elihu (son of Barachel)*;
- Elijah, Apocalypse of or Apocalypse of Elijah โ Apocalypse of Elijah (Jewish-Christian book ca. 150-275 CE)*; Apocalypse of Elijah (Jewish Hebrew apocalypse ca. 6th-7th century)*;
- Elioenai โ Elioenai (son of Neariah); Elioenai (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Elioenai (son of Becher); Elioenai (divorcing priest); Elioenai (Israelite of the Zattu clan of Ezra); Elioenai (priest of Neh.);
- Eliphelet โ Eliphelet (son(s?) of David); Eliphelet (of David's Thirty); Eliphelet (son of Eshek); Eliphelet (returning descendant of Adonikam); Eliphelet (divorcing descendant of Hashum);
- Elisha โ Miracle Stories**; Political Legends**; Deuteronomistic Edition*;
- Elishama โ Elishama (son of Ammihud); Elishama (son of David); Elishama (father of Nethaniah); Elishama (descendant of Jerahmeel); Elishama (priest of Jehosaphat's commission); Elishama (scribe under Jehoiakim);
- Elizaphan โ Elizaphan (son of Uzziel); Elizaphan (son of Parnach);
- Elkanah โ Elkanah (descendant of Korah); Elkanah (father of Samuel)*; Elkanah (ancestor of Samuel of Chr. 6:25); Elkanah (ancestor of Samuel of Chr. 6:26); Elkanah (ancestor of Berechiah); Elkanah (Korahite of David's Mighty Men); Elkanah (Davidic Levite doorkeeper of the ark); Elkanah (official of Ahaz);
- Elnathan โ Elnathan (father of Nehushta); Elnathan (1 or 2 "leaders" and a "wise" returner from exile); Elnathan (son of Achbor);
- Elon (person) โ Elon (father of Basemath); Elon (son of Zebulun); Elon (Zebulunite judge);
- Elzabad โ Elzabad (Gadite of Ziklag); Elzabad (Korahite temple gatekeeper);
- En-gannim โ En-gannim (settlement in the Judean Shephelah); En-gannim (levitical city of Issachar);
- Enoch (person) โ Enoch (son of Cain); Enoch (son of Jared)*;
- Enoch, Books of or Books of Enoch โ 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch**; 2 (Slavonic) Enoch*; 3 (Hebrew) Enoch*;
- Ephah (person) โ Ephah (son of Midian)*; Ephah (concubine of Caleb); Ephah (son of Jahdai);
- Epher โ Epher (son of Midian); Epher (son of Ezrah); Epher (of 1 Chr. 5:24);
- Ephesians, Letter to the or Letter to the Ephesians โ Contents*; Occasion, Purpose, and Literary Classification**; Theological Themes**; Authorship, Dating, and Related Questions**;
- Ephraim (person) โ Eponymous Figure*; Tribe*; Territory**;
- Ephrath (place) โ Ephrath (city near where Rachel died); Ephrath (place where Rachel was buried);
- Ephron (place) โ Ephron (district on the northern border of Judah); Ephron (town taken by King Abijah of Jordan); Ephron (large town of 1 Macc.);
- Er โ Er (son of Judah); Er (son of Shelah); Er (father of Elmadam);
- Eschatology โ OT Prophets*; Jewish Apocalyptic Literature*; Jesus and the Gospels**; Paul*; General Epistles and Revelation*;
- Esdras, Books of or Books of Esdras โ 1 Esdras**; 2 Esdras**;
- Eshtemoa (person) โ Eshtemoa (son of Ishbah); Eshtemoa (descendant of Hodiah);
- Esther, Book of or Book of Esther โ Synopsis**; Canonicity*; Composition**; Versions*; Genre*; Purpose**; Recent Scholarly Issues*;
- Etam โ Etam (place where Samson lodged); Etam (town occupied by the descendants of Simeon); Etam (town in the hill country of Judah);
- Ethan โ Ethan (one of the sons of Mahol); Ethan (descendant of Zerah); Ethan (son of Zimmah); Ethan (son of Kishi);
- Ether โ Ether (town of the tribal allotment of Judah); Ether (town occupied by the tribe of Simeon within the tribal allotment of Judah);
- Eve โ OT**; Intertestamental Writings and NT*; Later Traditions*;
- Exodus, Book of or Book of Exodus โ Canonical Context*; Content*; Theology and History of Composition**; Continuing Significance*;
- Ezbon โ Ezbon (son of Gad); Ezbon (son of Bela);
- Ezekiel, Book of or Book of Ezekiel โ The Prophet*; The Book**;
- Ezer โ Ezer (son of Seir); Ezer (father of Hushah); Ezer (cattle raiding Ephraimite); Ezer (joined David at Ziklag); Ezer (son of Jeshua); Ezer (priest of Neh.);
- Ezra โ Ezra (of the Book of Ezra)*; Ezra (priest of Neh. 12:1, 13); Ezra (priest of Neh. 12:33);
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Date, Scope, and Structure**; Content and Messages**; Historical Background*; Historical and Literary Issues*;
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Cyrus' decree (538) to restore the house of God in Jerusalem (1:1-4)*; Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72])**;
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Introduction with a list of returning exiles (Ezra 1:5-2:1-70)*; Implementation of decree in three movements (Ezra 3:1-Neh. 7:73 [72])**;
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Implementation of the decree in three movements โ First movement: Building of the temple under Zerubbabel and Joshua's leadership in 538-516/5 (Ezra 3:1-6:22)**; Second movement: Building community under Ezra's leadership in 458-457 (Ezra 7:1-10:44)**;
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72]) โ Introduction with a list of returning exiles (Ezra 1:5-2:1-70)*; Implementation of decree in three movements (Ezra 3:1-Neh. 7:73 [72])**;
- Ezra, Book of or Book of Ezra โ Content and Messages โ Cyrus' decree (538) to restore the house of God in Jerusalem (1:1-4)*; Implementation of the decree (Ezra 1:5-Neh. 7:73 [72])**;
F
[edit]- Flood โ Terminology*; Biblical Narrative**; Literary Character*; Significance*; Other Flood Traditions*; Sceintific Issues*;
G
[edit]- Gabael โ Gabael (ancestor of Tobit); Gabael (friend of Tobit);
- Gad (person) โ Gad (son of Jacob); Gad (David's prophet or seer);
- Gaddi โ Gaddi (son of Susi); Gaddi (nikname of Judas Maccabeus' brother John);
- Gaius โ Gaius (Macedonian who traveled with Paul to Ephesus); Gaius (Paul's companion from Derbe); Gaius (Corinthian baptized by Paul); Gaius (recipient of 3 John);
- Galal โ Galal (Levite of 1 Chr. 9:15); Galal (son of Jeduthun);
- Galatians, Letter to the or Letter to the Galatians โ Backgrtound**; Content**;
- Galatians, Letter to the or Letter to the Galatians โ Content โ Truth of the Gospel (1:11-2:21)**; Content โ Children of the Promise (3:1-5:12)**; Content โ Living by the Spirit (5:13-6:10)**; Content โ Contemporary Discussion**;
- Galilee โ Israelite Period**; Hellenistic-Roman Period**; Early Church and Rabbis*;
- Gamaliel โ Gamaliel (son of Pedahur); Gamaliel (Gamaliel I)**; Gamaliel (Gamaliel II);
- Gath-rimmon โ Gath-rimmon (city allotted to Dan); Gath-rimmon (city reallotted from Manasseh to Levites);
- Gazez โ Gazez (son of Caleb); Gazez (son of Haran);
- Gebal โ Gebal (city 30 km north of Beirut)**; Gebal (now Gibal territory);
- Gedaliah โ Gedaliah (son of Ahikam); Gedaliah (musician of David's reign); Gedaliah (of the family of Jeshua); Gedaliah (son of Pashhur); Gedaliah (grandfather of Zephaniah);
- Gederah โ Gederah (town in the Shephelah); Gederah (home town of Jozabad the Gederathite);
- Gedor (place) โ Gedor (town in the Judean hill country); Gedor (city in Gilead and capital of Perea);
- Gemariah โ Gemariah (son of Hilkiah); Gemariah (son of Shaphan);
- Genesis, Book of or Book of Genesis โ Name and Early Interpretation*; Structure and Contents**; Formation**; History*;
- Gera โ Gera (son of Benjamin); Gera (father of Ehud); Gera (father of Shimei); Gera (name in 1 Chr. 8:1-40); Gera (son of Ehud);
- Gershom โ Gershom (son of Moses); Gershom (son of Levi); Gershom (descendant of Phinehas);
- Geshur โ Geshur (Aramean kingdom)*; Geshur (people or region south of the Philistine pentapolis);
- Gestures โ Illustrations**;
- Gestures โ Illustrations โ Head*; Face Alone**; Limbs**;
- Gibeah โ Gibeah (town in the hill country of Judah); Gibeah (town in the hill country of Ephraim); Gibeah (Benjaminite city)**;
- Giddel โ Giddel (returning temple servant); Giddel (servant of Solomon);
- Gihon โ Gihon (river of Genesis); Gihon (spring in the Kidron Valley)*;
- Gilead (person) โ Gilead (son of Machir); Gilead (father of Jephthah); Gilead (ancestor of the Gadite clan);
- Gilgal โ Gilgal (place "opposite" Mts. Gerizim and Ebal); Gilgal (place east of Jericho)**; Gilgal (place in Galilee); Gilgal (place on the northern border of Judah); Gilgal (site north of Bethel); Gilgal (iste Demetrius passed in 1 Macc.);
- Ginnethon โ Ginnethon (priest of Neh. 10:6); Ginnethon (priest of Neh. 12:16);
- Glory โ Old Testament**; New Testament**;
- God โ Issues of Genre**; The Knowledge of God**; Basic Claims about God***;
- God โ Basic Claims about God โ Living and eternal*; Unity*; Unique, incomparable*; Present**; Active*; Relational**; Intentional*; Interactive*; Situational*; Effective*; Vulnerable*; Use of agents**; Mighty acts*; Extraordinary events*;
- God in the Old Testament, Names of or Names of God in the Old Testament โ Adon*; Baal*; El*; El Elyon*; El Shaddai*; Eloah*; Fear of Isaac*; Holy One*; Mighty One of Jacob*;
- Goiim โ Goiim (kingdom led by Tidal); Goiim (kingdom whose king was defeated by Joshua); Goiim (alt. form of goyim);
- Gomer โ Gomer (son of Japheth); Gomer (son of Diblaim);
- Goshen โ Goshen (territory in Egypt settled by Hebrews)**; Goshen (region in southern Canaan); Goshen (town in the hill country assigned to Judah);
- Gospel or Good News โ Origin of usage*; Matthew and Luke**; Mark*; Paul**; Other NT Usages*;
- Greece โ Bronze Age and Archaic Period (Beginnings to 450 B.C.E.)**; Classical Period (450-323 B.C.E.)**; Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.C.E.)**; Roman Period (31 B.C.E.-476 C.E.)*;
- Greek (language) โ History*; Greek in the Near East**;
- Guni โ Guni (son of Naphtali); Guni (father of Abdiel);
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[edit]- Habakkuk, Book of or Book of Habakkuk โ Text*; Form*; Historical Context and Central Message**;
- Hadad (person) โ Hadad (son of Ishmael); Hadad (king of Edom, son of Bedad); Hadad (later king of Edom); Hadad (Edomite king, enemy of Solomon);
- Hadadezer โ Hadadezer (king of Zobah); Hadadezer (king of Damascus);
- Hadoram โ Hadoram (descendant of Joktan); Hadoram (son of King Tou or Hamath); Hadoram (official of King Rehoboam);
- Haggai, Book of or Book of Haggai โ Prophetic Call to Work on the Temple (1:1-11)*; Response of Leaders and People (1:12-15a)*; Assurance of God's Presence (1:15b-2:9)*; Priestly Ruling with Interpretation (2:10-19)*; Future Hope (2:20-23)*;
- Hakkoz โ Hakkoz (head of the seventh division of priests under David); Hakkoz (family returning from exile);
- Hamites or Hamitic โ Hamites or Hamitic (descendants of Ham)*; Hamites or Hamitic (Hamito-Semitic earlier designation of languages and cultures)*;
- Hammon โ Hammon (city in the territory assigned to Asher); Hammon (city in the territory of Naphtali);
- Hanan โ Hanan (son of Shashak); Hanan (son of Azel); Hanan (son of Maacah); Hanan (head of family of returners); Hanan (Levite of the time of Ezra); Hanan (Two men listed as leaders of the people in Neh.); Hanan (son of Zaccur); Hanan (guild member who occupied a chamber of the temple in Jer.);
- Hanani โ Hanani (father of Jehu)*; Hanani (son of Heman); Hanani (son of the priestly family of Immer); Hanani (Nehemiah's brother); Hanani (priest and trumpeter of Neh.);
- Hananiah โ Hananiah (son of Zerubbabel); Hananiah (postexilic member of tribe of Benjamin); Hananiah (son of Heman); Hananiah (commander under King Uzziah); Hananiah (of the family of Bebai who sent away foreign wife); Hananiah (son of Shelemiah); Hananiah (governor of the citadel/palace at time of Nehemiah); Hananiah (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Hananiah (priest and head of house of Jeremiah at time of Neh.); Hananiah (son of Azzur)*; Hananiah (father of official under Jehoiakim); Hananiah (father of Chelemiah); Hananiah (changed name to Shadrach);
- Hanniel โ Hanniel (son of Ephod); Hanniel (son of Ulla);
- Hanoch โ Hanoch (son of Midian); Hanoch (son of Reuben);
- Hanun โ Hanun (son of Nahash); Hanun (Israelite helped restore walls in Neh.); Hanun (son of Zalaph);
- Haran (person) โ Haran (son of Terah); Haran (descendant of Judah); Haran (son of Shimei);
- Harim โ Harim (head of a priestly family at time of David); Harim (person or place that designates a lay family of returners in Ezra);
- Harod โ Harod (spring in Judg.); Harod (town SE of Jerusalem, exact location unknown);
- Hasadiah โ Hasadiah (son of Zerubbabel); Hasadiah (ancestor of Baruch);
- Hashabiah โ Hashabiah (father of Malluch); Hashabiah (father of Azrikam); Hashabiah (son of Jeduthun); Hashabiah (Hebronite official of David); Hashabiah (son of Kemuel); Hashabiah (chief officer of the Levites at time of Josiah); Hashabiah (descendant of Merari); Hashabiah (one of 12 priests set apart by Ezra); Hashabiah (divorcing descendant of Parosh); Hashabiah (ruler of half the district of Keilah at time of Neh.); Hashabiah (sealer of covenant of Neh.); Hashabiah (chief officer of the Levites at time of Neh.); Hashabiah (head of a priestly family of Hilkiah); Hashabiah (a leader of the Levites at time of Neh.);
- Hashabneiah โ Hashabneiah (father of Hattush); Hashabneiah (Levite at time of Neh.);
- Hashum โ Hashum (returner at time of Ezra); Hashum (representative of the family of Hashum at time of Ezra);
- Hasrah โ Hasrah (grandfather of Shallum); Hasrah (head of family of returning exiles);
- Hassenuah โ Hassenuah (father of Hodaviah); Hassenuah (father of Judah);
- Hasshub โ Hasshub (Levite of the line of Merari); Hasshub (son of Pahath-moab); Hasshub (Israelite who helped rebuild the walls);
- Hattush โ Hattush (son of Shemaiah); Hattush (son of Hashabneiah); Hattush (returning priest);
- Havilah (person) โ Havilah (son of Cush); Havilah (son of Joktan);
- Hazor โ Hazor (city at the corner of the Huleh Plain)**; Hazor (city in the Negeb); Hazor (city on the southern border of Judah); Hazor (town resettled by Benjaminites after the Restoration); Hazor (collective term for Arab kingdoms);
- Heber โ Heber (son of Beriah); Heber (Kenite descended from Hobab); Heber (descendant of Ezrah); Heber (son of Elpaal);
- Hebrew, Biblical or Biblical Hebrew โ History**; Grammar**; Verbal System*;
- Hebrew, Biblical or Biblical Hebrew โ Verbal System โ Diachronic vs. Synchronic Approaches*; Tense vs. Aspect*;
- Hebrews, Epistle to the or Epistle to the Hebrews โ Literary Genre*; Content**; Authorship*; Intended Audience**;
- Hebron (person) โ Hebron (son of Kohath); Hebron (son of Mareshah);
- Heldai โ Heldai (Netophatite of David's army); Heldai (returner from exile);
- Helem โ Helem (descendant of Asher); Helem (responsible for the crown of the high priest in Zech.);
- Helez โ Helez (descendadnt of Jerahmeel); Helez (Pelonite of the army of Ephraim);
- Heliopolis โ Heliopolis (Egyptian city Om); Heliopolis (Greek name of Baalbek);
- Heman โ Heman (descendant of Esau); Heman (son of Mahol); Heman (son of Joel);
- Hepher (person) โ Hepher (son of Gilead); Hepher (descendant of Judah); Hepher (one of David's mighty men);
- Hephzibah โ Hephzibah (wife of King Hezekiah); Hephzibah (symbolic name for Jerusalem);
- Herod (family) โ Herod Antipater (father of Herod the Great)**; Herod the Great**; Mariamme I**; Mariamme II*; Salome (sister of Herod)*; Herod Antipater (son of Herod the Great)*; Alexander and Aristobulus*; Mariamme (granddaughter of Herod)*; Archelaus*; Mariamme (wife of Archelaus)*; Antipas (son of Herod the Great)*; Salome (daughter of Herod)*; Philip the Tetrarch**; Herod (son of Herod)*; Mariamme (married Herod IV)*; Agrippa I*; Mariamme (daughter of Agrippa I)*; Agrippa II*;
- Herod (family) Herod the Great โ King Herod**; Middle Years**; Herod's Buildings*; Final Years*; Evaluation*;
- Hezekiah โ Hezekiah (king of Judah)**; Hezekiah (head of family of returners); Hezekiah (ancestor of Zephaniah);
- Hezir โ Hezir (leaderof 17th division of priests under David); Hezir (Levite who sealed the covenant of Neh.);
- Hezron (person) โ Hezron (son of Reuben); Hezron (son of Perez);
- Hieronymus โ Hieronymus (district governor in 2 Macc.); Hieronymus (Latin form of Jerome);
- Hilkiah โ Hilkiah (father of Eliakim); Hilkiah (High priest at time of Josiah); Hilkiah (pre-exilic Levite, possible great-grandfather of Ezra); Hilkiah (ancestor of Merari); Hilkiah (father of postexilic priest, various names); Hilkiah (gatekeeper at the time of David); Hilkiah (one who stood beside Ezra); Hilkiah (leader of the priests at time of Neh.); Hilkiah (father of Jeremiah); Hilkiah (father of Gemariah); Hilkiah (ancestor of Judith); Hilkiah (ancestor of Baruch); Hilkiah (ancestor of Susanne);
- Hillel โ Hillel (father of Abdon); Hillel (Hillel the Elder)**;
- Hiram โ Hiram I*; Hiram the metalworker*; Hiram II*; Hiram III*; Hiram IV*;
- Historiography, Biblical or Biblical historiography โ Definition of History*; Survey of Research**; Biblical Historical Writings*;
- Hittites โ History**; Myths of Origin*; Identity**;
- Hodaviah โ Hodaviah (son of Elioenai); Hodaviah (head of a family in the half-tribe of Manasseh); Hodaviah (son of Hassenuah); Hodaviah (Levite ancestor of returners from exile);
- Hodiah โ Hodiah (brother-in-law of Nahum); Hodiah (Levite interpreter of the law of the time of Ezra); Hodiah (two Levites who signed the covenant of Ezra); Hodiah (an apparently non-Levite signer of the covenant of Ezra);
- Holon โ Holon (city in the hill country of Judah); Holon (city in the tableland of Moab);
- Holy Spirit โ Old Testament**; New Testament**;
- Holy Spirit โ New Testament โ Gospels**; Paul**; John**;
- Homosexuality โ Male-male rape*; Same-sex intercourse as violation of purity*; Same-sex commitments*;
- Hor โ Hor (mountain on which Aaron died); Hor (mountain marking the northern boundary of Israel);
- Hori โ Hori (son of Lotan); Hori (father of Shaphat);
- Horites โ Horites (seminomadic people living in Seir-Edom)*; Horites (Hivites translated in the LXX as Horites)*;
- Horn โ Horn (container for liquids); Horn (symol of power, victory, or glory);
- Hosea, Book of or Book of Hosea โ Text*; Literary Structure*; Compositional History**; Hosea, His Wife, and Social Location**; Message**;
- Hoshaiah โ Hoshaiah (a leader of Judah in Neh.); Hoshaiah (father of Jezaniah);
- Hoshea โ Hoshea (original name of Joshua); Hoshea (last king of northern Israel); Hoshea (chief officer David placed over Ephraim); Hoshea (levitical priest who ratified Ezra's covenant); Hoshea (prophet also called Hosea);
- Hotham โ Hotham (son of Heber); Hotham (father of Shama);
- House โ Textual Usage**; Archaeological Contexts**;
- Hur โ Hur (companion of Moses and Aaron); Hur (grandfather of Bezalel); Hur (one of five kings slain at Peor); Hur (father of Solomon's governor in Ephraim); Hur (father of Rephaiah);
- Huram โ Huram (Tyrian metal-worker); Huram (alternate form of the name Hiram); Huram (son of Bela);
- Hurrians โ History**; Language and Literature**;
- Hushim โ Hushim (son of Dan); Hushim (sons of Aher); Hushim (mother of Abitub);
- Hyksos โ Ethnic Identification**; Rise to Power**; End of Rule*; Impact*;
- Hyrkanus โ Hyrcanus (son of Tobias); John Hyrcanus**; Hyrcanus II**;
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[edit]- Iddo โ Iddo (father of Ahinadab); Iddo (Levite descendant of Gershom); Iddo (prophet said to have authored a midrash); Iddo (grandfather of Zechariah); Iddo (tribal leader under David); Iddo (Yehudite who married a foreign woman); Iddo (Judean leader of the time of Ezra);
- Igal โ Igal (spy from Issachar); Igal (son of Nathan); Igal (son of Shemaiah);
- Illness and Health Care โ Prehistoric and Early Periods**; Preexilic Israel**; Postexilic Israel**; Early Christianity**; Conclusion**;
- Imnah โ Imnah (son of Asher); Imnah (father of Kore);
- Imri โ Imri (ancestor of Uthai); Imri (father of Zaccur);
- Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Hebrew**; Moabite*; Old Aramaic*; Phoenician*; Conclusion*;
- Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Hebrew โ Pomegranate Scepter Head*; Kuntillet 'Ajrud and Khirbet el-Qรดm*; Jar Impressions, Weights, Seals, and Bullรฆ*;
- Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Moabite โ Mesha Stela*;
- Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Old Aramaic โ Tell Fakhariyeh*; Tel Dan*;
- Inscriptions, Semitic or Semitic inscriptions โ Phoenician โ Byblos (Ahiram)*;
- Interpretation, Biblical or Biblical interpretation โ OT and Judaism**; Early Church and Medieval Interpretation**; The Reformation and Modern Interpretation**; Contemporary Approaches**;
- Ira โ Ira (Manassite of the lineage of Jair); Ira (son of Ikkesh); Ira (Ithrite, one of David's Champions);
- Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ The Prophetic Scroll**; Message**;
- Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ The Prophetic Scroll โ Historical Questions**; Canonical Criticism**; Primary Historical Setting**;
- Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39)**; The Basis for Hope (Chs. 40-55)**; Maintaining the Vision (Chs. 56-66)**;
- Isaiah, Book of or Book of Isaiah โ Message โ Memories of Isaiah's Vision (Chs. 1-39) โ A People in Revolt (Ch. 1)*; Judgment for Judah and Jerusalem (Chs. 2-12)**; Judgment for Babylon and the Nations (Chs. 13-35)*; Isaiah and Hezekiah (Chs. 36-39)*;
- Ishi โ Ishi (son of Appaim); Ishi (father of Zoheth); Ishi (Simeonite whose sons or followers defeated Amalekites in 1 Chr.); Ishi (head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh);
- Ishmael โ Ishmael (son of Abraham)**; Ishmael (son of Azel); Ishmael (father of Zebediah); Ishmael (son of Johananan); Ishmael (son of Passhur); Ishmael (son of Nethaniah);
- Ishmaiah โ Ismaiah (Gibeonite leader of the Thirty); Ismaiah (son of Obadiah);
- Ishvi โ Ishvi (son of Asher); Ishvi (son of Saul);
- Israel โ Name**; Biblical Account**; Biblical Account of History**; Extrabiblical Evidence and Theories**;
- Israel โ Biblical Account of History โ Wilderness to United Monarchy**; Kingdom of Israel**;
- Issachar โ Issachar (son of Leah); Issachar (son of Obed-orem);
- Isshiah โ Isshiah (son of Izrahiah); Isshiah (who joined David at Ziklag); Isshiah (son of Uzziel); Isshiah (Levite of the family of Rehabiah);
- Ithiel โ Ithiel (ancestor of Sallu); Ithiel (person addressed in Proverbs);
- Ithran โ Ithran (son of Dishon); Ithran (son of Zophah);
- Ittai โ Ittai (man from Gath in 2 Sam.); Ittai (son of Ribai);
- Izhar โ Izhar (Levite father of Korah); Izhar (Judahite son of Helah);
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[edit]- Jaasiel โ Jaasiel (Mezobaite, one of David's mighty men); Jaasiel (son of Abner);
- Jaazaniah โ Jaazaniah (commander of the troops of Judah under Gedaliah); Jaazaniah (son of Jeremiah); Jaazaniah (son of Shaphan); Jaazaniah (son of Azzur);
- Jabin โ Jabin (king of Hazor in Josh.); Jabin (king of Hazor in Judg.);
- Jabneel โ Jabneel (town on the southern border of the tribe of Judah); Jabneel (town on the southeastern border of Naphtali);
- Jachin โ Jachin (son of Simeon); Jachin (leader of the 21st priestly division at the time of David);
- Jaddua โ Jaddua (a "leader of the people" who sealed the covenant in Neh.); Jaddua (son of Jonathan);
- Jahath โ Jahath (son of Reaiah); Jahath (son of Libni); Jahath (grandson of Gershom); Jahath (son of Shelomoth); Jahath (overseer of the temple repair work force at the time of King Josiah);
- Jahaziel โ Jahaziel (Benjaminite who came to David at Ziklag); Jahaziel (priest at the time of David); Jahaziel (Korahite Levite of 1 Chr.); Jahaziel (son of Zechariah); Jahaziel (father of Shecaniah);
- Jair โ Jair (son of Manasseh); Jair (Jair the Gileadite); Jair (father of Elhanan); Jair (father of Mordecai);
- Jakim โ Jakim (son of Shimei); Jakim (leader of the twelfth division of priests at the time of David);
- James โ James the son of Zebedee**; James the son of Alphaeus*; James the son of Mary*; James the father of Judas*; James the brother of Jesus**;
- James, Letter of or Letter of James โ Theological Emphases**;
- James, Letter of or Letter of James โ Theological Emphases โ Wisdom*; Love, Faith, and Works*; Perfection*; Eschatology*;
- Jamin โ Jamin (son of Simeon); Jamin (son of Ram); Jamin (Levite of the time of Neh.);
- Janoah โ Janoah (town on the eastern border of Ephraim)*; Janoah (city in the northern region of Naphtali)*;
- Japheth โ Japheth (son of Noah)**; Japheth (region north of Arabia);
- Japhia (person) โ Japhia (king of Lachish); Japhia (son of David);
- Jarib โ Jarib (son of Simeon); Jarib (sent by Ezra to Casiphia); Jarib (priest Ezra ordered to give up a foreign wife);
- Jarmuth โ Jarmuth (city in Judah); Jarmuth (city in Issachar);
- Jashobeam โ Jashobeam (Hachmonite leader of David's Three); Jashobeam (son of Zabdiel); Jashobeam (Korahite who defected at Ziklag);
- Jashub โ Jashub (son of Issachar); Jashub (returned exile of Ezra);
- Jason โ Jason (son of Eleazar); Jason (father of Antipater); Jason (Cyrenian historian); Jason (high priest 174-171 B.C.E.); Jason (Jewish Christian of Acts 17:5-9); Jason (companion of Paul in Rom 16:21);
- Jeconiah or Jechoniah โ Jeconiah or Jechoniah (altenate name of King Jehoiachin of Judah); Jeconiah or Jechoniah (Levitical priest of time of King Josiah); Jeconiah or Jechoniah (alternate name of King Jehoahaz or Judah);
- Jedaiah โ Jedaiah (son of Shimri); Jedaiah (eponymous ancestor of a priestly house); Jedaiah (wall builder of Neh.); Jedaiah (priest of the time of Neh.); Jedaiah (two levitical chiefs who returned at time of Neh. 12:6-7); Jedaiah (two head of family priest of Neh. 12:19, 21); Jedaiah (contemporary of the prophet Zechariah);
- Jediael โ Jediael (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Jediael (son of Shimri); Jediael (military chief who deserted David at Ziklag); Jediael (son of Meshelemiah);
- Jeduthun โ Jeduthun (father of Obed-edom); Jeduthun (Levitical musician of 1 and 2 Chr.);
- Jehallelel โ Jehallelel (descendant of Judah); Jehallelel (father of Azariah);
- Jehdeiah โ Jehdeiah (descendant of Shubael); Jehdeiah (Meronothite overseer of David's donkeys);
- Jehiel โ Jehiel (Levite musician of the time of David); Jehiel (founder of the levitical family of Jehieli); Jehiel (son of Hachmoni); Jehiel (Gershonite of 1 Chr.); Jehiel (Levite of 2 Chr.); Jehiel (Levite official of the time of Hezekiah); Jehiel (official of the time of Josiah); Jehiel (father of Obadiah); Jehiel (father of Shechasniah); Jehiel (priest of the family of Harim); Jehiel (Israelite of the family of Elam);
- Jehoahaz โ Jehoahaz (King of Judah son of Jehoram); Jehoahaz (King of Israel son of Jehu); Jehoahaz (17th King of Judah);
- Jehohanan โ Jehohanan (Korahite Levite gatekeeper of 1 Chr.); Jehohanan (Judahite commander in Jehoshaphat's army in 2 Chr.); Jehohanan (father of Ishmael); Jehohanan (owner of chamber to which Ezra retreated for fasting); Jehohanan (son of Bebai); Jehohanan (son of Tobiah the Ammonite); Jehohanan (head of a priestly house in Neh.); Jehohanan (priest at dedication of the walls in Neh.);
- Jehoiada โ Jehoiada (priest from Kabzeel); Jehoiada (priest in coup against Athaliah)**; Jehoiada (son of Benaiah); Jehoiada (son of Eliashib); Jehoiada (priest replaced by Zephaniah);
- Jehoiakim โ Jehoiakim (King of Judah 609-598 B.C.E.)**; Jehoiakim (son of Hilkiah);
- Jehonathan โ Jehonathan (Levite of 2 Chr.); Jehonathan (postexilic priest of Neh.);
- Jehoram โ Jehoram (son of Ahab)**; Jehoram (son and successor or Jehoshaphat)*; Jehoram (priest of Judah);
- Jehoshaphat โ Jehoshaphat (son of Ahilud); Jehoshaphat (son of Paruah); Jehoshaphat (King of Judah)**; Jehoshaphat (son of Nimshi);
- Jehozabad โ Jehozabad (servant of Joash of Judah); Jehozabad (son of Obed-edom); Jehozabad (Benjaminite commander of 2 Chr.);
- Jehu โ Jehu (prophet of the era of King Baasha of Israel); Jehu (King of Israel ca. 843-816 B.C.E.)**; Jehu (son of Obed); Jehu (son of Joshibiah); Jehu (Benjaminite warrior of David at Ziklag);
- Jeiel โ Jeiel (clan chief of 1 Chr.); Jeiel (father of Gibeon); Jeiel (son of Hotham); Jeiel (Levite harpist of 1 Chr.); Jeiel (Asaphite Levite of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (secretary of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (chief of Levites of 2 Chr.); Jeiel (descendant of Nebo);
- Jekamiah โ Jekamiah (son of Shallum); Jekamiah (descendant of King Jeconiah);
- Jephunneh โ Jephunneh (father of Caleb); Jephunneh (son of Jether);
- Jerahmeel โ Jerahmeel (brother of Ram and Caleb)*; Jerahmeel (son of Kish); Jerahmeel (Judean officer under Jehoiakim);
- Jeremiah โ Jeremiah (man from Libnah); Jeremiah (clan head of 1 Chr.); Jeremiah (Benjaminite warrior that joined David at Ziklag); Jeremiah (two Gadite warriors who joined David at Ziklag); Jeremiah (priest who signed the covenant of Neh.); Jeremiah (priest returner of Neh.); Jeremiah (administrative official of Judah at Neh.); Jeremiah (prophet from Anathoth); Jeremiah (father of Jaazaniah);
- Jeremoth โ Jeremoth (of the sons of Becher); Jeremoth (son of Beriah); Jeremoth (son of Mushi); Jeremoth (son of Heman); Jeremoth (descendant of Elam); Jeremoth (descendant of Zattu); Jeremoth (descendant of Bani);
- Jericho โ Old Testament and Apocrypha*; New Testament*; Tell es-Sultรขn**; Tulรปl Abลซ el-โAlayiq*;
- Jerimoth โ Jerimoth (son of Bela); Jerimoth (Benjaminite who joined David at ZIklag); Jerimoth (family head of tribe of Levi of 1 Chr.); Jerimoth (temple musician and seer of time of David); Jerimoth (commander of Naphtali at time of David); Jerimoth (son of King David); Jerimoth (temple storeroom overseer of 2 Chr.);
- Jeroboam โ Jeroboam (first king of Israel)**; Jeroboam (King of Israel 785-745)**;
- Jeroham โ Jeroham (father of Elkanah); Jeroham (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Ibneiah); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Adaiah); Jeroham (man from Gedor); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Azarel); Jeroham (father or ancestor of Azariah);
- Jerusalem โ Name*; Setting**; Ancient Sources*; Archaeological Evidence*; History***;
- Jerusalem, Gates of or Gates of Jerusalem โ Preexilic Period*; Restoration Period**; New Testament Period**;
- Jerusalem, Gates of or Gates of Jerusalem โ Preexilic Period โ Temple Gates*; City Gates*;
- Jeshaiah โ Jeshaiah (grandson of Zerubbabel); Jeshaiah (son of Jeduthun); Jeshaiah (son of Rehabiah); Jeshaiah (son of Athaliah); Jeshaiah (Meraite Levite of Ezra); Jeshaiah (forebear of Sallu);
- Jeshimon โ Jeshimon (desert region east of the Judean mountains and west of the Dead Sea); Jeshimon (desert region at northeastern end of the Dead Sea);
- Jeshua โ Jeshua (head of ninth division of Levitical priests of 1 Chr.); Jeshua (priest of the time of Hezekiah); Jeshua (son of Jehozadak); Jeshua (name of a nonpriestly clan of Pahathmoab); Jeshua (levitical house of returnees); Jeshua (alternate form of Joshua son of Nun); Jeshua (father of Jozabad); Jeshua (father of Ezer); Jeshua (Levitical singer of Neh.); Jeshua (son of Kadmiel);
- Jesus โ Jesus (father of Sirach); Jesus (alternate name of Joshua ben Sira); Jesus (surname of Paul's co-worker Justus);
- Jesus Christ โ Life**; Sources**; Public Career*; Teaching**; Miracles*; Controversy and Danger**; Jesus's Last Week**; The Resurrection**;
- Jesus Christ โ Teaching โ The Nature of the Kingdom*; Its Time and Place*; Preparation and Discipleship*; The Poor and Sinners*; Self-Conception*; Jewish Law**; Ethics*;
- Jesus Christ โ Controversy and Danger โ Crowds and Autonomy*; Scribes and Pharisees**;
- Jether โ Jether (son of Gideon); Jether (father of Amasa); Jether (son of Jada); Jether (son of Ezrah); Jether (Asherite of 1 Chr.);
- Jeuel โ Jeuel (head of a clan in 1 Chr.); Jeuel (of the sons of Elizaphan); Jeuel (son of Adonikam);
- Jeush โ Jeush (son of Esau); Jeush (son of Bilhan); Jeush (son of Eshek); Jeush (son of Shimei); Jeush (son of Rehoboam);
- Jewish Christians โ Sources*; History*;
- Jezeniah โ Jezeniah (captain of Judah's army in Jer.); Jezeniah (son of Hoshaiah);
- Jezreel (person) โ Jezreel (Judahite descent group); Jezreel (son of Hosea);
- Jezreel (place) โ Jezreel (town in the hills of Judah); Jezreel (valley of Jezreel)**; Jezreel (town on the southern border of Issachar);
- Joah โ Joah (son of Asaph); Joah (son of Zimmah); Joah (son of Obed-edom); Joah (father of Eden); Joah (son of Joahaz);
- Joash โ Joash (father of Gideon); Joash (son of Ahab); Joash (King of Judah 837-800 B.C.E.)**; Joash (King of Israel 800-785)**; Joash (of the Judahite genealogy of 1 Chr.); Joash (Benjaminite of 1 Chr.); Joash (archer who joined David at Ziklag); Joash (overseer of David's stores of oil);
- Job, Book of or Book of Job โ Composition and Structure*; Content and Movement**;
- Jobab โ Jobab (son of Joktan); Jobab (son of Zerah); Jobab (King of Madon defeated by Joshua); Jobab (son of Shaharaim); Jobab (son of Elpaal);
- Joel โ Joel (son of Samuel); Joel (prince of the tribe of Simeon); Joel (father of Shemaiah); Joel (chief of Gad); Joel (son of Azariah of Sam.); Joel (son of Izrahiah); Joel (brother of Nathan); Joel (cheif of the Gershomite Levites of the time of David); Joel (son of Ladan); Joel (son of Pedaiah); Joel (son of Azariah of 2 Chr.); Joel (son of Nebo); Joel (son of Zichri); Joel (prophet, son of Pethuel); Joel (archangel Joel);
- Joha โ Joha (son of Beriah); Joha (son of Shimri);
- Johanan โ Johanan (son of Kareah); Johanan (son of Josiah); Johanan (son of Elioenai); Johanan (son of Azariah); Johanan (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Johanan (Gadite who joined David at Ziklag); Johanan (Ephraimite chief, son of Azariah); Johanan (descendant of Azgad); Johanan (high priest of Neh.);
- John โ John (father of Matthias); John (son of Matthias); John (father of Eupolemus); John (John Hyrcanus I); John (John Hyrcanus II); John (envoy of 2 Mac.); John (John the Baptist); John (son of Zebedee); John (father of Peter); John (friend of Annas); John (John Mark, son of Mary); John (author of Revelation);
- John, Gospel of or Gospel of John โ Contents*; Authorship and Composition*; Date*; Readers*; Relationship to Other NT Books**; Theological Emphasis*;
- John, Gospel of or Gospel of John โ Relationship to Other NT Books โ Synoptic Gospels*; Johannine Epistles*; Revelation*;
- John, Letters of or Letters of John โ 1 John**; 2 John*; 3 John*; Date and Location*;
- John the Baptist โ Sources*; Name*; Activity and Location**; Religious Message**; Followers*;
- Joiada โ Joiada (son of Paseah); Joiada (priest during the reign of Darius);
- Joiarib โ Joiarib (man of insight sent by Ezra); Joiarib (son of Zechariah); Joiarib (returning priest of Neh.);
- Joktheel โ Joktheel (town in the Shepelah); Joktheel (capital of Edomite territory);
- Jonadab โ Jonadab (son of Shimeah); Jonadab (son of Rechab);
- Jonah, Book of or Book of Jonah โ Jonah Called (1:1-3)*; Jonah Pursued (1:4-16)*; Jonah's Response to God's Deliverance (1:17-2:10 [MT 2:1-11])*; Nineveh and God Repent (3:1-10)*; A Theological Debate (4:1-11)*;
- Jonathan โ Jonathan (son of Gershom); Jonathan (son of Saul)**; Jonathan (son of Abiathar); Jonathan (son of Shammah); Jonathan (son of Jada); Jonathan (son of Shimei); Jonathan (son of Uzziah); Jonathan (uncle of King David); Jonathan (father of Ebed); Jonathan (son of Asahel); Jonathan (son of Joiada); Jonathan (priest of Neh.); Jonathan (son of Shemaiah); Jonathan (secretary of Jer.); Jonathan (son of Kareah); Jonathan (son of Mattathias)**; Jonathan (son of Absalom); Jonathan (priest of 2 Macc.);
- Joram โ Joram (son of King Toi of Hamath); Joram (contracted form of Jehoram); Joram (Levite descended from Eliezer);
- Joseph โ Joseph (son of Jacob)**; Joseph (father of Igal); Joseph (of the sons of Asaph); Joseph (descendant of Binnui); Joseph (returner of Neh.); Joseph (son of Oziel); Joseph (son of Zechariah); Joseph (brother of Judas Maccabeus); Joseph (husband of Mary)**; Joseph (brother of Jesus); Joseph (brother of James, son of Mary); Joseph of Arimathea**; Joseph (father of Jannai); Joseph (father of Judah); Joseph (disciple of Jesus called Barsabbas); Joseph (became Barnabas);
- Joses โ Joses (brother of Jesus); Joses (brother of James the younger);
- Josaphat โ Josaphat (of David's Thirty); Josaphat (trumpet blowing priest of 1 Chr.);
- Joshua โ Joshua (son of Nun)**; Joshua (man of 1 Sam.); Joshua (governor of Jerusalem of 2 Kings); Joshua (high priest); Joshua (person in Luke's genealogy of Jesus);
- Joshua, Book of or Book of Joshua โ Literary Characteristics**; Historical Features**;
- Josiah โ Josiah (son of Amon)**; Josiah (son of Zephaniah);
- Jotham โ Jotham (son of Gideon); Jotham (king of Judah)**; Jotham (son of Jahdai);
- Jozabad โ Jozabad (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Jozabad (two men who joined David at Ziklag); Jozabad (a temple overseer under Hezekiah); Jozabad (Levite who contributed to Josiah's Passover); Jozabad (son of the priestly family of Passhur); Jozabad (son of Jeshua the Levite); Jozabad (Levite of Ezra); Jozabad (Levite of Neh.);
- Judah โ Judah (son of Jacob); Judah (tribe of Judah); Judah (ancestor of a family in Ezra); Judah (Levite who had married a foreign woman); Judah (son of Hassenuah); Judah (returner from exile); Judah (leader of Judah in Neh.); Judah (priest and musician of Neh.); Judah (ancestor of Jesus);
- Judah, Kingdom of or Kingdom of Judah โ History***;
- Judah, Kingdom of or Kingdom of Judah โ History โ Sources*; David and Solomon**; Divided Kingdom*; Omride Dynasty*; Aramean Domination*; Assyrian Domination**; Egyptian and Babylonian Domination**;
- Judas โ Judas (son of Chalphi); Judas (son of Simon Maccabeus); Judas (writer to Aristobulus); Judas (brother of Jesus); Judas (disciple other than Iscariot, often identified with Thaddeus); Judas (Judas of Galilee); Judas (who hosted Paul after the Damascus incident); Judas (Judas Barsabbas);
- Jude, Letter of or Letter of Jude โ Literary Structure*; Sources*; The Opponents*; Date*; Authorship**; Destination*; Message*;
- Judges, Book of or Book of Judges โ Formation*; The Judges*; Contents**; Themes*; New Directions*;
- Judges, Book of or Book of Judges โ Contents โ The Conquest (1:1-2:5)*; Exploits of the Judges (2:6-16:31)*; Appendices (17:1-21:25)*;
- Judith โ Judith (wife of Esau); Judith (of the Book of Judith);
- Justus โ Justus (surname of Joseph Barsabbas); Justus (Titius or Titus Justus); Justus (Jesus Justus);
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[edit]- Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea โ Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea (site in the northern Sinai)**; Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea (modern Tell Nebi Mind)*;
- Kanah โ Kanah (stream between Ephraim and Manasseh)*; Kanah (town in the territory of Asher)*;
- Kedesh โ Kedesh (city in Upper Galilee); Kedesh (town on the southern border of Judah); Kedesh (Levitical city of Issachar); Kedesh (town in southern Naphtali);
- Kemuel โ Kemuel (son of Nahor); Kemuel (son of Shiphtan); Kemuel (father of Hasabiah);
- Kenaz or Kennizite โ Kenaz or Kennizite (son of Eliphaz)*; Kenaz or Kennizite (brother of Caleb); Kenaz or Kennizite (son of Elah);
- Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven โ Old Testament*; Apocalyptic and Intertestamental Literature*; New Testament**; Conclusion*;
- Kings, Books of or Books of Kings โ Organization*; Contents*; History of Composition*; Ideology*; Issues in Recent study**;
- Kir โ Kir (place to which Tilgath-pileser III deported Aramaeans)*; Kir (city in Moab); Kir (apparently a city in southern Mesopotamia);
- Kiriathaim โ Kiriathaim (town east of the Jordan); Kiriathaim (city in the territory of Naphtali);
- Kish (Person) โ Kish (Benjaminite from Gibeah); Kish (son or descendant of Jeiel); Kish (Levite of the Merarite clan); Kish (son of Abdi); Kish (Benjaminite ancestor of Mordecai);
- Kolaiah โ Kolaiah (ancestor of Sallu); Kolaiah (father of Ahab);
- Korah โ Korah (son or grandson of Esau); Korah (son of Izhar); Korah (son of Hebron); Korah (descendant of the levitical Korah);
- Kore โ Kore (Levite of the line of Korah); Kore (son of Imnah);
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[edit]- L โ L (material found only in the Gospel of Luke); L (symbol designating Codex Leningradensis B);
- Lachish โ Old Testament**; Other Sources*; Tel Lachish/Tell ed-Duweir**;
- Ladan โ Ladan (ancestor of Joshua); Ladan (of the lineage of Gershon);
- Lamentations, Book of or Book of Lamentations โ Genre*; Lyric and Lyric Structure*; Contents**;
- Land โ Agriculture**; Nationhood**; Worship**;
- Last Supper โ Form of the Accounts**; Meaning**;
- Law โ Law Codes**; Judicial System**; Police Power**;
- Levi โ Levi (ancestor of the Levites)*; Levi (ancestor of Jesus); Levi (disciple known as Matthew); Levi (father of Matthat);
- Leviticus, Book of or Book of Leviticus โ Dating and Provenance**; Anthropological Perspectives*; Animal Sacrifice**; Holiness and Purity**; Historical Note*;
- Libnah โ Libnah (place in the Sinai Peninsula mentioned in Num.); Libnah (city conquered by Joshua)*;
- Libni โ Libni (son of Gershon); Libni (Levite descendant of Merari);
- Literature, New Testament as or New Testament as literature โ Sayings of Jesus**; Narratives**; Letters*;
- Lord's Supper โ Paul**; Matthew and Mark**; Luke**; Other Traditions*; Conclusion*;
- Lord's Supper โ Paul โ 1 Cor. 11:17-34**; 1 Cor. 10:14-22**;
- Love โ Secular Human Relations**; Divine-Human Relationships**;
- Love โ Divine-Human Relationships โ Torah**; Prophets**; Synoptic Gospels**; Johannine Writings*; Pauline Letters**;
- Lucius โ Lucius of Cyrene; Lucius (relative of Paul); Lucius Caecilius Metullus;
- Luz โ Luz (site of Jacob's ladder dream)*; Luz (in Judges)*;
- Lysimachus โ Lysimachus (general of Alexander the Great)*; Lysimachus (brother of Simon and Menelaus)*; Lysimachus (son of Ptolemy of Jerusalem)*; Lysimachus (author of an anti-Semitic history)*;
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[edit]- Maacah (person) โ Maacah (child of Nahor); Maacah (mother of Absalom); Maacah (father of Achish); Maacah (wife of Rehoboam); Maacah (concubine of Caleb); Maacah (sister or wife of Machir); Maacah (wife of Jehiel); Maacah (father of Hanun); Maacah (father of Shepatiah);
- Maasheiah or Asaiah โ Maasheiah or Asaiah (Levite of the second order of 1 Chr.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (lute player of 1 Chr., maybe identical to previous); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Adaiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (officer under Hananiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (deputy or son of Ahaz of 2 Chr.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (governor of Jerusalem); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest of the family of Jeshua); Maasheiah or Asaiah (member of the priestly family of Harim); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest of the family of Pahhur); Maasheiah or Asaiah (member of the family of Pahath-moab); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Azariah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (person who stood at Ezra's right hand as he read the Torah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (Israelite who read the Torah in Hebrew); Maasheiah or Asaiah (a chief of the people and sealer of the covenant of Nehemiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Baruch); Maasheiah or Asaiah (ancestor of Sallu); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest who played the trumpet in Neh.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (priest who took part in the dedication in Neh.); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Zephaniah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (father of Zedekiah); Maasheiah or Asaiah (son of Shallum);
- Maaziah โ Maaziah (founder of division of priests in 1 Chr.); Maaziah (priest who sealed the covenant in Neh.);
- Maccabees, First and Second Books of or First and Second Books of Maccabees โ Historical Background**; 1 Maccabees**; 2 Maccabees**;
- Maccabees, Third and Fourth Books of or Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees โ 3 Maccabees**; 4 Maccabees**;
- Machir โ Machir (son of Manasseh)**; Machir (son of Ammiel);
- Magic โ Ancient Mediterranean and Near East*; Old Testament**; New Testament and Early Christian Texts**;
- Mahalalel or Mahalaleel โ Malalalel or Mahalaleel (son of Kenan); Malalalel or Mahalaleel (Judahite of the family of Perez);
- Mahalath or Basemoth โ Mahalath or Basemoth (daughter of Ishmael); Mahalath or Basemoth (wife of Rehoboam); Mahalath or Basemoth (cryptic term in Psalms)*;
- Mahath โ Mahath (son of Amasai of 1 Chr.); Mahath (son of Amasai of 2 Chr.);
- Mahlah โ Mahlah (daughter of Zelophebad); Mahlah (child of Hammolecheth);
- Mahli โ Mahli (son of Merari); Mahli (son of Mushi);
- Malachi, Book of or Book of Malachi โ Date*; Historical Background*; Authorship**; Genre*; Outline and Message**;
- Malachi, Book of or Book of Malachi โ Outline and Message โ 1:2-5 God's Love for Israel*; 1:6-2:9 Pollution by the Priests*; 2:10-16 Unfaithfulness within the Community*; 2:17-3:5 โ Cleansing of the Community*; 3:6-12 Paying for Cultic Services*; 3:13-4:3 (3:21) Hope for the Community*; 4:4-6 (3:22-24) Living in the Community*;
- Malchiah โ Malchiah (father of Pashur); Malchiah (member of Judah's royal family in Jer.);
- Malchijah โ Malchijah (Gershomite Levite of 1 Chr.); Malchijah (descendant of Aaron of 1 Chr.); Malchijah (descendant of Purosh in Ezra); Malchijah (descendant of Harim in Ezra); Malchijah (son of Harim in Neh.); Malchijah (ruler of Beth-hakkerem); Malchijah (goldsmith in Neh.); Malchijah (man who stood with Ezra when he read the Torah); Malchijah (priest and signer of Ezra's covenant); Malchijah (priest in the choir in Neh.);
- Malluch โ Malluch (ancestor of Ethan in 1 Chr.); Malluch (of the sons of Bani); Malluch (of the sons of Harim); Malluch (priest involved in the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Malluch (one of the chiefs of the people who signed the covenant of Neh.); Malluch (priest who returned with Zerubabbel);
- Manasseh โ Manasseh (son of Joseph and Asenath)**; Manasseh (king of Judah)**; Manasseh (son of Pahathmoab); Manasseh (son of Hashum); Manasseh (son of Addi); Manasseh (husband of Judith);
- Maon (place) โ Maon (town in the hill country of Judah)**; Maon (now Khirbet el-Ma'in)*;
- Mareshah (person) โ Mareshah (son of Caleb); Mareshah (son of Laadah);
- Mari โ History**; Texts**; Relationship to the Bible**;
- Mary โ Mary (mother of Jesus)**; Mary Magdalene**; Mary of Bethany*; Mary the mother of James and Joseph*; Mary wife of Cleopas*; Mary the mother of John Mark*; Mary of Rome*;
- Massa โ Massa (son of Ishmael); Massa (term in Proverbs);
- Matriarchs โ Sarah**; Rebekah**; Leah and Rachel**;
- Mattan โ Mattan (priest of Baal); Mattan (father of Shephatiah);
- Mattaniah โ Mattaniah (last king of Judah); Mattaniah (of the sons of Heman); Mattaniah (ancestor of Jahaziel); Mattaniah (Levite of the time of Hezekiah); Mattaniah (of the clan of Elam); Mattaniah (of the clan of Zattu); Mattaniah (of the clan of Pahath-moab); Mattaniah (of the clan of Bani); Mattaniah (son of Mica or Micaiah); Mattaniah (grandfather of Hana ben Zaccur);
- Mattathias โ Mattathias (priest of the order of Jehoiarib); Mattathias (son of Absalom); Mattathias (son of Simon); Mattathias (envoy sent by Judas Maccabeus); Mattathias (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:25); Mattathias (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:26);
- Mattenai โ Mattenai (of the sons of Hashum); Mattenai (of the sons of Bani); Mattenai (of the priestly house of Joiarib);
- Matthat โ Matthat (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:24); Matthat (ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:29);
- Mattithiah โ Mattithiah (son of Shallum); Mattithiah (Levitical gatekeeper in 1 Chr.); Mattithiah (son of Nebo); Mattithiah (Israelite who accompanied Ezra);
- Mehetabel โ Mehetabel (wife of Hadar); Mehetabel (ancestor of Shemaiah);
- Melchizedek โ Genesis 14*; Psalm 110*;
- Mephibosheth โ Mephibosheth (son of Saul)*; Mephibosheth (grandson of Saul)*;
- Meraioth or Meremoth โ Meraioth or Meremoth (Levite descendant of Aaron); Meraioth or Meremoth (son of Ahitub); Meraioth or Meremoth (priestly family headed by Helkai at the time of Joiakim);
- Merari โ Merari (son of Levi)**; Merari (father of Judith);
- Meremoth โ Meremoth (son of Uriah); Meremoth (of the sons of Bani); Meremoth (son of Uriah, grandson of Hakkoz); Meremoth (priest who returned from exile);
- Mesha (person) โ Mesha (king of Moab)**; Mesha (son of Caleb); Mesha (son of Shaharaim);
- Meshech โ Meshech (son of Japheth); Meshech (son of Shem);
- Meshillemoth or Meshillemith โ Meshillemoth or Meshillemith (father of Berechiah); Meshillemoth or Meshillemith (descendant of Immer);
- Meshullam โ Meshullam (grandfather of Shaphan); Meshullam (son of Zerubbabel); Meshullam (head of a Gadite clan in 1 Chr.); Meshullam (son of Elpaal); Meshullam (father of Sallu); Meshullam (son of Shephatiah); Meshullam (father of Hilkiah); Meshullam (father of Jahzerah); Meshullam (Kohathite appointed by Josiah in 2 Chr.); Meshullam ("leader" sent by Ezra); Meshullam (who opposed Ezra's policy of divorce); Meshullam (son of Bani); Meshullam (son of Berechiah); Meshullam (son of Besodeiah); Meshullam (who stood at Ezra's left hand during the reading of the Torah); Meshullam (priest who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Meshullam (chief of the people who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Meshullam (head of the priestly house of Ezra in Neh.); Meshullam (head of the priestly house of Ginnethon in Neh.); Meshullam (gatekeeper in Neh.); Meshullam (who was in the procession in Neh.);
- Messiah โ Eschatological Variety**; Common Themes**;
- Mibsam โ Mibsam (son of Ishmael); Mibsam (son of Shallum);
- Mica โ Mica (son of Mephibosheth); Mica (father of Mattaniah); Mica (Levite in the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Mica (father of Mattaniah and ancestor of Uzzi);
- Micah โ Micah (man in Judg.); Micah (son of Shimei); Micah (son of Meribbaal); Micah (son of Uzziel); Micah (father of Abdon); Micah of Moresheth;
- Micah, Book of or Book of Micah โ Content**; Criticial Considerations**;
- Micaiah or Maacah or Micah โ Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (son of Imlah)**; Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (father of Achibor); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (wife of Rehoboam); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (official sent to teach Judah in 2 Chr.); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (ancestor of Zechariah)*; Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (trumpeting priest in Neh.); Micaiah or Maacah or Micah (son of Gemeriah);
- Michael โ Michael (father of Sethur); Michael (Gadite in 1 Chr.); Michael (ancestor of Abihail); Michael (Levite ancestor of Asaph); Michael (descendant of Uzzi); Michael (of the sons of Beraiah); Michael (who joined David at Ziklag); Michael (father of Omri); Michael (son of Jehoshaphat); Michael (father of Zebediah); Michael (archangel);
- Migdol โ Migdol (town on the route of the Exodus); Migdol (town in Egypt in Jer.); Migdol (place in north Egypt);
- Mijamin โ Mijamin (leader of the sixth division of priest at the time of David); Mijamin (divorcing Israelite in Ezra); Mijamin (priest at the sealing of the covenant in Neh.); Mijamin (chief of priests returning from exile in Neh.);
- Mikloth โ Mikloth (father of Shimeah in 1 Chr.); Mikloth (chief officer under Dodai the Ahohite);
- Milcah โ Milcah (daughter of Haran); Milcah (daughter of Zelophehad);
- Millo โ Millo (fortification or construction in Jerusalem at an unknown location)*; Millo (construction of Solomon)*; House of the Millo; Beth-millo;
- Miniamin โ Miniamin (Levite of 2 Chr.); Miniamin (priestly house in Neh.); Miniamin (priest and musician in Neh.);
- Miriam โ Miriam (prophetess of Exodus)**; Miriam (descendant of Ezrah in 1 Chr.);
- Mishael โ Mishael (son of Uzziel); Mishael (who stood at Ezra's left hand at the reading of the Torah); Mishael (alternate name of Meshach, companion of Daniel)*;
- Mishma โ Mishma (son of Ishmael); Mishma (son of Mibsam);
- Mithredath or Mithridates โ Mithredath or Mithridates (treasure of King Cyrus of Persia); Mithredath or Mithridates (Persian official who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem);
- Mizpah or Mizpeh โ Mizpah of Gilead; Mizpah or Mizpeh (land or valley of Mizpah); Mizpeh of Judah; Mizpeh of Moab; Mizpah of Benjamin**;
- Monotheism โ Ancient Near East**; Ancient Israel*; New Testament*;
- Mordecai โ Mordecai (character in the Book of Esther)*; Mordecai (returning Israelite);
- Moreh โ Moreh (terebinth or oak tree near Shechem); Moreh (hill in the Jezreel Valley);
- Moriah โ Moriah (land of Moriah); Mt. Moriah;
- Mortar โ Mortar (of pestle); Mortar (plastic building material);
- Moses โ Biblical Accounts**; History**;
- Moza โ Moza (son of Caleb); Moza (son of Zimri);
- Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara โ Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara (on the western side of Mt. Carmel)*; Mughara, Wadi el- or Wadi el-Mughara (in the southwestern Sinai)*;
- Music or Musical instruments โ Old Testament**; New Testament**;
- Music or Musical instruments โ Old Testament - bฤkลl โฤsรช bฤrรดลกรฎm*; hฤlรฎl*; hฤsลsฤrรข*; kinnรดr*; mฤnaโanโรฎm*; mฤsiltayim or selsฤlim*; nฤbel or nฤbel โฤลรดr*; paโฤmรดn*; ลกรดpฤr*; qeren hayyรดbฤl*; tลp*; โรปgฤb*; Daniel*; Collective terms*; Superscriptions to the Psalms*;
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[edit]- Naamah (person) โ Naamah (daughter of Lamech); Naamah (wife of Solomon);
- Naaman โ Naaman (son of Benjamin); Naaman (son of Bela); Naaman (son of Ehud); Naaman (commander of the Aramean army in 2 Kgs.);
- Nadab โ Nadab (son of Aaron); Nadab (son of Jeroboam I); Nadab (son of Shammai); Nadab (son of Jeiel); Nadab (relative of Ahiqar);
- Nag Hammadi โ Discovery of the Codices*; Contents**; Significance for Ancient Religion and Philosophy**; Significance for the NT and Early Christian Literature**;
- Nahash โ Nahash (king of Ammon)*; Nahash (sister of Zeruiah);
- Nahath โ Nahath (son of Reuel); Nahath (descendant of Levi); Nahath (assistant of Hezekiah);
- Nahor (person) โ Nahor (son of Serug); Nahor (son of Terah);
- Nahum โ Nahum (1 of the 12 minor prophets); Nahum (father of Amos);
- Names and Naming โ Types of Names*; Name-givers**;
- Nathan โ Nathan (son of David)*; Nathan (prophet at the time of David)**; Nathan (father of Igal); Nathan (father of Azariah); Nathan (son of Attai); Nathan (sent by Ezra to Iddo);
- Nathanael โ Nathanael (ancestor of Judith); Nathanael (priest in 1 Esd.); Nathanael (Israelite in the Gospel of John);
- Neariah โ Neariah (sonof Shemaiah); Neariah (son of Ishi);
- Nebo (place) โ Nebo (town allotted to Reuben); Nebo (town in western Palestine settled in postexilic period);
- Nehemiah โ Nehemiah (a leader of the return); Nehemiah (son of Hacaliah); Nehemiah (son of Azbuk);
- Nehemiah, Book of or Book of Nehemiah โ Name and Canonical Setting*; Authorship*; Date and Place of Composition*; Sources**; The Order of the Reformers**; Nehemiah, the Person**;
- Nekoda โ Nekoda (head of returning family of temple servants); Nekoda (head of returning family unable to prove their Israelite ancestry);
- Nemuel โ Nemuel (brother of Dathan); Nemuel (ancestor of the Nemuelites);
- Nepheg โ Nepheg (son of Izhar); Nepheg (son of David);
- Nethanel โ Nethanel (son of Zuar); Nethanel (son of Jesse); Nethanel (one of seven trumpeting priests in 1 Chr.); Nethanel (father of Shemaiah); Nethanel (son of Obed-edom); Nethanel (officer of Jehoshaphat sent to Judah to teach); Nethanel (brother of Shemaiah); Nethanel (of the family of Pashhur); Nethanel (head of the family of Jedaiah); Nethanel (Levite singer at the dedication in Neh.);
- Nethaniah โ Nethaniah (father of Ishmael); Nethaniah (Levite of the line of Asaph in 1 Chr.); Nethaniah (Levite sent to Judah by Jehoshaphat); Nethaniah (father of Jehudi);
- Nicanor โ Nicanor (a commander sent by Lysius to Judah Maccabeus); Nicanor (one of seven overseers of food distribution in Acts);
- Noadiah โ Noadiah (son of Binnui); Noadiah (prophetess in Neh.);
- Noah โ Name*; Genealogy*; The Story of Noah**; Significance*; Later References*;
- Nobah (place) โ Nobah (region in Gilead); Nobah (city in eastern Gilead);
- Numbers โ Symbolic numbers**;
- Numbers, Book of or Book of Numbers โ Name*; Structure*; Composition**; Historical Value*; Theological Themes**;
- Numbers, Book of or Book of Numbers โ Theological Themes โ Holiness*; Forgiveness*; Providence*;
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[edit]- Obadiah โ Obadiah (steward of King Ahab's household)*; Obadiah (postexilic descendant of David); Obadiah (son of Izariah); Obadiah (son of Azel); Obadiah (Levite among the first returners to Jerusalem); Obadiah (Gadite who joined David at Ziklag); Obadiah (father of Ishmaiah); Obadiah (prince commissioned to teach in Judah); Obadiah (Merarite Levite of 2 Chr.); Obadiah (head of family of returners in Ezra); Obadiah (leader who sealed covenant of Neh.); Obadiah (gatekeeper in Neh.); Obadiah (Obadiah the prophet);
- Obadiah, Book of or Book of Obadiah โ Text*; Style*; Composition*; Biblical Parallels*; Date and Historical Setting*; Structure and Genre*; Contents*;
- Obed โ Obed (son of Ruth); Obed (son of Ephlal); Obed (one of David's mighty men); Obed (son of Shemaiah); Obed (father of Azariah); Obed (son of Jonathan);
- Obed-edom โ Obed-edom (Gidite whose house David put the Ark in); Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun); Obed-edom (son of Korah); Obed-edom (custodian of temple treasures in 2 Chr.);
- Oded โ Oded (father of Azariah); Oded (prophet of Samaria in 2 Chr.);
- Oholibamah โ Oholibamah (wife of Esau); Oholibamah (chief of an Edomite clan);
- Omer โ Omer (unit of dry measure); Omer (sheaf of grain);
- Omri โ Omri (founder of Omride dynasty)**; Omri (son of Becher); Omri (Jerusalemite of 1 Chr.); Omri (Issacharite tribal leader of 1 Chr.);
- Onam โ Onam (Son of Shobal); Onam (son of Jerahmeel);
- Onias โ Onias I; Onias II; Onias III; Onias IV; Onias V;
- Ophrah (place) โ Ophrah (city in the tribal territory of Benjamin); Ophrah (Ophrah of Abiezer);
- Ozem โ Ozem (son of Jesse); Ozem (son of Jerahmeel);
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[edit]- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Name and Definition**; Physical Description***; Climate**;
- Palestine, Land or or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Coastal Plain**; Central Range**; โRiftโ Valley**; Transjordan**;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Coastal Plain โ Pheonicia**; Sharon Plain**; Philistia**;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Central Range โ Lebanon*; Galilee*; Jezreel*; Samaria**; Jerusalem*; Mt. Judah*; Shephelah*; Wilderness of Judah*; Negeb**;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description - โRiftโ Valley โ Beqaโ*; Mt. Hermon*; Hรปleh Valley**; Sea of Galilee*; Jordan River*; Dead Sea*; Southern Arabah*; Reed Sea*;
- Palestine, Land of or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Transjordan โ Bashan*; Gilead*; Ammon*; Moab*; Edom*;
- Palestine, Land or or Land of Palestine โ Physical Description โ Coastal Plain**; Central Range**; โRiftโ Valley**; Transjordan**;
- Palti or Paltiel โ Palti or Paltiel (son of Raphu); Palti or Paltiel (son of Laish);
- Parosh โ Parosh (Israelite ancestor of returners); Parosh (chief who sealed the covenant of Neh.);
- Paseah โ Paseah (priest and son of Malchiah); Paseah (head of priestly family of returners); Paseah (postexilic priest who attached his name to the covenant of Neh.); Paseah (son of Immer); Paseah (son of Malchiah);
- Patriarchs โ History and Genre*; Literary Considerations*; Theological Significance*;
- Paul โ Sources*; โPre-Christianโ Period**; Apostleship**; Later Writer**; Chronology*; Theologizer**;
- Pedaiah โ Pedaiah (maternal grandfather of Jehoiakim); Pedaiah (son of Jeconiah); Pedaiah (father of Joel); Pedaiah (son of Parosh); Pedaiah (man who stood at Ezra's left hand at the reading of the Law); Pedaiah (Benjaminite in Jerusalem in Neh.); Pedaiah (Levite appointed to administer tithes);
- Pelaiah โ Pelaiah (son of Elioenai); Pelaiah (Levite who interpreted the Law in Neh.);
- Pelatiah โ Pelatiah (son of Hananiah); Pelatiah (son of Jahi); Pelatiah (signer of the covenant of Neh.); Pelatiah (son of Benaiah);
- Pelet โ Pelet (son of Jahdai); Pelet (son of Azmaveth);
- Pentateuch โ Textual Transmission**; Literary Sources**; Unity and Diversity*;
- Penuel โ Penuel (son of Hur); Penuel (son of Shashak);
- Persia โ Geography*; History***; Religion**;
- Persia โ History โ Early period**; Persian Empire**; Post-Achaemenid Persia**;
- Peter, First Letter of or First Letter of Peter โ Recipients*; Author*; Purpose*; Form and Structure**; Theology*;
- Peter, Second Letter of or Second Letter of Peter โ Literary Structure**; Literary Relationships**; The Opponents**; Theological Character*; Date*; Authorship and Pseudonymity**;
- Pethahiah โ Pethahiah (leader of the nineteenth priestly division at the time of David); Pethahiah (divorcing Levite of the time of Ezra); Pethahiah (Levite in the corporate confession of sins of Ezra); Pethahiah (son of Meshezabel);
- Philadelphia โ Philadelphia (city in the Roman province of Asia)**; Philadelphia (of the Decapolis, now Amman);
- Philemon, Letter to or Letter to Philemon โ Structure*; Contents**; Purpose*;
- Philip โ Philip II of Macedon; Philip V of Macedon; Philip the Phrygian (governor of Jerusalem); Philip the Tetrarch; Herod (Philip?), son of Herod and Mariamme II; Philip the Apostle**;
- Phinehas โ Phinehas (son of Eleazar); Phinehas (son of Eli); Phinehas (father of a postexilic priest in Ezra);
- Phoenicia โ People and Language*; Religion**; Society and Its Values*;
- Phoenicia โ Religion โ Gods**; Temple**; Temple Personnel*; Daily Sacred Liturgy*; Sacrifice*; Child Sacrifice**; Death and the Underworld*;
- Plague โ Plagues of Egypt**;
- Plants โ Field Crops and Garden Plants**; Waterway Plants*; Wilderness Plants*; Thorns and Thistles*; Flowers of the Field*;
- Pottery โ Stylistic Characteristics**; Ceramic Types**;
- Pottery โ Ceramic Types โ Pottery Neolithic Period (ca. 6000-4000 B.C.E.)*; Chalcolithic Period (ca. 4000-3300)*; Early Bronze Age (ca. 3300-2000)*; Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1500)*; Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200)*; Iron Age (ca. 1200-586)*; Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods (ca. 586 B.C.E.-640 C.E.)*;
- Priesthood, Israelite or Israelite Priesthood โ Duties**; History and Development**;
- Prophet or Prophecy โ Social Role**; Conceptual World*; Historicity**; Literary Considerations**; The โEndโ of Prophecy*;
- Proverbs, Book of or Book of Proverbs โ Date*; The Individual Sections**; Theological Themes**;
- Proverbs, Book of or Book of Proverbs โ The Individual Sections โ 1:1-7*; 1:8-9:18*; 10:1-22:16*; 22:17-24:22*; 24:23-24*; 25:1-29:27*; 30:1-31:31*;
- Ptolemy โ Ptolemy I Soter; Ptolemy II Philadelphus; Ptolemy III Euregetes I; Ptolemy IV Philopator; Ptolemy V Theos Epiphanes; Ptolemy VI Philometor; Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator; Ptolemy VIII Euregetes II; Ptolemy IX Soter II; Ptolemy X Alexander I; Ptolemy XI Alexander II; Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysys; Ptolemy XIII; Ptolemy XIV; Ptolemy XV Caesar; Ptolemy (son of Dositheus); Ptolemy (son of Abubus); Ptolemy Marcon;
- Puah โ Puah (midwife of Exodus); Puah (father of Tola); Puah (descendant of Issachar);
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[edit]- Rabbah โ Rabbah (city of Judah); Rabbah (modern Amman)**;
- Raguel โ Raguel (father of Sarah); Raguel (archangel);
- Rahab โ Rahab (prostitute in Josh.)*; Rahab (mother of Salmon); Rahab (dragon defeated by Yahweh in Job)*; Rahab (poetic name for Egypt);
- Ram (person) โ Ram (son of Hezron); Ram (son of Jerahmeel); Ram (ancestor of Elihu);
- Ramah โ Ramah (town allotted to Benjamin); Ramah (Ramah of the Negeb); Ramah (village near the border of Asher); Ramah (fortified city of Naphtali); Ramah (hometown of Samuel); Ramah (shortened form of name of Ramoth-gilead);
- Rameses (person) โ Rameses I*; Rameses II*; Rameses III*; Rameses IV; Rameses V; Rameses VI; Rameses VII; Rameses VIII; Rameses IX; Rameses X; Rameses XI;
- Ramoth โ Ramoth (Ramoth in Gilead); Ramoth (Ramoth of the Negeb); Ramoth (levitical city in the tribal territory of Issachar);
- Reaiah or Haroeh โ Reaiah or Haroeh (son of Shobal); Reaiah or Haroeh (son of Micah); Reaiah or Haroeh (temple servant, ancestor of returners);
- Rechab โ Rechab (son of Rimmon); Rechab (father of Jehonadab); Rechab (father of Malchijah);
- Rehob (person) โ Rehob (father of Hadadezer); Rehob (Levite who sealed the covenant of Neh.);
- Rehob (place) โ Rehob (place in extreme northern Canaan); Rehob (town allotted to Asher); Rehob (another town allotted to Asher); Rehob (principal city of the Beth-shean Valley);
- Rehoboth โ Rehoboth (well dug in Gesar in Genesis); Rehoboth ha-Nahar;
- Rehum โ Rehum (leader who accompanied Zerubbabel back to Judea); Rehum (Persian officer who wrote a letter to Xerxes); Rehum (son of Bani); Rehum (leader who signed a long petition in Neh.); Rehum (priest and Levite returner);
- Rekem (person) โ Rekem (one of five kings of Midian); Rekem (son of Hebron); Rekem (grandson of Machir);
- Rephaiah or Raphah โ Rephaiah or Raphah (descendant of Zerubbabel); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Ishi); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Tola); Rephaiah or Raphah (descendant of Saul); Rephaiah or Raphah (son of Hur);
- Rephaim โ Old Testament*; Ugaritic Texts**;
- Resurrection โ Old Testament*; Intertestamental Literature*; New Testament**;
- Reuel โ Reuel (son of Keturah); Reuel (son of Esau); Reuel (father of Hobab); Reuel (father of Eliasaph); Reuel (son of Ibnijah);
- Revelation โ Old Testament*; Postbiblical Jewish literature**; New Testament*;
- Revelation, Book of or Book of Revelation โ Genre*; Authorship**; Date*; Purpose and Setting*; Sources and Integrity*; Structure**;
- Rezin โ Rezin (last king of Aram before the fall to the Assyrians)*; Rezin (family in Ezra);
- Rimmon (place) โ Rimmon (city of En-rimmon); Rimmon (levitical city assigned to the Merarites); Rimmon (outcropping of rocks to which Benjaminites fled in Judg.);
- Romans, Letter to the or Letter to the Romans โ Author, Date, Place*; Text*; Circumstances and Purposes**; Genre and Other Proposals*; Outline**; Reading Romans*;
- Rome โ Environment*; Origins to the End of the Monarchy (753-509 B.C.E.)**; Republic (509-27 B.C.E.)**; Empire (27 B.C.E.-476 C.E.)**;
- Rufus โ Rufus (son of Simon the Cyrene); Rufus (greeted by Paul in Rom. 16:13);
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[edit]- Sachar โ Sachar (father of Ahiham); Sachar (son of Obed-edom);
- Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source**; Prophetic Critique**;
- Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source โ Sinai Narrative*; Laws for Sacrifice*; Basic Types of Animal Sacrifice**;
- Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source โ Basic Types of Animal Sacrifice โ Burnt offering*; Peace offering (Lev. 3)*; Purification offering (Lev. 4)*; Atonement and Sacrifice*;
- Sacrifices and Offerings โ Priestly Source โ Sinai Narrative*; Laws for Sacrifice*; Basic Types of Animal Sacrifice**;
- Sallai โ Sallai (Benjaminite returner); Sallai (priestly family at the time of Joiakim);
- Sallu โ Sallu (Benjaminite in Jerusalem in 1 Chr.); Sallu (postexilic priestly family);
- Salma โ Salma (father of Boaz in 1 Chr. 2;11); Salma (son of Hur);
- Salome โ Salome (sister of Herod); Salome (daughter of Herod); Salome (follower of Jesus);
- Samaria โ Region**; City**; History**;
- Samuel, Books of or Books of Samuel โ Contents and Plot*; Text*; Authorship*; Succession Narrative*; Historical Reliability and Genre**; New Literary Criticism*; Canonical Shaping*; Post-Colonial Interpretation; Feminist, Racialist, Sexual Orientation Criticism*; Message**;
- Sarah โ Sarah (wife of Abram)**; Sara (daughter of Raguel);
- Segub โ Segub (son of Hezron); Segub (son of Hiel);
- Seir (place) โ Seir (plateau in Edom); Seir (mountain on the northern border of Judah);
- Sela โ Sela (site on the Amorite border); Sela (Edomite settlement conquered by Amaziah of Judah); Sela (place mentioned in Isa. 16:1); Sela (place named in Isa. 42:11);
- Seleucus โ Seleucus I Nicator*; Seleucus II Callinicus*; Seleucus III*; Seleucus IV Philopator*;
- Semites or Semitic Languages โ Semitic Languages**; New Testament*;
- Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha - Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (royal secretary under David); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (chief priest of the temple in 587/586 BCE); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Tanhumeth); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Kenaz); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Asiel); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (returner from exile); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (a priest who sealed the covenant of Neh.); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (postexilic priest in Neh. 11:11); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (one of the โchiefs of the priestโ in Neh. 12:1); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (official of King Jehoiakim); Seraiah or Azariah or Shavsha or Sheva or Shisha (son of Neriah);
- Servant of the Lord โ Second Isaiah**; Second Temple Judaism*; New Testament*;
- Settlement: Archaeology โ Conventional Models**; New Models**; Toward a Theological Rationalization?*;
- Shaaph โ Shaaph (son of Jahdai); Shaaph (son of Maacah);
- Shaaraim โ Shaaraim (town in the Shephelah lowland)*; Shaaraim (Negeb town in the allotment of Simeon)*;
- Shabbethai โ Shabbethai (of Ezra 10:15); Shabbethai (of Neh. 8:7); Shabbethai (of Neh. 11:16);
- Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem โ Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (King who overthrew Zechariah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (husband of Huldah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (descendant of Judah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Josiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (descendant of Simeon); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Zadok); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Naphtali); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (returner and gatekeeper); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (father of Jehizkiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (divorcing levitical gatekeeper); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (of the sons of Bannui); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Hallohesh); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (son of Col-hozeh); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (father of Maaseiah); Shallum or Meshullam or Shillem (uncle of Jeremiah);
- Shalmaneser โ Shalmaneser I; Shalmaneser II; Shalmaneser III**; Shalmaneser IV; Shalmaneser V*;
- Shamir (place) โ Shamir (town of Judah); Shamir (town in Ephraim);
- Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth - Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (descendant of Esau); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (son of Jesse); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (of David's Mighty Men); Shammah or Shimea or Shimeah or Shimel or Shammoth (Shammah of Harod);
- Shammai โ Shammai (son of Onam); Shammai (son of Rekem); Shammai (son of Mered);
- Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea โ Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (son of Zaccur); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (son of David); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (father of Abda); Shammua or Shemaiah or Shimea (head of family of Bilgah in Neh.);
- Shaphan โ Shaphan (son of Aziliah); Shaphan (father of Jaazaniah);
- Shaphat โ Shaphat (son of Hori); Shaphat (father of Elisha); Shaphat (son of Shemaiah); Shaphat (son of Abihail); Shaphat (son of Adlai);
- Sharezer โ Sharezer (son of Sennacherib); Sharezer (emissaries sent to Bethel in 518);
- Shaul โ Shaul (early Edomite king); Shaul (son of Simeon); Shaul (son of Uzziah);
- Sheba (person) โ Sheba (son of Raamah); Sheba (son of Joktan); Sheba (son of Jokshan); Sheba (son of Bichri); Sheba (descendant of Gad);
- Sheba (place) โ Sheba (town in Josh. 19:2-6); Sheba (country of Arabia);
- Shebaniah โ Shebaniah (trumpet blowing priest in 1 Chr.); Shebaniah (leader in praise and confession in Neh.); Shebaniah (postexilic priestly house led by Joseph at the time of Joiakim); Shebaniah (a Levite signer of the covenant in Neh.); Shebaniah (another Levite signer of the covenant in Neh.);
- Shebuel or Shubael โ Shebuel or Shubael (Levite of the sons of Gershom); Shebuel or Shubael (son of Heman);
- Shecaniah โ Shecaniah (father of Shemaiah); Shecaniah (priest, head of the 10th division in 1 Chr.); Shecaniah (Levite under Hezekiah in 1 Chr.); Shecaniah (son of Jahaziel); Shecaniah (son of Jehiel); Shecaniah (father of Shmaiah, gatekeeper in Neh.); Shecaniah (son of Arah); Shecaniah (returning priest in Neh.);
- Shechem (person) โ Shechem (son of Hamor); Shechem (descendant of Manasseh); Shechem (son of Shemida);
- Shechem (place) โ Excavation*; Settlement History**;
- Shelah โ Shelah (son of Arpachshad or Arphaxad); Shelah (son of Judah the patriarch);
- Shelemiah โ Shelemiah (grandson of Asaph): Shelemiah (descandant of Bahi who married a foreign woman): Shelemiah (another descendant of Bani who married a foreign woman): Shelemiah (father of Hananiah): Shelemiah (priest Nehemiah put in charge of the temple storerooms): Shelemiah (son of Cushi): Shelemiah (man sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah): Shelemiah (father of Jehucal or Jucal): Shelemiah (son of Hananiah in Jer.):
- Shelomith โ Shelomith (daughter of Dibri); Shelomith (daughter of Zerubbabel); Shelomith (son of Shimei); Shelomith (son of Izhar); Shelomith (child of Rehabeam); Shelomith (son of Josiphiah);
- Shelomoth โ Shelomoth (son of Shimei); Shelomoth (son of Izhar); Shelomoth (sonof Zichri);
- Shema (person) โ Shema (son of Hebron); Shema (son of Joel); Shema (son of Elpaal); Shema (lay leader who stood at Ezra's right hand at the reading of the Law);
- Shemaiah or Shammua โ Shemaiah or Shammua (Judean prophet after the death of Solomon); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Shechaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (leader of the tribe of Simeon); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of the tribe of Reuben); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Hasshub); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Obadiah); Shemaiah or Shammua (descendant of Elizaphan); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Nethanel); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Obed-edom); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in Judah); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Jeduthun); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite of the time of Hezekiah who helped distribute freewill offering and gifts in 2 Chr.); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of the Levites who helped contribute 5000 sheep and goats to an offering in 2 Chr.); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Adonikam); Shemaiah or Shammua (a leader of those who returned from exile); Shemaiah or Shammua (priest of the family of Harim in Ezra); Shemaiah or Shammua (Israelite from the family of Harim in Ezra); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Shecaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Delaiah); Shemaiah or Shammua (a priest who signed the binding agreement with Nehemiah and the leaders of the nation); Shemaiah or Shammua (leader of Judah who participated in the dedication of the walls in Neh.); Shemaiah or Shammua (son of Mattaniah); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite musician at the dedication of the walls in Neh.); Shemaiah or Shammua (Levite who accompanied Nehemiah in the procession at the dedication of the walls); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Uriah); Shemaiah or Shammua (false prophet in Jer.); Shemaiah or Shammua (father of Delaiah);
- Shemariah โ Shemariah (Benjaminite who joined David at Ziklag); Shemariah (son of Rehoboam); Shemariah (divorcing Israelite of the sons of Harim); Shemariah (divorcing son of Binnui);
- Shemer or Shomer โ Shemer or Shomer (owner of a hill Omri purchased in 1 Kgs.); Shemer or Shomer (son of Mahli); Shemer or Shomer (Asherite in 1 Chr.);
- Shemiramoth โ Shemiramoth (harp player in 1 Chr.); Shemiramoth (Levite sent by Jehosphaphat to Judah);
- Shemuel โ Shemuel (representative of Simeon in the division of Canaan in Num.); Shemuel (son of Tola);
- Shephatiah โ Shephatiah (son of David); Shephatiah (anchestor of returning Benjaminite exiles); Shephatiah (Haruphite of the tribe of Benjamin in 1 Chr.); Shephatiah (son of Maacah); Shephatiah (son of Jehosphaphat); Shephatiah (ancestor of two groups of returning exiles); Shephatiah (servant of Solomon and ancestor of returners); Shephatiah (Judahite ancestor of Jerusalemites after the Exile); Shephatiah (prince of Judah in Jer.);
- Sherebiah โ Sherebiah (โman of discretionโ in Ezra); Sherebiah (Levite interpreter of the Book in Ezra); Sherebiah (Levite who sealed the covenant in Neh.); Sherebiah (chief of returning Levites);
- Sheth โ Sheth (Hebrew spelling of Seth); Sheth (โsons of Shethโ);
- Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha โ Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha (David's secretary); Sheva or Seraiah or Shavsha or Shisha (son of Caleb);
- Shilonite โ Shilonite (designation of the prophet Ahijah); Shilonite (gentilic designating a family of returnees);
- Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei - Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (son of Jesse); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (son of David); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (Levite of the house of Merari); Shimea or Shammah or Shammua or Shimeah or Shimei (father of Berechiah);
- Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam โ Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam (son of Jesse); Shimeah or Shimea or Shimeam (son of Mikloth);
- Shimei โ Shimei (son of Gershon); Shimei (son of Gera); Shimei (son of Jesse); Shimei (leader of David's time who did not support the usurpation of Adonijah in 1 Kgs.); Shimei (son of Ella); Shimei (brother of Zerubbabel); Shimei (descendant of Mishma); Shimei (son of Gog); Shimei (Levite descendant of Merari); Shimei (son of Jahath); Shimei (Benjaminite in 1 Chr., probably an error for Shema); Shimei (one of six sons of Jeduthun); Shimei (Ramathite appointed by David over the royal vineyards); Shimei (Levite descendant of Heman); Shimei (brother of Conaniah); Shimei (Levite who sent away his non-Israelite wife and children in Ezra); Shimei (descendant of Hashum); Shimei (descendant of Binnui); Shimei (descendant of Kish);
- Shimri โ Shimri (son of Shemaiah); Shimri (father of Jediael); Shimri (son of Hosah); Shimri (descendant of Elizaphan);
- Shittim - Shittim (last campsite of the Israelites before crossing the Jordan); Shittim (valley of Shittim);
- Shobab โ Shobab (son of Caleb); Shobab (son of David);
- Shobal โ Shobal (son of Seir); Shobal (son of Hur);
- Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth โ Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth (mother of Jehozabad); Shomer or Shemer or Shimruth (of the sons of Heber);
- Shua โ Shua (father of Judah's Canaanite wife); Shua (daughter of Heber);
- Shuppim โ Shuppim (son of Ir); Shuppim (levitical gatekeeper in 1 Chr.);
- Shuthelah โ Shutehelah (son of Ephraim); Shutehelah (son of Zabad);
- Simeon โ Simeon (son of Jacob)*; Simeon (great-grandfather of Judas Maccabeus); Simeon (Simon Maccabeus); Simeon (who prayed Nunc Dimittis in Luke)*; Simeon (ancestor of Jesus); Simeon (a prophet and teacher of the church at Antioch); Simeon (Hebrew equivalent of Simon);
- Simon โ Simon (high priest Simon the Just); Simon (Simon II, high priest); Simon (Simon the Benjaminite); Simon (Simon Thassi); Simon (Simon Chosamaeus); Simon (Simon Peter); Simon (Simon the Zealot); Simon (Simon, half brother of Jesus); Simon (Simon the Leper); Simon (father of Judas Iscariot); Simon (Simon of Cyrene); Simon (Simon the Pharisee in Luke); Simon (Simon Magus); Simon (Simon the Tanner in Acts); Simon (Simon bar Kosiba);
- Sin โ Old Testament**; New Testament**;
- Sin (place) โ Sin (wilderness area between Elim and Mt. Sinai); Sin (Egyptian border fortress);
- Sinai โ Sinai Peninsula**; Wilderness and Mt. Sinai**; Biblical Traditions**;
- Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of or Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach โ Contents**;
- Sisera โ Sisera (commander of Canaanite forces in Judgs.)*; Sisera (of the โsons of Siseraโ);
- Soco or Socoh (place) โ Soco or Socoh (city of the Shephaleh)*; Soco or Socoh (town of the hill country of Judah)*; Soco or Socoh (town listed as the center of Solomon's third administrative district)*;
- Solomon โ Kings**; Chronicles**; Early Interpreters*; History**;
- Sosipater โ Sosipater (captain under Judas Maccabeus); Sosipater (Jewish Christian in Rom.);
- Sothenes โ Sothenes (ruler of a synagogue in Corinth in Acts); Sothenes (called by Paul โour brotherโ in 1 Cor.);
- Succoth โ Succoth (first encampment of the Israelites on leaving Egypt); Succoth (place on the east side of the Jordan Valley);
- Sur โ Sur (an inner gate of Solomon's temple in 2 Kgs.)*; Sur (town on the Mediterranean coast in Jdt.);
- Susanna โ Susanna (of the apocryphal work of that name); Susanna (woman who supported the work of Jesus in Luke);
- Symeon โ Symeon (prophet and teacher of the church of Antioch in Acts); Symeon (another name for Simon Peter);
T
[edit]- Tabeel โ Tabeel (Samaritan official in Ezra); Tabeel (father of person whom the Syro-Ephraimite coalition planned to place on the throne of Judah)*;
- Tabor โ Tabor (Mount Tabor)**; Tabor (Oak of Tabor); Tabor (levitical city assigned to the Merarites);
- Tahath (person) โ Tahath (ancestor of Samuel); Tahath (son of Bered); Tahath (son of Eleadah);
- Talmai โ Talmai (one of the Anakim); Talmai (king of Geshur);
- Tamar (person) โ Tamar (daugher-in-law of Judah)*; Tamar (daughter of David); Tamar (daughter of Absalom)*;
- Tamar (place) โ Tamar (city โin the wildernessโ in 1 Kgs.); Tamar (site marking the southeastern border of the restored, ideal Israel in Ezek.)*;
- Tappuah โ Tappuah (town in the northern Shephelah); Tappuah (town, also called En-tappuah, on the northern border of Ephraim); Tappuah (town in the territory of Tizrah);
- Tarshish (person) โ Tarshish (descendant of Javan in the Table of Nations); Tarshish (son of Bilhan); Tarshish (official of Persia or Media in Esth.)*;
- Temple โ Symbolism**; Jerusalem Temple**;
- Text of the Old Testament โ Copying and Transmission**; Ancient Manuscripts**; Printed Bibles**; Ancient Versions**; Textual Criticism**;
- Text of the Old Testament โ Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert**;
- Text of the Old Testament โ Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert โ Qumran*; Judean Desert*;
- Text of the Old Testament โ Ancient Versions โ Greek Versions*; Latin Versions*; Targums*; Samaritan Pentateuch*;
- Text of the Old Testament โ Ancient Manuscripts โ Qumran and Judean Desert**;
- Text of the New Testament โ History of the Discipline**; The State of the Text**; Methods of Textual Criticism**; The Text at the End of the Twentieth Century*;
- Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence**; Internal Evidence**; Intrinsic Probabilities*;
- Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence โ Number of Supporting Witnesses*; Age of Supporting Witnesses*; Geographical Diversity of the Witnesses*; โQualityโ of the Supporting Witnesses*;
- Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ Internal Evidence โ Transcriptional Probabilities*;
- Text of the New Testament โ Methods of Textual Criticism โ External Evidence**; Internal Evidence**; Intrinsic Probabilities*;
- Thessalonians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Thessalonians โ Historical Context*; Epistolatory Structure and Function*; Significant Features**;
- Thessalonians, First Letter to the or First Letter to the Thessalonians โ Significant Features โ Eschatology*; Familial Language*; Ethical Instruction*; Wrath against โthe Jewsโ*;
- Thessalonians, Second Letter to the or Second Letter to the Thessalonians โ Structure and Purpose*; Significant Features*;
- Thessalonians, Second Letter to the or Second Letter to the Thessalonians โ Significant Features โ Divine Justice*; The โDay of the Lordโ*;
- Thutmose โ Thutmose I*; Thutmose II*; Thutmose III*; Thutmose IV*;
- Tilgath-pileser or Tilgath-pilneser โ Tilgath-peleser I; Tilgath-pileser II; Tilgath-pileser III**;
- Tikvah โ Tikvah (father of Shallum); Tikvah (father of Jahzeiah);
- Time โ Vocabulary**; Measures of Time**; The Days to Come*; New Testament**;
- Timna โ Timna (concubine of Eliphaz); Timna (chief of Edom); Timna (son of Eliphaz);
- Timnah โ Timnah (city on the northern border of Judah)*; Timnah (town of the hill country of Judah);
- Timothy โ Timothy (commander of the Ammonite forces in 1 & 2 Macc.); Timothy (emissary of Paul)**;
- Tiphsah โ Tiphsah (city on the western shore of the Euphrates); Tiphsah (site of a brutal slaughter by King Menahem in 2 Kgs.);
- Titus โ Titus Manius; Titus (coworker of Paul)**;
- Tobiah - Tobiah (head of a family of returners); Tobiah (an opposer of Nehemiah's journey to Jerusalem);
- Tobias โ Tobias (son of Tobit); Tobias (landowner of the Maccabean period);
- Tobijah โ Tobijah (Levite sent by Jehosphaphat to Judea); Tobijah (descendant of Tobiah unable to authenticate his Israelite origin); Tobijah (repatriate from whom Zechariah was to collect gold and silver);
- Tobit, Book of or Book of Tobit โ Story**; Literary Antecedents**; Date, Language, and Versions*; Themes**; Later Use of Tobit*;
- Tola โ Tola (son of Issachar); Tola (son of Puah);
- Trade and commerce โ Antiquity and Varieties of Trade**; Commercilization**;
- Travel or Transportation โ Modes of Travel**; Rate of Travel**; Traveling Conditions*; Transportation**;
- Trees โ List of trees in the Bible**;
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[edit]- Ulam โ Ulam (son of Sheresh); Ulam (son of Eshek);
- Unni โ Unni (levitical musician of 1 Chr.); Unni (returning Levite);
- Uri โ Uri (father of Bezalel); Uri (father of Geber); Uri (poxtexilic gatekeeper of Ezra);
- Uriah โ Uriah the Hittite*; Uriah (high priest under Ahaz); Uriah (prophet of the time of Jeremiah); Uriah (father of Meremoth); Uriah (who stood with Ezra at the reading of the Law);
- Uriel โ Uriel (chief of the Kohathite Levites in 1 Chr.); Uriel (resident of Gibeah in 2 Chr.); Uriel (archangel);
- Uthai โ Uthai (son of Ammihud); Uthai (returning head of the family of Bigvai);
- Uz (person) โ Uz (son of Aram); Uz (son of Milcah); Uz (son or descendant of Dishan);
- Uzza (person) โ Uzza (son of Gera); Uzza (ancestor of returning temple servants);
- Uzzah โ Uzzah (son of Abinadab); Uzzah (Levite of the family of Merari);
- Uzzi โ Uzzi (son of Bukki); Uzzi (son of Tola); Uzzi (son of Bela); Uzzi (father of Elah); Uzzi (son of Bani); Uzzi (head of Jedaiah's priestly lineage at the time of Joiakim); Uzzi (priest involved in the dedication of the walls in Neh.);
- Uzziah โ Uzziah (King of Judah)**; Uzziah (levitical priest in 1 Chr.); Uzziah (father of Jonathan); Uzziah (returning levitical priest, descendant of Harim); Uzziah (one of the 468 inhabitants of Perez who moved to Jerusalem); Uzziah (chief elder in the city of Bethulia);
- Uzziel โ Uzziel (son of Kohath); Uzziel (son of Ishi); Uzziel (son of Bela); Uzziel (son of Heman); Uzziel (son of Jeduthun); Uzziel (son of Harhaiah);
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[edit]- Walls โ Wall types**; Evolution of City Walls**; Biblical References*;
- Water โ Physical Aspects**; Theological Importance**;
- Water โ Theological Importance โ Cosmology*; Ritual**; Holy Spirit**;
- Weights and measures โ Linear**; Weights**; Area*; Dry capacity*; Liquid capacity*; Weights and measures in the Bible**;
- Wisdom and Wisdom literature โ Wisdom Books*; Characteristics*; Ancient Setting**; Religious Values**;
- Wisdom of Solomon โ Literary Genre*; Contents**;
- Works โ Works of God**; Human works**;
- Worship, Israelite or Israelite Worship โ Seasonal Festivals**; Other Seasonal Celebrations**; Foundational Moments**;
- Worship, Israelite or Israelite Worship โ Foundational Moments โ Priesthood*; Kingship*; Covenant Renewal*;
- Worship, New Testament or New Testament Worship โ Origins*; Description**; Theology**;
- Writing โ Biblical Scripts**; List of Scripts of the Bible, the ancient versions and their antecedents**; Postbiblical scripts**; Prebiblical writing**;
- Writing โ Biblical Scripts โ Hebrew**; Greek*;
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[edit]- Zabad or Jozacar โ Zabad or Jozacar (son of Nathan); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Tahath); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Ahlai); Zabad or Jozacar (son of Shimeath the Ammonite); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Zattu); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Hattum); Zabad or Jozacar (of the sons of Nebo);
- Zabbai โ Zabbai (Israelite who had taken a foreign wife in Ezra); Zabbai (father of Baruch);
- Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri โ Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (ancestor of Achan); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (son of Shimei); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (Sphiphmite steward of David's wine cellar); Zabdi or Zichri or Zimri (son of Asaph);
- Zabdiel โ Zabdiel (father of Jashobeam); Zabdiel (son of Heggedolim); Zabdiel (Arab who decapitated Alexander Balas);
- Zacchaeus โ Zacchaeus (officer in the Maccabean army); Zacchaeus (tax official who climbed a tree to get a glimpse of Jesus)*;
- Zaccur โ Zaccur (father of Shammua); Zaccur (son of Hammuel); Zaccur (Levite of the Merarite line); Zaccur (son of Asaph); Zaccur (descendant of Bigvai); Zaccur (son of Imri); Zaccur (Levite who placed a seal on the new covenant of Neh.); Zaccur (father of Hanan);
- Zadok โ Zadok (high priest under David)**; Zadok (father of Jerusha); Zadok (son of Baana); Zadok (son of Immer); Zadok (a โleader of the peopleโ who placed a seal on the covenant in Neh.); Zadok (scribe appointed by Nehemiah as a treasurer); Zadok (father of Achim);
- Zalmon (place) โ Zalmon (mountain in the vicinity of Shechem); Zalmon (mountain mentioned in Ps. 68:14);
- Zanoah (place) โ Zanoah (town in the northeastern Shephelah)*; Zanoah (town in the eastern hill country of Judah)*;
- Zebediah โ Zebediah (son of Beriah); Zebediah (son of Elpaal); Zebediah (son of Jeroham); Zebediah (son of Meshelemiah); Zebediah (son of Asahel); Zebediah (Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to Judah); Zebediah (son of Ishmael); Zebediah (son of Michael); Zebediah (descendant of the family of Immer);
- Zeboim โ Zeboim (valley in Benjamin); Zeboim (town occupied by the Benjaminites);
- Zechariah โ Zechariah (son of Jeroboam II); Zechariah (father of Abi); Zechariah (head of a family of Reubenites); Zechariah (gatekeeper of the time of David); Zechariah (brother of Ner); Zechariah (musician of the time of David); Zechariah (priestly trumpeter of 1 Chr.); Zechariah (son of Isshiah); Zechariah (son of Hosah the Merarite); Zechariah (father of Iddo); Zechariah (official of Jehoshaphat sent to teach in Judah); Zechariah (father of Jahaziel); Zechariah (son of Jehoshaphat); Zechariah (son of Jehoiada); Zechariah (instructor of Uzziah in 2 Chr.); Zechariah (levitical descendant of Asaph of 2 Chr.); Zechariah (levitical descendant of Kohath of 2 Chr.); Zechariah (priest who contributed animals for sacrifice in 2 Chr./1 Esdr.); Zechariah (head of the family of Parosh); Zechariah (head of the family of Bebai); Zechariah (leader of the Jewish exiles in Ezra); Zechariah (Judean who married a foreign wife in Ezra); Zechariah (leader who stood on the platform with Ezra during the reading of the Law); Zechariah (descendant of Perez); Zechariah (ancestor of Maaseiah); Zechariah (ancestor of Adaiah); Zechariah (priestly trumpeter in Neh.); Zechariah (son of Jeberechiah); Zechariah (prophet of the Book of Zechariah); Zechariah (father of Joseph); Zechariah (alternate name for Heman in 1 Esdr.); Zechariah (father of John the Baptist);
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8**; Zechariah 9-14**;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 โ Author and Date*; Historical Setting*; Message**;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:1-6*; 1:7-6:15**; 7:1-8:23*;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:7-6:15 โ 1:7-17*; 1:18-21 (MT 2:1-4)*; 2:1-5 (2:5-9)*; 2:6-13 (2:10-17)*; 3:1-10*; 4:1-14*; 5:1-4*; 5:5-11*; 6:1-8*; 6:9-15*;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 - Message โ 1:1-6*; 1:7-6:15**; 7:1-8:23*;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 9-14 โ Date and Historical Setting**; Author*; Message**;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 9-14 โ Message โ 9:1-17*; 10:1-12*; 11:1-17*; 12:1-9*; 12:10-13:9*; 14:1-21*;
- Zechariah, Book of or Book of Zechariah โ Zechariah 1-8 โ Author and Date*; Historical Setting*; Message**;
- Zedekiah โ Zedekiah (false prophet at the court of Ahab); Zedekiah (last king of Judah)**; Zedekiah (son of Josiah); Zedekiah (signer of the covenant of Neh.); Zedekiah (prophet Jeremiah accused of immoral conduct); Zedekiah (son of Hananiah); Zedekiah (ancestor of Baruch);
- Zemaraim โ Zemaraim (town in the tribal territory of Benjamin); Zemaraim (mountain in the hill country of Ephraim);
- Zephaniah โ Zephaniah (Kohathite Levite ancestor of Heman); Zephaniah (son of Cushi); Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah); Zephaniah (father of Josiah);
- Zephaniah, Book of or Book of Zephaniah โ Historical Background*; Unity*; Contents and Message**;
- Zerah or Zohar โ Zerah or Zohar (son of Reuel); Zerah or Zohar (father of Jobab); Zerah or Zohar (son of Judah); Zerah or Zohar (son of Simeon); Zerah or Zohar (Levite descendant of Gershom in 1 Chr.); Zerah or Zohar (Kohathite Levite of 1 Chr.); Zerah or Zohar (Zerah the Cushite)*;
- Zerahiah โ Zerahiah (son of Uzzi); Zerahiah (man of the lineage of Pahath-moab);
- Zeredah โ Zeredah (place of residence of Jeroboam); Zeredah (place in the Jordan Valley);
- Zibeon โ Zibeon (father of Anah); Zibeon (son of Seir);
- Zichri or Zabdi โ Zichri or Zabdi (son of Izhar); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Shimei); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Shashak); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Jeroham); Zichri or Zabdi (son of Asaph); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Shelomith); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Eliezer); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Amasiah); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Elishaphat); Zichri or Zabdi (warrior and Ephraimite of 2 Chr.); Zichri or Zabdi (father of Joel); Zichri or Zabdi (head of the priestly family of Abijah at the time of Joiakim);
- Ziha โ Ziha (head of a line of returning temple servants); Ziha (overseer of postexilic temple servants);
- Zillethai โ Zillethai (son of Shimei); Zillethai (Manassite leader who deserted David at Ziklag);
- Zimri (person) โ Zimri (son of Salu); Zimri (King of Israel); Zimri (son of Zerah); Zimri (father of Moza);
- Ziph (person) โ Ziph (descendant of Caleb); Ziph (son of Jehallel);
- Ziph (place) โ Ziph (town in the hill country of Judah); Ziph (town in the southern Negeb);
- Ziza โ Ziza (son of Shiphi); Ziza (son of Rehoboam);
- Zohar โ Zohar (father of Ephron the Hittite); Zohar (alternate name for Simeon's son Zerah); Zohar (alternate reading of Izhar son of Helah);
- Zur โ Zur (a king of Midian in Num.); Zur (son of Jeiel);
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- Acts*; Acts of the Apostles* โ Interpretation; Amos* โ Interpretation; Andrew, Acts of or Acts of Andrew*; Apocalypses* โ First Enoch; The First Christian Apocalypses; Cultural Contexts for the Apocalypses; Apocrypha* โ Old Testament; New Testament; New Testament โ Extant Gospels;
- Baruch*; Bible* โ Evolution of Bibles;
- Canon* - Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Bible โ Process of Canonization; Old Testament; Old Testament โ Religious History; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship; New Testament; New Testament โ Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings; New Testament โ Important Canonical Lists; 1 and 2 Chronicles* - Literary History; Literary Genre and Interpretation; Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement*; Colossians*; 1 Corinthians* โ Interpretation; Interpretation โ 7:1-16:12 Paul's Response to a letter from the Corinthian Church; 2 Corinthians* - Literary History; Interpretation;
- Daniel and Additions to Daniel* โ Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Dead Sea Scrolls* - Description of Important Texts; Brief History of the Qumran Community; Significance; Significance โ Early Christianity; Deuteronomy* - Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents โ Deuteronomy and the Covenant Code; Didache*;
- Ecclesiastes* โ Structure and Contents; 1 Enoch* โ The โBook of the Watchersโ (1 Enoch 1-36); The History of Traditions about 1 Enoch; Ephesians* โ Authorship; 1 Esdras*; 2 Esdras* โ Form and Function; Esther and Additions to Esther*; Exodus* - Canonical Status and Location in the Canon; Authorship, Date, and Literary History; Historical Context; Interpretation; Ezekiel* โ Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents โ II. Prophecies of Judgment; Interpretation; Ezra and Nehemiah* - Content and Structure; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ?;
- Galatians*; Genesis* โ Structure and Contents; Dates of Composition, Historical Contexts, Literary History, and History in Genesis; History of Interpretation; Gospels* - The Diversity of Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels โ Narrative Gospels; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels;
- Habakkuk*; Haggai*; Hebrews*; Hosea* โ Interpretation; Interpretation โ Interpretation of Hosea 1-3;
- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius*; Isaiah* - Chapters 1-39; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 13-23: Oracles Against the Nations; Chapters 40-66; The Formation of the Book (with Special Reference to Chapters 1-2 and 32-29); Major Theological Themes; Reception History;
- James*; Jeremiah* - Structure and Contents; Interpretation โ 21:1-29:32 Against the Jerusalem Leadership; Job* - Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception; Joel* โ Structure and Contents; John, Gospel according to or Gospel according to John* - Interpretation; 1, 2, and 3 John or 1 John and 2 John and 3 John*; Jonah*; Joseph and Aseneth*; Joshua* โ Structure and Content; Jubilees* - Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text; Jude*; Judges* โ Dates of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Structure and Contents โ B. The Heroic Anthology (Judg. 2:6-16:31);
- 1 and 2 Kings* - Authorship; Contents and Structure; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17); Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel โ Contents; Contents and Structure โ Chronology;
- Lamentations* - Structure, Contents, and Interpretation; Letter*; Leviticus*; Lost Books* - Lost Books; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible; Luke, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Luke* โ Interpretation;
- 1 Maccabees* โ Structure and Contents; Reception History; 2 Maccabees*; 3 Maccabees*; 4 Maccabees*; Malachi*; Mark, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Mark* โ Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Mary, Gospel of or Gospel of Mary*; Matthew, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Matthew* โ Structure and Contents; Micah* โ Interpretation;
- Nag Hammadi Library* - Discoveries; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts โ Sethian Gnostic Thought; Nahum*; Numbers* โ Dates of Composition and Historical Contexts;
- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul* - The Authentic Letters; The Disputed Letters; Paul and Thecla, Acts of or Acts of Paul and Thecla*; Pesharim*; Peshitta and Other Syriac Versions*; 1 Peter*; 2 Peter*; Philemon*; Philip, Gospel of or Gospel of Philip*; Philippians*; Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate*; Prayers and Hymns* - Prayers and Hymns in Narrative Contexts in the Hebrew Bible; Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians; Proverbs*; Psalms* - Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book; Literary History; Literary History โ Gunkel's Basic Categories; Literary History โ Post-Gunkel Approaches; Interpretation; Pseudepigrapha* - Survey of Pseudepigrapha; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Revisions and Expansions of Biblical Material; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Apocalypses; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Testamentary Literature;
- Rabbinic Literature* - Introduction; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture; New Testament; New Testament โ Methodology; Revelation* - Date of Composition and Historical Context; Interpretation; Reception History; Romans*; Ruth*;
- Samaritan Pentateuch* โ The Character of the SP; The Character of the SP โ Variants; 1 and 2 Samuel* โ Literary History; Structure and Contents; Reception History; Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations*; Shepherd of Hermas*; Sirach* โ Date and Historical Context; Song of Solomon*;
- Targumim* - Texts; Texts โ The Pentateuch; Testaments* โ The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs โ Date, Provenance, and Authorship; The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs โ Form, Content, and Function; Text Criticism* - Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text; Hebrew Bible โ The Septaugint and Its Versions; Hebrew Bible โ The Septaugint and Its Versions โ The Septaugint (LXX); Hebrew Bible โ Other Versions of the Hebrew Text; Apocrypha; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals; New Testament; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts; New Testament โ History of Editions; 1 Thessalonians*; 2 Thessalonians*; Thomas, Gospel of or Gospel of Thomas*; 1 Timothy*; 2 Timothy; [{Titus]]; Tobit*; Translations, English or [{English Translations]]* -
Versions before 1611; Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions; An Overview of Modern Versions;
- Vulgate and Other Ancient Latin Translations* โ Jerome's Vulgate;
- Wisdom of Solomon*;
- Zechariah*; Zephaniah*;
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- Acts โ Acts as a Genre; Acts and Hagiography; Dating and Intertextuality; The Acts of Andrew; The Acts of John; The Acts of Paul; The Acts of Peter; The Acts of Thomas; Relevance of the Acts for the History of early Christianity; The History of Interpretation and Reception History; Acts of the Apostles โ Name of the Book; Authorship; Date and Historical Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Reception History; Amos โ Authorship and Composition; Historical Context; Structure and Stylistic Features; Reception History; Andrew, Acts of or Acts of Andrew โ The Primitive Acts of Andrew, Later Versions, and Textual Transmission; Plot of the Fragment; Provenance of Acts of Andrew 's Thought; Apocalypses โ Daniel; Jewish Apocalypses of the First and Second Centuries C.E.; Related Literature; Reception and Influence; Apocrypha โ Old Testament โ Genres; Old Testament โ History of Composition and Canonization; Old Testament โ History of Composition and Canonization โ Reformation Era; Old Testament โ Significance for Understanding Early Judaism and Early Christianity; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - Marian Gospels; New Testament โ Apocryphal Acts; New Testament โ Apocryphal Acts โ Historical Value; New Testament โ Apocryphal Epistles; New Testament โ Apocryphal Apocalypses; New Testament โ Reception History;
- Baruch โ Content and Interpretation; Bible โ Origin of the Term Bible; Evolution of Bibles โ Israelite Literature; Evolution of Bibles โ The Example of Jeremiah; Evolution of Bibles โ Jewish Textual Flourishing and Plurality; Evolution of Bibles โ Ends and Beginnings; Evolution of Bibles โ Technological Shift I: The Codex;
- Canon - An Overview; Hebrew Bible โ Principal Divisions of the Canon; Hebrew Bible โ Different Canons; Hebrew Bible โ History of Scholarship; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Jewish Tradition; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Early Christian Bibles; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Three-Stage Theory; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Criticism of the Three-Stage Theory; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ The Sadducees; Old Testament โ Terms and Criteria; Old Testament โ Terms and Criteria - Scripture, Bible, Canon; New Testament โ Definition of Canon; New Testament โ Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings โ Gospels; New Testament โ Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings โ Paul's letters; New Testament โ Disputed Texts; New Testament โ Rationale for Inclusion and Exclusion of New Testament Books; New Testament โ Later Discussions of Canon and โCanon within the Canonโ; 1 and 2 Chronicles - Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Literary History โ The Relationship between Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah; Literary History โ The Original Extent of Chronicles; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Content; Literary Genre and Interpretation โ The Chroniclers Agenda and His Essential Tendency; Literary Genre and Interpretation โ History of Interpretation; Reception History; Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement โ Authorship and Context; Literary Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Colossians โ Authorship; Historical Context and Date of Composition; 1 Corinthians โ Date and Historical Context; Paul in Corinth; Interpretation โ 1:10-6:20 Paul's Response to Reports of Problems in the Corinthian Church; Reception History; 2 Corinthians - Structure and Content; Literary History โ Reasons for Questioning the Literary Integrity; Literary History โ Partition Theories; Literary History โ Partition Theories โ Mitchell; Literary History โ Historical Reconstruction of the Relationship between Paul and the Corinthian Congregation; Interpretation - The Proem: Leitmotifs of the Letter (1:3-11); Interpretation - Pauls' Defense of His Apostolic Ministry; Interpretation - The Collection as a Symbol of the Unity of Jewish and Gentile Believers (2 Cor. 8-9); Interpretation - Paul's Attack on the Intruding Missionaries and His Preparation for a Third Visit (2 Cor. 10-13);
- Daniel and Additions to Daniel โ Authorship, Dates of Composition, and Historical Contexts; Dead Sea Scrolls - Brief History of the Discoveries; Description of the Finds; Description of the Finds โ Provenance; Description of Important Texts โ Biblical Texts; Description of Important Texts โ Parabiblical Literature; Description of Important Texts โ Commentaries; Description of Important Texts โ Rules; Description of Important Texts โ Texts Used in Worship; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Allusions to Historical Texts; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Physical Evidence; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ The Essenes; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Early Reconstruction of the History; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Connecting the Essenes with the Site and the Scrolls; Significance โ Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible; Significance โ Early Judaism; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Sectarianism and Differentiation; Deuteronomy - Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Dates of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty; Structure and Contents โ The Decalogue; Structure and Contents โ Deuteronomy and the Status of Women; Interpretation; Reception History;
- Ecclesiastes โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Authorship: Traditional and Modern Views; Interpretation; Reception History; 1 Enoch โ The Text of 1 Enoch and the Dead Sea Scrolls; Authorship and the Figure of Enoch; The โBook of Parablesโ (1 Enoch 37-71); The โBook of the Luminariesโ (1 Enoch 72-82); The โDream Visionsโ (1 Enoch 83-90); The โEpistle of Enochโ (1 Enoch 92-105); Ephesians โ Structure and Contents; Setting and Purpose; Theology; 1 Esdras โ Interpolation of the Story of the Youths in the Narrative of the Return; Reordering the Narrative of the Return: Zerubbabel's Return History (Ezra 2:1-4:5//1 Esd 5:7-45) and the Complaint to Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:7-24//1 Esd. 2:15-25); The Reading of the Torah (Neh. 8:1-13//1 Esd. 9:36-55) and the Omission of Nehemiah's Memoirs; Esther and Additions to Esther โ Canonical Status; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s); Literary History; Structure and Contents; Outline; Interpretation; Greek Additions to Esther: Structure and Contents; Greek Additions to Esther: Structure and Contents โ Discussion of the Greek Additions; Exodus โ Canonical Status and Location in the Canon โ Exodus and the Former Prophets; Canonical Status and Location in the Canon โ Exodus and Genesis; Authorship, Date, and Literary History โ The Identification of the J Source; Authorship, Date, and Literary History โ The P Literature; Structure and Contents; Interpretation โ The Setting; Interpretation โ The Characters; Interpretation โ The Conflict; Interpretation โ The Revelation; Reception History; Ezekiel โ Name of Book and Meaning; Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s); Literary History; Structure and Contents โ III.. Prophecies Against Foreign Nations; Structure and Contents โ IV. Prophecies of Salvation; Reception History; Ezra and Nehemiah - Versions, Place in the Canons, and Date; Content and Structure โ The Textualization of the Tradition; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ What Was the Conflict with the People of the Land and the Crisis of โMixed Marriagesโ?; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ What Was Ezra's โTorahโ?; Scholarly Reception of Ezra-Nehemiah;
- Galatians โ Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Interpretation History; Interpretation History โ 2. The Purpose and End of the Law; Interpretation History โ 3. New Creation; Genesis โ Canonical Status and Location; Authorship of Genesis; Reception History; Gospels - Euaggelion as a Literary Designation; Gospels by Analogy; Gospels by Analogy โ Sayings Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels โ Sayings Gospels; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels โ The Synoptic Problem; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels โ John and the Synoptics; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels โ The Gospel of Thomas;
- Habakkuk โ Date; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Hebrews โ Authorship; Date and Historical Context; Structure; Interpretation; Reception History; Hosea โ Authorship; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s); Interpretation โ Interpretations of the Book of Hosea; Interpretation โ Hosea as Literature; Reception History;
- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius โ Manuscripts and Authenticity; Major Themes of the Letters; Major Themes of the Letters โ Discipleship and Martyrdom; Major Themes of the Letters โ Unity and Schism; Major Scholarly Debates; Isaiah - Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 3-5 and the Social Background; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 6-8 and Isaiah's Prophetic Biography; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 10, 28-31 and the Siege of Sennacherib; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah (;1-6 and Isaiah 11-12: Royal Announcements; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 24-27; Chapters 40-66 โ Isaiah 40-48: Between Babylon and Persia; Chapters 40-66 โ The Servant and the Servants; Chapters 40-66 โ Isaiah 56-66: New Grace and New Judgment; Literary Features;
- James โ Authorship; Date and Historical Context; Interpretation; Jeremiah - Background Information; Literary History; Interpretation; Interpretation โ 1:4-19 Jeremiah's Commission and Inaugural Visions; Interpretation โ 2:1-10:25 Oracles of Warning to Jerusalem; Interpretation โ 11:1-20:18 Prophetic Laments and Sign-Acts; Interpretation โ 30:1-31:40 The Book of Consolation; Interpretation โ 32:1 -45:5 Struggles for Political Authority; Interpretation โ 46:1-51:64 The Routing of Judah's Enemies; Reception History; Jeremiah, Letter of or Letter of Jeremiah* โ Genre, Contents, and Interpretation; Job - Authorship, Date, and Context; Structure and Contents โ The Prologue; Structure and Contents โ The Wisdom Dialogue; Structure and Contents โ Job's Final Defense; Structure and Contents โ The Divine Speeches; Interpretation โ The Prologue: A Critique of Fear; Interpretation โ The Wisdom Dialogue: The Clash of Incommensurable Perspectives; Interpretation โ The Divine Speeches; Joel โ Interpretative Questions; John, Gospel according to or Gospel according to John - Authorship; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Contexts(s); Literary History; Outline; Interpretation โ The Prologue as Conclusion (1:1-18); Interpretation โ The Wedding Motif from Cana to Cana (2:1-4:54); Interpretation โ Claiming Moses and Fulfilling Feasts (5:1-10:21); Interpretation โ From Bethany to Bethany: The Temple Resolved (10:22-12:11); Interpretation โ The Passion Week: The New Community as the Beloved Spouse (12:12-20:31); Reception History; 1, 2, and 3 John or 1 John and 2 John and 3 John โ Dating and Sequence; Historical Context; Audience and Authorship; Jonah โ Structure and Contents; Interpretation and Reception; Interpretation and Reception โ Theology and Justice; Joseph and Aseneth โ Contents; History of Scholarship; Joshua โ Authorship and Literary Affiliation; Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Interpretation; Historical Context; Reception History; Jubilees - Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Alterations to Biblical Scenes and Characterizations; Jubilee's Responses to the Hellenistic-[Jewish] Context; Jubilean Halakah; Unity of the Book; Author and Date; Author and Date โ The Argument for Qumranic Provenance; Text History; Text History โ Literary Echoes; Text History โ Status at Qumran and Elsewhere; Jude โ Interpretation; Judges โ Literary History; Structure and Contents โ C. The Concluding Section (Judg. 17:1-21:25); Interpretation History; Reception History;
- 1 and 2 Kings - Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11); Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel โ Perspective; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Judah; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Judah โ Contents; Contents and Structure โ The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25); Contents and Structure โ The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25) โ Contents; Contents and Structure โ Language and Style; Contents and Structure โ Reception and History;
- Lamentations - Authorship; Dates of Composition and Historical Context; Letters - Epigraphic Letters; Epigraphic Letters โ Postbiblical Letters; Writing and Delivering a Letter; Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Papyrus; Dictation, Transport, and Delivery; Terminology; Form; Form โ B. Initial Greeting; Letters in the Hebrew Bible; Greco-Roman Letters; Greco-Roman Letters โ Form; Letters in the New Testament; Letters in the New Testament โ Greco-Roman Rhetoric and the New Testament Letters; Letters in the New Testament โ Greco-Roman and Near Eastern Letters; Letters in the New Testament โ Pseudonymity; Letters in the Apocrypha; Leviticus โ Authorship, Date, and Literary History; Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Interpretation โ Sacrifice; Interpretation โ Holiness and Commonness; Interpretation โ Purity and Impurity; Interpretation โ Priestly Outlook; Reception History; Lost Books - Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament โ Letters Attributed to Paul; Assessment; Luke, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Luke โ Manuscript Evidence and Earliest Attestation; Authorship; Sources; Structure and Genre; Interpretation โ Salvation History; Interpretation โ Rich and Poor in Luke; Interpretation โ Women in Luke; Interpretation โ Luke and Judaism; Reception History;
- 1 Maccabees โ The Name of 1 Maccabees; The Canonical Status of 1 Maccabees; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents โ Section 2 (chs. 3:1-9:22); Structure and Contents โ Section 3 (chs. 9:23-16:24); Interpretation; 2 Maccabees โ Canonical Status; Date and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Literary History; Interpretation; Jewish and Christian Reinterpretations; Later Reception History; 3 Maccabees โ Authorship, Origins, and Date; Historicizing Fiction; Religious and Cultural Significance; 4 Maccabees โ Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Malachi โ Canonical Status and Location; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Manasseh, Prayer of or Prayer of Manasseh; Mark, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Mark โ Authorship; Literary History; Structure and Contents โ 2. Jesus's Christological Identity; Reception History; Mary, Gospel of or Gospel of Mary โ Attestation, Date, and Authorship; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation; Matthew, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Matthew โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents โ Narrative Section: Healings and Miracles (8:1-9:38); Structure and Contents โ Second Discourse: On the Mission of the Twelve (10:1-42); Structure and Contents โ Narrative Section: Growing Tensions and Conflicts (11:1-12:50); Structure and Contents โ Third Discourse: Parables About the Kingdom of Heaven (13:1-52); Structure and Contents โ Narrative Section: Messianic Claims and the Demands of Discipleship (13:53-17:27); Structure and Contents โ Fourth Discourse: Rules for the Members of the Ekklฤsia (18:1-35); Structure and Contents โ Narrative Section: Teaching, Healing, and Conflict in Judea and Jerusalem (19:1-24:2); Structure and Contents โ Fifth Discourse: The End of Time and the Final Judgment (24:3-25:46); Structure and Contents โ The Passion and Resurrection: Narrative (26:1-28:20); Interpretation; Reception History; Micah โ Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation โ Micah 1; Interpretation โ Micah 2; Reception History;
- Nag Hammadi Library - Discoveries โ The Nag Hammadi Discovery According to James M. Robinson; Nag Hammadi Archaeology; Nag Hammadi Archaeology โ Archaeology at the Jabal al-Tarif and Pbow; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts โ Thomas Christianity; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts โ Texts of Hermetic Religion and Other Texts; The Impact of the Nag Hammadi Library and Other Codices; Nahum โ Date; Literary Issues; Literary Issues โ Nahum in the Wider Literary Context; Interpretation; Reception History; Numbers โ Authorship; Interpretation;
- Obadiah* โ Content and Interpretation;
- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul - Authorship and Pseudonymity; History of Modern Research โ Trends and Developments; The Authentic Letters โ Romans; The Authentic Letters โ First Corinthians; The Authentic Letters โ Second Corinthians; The Authentic Letters โ Galatians; The Authentic Letters โ Philippians; The Authentic Letters โ First Thessalonians; The Authentic Letters โ Philemon; The Disputed Letters โ Ephesians; The Disputed Letters โ Colossians; The Disputed Letters โ Second Thessalonians; The Pseudonymous Letters; The Pseudonmyous Letters โ The Pastoral Letters (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus); Paul and Thecla, Acts of or Acts of Paul and Thecla โ Relation to Canonical Books; Literary History; Contents; Pesharim* - โContinuous Pesharimโ; โThematicโ Pesharim; Peshitta and Other Syriac Versions โ Origin and Dating of the Old Testament Peshitta; Scholarly Significance of the Old Testament Peshitta; Editions and Translations of the Old Testament Peshitta; 1 Peter โ Interpretation; 2 Peter โ Interpretation; Philemon โ The Traditional Interpretation Challenged: Reassessing Onesimus; Philip, Gospel of or Gospel of Philip โ Location in Early Christianity; Theological Ideas; Key Figures; Philippians โ Date(s) of Composition and Historical Contexts; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate โ The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate; The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ Contents; The Middle Ages; Prayers and Hymns - Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians โ Prayers and Hymns from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians โ Prayers and Hymns from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians โ Prayers and Hymns in Early Christian Writings; Proverbs โ Dates of Composition and Historical Context(s); Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Psalms - Authorship; Structure and Compilation of the Book; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Genre Headings; Literary History โ A Puzzling Problem; Pseudepigrapha โ The Term and the Collection; Jewish or Christian Origin?; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Apologetic, Wisdom, and Philosophical Texts; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Edifying Tales and Romances; Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Liturgical Texts; The Significance of the Pseudepigrapha;
- Rabbinic Literature - Introduction โ The Documents of Rabbinic Literature; Introduction โ The Mishnah; Introduction โ The Post-Mithnaic Legal Literature: The Tosefta and Talmuds; Introduction โ Scripture and the Exegetical Tradition of the Written Torah; Introduction โ The Rabbinic Literature as Oral Torah; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ The Rabbinic โCanonโ of the Bible; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ The Form โMidrashโ; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ The Origins and Many Purposes of Midrash; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ Midrash Halakah and Midrash Haggadah; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ Rabbinic and Patristic Interpretations of Scripture: Schools, Common Features, and the Question of Interaction; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Hermeneutics and Hellenistic Parallels; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Hermeneutics and Hellenistic Parallels โ The Seven Rules of Hillel and the Thirteen Rules of Rabbi Ishmael; New Testament โ Methodology โ Recent Developments; New Testament โ Jewish Law before the Halakah; New Testament โ Exegetical Principles; New Testament โ Midrashic Parallels; New Testament โ Anti-Christian Polemic; Revelation - Interpretation โ Vision of the Heavenly Throne Room and the Seven Seals (4:1-8:5); Interpretation โ The Seven Trumpets (8:6-11:19); Interpretation โ Unnumbered Visions of Conflict, Deliverance, and Judgment (12:1-15:4); Interpretation โ Vision of the Fall of Babylon (17:1-19:10); Interpretation โ Unnumbered Visions Cataloging God's Defeat of His Enemies (19:11-21:8); Interpretation โ Epilogue and Epistolary Closing (22:8-21); Romans โ Historical Context; Occasion and Purpose; Structure of the Letter; Interpretation; Reception; Ruth โ Names; Author; Historical Context and Date of Composition; Structure and Contents; Reception History;
- 1 and 2 Samuel โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Structure and Contents โ Samuel; Structure and Contents โ Saul; Structure and Contents โ David; Structure and Contents โ Women; Interpretation; Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Sequence of the Books; Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date; Evidence; Evidence โ Direct Witnesses; Exegesis; Hebrew Source of the LXX; Greek and Hebrew Scrolls from the Judean Desert; Revisions of the Septaugint; The Greek Versions and Christianity; The Greek Versions and Christianity โ Quotations of the LXX in the NT; Shepherd of Hermas โ Authorship and Date; Genre, Structure, and Contents; Interpretation; Sirach โ Canonical Status; Textual and Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Song of Solomon โ Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Song of Solomon โ Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History;
- Targumim - Early Written Targumim; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Onkelos; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Pseudo-Jonathan; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ The Cairo Genizah Fragments of the Palestinian Targum; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ The Fragment Targums of the Pentateuch; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Codex Neofiti 1; Texts โ The Prophets; Texts โ The Writings; Texts โ The Writings โ Lamentations; Texts โ The Writings โ Canticles; Chief Targumic Themes; Genres; Connections of Targums with Other Topics; Testaments โ The Testament of Moses; The Vision of Amram; The Testament of Job; Other โTestamentaryโ Literature; Text Criticism - Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text โ The Masoretic Text (MT); Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text โ The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP); Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text โ The Qumran Scrolls; Hebrew Bible โ The Septaugint and Its Versions โ The Old Latin (OL); Hebrew Bible โ The Septaugint and Its Versions โ The Syro-Hexapla; Hebrew Bible โ Other Versions of the Hebrew Text โ The Targumim; Hebrew Bible โ Other Versions of the Hebrew Text โ Peshitta; Hebrew Bible โ Other Versions of the Hebrew Text โ The Vulgate; Apocrypha โ Modern Study; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Sirach; Apocrypha โ Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain; Apocrypha โ Reception History; New Testament โ Witnesses; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Patristic Citations; New Testament โ Principles of Criticism; New Testament - Principles of Criticism โ Internal; New Testament โ Illustrative Variants; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ First Timothy 3:16; 1 Thessalonians โ Interpretation; Reception; 2 Thessalonians โ Content and Structure; Literary Relationship Between 1 and 2 Thessalonians; Authorship and Date of Composition; Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity; Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity โ Contradictory Eschatological Discourses; Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Authenticity; Thomas, Gospel of or Gospel of Thomas โ The Gospel of Thomas in Early Christianity; Authorship and Place of Origin; Structure and Organization; Sources of the Gospel; Difficulties of Interpretation; The Dependence or Independence Debate; The Thomasine Community; 1 Timothy โ Authorship and Genre; Audience, Contents, and Interpretation; Tobit โ Text; Literary Character; Literary Character โ Tobit and Reader Engagement; Reception History; Translations, English or English Translations - Versions before 1611 โ The Wycliffe Bible; Versions before 1611 โ Tyndale's Version (New Testament; 1526-1534); Versions before 1611 โ The Rheims-Douay Bible, or Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1609); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The Authorized (King James) Version (1611); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The Revised Version (1885); Modern Pioneers; Translation Theory and Bible Translation;
- Vulgate and Other Ancient Latin Translations โ The Vetus Latina (Old Latin) Tradition;
- Wisdom of Solomon โ Contents and Structure; Language, Provenance, and Date; Genre and Purpose; Theology; Formative Influences; Reception and Canonical Status;
- Zechariah โ Date of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Zephaniah โ Historical Context;
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- Acts โ The Acts of Philip; Acts of the Apostles โ Canonical Status; Andrew, Acts of or Acts of Andrew โ The Apostle Andrew; Reconstruction of the Primitive Acts of Andrew; Acts of Andrew Fragment in the Vatican Museum; Message of the Fragment; Date and Place of Composition; Apocalypses โ Earliest Apocalypses; Apocrypha โ Old Testament โ Genres โ Histories; Old Testament โ Genres โ Poetic Books; Old Testament โ Genres โ Prophetic Books; Old Testament โ History of Composition and Canonization โ Jewish Community; Old Testament โ History of Composition and Canonization โ Early Christians; Old Testament โ History of Composition and Canonization โ Orthodox; New Testament โ Agrapha; New Testament โ Lost Gospels; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - The Gospel of Thomas; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - Stories about Jesus' Birth; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - Gospels of Jesus' Childhood; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - Passion Gospels; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - The Descent to the Underworld; New Testament โ Extant Gospels - Pilate; New Testament โ Assumption of Mary;
- Baruch โ Authorship and Literary History; Bible โ Origin of the Term Bible โ Plural to Singular, and Sacred; Origin of the Term Bible โ Related Terms; Evolution of Bibles โ Technological Shift II:Printing; A Ongoing Evolution and Legacy;
- Canon โ Hebrew Bible โ Principal Divisions of the Canon โ Torah; Hebrew Bible โ Principal Divisions of the Canon โ Prophets; Hebrew Bible โ Principal Divisions of the Canon โ Writings; Hebrew Bible โ Process of Canonization โ Septaugint or LXX; Hebrew Bible โ Process of Canonization โ Qumran; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Catholic Tradition; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Protestant Tradition; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Protestants and the Apocrypha; Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Significance; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791); Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ An Alternative Approach; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Dead Sea Scrolls; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ A First Century C.E. Canon; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Alexandrian Canon Hypothesis; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ โCouncilโ of Jamnia Myth; Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Assessment; Old Testament โ Terms and Criteria - โCanon 1โ and โCanon 2โ; New Testament โ Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings โ Remaining Writings; 1 and 2 Chronicles โ Authorship; Literary Genre and Interpretation โ Is Chronicles Intended to Replace Samuel-Kings?; Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement โ Literary Structure and Contents โ Contents of 1 Clement; Literary Structure and Contents โ Contents of 2 Clement; Interpretation โ Keys to 1 Clement; Interpretation โ Keys to 2 Clement; Reception History; Colossians โ Canonical Status; Structure and Content; Interpretation; Reception History; 1 Corinthians โ Authorship; Structure and Outline of 1 Corinthians; Interpretation โ 1:1-9 Opening Greeting and Thanksgiving; Interpretation โ 16:5-24 Conclusion: Travel Plans, Exhortation, and Final Greetings; 2 Corinthians โ Literary History โ Partition Theories โ The Semler-Windisch- and the Hausrath-Kennedy-Hypothesis; Literary History โ Partition Theories โ The Weiss-Bultmann Hypothesis; Literary History โ Partition Theories โ The Bornkamm-Schmithals-Hypothesis; Interpretation - Paul and His Congregation 1: Events Ensuring from the Intermediate Visit (1:12-2:13); Interpretation โ Paul's Defense of His Apostolic Ministry โ Paul's Ministry of a New Covenant (2:14-4:6); Interpretation โ Paul's Defense of His Apostolic Ministry โ Apostolic Afflictions, Divine Preservation, and the Hope for Resurrection (4:7-5:10); Interpretation โ Paul's Defense of His Apostolic Ministry โ Paul's Ministry of Reconciliation (5:11-6:10) and His Appeal for Reconciliation (6:11-7:4); Interpretation - Paul and His Congregation II: Paul's Joy at the Repentance of the Corinthians (7:5-16); Assessment;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Brief History of the Discoveries โ Notable Caves; Brief History of the Discoveries โ Publication Process; Description of the Finds โ Nomenclature for Scrolls; Description of the Finds โ Genres; Description of Important Texts โ 4QMMT; Description of Important Texts โ Wisdom Texts; Description of Important Texts โ Eschatological Texts; Description of Important Texts โ Non-literary Texts; Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Written Evidence; Description of the Sect; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Attitude to Scripture; Significance โ Early Christianity โ The Law; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Immersion for Purification; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Eschatology; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Son of Man; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Kingdom of God; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Miracles; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Mystery; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Dualism; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Devotion; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Leadership; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Community Property; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Women; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Melchizedek; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Calendar; Significance โ Early Christianity โ Ritual Meal; Deuteronomy โ Name of the Book and Its Meaning; Authorship; Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty โ Other Literary Influences; Didache โ Name; Canonical and/or Noncanonical Status; Authorship and Date; Edition, Translations, and Commentaries; Structure and Contents; Interpretations and Open Questions; New Required Research;
- Ephesians โ Contribution; 1 Esdras โ The Abrupt Opening and Ending; A Mixture of Genres; Juxtaposition of Alternative Narratives and Chronological Confusion; First Esdras as a Whole โ Title, Structure, and Concept; 2 Esdras โ Canonicity; Language, Date, and Provenance; Reception History; Fifth Ezra and 6 Ezra; Esther and Additions to Esther โ Authorship; Greek Additions to Esther: Structure and Contents โ Outline of the Greek Additions to Esther; Reception History; Exodus โ Canonical Status and Location in the Canon โ Exodus and Deuteronomy; Authorship, Date, and Literary History โ The Identification of the E Source; Interpretation โ The Journey; Interpretation โ The Sanctuary; Ezekiel โ Authorship: Traditional and Modern; Structure and Contents โ I. Prophetic Call Narrative; Ezra and Nehemiah โ Content and Structure โ The Community as the Chief Protagonist of the Reconstruction; Content and Structure โ The Expansion of the โHouse of Godโ to Encompass the People and City, Not Only the Temple; Content and Structure โ Structure; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ? - Royal Edicts and Correspondence; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ? - Nehemiah Memoir; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ? - Ezra Memoir and Ezra โSourceโ; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ? - The Lists; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ What Is the Compositional History of Ezra-Nehemiah?; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ What Was the Relationship between Samaria and Yehud/Judah?; The Impact of Ezra/Nehemiah;
- Galatians โ Interpretation History โ 1. The Antioch Incident; Genesis โ Name of Book; Gospels โ The Diversity of Gospels โ Narrative Gospels; The Diversity of Gospels โ Passion Gospels; The Diversity of Gospels โ Sayings Gospels; The Diversity of Gospels โ Post-Resurrection Dialogues; The Diversity of Gospels โ Theological Tractates; The Diversity of Gospels โ Other Gospels; Gospels by Analogy โ Narrative Gospels; Gospels by Analogy โ Passion and Infancy Gospels; Gospels by Analogy โ Dialogue/Discourse Gospels; The Literary Character of Gospels โ Dialogue Gospels; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels โ Jewish-Christian gospels; Prospects;
- Habakkuk โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Haggai โ Name; Canonical Status and Location; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Interpretation; Reception History; Hebrews โ Name; Canonical Status; Literary History; Hosea โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Literary History; Textual Difficulties; Structure;
- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius โ Major Themes of the Letters โ Jewish/Gentile Relations; Major Scholarly Debates โ Situation Reflected: Antioch or Western Asia Minor?; Major Scholarly Debates โ Situation in Antioch; Major Scholarly Debates โ Opponents; Other Matters; Isaiah โ Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 1-2 as Overtures; Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 9 and the Fall of Samaria;
- James โ Literary Genre; Structure and Contents; Reception History; Jeremiah โ Interpretation โ 1:1-3 Historical Superscription; Interpretation โ 52:1-34 The Destruction of Jerusalem; Jeremiah, Letter of or Letter of Jeremiah โ Authorship, Date, and Language; Job โ Outline; Structure and Contents โ The Wisdom Poem; Structure and Contents โ Elihu's Speeches; Structure and Contents โ The Epilogue; Interpretation โ Job 28: Wisdom as the Missing Piece; Joel โ Canon and Text; Joel, Person and Name; Structure and Contents โ Calls to Respond to Disasters: Joel 1:2-13; Structure and Contents โ Prophetic Responses: Joel 1:15-20; Structure and Contents โ Invaders Revisited: Joel 2:1-11; Structure and Contents โ Prophetic Address: Joel 2:12-17; Structure and Contents โ God's Answer: Joel 2:18-27; Structure and Contents โ Universal Prophecy: Joel 2:28-32 (Joel 3); Structure and Contents โ The Final Battle: Joel 3:1-21 (Heb. 4:1-21); Subsequent Influence; John, Gospel according to or Gospel according to John โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Interpretation โ Seeking and Finding Community (1:19-51); Interpretation โ โThat You Might Continue to Believeโ: The Living Bridegroom (20:1-31); Interpretation โ The Epilogue: The Community Moves Forward (21:1-25); 1, 2, and 3 John or 1 John and 2 John and 3 John โ Composition and Structure; Purpose of Writing; Reception and Influence; Jonah โ Structure and Contents โ Inner-Biblical Allusions in Jonah; Structure and Contents โ Humor in Jonah; Joseph and Aseneth โ Interpretation; Jubilees โ Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Contemporary Cultural Influences; Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Halakah; Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Apocalyptic Features; Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Poetics; Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Distrinctive Features of Jubilees; Jude โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Date and Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Reception History; Judges โ Title; Date; Place in Canon; Authorship; Literary History โ The Book of Rescuers (Judg. 3:12-8:28); Literary History โ โChapter Twoโ of the Deuteronomic History (Judg. 2:6-16:11); Literary History โ The Scroll of Judges (Judg. 1-21); Structure and Contents โ A. The Introductory Section (Judg. 1:1-2:5);
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Name, Place in Canon; Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11) โ Sources; Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11) โ Perspective; Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11) โ Contents; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel โ Sources; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Judah โ Sources; Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Judah โ Perspective; Contents and Structure โ The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25) โ Sources; Contents and Structure โ The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25) โ Perspective; Contents and Structure โ Historicity;
- Lamentations โ Location in Canon; Textual History; Genre; Poetry and Major Themes; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation โ Lamentations 1-2; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation โ Lamentations 3; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation โ Lamentations 4; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation โ Lamentations 5; Reception History; Letters โ Epigraphic Letters โ Arad; Epigraphic Letters โ Lachish; Epigraphic Letters โ Other Hebrew Sources from the Biblical Period; Epigraphic Letters โ Elephantine; Epigraphic Letters โ Postbiblical Letters โ Qumran; Epigraphic Letters โ Postbiblical Letters โ Masada; Epigraphic Letters โ Postbiblical Letters โ Bar Kochba; Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Leather; Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Pottery (Ostraca); Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Other Materials; Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Inks; Literacy; Form โ A. Initial Address; Form โ C. Body; Form โ D-F. Concluding Formulas; Form โ G. Outside Address; Form โ Example of an Epigraphic Letter; Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ Definite References to Letters; Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ The Aramaic Letters in Ezra; Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ Probable Letters; Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ Questionable Cases; Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ Generically Marginal or Mixed Cases; Additional Literary Sources; The Literary Use of Letters; Leviticus โ Outline; Lost Books โ Sacred Writings and Canon; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14); Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Book of Jaschar; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Book of Acts of Solomon (1 Kgs. 11:41); Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Chronicles; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Books Attributed to Prophets; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Laments; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Other Books; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament โ Gospels; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament โ Acts 19:19; Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament โ Agrapha; Other Christian Books; Luke, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Luke โ Attestation; Date; Location and Audience;
- 1 Maccabees โ The Relationship Between 1, 2, 3 and 4 Maccabees; Structure and Contents โ Section 1 (chs. 1-2); 2 Maccabees โ Authorship; Setting of the Epitomist; 3 Maccabees โ Transmission History; 4 Maccabees โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Authorship; Date of Composition and Historical Context; Literary History; Reception History; Malachi โ Name; Literary History; Mark, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Mark โ Canonical Status and Location; Structure and Contents โ 1. The Coming Kingdom of God; Structure and Contents โ 3. The Incomprehension of the Disciples; Interpretation; Mary, Gospel of or Gospel of Mary โ The Title of the Gospel; Reception History; Matthew, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Matthew โ Structure and Contents โ Introduction, Part 1: The Infancy Narrative (1:1-2:23); Structure and Contents โ Introduction, Part II: Prologue to Jesus' Ministry (3:1-4:25); Structure and Contents โ First Discourse: The Sermon on the Mount (5:1-7:29); Micah โ Background Information; Interpretation โ Micah 3; Interpretation โ Micah 4; Interpretation โ Micah 5; Interpretation โ Micah 6; Interpretation โ Micah 7;
- Nag Hammadi Library โ Discoveries โ The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library according to Jean Doresse; Discoveries โ The Discovery of Berlin Gnostic Codex 8502; Discoveries โ The Discovery of Codex Tchacos; Nag Hammadi Archaeology โ Archaeological and Historical Investigation in the Nag Hammadi Region; Nahum โ Authorship; Contents and Structure; Literary Issues โ Genre; Literary Issues โ Nahum as Poet; Numbers โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Contents and Structure of the Final Composition; Reception History;
- Paul and Thecla, Acts of or Acts of Paul and Thecla โ Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context; Pesharim -Other Occurrences of the Word โPesherโ and Commentaries; Peshitta and Other Syriac Versions โ Name; Origin and Dating of the New Testament Peshitta; Extent of the Peshitta; Scholarly Significance of the New Testament Peshitta; Other Syriac Versions of the Old Testament; Other Syriac Versions of the New Testament; Editions and Translations of the New Testament Peshitta; Legacy: The Bible of the Syriac Churches; 1 Peter โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Date and Place of Composition; Literary History; Structure and Contents; 2 Peter โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Date and Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; Reception History; Philemon โ The Traditional Interpretation: Onesimus as a Runaway Slave from Colossae; The Traditional Interpretation Adapted: Onesimus as Bishop of Ephesus; The Enduring Appeal of Philemon; Philip, Gospel of or Gospel of Philip โ Significance; Philippians โ Canonical Status; Authorship; Reception History; Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate โ The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ Manuscript Tradition; The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ A Consistent Account?; The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ Dating; The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ Milieu of Origin; The Middle Ages โ Contents; The Middle Ages โ Literary Descendants; The Middle Ages โ Canonicity; The Middle Ages โ Artistic Reception; The Middle Ages โ Related Works; Prayers and Hymns โ Categorizing Prayers and Hymns; Proverbs โ Canonical Status and Location; Authorship; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 1-9: โThe Proverbs of Solomonโ; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 10:1-22:16: โThe Proverbs of Solomon,โ Part 2; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 22:17-24:22: โThe Words of the Wiseโ; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 24:23-34; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 25-29; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 30: โThe Words of Agur, Son of Jakehโ; Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 31: โThe Words of King Lemuelโ; Psalms โ Position in the Canon; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Authorial or Pseudepigraphal Headings; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Historical Headings; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Headings for Liturgical Occasions; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Musical Headings; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Instructional Headings; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Hallelujah; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Technical Terms inside Psalms;
- Rabbinic Literature โ Introduction โ The Midrashic Compilations; Introduction โ Genesis Rabbah; Introduction โ Leviticus Rabbah; Introduction โ Pesiqta de Rab Kahana; Introduction โ Song of Songs Rabbah; Introduction โ Ruth Rabbah; Introduction โ Lamentations Rabbah (also called Eikha Rabbati); Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Readings from the Bible in the Synagogue in Rabbinic Times; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Oral Torah; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ Targum; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ The Rabbinic View of the Bible and Its Effect on the Nature of Midrash; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ Prerabbinic Forms of Midrash?; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ The Three-part Tanak and Some Formal Characteristics of Rabbinic Midrash; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Hermeneutics and Hellenistic Parallels โ The Methods of Midrash Haggadah; Revelation โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon; Traditional and Modern Authorship; Structure and Contents; Interpretation โ Title, Epistolatory Opening, and Introduction to the Visions (1:1-8); Interpretation โ Vision of a โSon of Manโ and the Messages of the Seven Churches (1:9-3:22); Interpretation โ Seven Bowls (15:5-16:21); Interpretation โ Vision of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:7); Romans โ Authorship and Integrity of the Letter; Audience; Ruth โ Location in the Canon and Textual Evidence;
- Samaritan Pentateuch โ Qumran and the SP; 1 and 2 Samuel โ Structure and Contents โ Outline; Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Name and Nature; Scope; Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date โ Jewish Background; Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date โ Place; Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date โ Date; Evidence โ Indirect Witnesses; Editions; Auxiliary Tools; Translation Technique; Retroversion of the Parent Text; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Emergence of the Revisions; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Nature of the Revisions; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Pre-Hexaplaric Revisions; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Kaige-Theodotion; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Aquila; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Symmachus; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Hexapla; Revisions of the Septaugint โ Post-Hexaplaric Revisions; The Greek Versions and Christianity โ Terminology; The Greek Versions and Christianity โ Theological Foundations; Shepherd of Hermas โ Canonical Status; Sirach โ Name of the Book; Authorship; Reception History; Song of Solomon โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon;
- Targumim โ The Origin of Targumim; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ The Palestinian Targums; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Palestinian Targumic Toseftot; Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Liturgical Palestinian Targum-Inspired Poems; Texts โ The Prophets โ Jonathan; Texts โ The Prophets โ Targum Prophets Toseftot; Texts โ The Writings โ Job; Texts โ The Writings โ Psalms; Texts โ The Writings โ Proverbs; Texts โ The Writings โ Ruth; Texts โ The Writings โ Qohelet; Texts โ The Writings โ Esther; Texts โ The Writings โ Chronicles; Connections of Targums with Other Topics โ The Syriac Pentateuch and the Targumim; Connections of Targums with Other Topics โ Targumim: Interpretative Tradition. Origin in Synagogue or School?; Connections of Targums with Other Topics โ Targumim and New Testament; Connections of Targums with Other Topics โ Tell-like Structure of our Present Targumim; Testaments โ The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs โ Original Language and Textual Witnesses; Reception History; Text Criticism โ Apocrypha โ Aims; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Maccabees; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Baruch; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Wisdom of Solomon; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Esther; Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Prayer of Manasseh; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Tobit; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Additions to Esther; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ First Maccabees; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ First-Second Esdras; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Additions to Daniel; Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Psalm 151; Apocrypha โ Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain โ Judith; Apocrypha โ Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain โ Letter of Jeremiah; Apocrypha โ Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain โ Psalms of Solomon; New Testament โ Terminology; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P45; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P46; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P47; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P52; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P66; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P72; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P75; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - (01) or Codex Sinaiticus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - A (02) or Codex Alexandrinus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - B (03) or Codex Vaticanus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - C (04) or Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - D (05) or Codex Bezae; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - D (06) or Codex Claromontanus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - F (010) or Codex Augiensis; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - G (012) or Codex Boernerianus; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - L (019) or Codex Regius; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - W (032); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - ฮ (037); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - ฮ (038) or the Koridethi Gospels; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - 046; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 1; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 13; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 28; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 33; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 81; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 383; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 565; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 579; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 614; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 700; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 892; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 1241; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 1424; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 1739; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 2053; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 2344; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Lectionaries (2450); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Latin (latt); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Syriac; New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Coptic (co); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Armenian (arm); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Gothic (got); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Ethiopic (aeth); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Georgian (geo); New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Old Church Slavonic (slav); New Testament - Principles of Criticism โ External; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ Mark 10:7; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ Mark 16:9-20; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ John 1:18; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ John 7:53-8:11; New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ Romans 5:1; 1 Thessalonians โ Canonical Status and Location; Authorship; Date of Composition and Literary Context; Literary History; Structure and Contents; 2 Thessalonians โ Content and Structure โ Exordion (1:1-12); Content and Structure โ Partitio (2:1-2); Content and Structure โ Probation (2:3-3:5); Content and Structure โ Exhortatio (3:6-15); Content and Structure โ Peroratio (3:16-18); Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity โ Literary Dependence; Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity โ The Lack of Personal References; Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity โ The References to Forgery in 2 Thess. 2:2 and 3:27; Thomas, Gospel of or Gospel of Thomas โ Principal Themes; Debates within the Text; 1 Timothy โ Context; Tobit โ Date and Place of Composition; Original Language; Sources; Main Themes; Translations, English or English Translations โ Versions before 1611 โ The Coverdale Bible (1535); Versions before 1611 โ The Matthew's Bible (1537); Versions before 1611 โ The Taverner's Bible (1539); Versions before 1611 โ The Great Bible (1539); Versions before 1611 โ The Geneva Bible (1560); Versions before 1611 โ The Bishop's Bible (1568); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The American Standard Version (1901); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The Revised Standard Version (1952); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The New American Standard Bible (1971); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The New King James Version (1982); 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The New Revised Standard Version (1989); An Overview of Modern Versions โ A New Translation of the Bible (1926-1955) by James Moffatt; An Overview of Modern Versions โ An American Translation (1927) by Smith and Goodspeed; An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New Testament in Modern English (1958) by J. R. Phillips; An Overview of Modern Versions โ The Jerusalem Bible (1966); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New English Bible (1970); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New American Bible (1970); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The Good News Translation (1976); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New International Version (1978); An Overview of Modern Versions โ Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (1985); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version (1995); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The New Living Translation (1996); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The English Standard Version (2001); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The NET Bible (2005-print edition); An Overview of Modern Versions โ The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation (2006); An Overview of Modern Versions โ Common English Bible (2011); Modern Pioneers โ The Five Books of Moses: A New Translation with Introductions, Commentary and Notes (1995); Give Us a King!: Samuel, Saul, and David (1999) by Everett Fox; Modern Pioneers โ The David Story: 1 and 2 Samuel (1999); The Five Books of Moses (2004); The Book of Psalms (2007); The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes (2010) by Robert Alter; Modern Pioneers โ Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas (2009) by Willis Barnstone;
- Wisdom of Solomon โ Text and Versions;
- Zechariah โ Name; Canonical Status and Location; Authorship; Zephaniah โ Location in Canon; Textual Evidence; Contents and Structure; Reception History;
Redirects
[edit]- Bel and the Dragon;
- Canticles;
- Ecclesiasticus;
- LXX;
- Midrashim; Mishnah;
- Nicodemus, Gospel of or Gospel of Nicodemus;
- Prayer of Azariah;
- Song of Songs; Song of the Three Young Men; Susanna;
- Talmudim; Tosefta; Translations, Greek; Translations, Latin; Translations, Syriac;
Subarticles
[edit]A
[edit]- Acts โ Acts as a Genre**; Acts and Hagiography**; Dating and Intertextuality**; The Acts of Andrew**; The Acts of John**; The Acts of Paul**; The Acts of Peter**; The Acts of Thomas**; The Acts of Philip*; Relevance of the Acts for the History of early Christianity**; The History of Interpretation and Reception History**;
- Acts of the Apostles โ Name of the Book**; Canonical Status*; Authorship**; Date and Historical Context**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Amos โ Authorship and Composition**; Historical Context**; Structure and Stylistic Features**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Andrew, Acts of or Acts of Andrew โ The Apostle Andrew*; The Primitive Acts of Andrew, Later Versions, and Textual Transmission**; Reconstruction of the Primitive Acts of Andrew*; Acts of Andrew Fragment in the Vatican Museum*; Plot of the Fragment**; Message of the Fragment*; Provenance of Acts of Andrew 's Thought**; Date and Place of Composition*;
- Apocalypses โ Earliest Apocalypses*; First Enoch***; Daniel**; Jewish Apocalypses of the First and Second Centuries C.E.**; The First Christian Apocalypses***; Related Literature**; Cultural Contexts for the Apocalypses***; Reception and Influence**;
- Apocrypha โ Old Testament***; New Testament***;
- Apocrypha โ Old Testament โ Genres**; History of Composition and Canonization**; Significance for Understanding Early Judaism and Early Christianity**;
- Apocrypha โ New Testament โ Agrapha*; Lost Gospels*; Extant Gospels***; Apocryphal Acts**; Apocryphal Epistles**; Apocryphal Apocalypses**; Assumption of Mary*; Reception History**;
B
[edit]- Baruch โ Authorship and Literary History*; Content and Interpretation**;
- Bible โ Modern Usage**; Origin of the Term Bible**; Evolution of Bibles***; An Ongoing Evolution and Legacy*;
- Bible โ Origin of the Term Bible โ Plural to Singular, and Sacred*; Related Terms*;
- Bible โ Evolution of Bibles โ Israelite Literature**; The Example of Jeremiah**; Jewish Textual Flourishing and Plurality**; Ends and Beginnings**; Technological Shift I: The Codex**; Technological Shift II:Printing*;
C
[edit]- Canon โ An Overview**; Hebrew Bible***; Old Testament***; New Testament***;
- Canon โ Hebrew Bible โ Principal Divisions of the Canon**; Different Canons**; Process of Canonization***; History of Scholarship**;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Religious History***; Critical Scholarship***; Terms and Criteria**;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Religious History โ Jewish Tradition**; Christian Tradition***;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Religious History โ Christian Tradition โ Early Christian Bibles**; Catholic Tradition*; Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books*; Protestant Tradition*; Protestants and the Apocrypha*; Significance*;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791)*; Modern Scholarship**;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Critical Scholarship โ Modern Scholarship โ Three-Stage Theory**; Criticism of the Three-Stage Theory**; An Alternative Approach*; Dead Sea Scrolls*; A First Century C.E. Canon*; The Sadducees**; Alexandrian Canon Hypothesis*; โCouncilโ of Jamnia Myth*; Assessment*;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Terms and Criteria - โCanon 1โ and โCanon 2โ*; Scripture, Bible, Canon**;
- Canon โ Old Testament โ Religious History โ Jewish Tradition**; Christian Tradition***;
- Canon โ New Testament โ Definition of Canon**; Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings***; Important Canonical Lists***; Disputed Texts**; Rationale for Inclusion and Exclusion of New Testament Books**; Later Discussions of Canon and โCanon within the Canonโ**;
- Canon โ New Testament โ Historical Development and Transmission of Collections of Early Christian Writings โ Gospels**; Paul's letters**; Remaining Writings*;
- 1 and 2 Chronicles โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Authorship*; Literary History***; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Structure and Content**; Literary Genre and Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- 1 and 2 Chronicles โ Literary History โ The Relationship between Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah**; The Original Extent of Chronicles**;
- 1 and 2 Chronicles โ Literary Genre and Interpretation โ Is Chronicles Intended to Replace Samuel-Kings?*; The Chroniclers Agenda and His Essential Tendency**; History of Interpretation**;
- Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement โ Authorship and Context**; Literary Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement โ Literary Structure and Contents โ Contents of 1 Clement*; Contents of 2 Clement*;
- Clement, Letters of or Letters of Clement โ Interpretation โ Keys to 1 Clement*; Keys to 2 Clement*;
- Colossians โ Canonical Status*; Authorship**; Historical Context and Date of Composition**; Structure and Content*; Interpretation*; Reception History*;
- 1 Corinthians โ Authorship*; Date and Historical Context**; Paul in Corinth**; Structure and Outline of 1 Corinthians*; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- 1 Corinthians โ Interpretation โ 1:1-9 Opening Greeting and Thanksgiving*; 1:10-6:20 Paul's Response to Reports of Problems in the Corinthian Church**; 7:1-16:12 Paul's Response to a letter from the Corinthian Church***; 16:5-24 Conclusion: Travel Plans, Exhortation, and Final Greetings*;
- 2 Corinthians โ Structure and Content**; Literary History**; Interpretation***; Assessment*;
- 2 Corinthians โ Literary History โ Reasons for Questioning the Literary Integrity**; Partition Theories**; Historical Reconstruction of the Relationship between Paul and the Corinthian Congregation**;
- 2 Corinthians โ Literary History โ Partition Theories โ The Semler-Windisch- and the Hausrath-Kennedy-Hypothesis*; The Weiss-Bultmann Hypothesis*; The Bornkamm-Schmithals-Hypothesis*; Mitchell**;
- 2 Corinthians โ Interpretation - The Proem: Leitmotifs of the Letter (1:3-11)**; Paul and His Congregation 1: Events Ensuring from the Intermediate Visit (1:12-2:13)*; Pauls' Defense of His Apostolic Ministry**; Paul and His Congregation II: Paul's Joy at the Repentance of the Corinthians (7:5-16)*; The Collection as a Symbol of the Unity of Jewish and Gentile Believers (2 Cor. 8-9)**; Paul's Attack on the Intruding Missionaries and His Preparation for a Third Visit (2 Cor. 10-13)**;
- 2 Corinthians โ Interpretation โ Paul's Defense of His Apostolic Ministry โ Paul's Ministry of a New Covenant (2:14-4:6)*; Apostolic Afflictions, Divine Preservation, and the Hope for Resurrection (4:7-5:10)*; Paul's Ministry of Reconciliation (5:11-6:10) and His Appeal for Reconciliation (6:11-7:4)*;
- 2 Corinthians โ Literary History โ Reasons for Questioning the Literary Integrity**; Partition Theories**; Historical Reconstruction of the Relationship between Paul and the Corinthian Congregation**;
D
[edit]- Daniel and Additions to Daniel โ Authorship, Dates of Composition, and Historical Contexts**; Literary History***; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation***; Reception History***;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Brief History of the Discoveries**; Description of the Finds**; Description of Important Texts**; Brief History of the Qumran Community**; Description of the Sect*; Significance**;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Brief History of the Discoveries โ Notable Caves*; Publication Process*;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Description of the Finds โ Nomenclature for Scrolls*; Provenance**; Genres*;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Description of Important Texts โ Biblical Texts**; Parabiblical Literature**; Commentaries**; Rules**; 4QMMT*; Texts Used in Worship**; Wisdom Texts*; Eschatological Texts*; Non-literary Texts*;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Brief History of the Qumran Community โ Written Evidence*; Allusions to Historical Texts**; Physical Evidence**; The Essenes**; Early Reconstruction of the History**; Connecting the Essenes with the Site and the Scrolls**;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Significance โ Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible**; Early Judaism**; Early Christianity**;
- Dead Sea Scrolls โ Significance โ Early Christianity โ Attitude to Scripture*; Sectarianism and Differentiation**; The Law*; Immersion for Purification*; Eschatology*; Son of Man*; Kingdom of God*; Miracles*; Mystery*; Dualism*; Devotion*; Leadership*; Community Property*; Women*; Melchizedek*; Calendar*; Ritual Meal*;
- Deuteronomy โ Name of the Book and Its Meaning*; Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Authorship*; Dates of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History**; Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Deuteronomy โ Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon's Succession Treaty โ Other Literary Influences*;
- Deuteronomy โ Structure and Contents โ Deuteronomy and the Covenant Code***; The Decalogue**; Deuteronomy and the Status of Women**;
- Didache โ Name*; Canonical and/or Noncanonical Status*; Authorship and Date*; Edition, Translations, and Commentaries*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretations and Open Questions*; New Required Research*;
E
[edit]- Ecclesiastes โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Authorship: Traditional and Modern Views**; Interpretation**; Structure and Contents***; Reception History**;
- 1 Enoch โ The Text of 1 Enoch and the Dead Sea Scrolls**; Authorship and the Figure of Enoch**; The โBook of the Watchersโ (1 Enoch 1-36)***; The โBook of Parablesโ (1 Enoch 37-71)**; The โBook of the Luminariesโ (1 Enoch 72-82)**; The โDream Visionsโ (1 Enoch 83-90)**; The โEpistle of Enochโ (1 Enoch 92-105)**; The History of Traditions about 1 Enoch***;
- Ephesians โ Structure and Contents**; Setting and Purpose**; Authorship***; Theology**; Contribution*;
- 1 Esdras โ The Abrupt Opening and Ending*; Interpolation of the Story of the Youths in the Narrative of the Return**; A Mixture of Genres*; Juxtaposition of Alternative Narratives and Chronological Confusion*; Reordering the Narrative of the Return: Zerubbabel's Return History (Ezra 2:1-4:5//1 Esd 5:7-45) and the Complaint to Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:7-24//1 Esd. 2:15-25)**; The Reading of the Torah (Neh. 8:1-13//1 Esd. 9:36-55) and the Omission of Nehemiah's Memoirs**; First Esdras as a Whole โ Title, Structure, and Concept*;
- 2 Esdras โ Canonicity*; Language, Date, and Provenance*; Form and Function***; Reception History*; Fifth Ezra and 6 Ezra*;
- Esther and Additions to Esther โ Canonical Status**; Authorship*; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s)**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Outline**; Interpretation**; Greek Additions to Esther: Structure and Contents**; Reception History*;
- Esther and Additions to Esther โ Greek Additions to Esther: Structure and Contents โ Outline of the Greek Additions to Esther*; Discussion of the Greek Additions**;
- Exodus โ Canonical Status and Location in the Canon***; Authorship, Date, and Literary History***; Historical Context***; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Exodus โ Canonical Status and Location in the Canon โ Exodus and Deuteronomy*; Exodus and the Former Prophets**; Exodus and Genesis**;
- Exodus โ Authorship, Date, and Literary History โ The Identification of the E Source*; The Identification of the J Source**; The P Literature**;
- Exodus โ Interpretation โ The Setting**; The Characters**;
- Exodus โ Interpretation โ The Characters โ The Conflict**; The Journey*; The Revelation**; The Sanctuary*;
- Ezekiel โ Name of Book and Meaning**; Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Authorship: Traditional and Modern*; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s)**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Ezekiel โ Structure and Contents โ I. Prophetic Call Narrative*; II. Prophecies of Judgment***; III.. Prophecies Against Foreign Nations**; IV. Prophecies of Salvation**;
- Ezra and Nehemiah โ Versions, Place in the Canons, and Date**; Content and Structure***; Scholarly Issues of Interpretation***; The Impact of Ezra/Nehemiah*; Scholarly Reception of Ezra-Nehemiah**;
- Ezra and Nehemiah โ Content and Structure โ The Textualization of the Tradition**; The Community as the Chief Protagonist of the Reconstruction*; The Expansion of the โHouse of Godโ to Encompass the People and City, Not Only the Temple*; Structure*;
- Ezra and Nehemiah โ Scholarly Issues of Interpretation โ How Authentic Are Ezra-Nehemiah's โDocumentsโ?***; What Is the Compositional History of Ezra-Nehemiah?*; What Was the Relationship between Samaria and Yehud/Judah?*; What Was the Conflict with the People of the Land and the Crisis of โMixed Marriagesโ?**; What Was Ezra's โTorahโ?**;
G
[edit]- Galatians โ Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation History**;
- Galatians โ Interpretation History โ 1. The Antioch Incident*; 2. The Purpose and End of the Law**; 3. New Creation**;
- Genesis โ Name of Book*; Canonical Status and Location**; Structure and Contents***; Authorship of Genesis**; Dates of Composition, Historical Contexts, Literary History, and History in Genesis***; History of Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Gospels โ Euaggelion as a Literary Designation**; The Diversity of Gospels***; Gospels by Analogy**; The Literary Character of Gospels***; Literary Relationships Among the Gospels***; Prospects*;
- Gospels โ The Diversity of Gospels โ Narrative Gospels*; Passion Gospels*; Sayings Gospels*; Post-Resurrection Dialogues*; Theological Tractates*; Other Gospels*;
- Gospels โ Gospels by Analogy โ Narrative Gospels*; Passion and Infancy Gospels*; Sayings Gospels**; Dialogue/Discourse Gospels*;
- Gospels โ The Literary Character of Gospels โ Narrative Gospels***; Sayings Gospels**; Dialogue Gospels*;
- Gospels โ Literary Relationships Among the Gospels โ The Synoptic Problem**; John and the Synoptics**; The Gospel of Thomas**; Jewish-Christian gospels*;
H
[edit]- Habakkuk โ Canonical Status*; Authorship*; Date**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Haggai โ Name*; Canonical Status and Location*; Authorship*; Date of Composition and Historical Context*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation*; Reception History*;
- Hebrews โ Name*; Canonical Status*; Authorship**; Date and Historical Context**; Literary History*; Structure**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Hosea โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Authorship**; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Context(s)**; Literary History*; Textual Difficulties*; Structure*; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Hosea โ Interpretation โ Interpretation of Hosea 1-3***; Interpretations of the Book of Hosea**; Hosea as Literature**;
I
[edit]- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius โ Manuscripts and Authenticity**; Major Themes of the Letters**; Major Scholarly Debates**; Other Matters*;
- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius โ Major Themes of the Letters โ Discipleship and Martyrdom**; Unity and Schism**; Jewish/Gentile Relations*;
- Ignatius, Letters of or Letters of Ignatius โ Major Scholarly Debates โ Situation Reflected: Antioch or Western Asia Minor?*; Situation in Antioch*; Opponents*;
- Isaiah โ Chapters 1-39***; Chapters 40-66***; The Formation of the Book (with Special Reference to Chapters 1-2 and 32-29)***; Literary Features**; Major Theological Themes***; Reception History***;
- Isaiah โ Chapters 1-39 โ Isaiah 1-2 as Overtures*; Isaiah 3-5 and the Social Background**; Isaiah 6-8 and Isaiah's Prophetic Biography**; Isaiah 9 and the Fall of Samaria*; Isaiah 10, 28-31 and the Siege of Sennacherib**; Isaiah (;1-6 and Isaiah 11-12: Royal Announcements**; Isaiah 13-23: Oracles Against the Nations***; Isaiah 24-27**;
- Isaiah โ Chapters 40-66 โ Isaiah 40-48: Between Babylon and Persia**; The Servant and the Servants**; Isaiah 56-66: New Grace and New Judgment**;
J
[edit]- James โ Authorship**; Date and Historical Context**; Literary Genre*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Jeremiah โ Background Information**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Jeremiah โ Interpretation โ 1:1-3 Historical Superscription*; 1:4-19 Jeremiah's Commission and Inaugural Visions**; 2:1-10:25 Oracles of Warning to Jerusalem**; 11:1-20:18 Prophetic Laments and Sign-Acts**; 21:1-29:32 Against the Jerusalem Leadership***; 30:1-31:40 The Book of Consolation**; 32:1 -45:5 Struggles for Political Authority**; 46:1-51:64 The Routing of Judah's Enemies**; 52:1-34 The Destruction of Jerusalem*;
- Jeremiah, Letter of or Letter of Jeremiah โ Authorship, Date, and Language*; Genre, Contents, and Interpretation**;
- Job โ Authorship, Date, and Context**; Literary History***; Outline*; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation***; Reception***;
- Job โ Structure and Contents โ The Prologue**; The Wisdom Dialogue**; The Wisdom Poem*; Job's Final Defense**; Elihu's Speeches*; The Divine Speeches**; The Epilogue*;
- Job โ Interpretation โ The Prologue: A Critique of Fear**; The Wisdom Dialogue: The Clash of Incommensurable Perspectives**; Jobs 28: Wisdom as the Missing Piece*; The Divine Speeches**;
- Joel โ Canon and Text*; Joel, Person and Name*; Structure and Contents**; Interpretative Questions**; Subsequent Influence*;
- Joel โ Structure and Contents โ Calls to Respond to Disasters: Joel 1:2-13*; Prophetic Responses: Joel 1:15-20*; Invaders Revisited: Joel 2:1-11*; Prophetic Address: Joel 2:12-17*; God's Answer: Joel 2:18-27*; Universal Prophecy: Joel 2:28-32 (Joel 3)*; The Final Battle: Joel 3:1-21 (Heb. 4:1-21)*;
- John, Gospel according to or Gospel according to John โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Authorship**; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Contexts(s)**; Literary History**; Outline**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- John, Gospel according to or Gospel according to John โ Interpretation โ The Prologue as Conclusion (1:1-18)**; Seeking and Finding Community (1:19-51)*; The Wedding Motif from Cana to Cana (2:1-4:54)**; Claiming Moses and Fulfilling Feasts (5:1-10:21)**; From Bethany to Bethany: The Temple Resolved (10:22-12:11)**; The Passion Week: The New Community as the Beloved Spouse (12:12-20:31)**; โThat You Might Continue to Believeโ: The Living Bridegroom (20:1-31)*; The Epilogue: The Community Moves Forward (21:1-25)*;
- 1, 2, and 3 John โ Dating and Sequence**; Composition and Structure*; Purpose of Writing*; Historical Context**; Audience and Authorship**; Reception and Influence*;
- Jonah โ Structure and Contents**; Interpretation and Reception**;
- Joseph and Aseneth โ Contents**; Interpretation*; History of Scholarship**;
- Joshua โ Authorship and Literary Affiliation**; Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Structure and Content***; Interpretation**; Historical Context**; Reception History**;
- Jubilees โ Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text***; Jubilee's Responses to the Hellenistic-[Jewish] Context**; Jubilean Halakah**; Unity of the Book**; Author and Date**; Text History**;
- Jubilees โ Jubilee's Reworking of the Biblical Text โ Contemporary Cultural Influences*; Halakah*; Apocalyptic Features*; Alterations to Biblical Scenes and Characterizations**; Poetics*; Distrinctive Features of Jubilees*;
- Jubilees โ Author and Date โ The Argument for Qumranic Provenance**;
- Jubilees โ Text History โ Literary Echoes**; Status at Qumran and Elsewhere**;
- Jude โ Canonical Status*; Authorship*; Date and Context*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Judges โ Title*; Date*; Place in Canon*; Authorship*; Dates of Composition and Historical Context***; Literary History**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation History**; Reception History**;
- Judges โ Literary History โ The Book of Rescuers (Judg. 3:12-8:28)*; โChapter Twoโ of the Deuteronomic History (Judg. 2:6-16:11)*; The Scroll of Judges (Judg. 1-21)*;
- Judges โ Structure and Contents โ A. The Introductory Section (Judg. 1:1-2:5)*; B. The Heroic Anthology (Judg. 2:6-16:31)***; C. The Concluding Section (Judg. 17:1-21:25)**;
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[edit]- 1 and 2 Kings โ Name, Place in Canon*; Authorship***; Contents and Structure***;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11)**; The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17)**; The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25)**; Chronology***; Historicity*; Language and Style**; Reception and History**;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11) โ Sources*; Perspective*; Contents*;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel***; The Kingdom of Judah**;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Israel โ Sources*; Perspective**; Contents***;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) โ The Kingdom of Judah โ Sources*; Perspective*; Contents**;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 kgs 18-25) โ Sources*; Perspective*; Contents**;
- 1 and 2 Kings โ Contents and Structure โ The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11)**; The Separate Histories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the Fall of Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17)**; The Kingdom of Judah until its Fall (2 Kgs 18-25)**; Chronology***; Historicity*; Language and Style**; Reception and History**;
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[edit]- Lamentations โ Location in Canon*; Authorship**; Dates of Composition and Historical Context**; Textual History*; Genre*; Poetry and Major Themes*; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation***; Reception History*;
- Lamentations โ Structure, Contents, and Interpretation โ Lamentations 1-2*; Lamentations 3*; Lamentations 4*; Lamentations 5*;
- Letters โ Epigraphic Letters**; Writing and Delivering a Letter**; Literacy*; Dictation, Transport, and Delivery**; Terminology**; Form**; Letters in the Hebrew Bible**; Greco-Roman Letters**; Letters in the New Testament**; Letters in the Apocrypha**; Additional Literary Sources*; The Literary Use of Letters*;
- Letters โ Epigraphic Letters โ Arad*; Lachish*; Other Hebrew Sources from the Biblical Period*; Elephantine*; Postbiblical Letters**;
- Letters โ Epigraphic Letters โ Postbiblical Letters โ Qumran*; Masada*; Bar Kochba*;
- Letters โ Writing and Delivering a Letter โ Papyrus**; Leather*; Pottery (Ostraca)*; Other Materials*; Inks*;
- Letters โ Form โ A. Initial Address*; B. Initial Greeting**; C. Body*; D-F. Concluding Formulas*; G. Outside Address*; Example of an Epigraphic Letter*;
- Letters โ Letters in the Hebrew Bible โ Definite References to Letters*; The Aramaic Letters in Ezra*; Probable Letters*; Questionable Cases*; Generically Marginal or Mixed Cases*;
- Letters โ Greco-Roman Letters โ Form**;
- Letters โ Letters in the New Testament โ Greco-Roman Rhetoric and the New Testament Letters**; Greco-Roman and Near Eastern Letters**; Pseudonymity**;
- Letters โ Epigraphic Letters โ Arad*; Lachish*; Other Hebrew Sources from the Biblical Period*; Elephantine*; Postbiblical Letters**;
- Leviticus โ Authorship, Date, and Literary History**; Historical Context**; Structure and Contents**; Outline*; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Leviticus โ Interpretation โ Sacrifice**; Holiness and Commonness**; Purity and Impurity**; Priestly Outlook**;
- Lost Books โ Sacred Writings and Canon*; Lost Books***; Other Christian Books*; Assessment**;
- Lost Books โ Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible***; Books Mentioned in the New Testament**;
- Lost Books โ Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible โ Book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14)*; Book of Jaschar*; Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah*; Book of Acts of Solomon (1 Kgs. 11:41)*; Chronicles*; Books Attributed to Prophets*; Laments*; Other Books*;
- Lost Books โ Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the New Testament โ Gospels*; Letters Attributed to Paul**; Acts 19:19*; Agrapha*;
- Lost Books โ Lost Books โ Books Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible***; Books Mentioned in the New Testament**;
- Luke, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Luke โ Manuscript Evidence and Earliest Attestation**; Attestation*; Authorship**; Date*; Location and Audience*; Sources**; Structure and Genre**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Luke, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Luke โ Interpretation โ Salvation History**; Rich and Poor in Luke**; Women in Luke**; Luke and Judaism**;
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[edit]- 1 Maccabees โ The Name of 1 Maccabees**; The Canonical Status of 1 Maccabees**; Authorship**; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History**; The Relationship Between 1, 2, 3 and 4 Maccabees*; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation**; Reception History***;
- 1 Maccabees โ Structure and Contents โ Section 1 (chs. 1-2)*; Section 2 (chs. 3:1-9:22)**; Section 3 (chs. 9:23-16:24)**;
- 2 Maccabees โ Canonical Status**; Authorship*; Setting of the Epitomist*; Date and Historical Context**; Structure and Contents**; Literary History**; Interpretation**; Jewish and Christian Reinterpretations**; Later Reception History**;
- 3 Maccabees โ Authorship, Origins, and Date**; Historicizing Fiction**; Religious and Cultural Significance**; Transmission History*;
- 4 Maccabees โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Authorship*; Date of Composition and Historical Context*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Malachi โ Name*; Canonical Status and Location**; Authorship**; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History*; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Mark, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Mark โ Canonical Status and Location*; Authorship**; Date of Composition and Historical Context***; Literary History**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation*; Reception History**;
- Mark, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Mark โ Structure and Contents โ 1. The Coming Kingdom of God*; 2. Jesus's Christological Identity**; 3. The Incomprehension of the Disciples*;
- Mary, Gospel of or Gospel of Mary โ The Title of the Gospel*; Attestation, Date, and Authorship**; Structure, Contents, and Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Matthew, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Matthew โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon**; Authorship**; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Matthew, Gospel According to or Gospel According to Matthew โ Structure and Contents โ Introduction, Part 1: The Infancy Narrative (1:1-2:23)*; Introduction, Part II: Prologue to Jesus' Ministry (3:1-4:25)*; First Discourse: The Sermon on the Mount (5:1-7:29)*; Narrative Section: Healings and Miracles (8:1-(;38)**; Second Discourse: On the Mission of the Twelve (10:1-42)**; Narrative Section: Growing Tensions and Conflicts (11:1-12:50)**; Third Discourse: Parables About the Kingdom of Heaven (13:1-52)**; Narrative Section: Messianic Claims and the Demands of Discipleship (13:53-17:27)**; Fourth Discourse: Rules for the Members of the Ekklฤsia (18:1-35)**; Narrative Section: Teaching, Healing, and Conflict in Judea and Jerusalem (19:1-24:2)**; Fifth Discourse: The End of Time and the Final Judgment (24:3-25:46)**; The Passion and Resurrection: Narrative (26:1-28:20)**;
- Micah โ Background Information*; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation***; Reception History**;
- Micah โ Interpretation โ Micah 1**; Micah 2**; Micah 3*; Micah 4*; Micah 5*; Micah 6*; Micah 7*;
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[edit]- Nag Hammadi Library โ Discoveries***; Nag Hammadi Archaeology**; Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices***; The Impact of the Nag Hammadi Library and Other Codices**;
- Nag Hammadi Library โ Discoveries โ The Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library according to Jean Doresse*; The Nag Hammadi Discovery According to James M. Robinson**; The Discovery of Berlin Gnostic Codex 8502*; The Discovery of Codex Tchacos*;
- Nag Hammadi Library โ Nag Hammadi Archaeology โ Archaeology at the Jabal al-Tarif and Pbow**; Archaeological and Historical Investigation in the Nag Hammadi Region*;
- Nag Hammadi Library โ Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts***;
- Nag Hammadi Library โ Texts from the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Codices โ Gnostic Texts โ Thomas Christianity**; Sethian Gnostic Thought***; Texts of Hermetic Religion and Other Texts**;
- Nahum โ Authorship*; Contents and Structure*; Date**; Literary Issues**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Nahum โ Literary Issues โ Genre*; Nahum as Poet*; Nahum in the Wider Literary Context**;
- Numbers โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Contents and Structure of the Final Composition*; Authorship**; Dates of Composition and Historical Contexts***; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
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[edit]- Obadiah โ Content and Interpretation**;
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[edit]- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul โ Authorship and Pseudonymity**; History of Modern Research โ Trends and Developments**; The Authentic Letters***; The Disputed Letters***; The Pseudonymous Letters**;
- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul โ The Authentic Letters โ Romans**; First Corinthians**; Second Corinthians**; Galatians**; Philippians**; First Thessalonians**; Philemon**;
- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul โ The Disputed Letters โ Ephesians**; Colossians**; Second Thessalonians**;
- Paul, Letters of or Letters of Paul โ The Pseudonmyous Letters โ The Pastoral Letters (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus)**;
- Paul and Thecla, Acts of or Acts of Paul and Thecla โ Relation to Canonical Books**; Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context*; Literary History**; Contents**;
- Pesharim - โContinuous Pesharimโ**; โThematicโ Pesharim**; Other Occurrences of the Word โPesherโ and Commentaries*;
- Peshitta and Other Syriac Versions โ Name*; Origin and Dating of the Old Testament Peshitta**; Origin and Dating of the New Testament Peshitta*; Extent of the Peshitta*; Scholarly Significance of the Old Testament Peshitta**; Scholarly Significance of the New Testament Peshitta*; Other Syriac Versions of the Old Testament*; Other Syriac Versions of the New Testament*; Editions and Translations of the Old Testament Peshitta**; Editions and Translations of the New Testament Peshitta*; Legacy: The Bible of the Syriac Churches*;
- 1 Peter โ Canonical Status*; Authorship*; Date and Place of Composition*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation**;
- 2 Peter โ Canonical Status*; Authorship*; Date and Context*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Philemon โ The Traditional Interpretation: Onesimus as a Runaway Slave from Colossae*; The Traditional Interpretation Adapted: Onesimus as Bishop of Ephesus*; The Traditional Interpretation Challenged: Reassessing Onesimus**; The Enduring Appeal of Philemon*;
- Philip, Gospel of or Gospel of Philip โ Location in Early Christianity**; Theological Ideas**; Key Figures**; Significance*;
- Philippians โ Canonical Status*; Authorship*; Date(s) of Composition and Historical Contexts**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate โ The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate**; The Middle Ages**;
- Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate โ The Ancient Form of the Acts of Pilate โ Manuscript Tradition*; Contents**; A Consistent Account?*; Dating*; Milieu of Origin*;
- Pilate, Acts of or Acts of Pilate โ The Middle Ages โ Contents*; Literary Descendants*; Canonicity*; Artistic Reception*; Related Works*;
- Prayers and Hymns โ Categorizing Prayers and Hymns*; Prayers and Hymns in Narrative Contexts in the Hebrew Bible***; Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians***;
- Prayers and Hymns โ Prayers and Hymns as Sources for the Reconstruction of Liturgical Practices of Jews and Early Christians โ Prayers and Hymns from the Dead Sea Scrolls**; Prayers and Hymns from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha**; Prayers and Hymns in Early Christian Writings**;
- Proverbs โ Canonical Status and Location*; Authorship*; Dates of Composition and Historical Context(s)**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Proverbs โ Structure and Contents โ Proverbs 1-9: โThe Proverbs of Solomonโ*; Proverbs 10:1-22:16: โThe Proverbs of Solomon,โ Part 2*; Proverbs 22:17-24:22: โThe Words of the Wiseโ*; Proverbs 24:23-34*; Proverbs 25-29*; Proverbs 30: โThe Words of Agur, Son of Jakehโ*; Proverbs 31: โThe Words of King Lemuelโ*;
- Psalms โ Position in the Canon*; Authorship**; Structure and Compilation of the Book**; Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book***; Literary History***; Interpretation***;
- Psalms โ Rubrics and Technical Terms Used in the Book โ Authorial or Pseudepigraphal Headings*; Historical Headings*; Genre Headings**; Headings for Liturgical Occasions*; Musical Headings*; Instructional Headings*; Hallelujah*; Technical Terms inside Psalms*;
- Psalms โ Literary History โ Gunkel's Basic Categories***; A Puzzling Problem**; Post-Gunkel Approaches***;
- Pseudepigrapha โ The Term and the Collection**; Jewish or Christian Origin?**; Survey of Pseudepigrapha***; The Significance of the Pseudepigrapha**;
- Pseudepigrapha โ Survey of Pseudepigrapha โ Revisions and Expansions of Biblical Material***; Apocalypses***; Testamentary Literature***; Apologetic, Wisdom, and Philosophical Texts**; Edifying Tales and Romances**; Liturgical Texts**;
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[edit]- Rabbinic Literature โ Introduction***; Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures***; New Testament***;
- Rabbinic Literature โ Introduction โ The Documents of Rabbinic Literature**; The Mishnah**; The Post-Mithnaic Legal Literature: The Tosefta and Talmuds**; Scripture and the Exegetical Tradition of the Written Torah**; The Midrashic Compilations*; Genesis Rabbah*; Leviticus Rabbah*; Pesiqta de Rab Kahana*; Song of Songs Rabbah*; Ruth Rabbah*; Lamentations Rabbah (also called Eikha Rabbati)*; The Rabbinic Literature as Oral Torah**;
- Rabbinic Literature โ Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ The Rabbinic โCanonโ of the Bible**; Readings from the Bible in the Synagogue in Rabbinic Times*; Oral Torah*; Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture***; Rabbinic Hermeneutics and Hellenistic Parallels**;
- Rabbinic Literature โ Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture โ The Form โMidrashโ**; Targum*; The Rabbinic View of the Bible and Its Effect on the Nature of Midrash*; Prerabbinic Forms of Midrash\?*; The Three-part Tanak and Some Formal Characteristics of Rabbinic Midrash*; The Origins and Many Purposes of Midrash**; Midrash Halakah and Midrash Haggadah**; Rabbinic and Patristic Interpretations of Scripture: Schools, Common Features, and the Question of Interaction**;
- Rabbinic Literature โ Hebrew Bible and Jewish Scriptures โ Rabbinic Hermeneutics and Hellenistic Parallels โ The Seven Rules of Hillel and the Thirteen Rules of Rabbi Ishmael**; The Methods of Midrash Haggadah*;
- Rabbinic Literature โ New Testament โ Methodology***; Jewish Law before the Halakah**; Exegetical Principles**; Midrashic Parallels**; Anti-Christian Polemic**;
- Rabbinic Literature โ New Testament โ Methodology โ Recent Developments**;
- Revelation โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Traditional and Modern Authorship*; Date of Composition and Historical Context***; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation***; Reception History***;
- Revelation โ Interpretation โ Title, Epistolatory Opening, and Introduction to the Visions (1:1-8)*; Vision of a โSon of Manโ and the Messages of the Seven Churches (1:9-3:22)*; Vision of the Heavenly Throne Room and the Seven Seals (4:1-8:5)**; The Seven Trumpets (8:6-11:19)**; Unnumbered Visions of Conflict, Deliverance, and Judgment (12:1-15:4)**; Seven Bowls (15:5-16:21)*; Vision of the Fall of Babylon (17:1-19:10)**; Unnumbered Visions Cataloging God's Defeat of His Enemies (19:11-21:8)**; Vision of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:7)*; Epilogue and Epistolary Closing (22:8-21)**;
- Romans โ Authorship and Integrity of the Letter*; Historical Context**; Occasion and Purpose**; Audience*; Structure of the Letter**; Interpretation**; Reception**;
- Ruth โ Names**; Location in the Canon and Textual Evidence*; Author**; Historical Context and Date of Composition**; Structure and Contents**; Reception History**;
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[edit]- Samaritan Pentateuch โ Qumran and the SP*; The Character of the SP***;
- Samaritan Pentateuch โ The Character of the SP โ Variants***;
- 1 and 2 Samuel โ Canonical Status**; Authorship**; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History***; Structure and Contents***; Interpretation**; Reception History***;
- 1 and 2 Samuel โ Structure and Contents โ Outline*; Samuel**; Saul**; David**; Women**;
- Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Name and Nature*; Scope*; Sequence of the Books**; Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date**; Evidence**; Editions*; Auxiliary Tools*; Exegesis**; Translation Technique*; Retroversion of the Parent Text*; Hebrew Source of the LXX**; Greek and Hebrew Scrolls from the Judean Desert**; Revisions of the Septaugint**; The Greek Versions and Christianity**;
- Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Original Form, Jewish Background, Place, and Date โ Jewish Background*; Place*; Date*;
- Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Evidence โ Direct Witnesses**; Indirect Witnesses*;
- Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ Revisions of the Septaugint โ Emergence of the Revisions*; Nature of the Revisions*; Pre-Hexaplaric Revisions*; Kaige-Theodotion*; Aquila*; Symmachus*; Hexapla*; Post-Hexaplaric Revisions*;
- Septaugint and Other Ancient Greek Translations โ The Greek Versions and Christianity โ Terminology*; Theological Foundations*; Quotations of the LXX in the NT**;
- Shepherd of Hermas โ Canonical Status*; Authorship and Date**; Genre, Structure, and Contents**; Interpretation**;
- Sirach โ Name of the Book*; Canonical Status**; Authorship*; Date and Historical Context***; Textual and Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History*;
- Song of Solomon โ Canonical Status and Location in Canon*; Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historical Context**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
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[edit]- Targumim โ The Origin of Targumim*; Early Written Targumim**; Texts***; Chief Targumic Themes**; Genres**; Connections of Targums with Other Topics**;
- Targumim โ Texts โ The Pentateuch***; The Prophets**; The Writings**;
- Targumim โ Texts โ The Pentateuch โ Onkelos**; The Palestinian Targums*; Pseudo-Jonathan**; The Cairo Genizah Fragments of the Palestinian Targum**; The Fragment Targums of the Pentateuch**; Codex Neofiti 1**; Palestinian Targumic Toseftot*; Liturgical Palestinian Targum-Inspired Poems*;
- Targumim โ Texts โ The Prophets โ Jonathan*; Targum Prophets Toseftot*;
- Targumim โ Texts โ The Writings โ Job*; Psalms*; Proverbs*; Lamentations**; Canticles**; Ruth*; Qohelet*; Esther*; Chronicles*;
- Targumim โ Connections of Targums with Other Topics โ The Syriac Pentateuch and the Targumim*; Targumim: Interpretative Tradition. Origin in Synagogue or School?*; Targumim and New Testament*; Tell-like Structure of our Present Targumim*;
- Targumim โ Texts โ The Pentateuch***; The Prophets**; The Writings**;
- Testaments โ The Testament of Moses**; The Vision of Amram**; The Testament of Job**; The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs**; Other โTestamentaryโ Literature**; Reception History*;
- Testaments โ The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs โ Original Language and Textual Witnesses*; Date, Provenance, and Authorship***; Form, Content, and Function***;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible***; Apocrypha***; New Testament***;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text***; The Septaugint and Its Versions***; Other Versions of the Hebrew Text***;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text โ The Masoretic Text (MT)**; The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP)**; The Qumran Scrolls**;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible โ The Septaugint and Its Versions โ The Septaugint (LXX)***; The Old Latin (OL)**; The Syro-Hexapla**;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible โ Other Versions of the Hebrew Text โ The Targumim**; Peshitta**; The Vulgate**;
- Text Criticism โ Apocrypha โ Modern Study**; Aims*; Greek Compositions**; Books Translated from Semitic Originals***; Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain**; Reception History**;
- Text Criticism โ Apocrypha โ Greek Compositions - Maccabees*; Baruch*; Wisdom of Solomon*; Esther*; Prayer of Manasseh*;
- Text Criticism โ Apocrypha โ Books Translated from Semitic Originals โ Tobit*; Additions to Esther*; Sirach**; First Maccabees*; First-Second Esdras*; Additions to Daniel*; Psalm 151*;
- Text Criticism โ Apocrypha โ Books Whose Original Language Is Uncertain โ Judith*; Letter of Jeremiah*; Psalms of Solomon*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Terminology*; Witnesses**; History of Editions***; Principles of Criticism**; Illustrative Variants**;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts**; Early Versions**; Patristic Citations**;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127)**; Majuscules (321)**; Miniscules (2907)**; Lectionaries (2450)*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127) โ P45*; P46*; P47*; P52*; P66*; P72*; P75*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Majuscules (321) - ื
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Papyri (127)**; Majuscules (321)**; Miniscules (2907)**; Lectionaries (2450)*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts**; Early Versions**; Patristic Citations**;
- Text Criticism โ Hebrew Bible โ The Hebrew Text***; The Septaugint and Its Versions***; Other Versions of the Hebrew Text***;
(01) or Codex Sinaiticus*; A (02) or Codex Alexandrinus*; B (03) or Codex Vaticanus*; C (04) or Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus*; D (05) or Codex Bezae*; D (06) or Codex Claromontanus*; F (010) or Codex Augiensis*; G (012) or Codex Boernerianus*; L (019) or Codex Regius*; W (032)*; ฮ (037)*; ฮ (038) or the Koridethi Gospels*; 046*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Greek Manuscripts โ Miniscules (2907) โ 1*; 13*; 28*; 33*; 81*; 383*; 565*; 579*; 614*; 700*; 892*; 1241*; 1424*; 1739*; 2053*; 2344*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament โ Witnesses โ Early Versions โ Latin (latt)*; Syriac*; Coptic (co)*; Armenian (arm)*; Gothic (got)*; Ethiopic (aeth)*; Georgian (geo)*; Old Church Slavonic (slav)*;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament - Principles of Criticism โ External*; Internal**;
- Text Criticism โ New Testament - Illustrative Variants โ Mark 10:7*; Mark 16:9-20*; John 1:18*; John &;53-8:11*; Romans 5:1*; First Timothy 3:16**;
- 1 Thessalonians โ Canonical Status and Location*; Authorship*; Date of Composition and Literary Context*; Literary History*; Structure and Contents*; Interpretation**; Reception**;
- 2 Thessalonians โ Content and Structure**; Literary Relationship Between 1 and 2 Thessalonians**; Authorship and Date of Composition**;
- 2 Thessalonians โ Content and Structure โ Exordion (1:1-12)*; Partitio (2:1-2)*; Probation (2:3-3:5)*; Exhortatio (3_6-15)*; Peroratio (3:16-18)*;
- 2 Thessalonians โ Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity**; Argumkents for Authenticity**;
- 2 Thessalonians โ Authorship and Date of Composition โ Arguments for Pseudonymity โ Literary Dependence*; Contradictory Eschatological Discourses**; The Lack of Personal References*; The References to Forgery in 2 Thess. 2:2 and 3:27*;
- Thomas, Gospel of or Gospel of Thomas โ The Gospel of Thomas in Early Christianity**; Authorship and Place of Origin**; Structure and Organization**; Sources of the Gospel**; Principal Themes*; Debates within the Text*; Difficulties of Interpretation**; The Dependence or Independence Debate**; The Thomasine Community**;
- 1 Timothy โ Authorship and Genre**; Context*; Audience, Contents, and Interpretation**;
- Tobit โ Date and Place of Composition*; Text**; Literary Character**; Original Language*; Sources*; Main Themes*; Reception History**;
- Tobit โ Literary Character โ Tobit and Reader Engagement**;
- Translations, English or English Translations โ Versions before 1611***; 1611: Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions***; An Overview of Modern Versions***; Modern Pioneers**; Translation Theory and Bible Translation**;
- Translations, English or English Translations โ Versions before 1611 โ The Wycliffe Bible**; Tyndale's Version (New Testament; 1526-1534)**; The Coverdale Bible (1535)*; The Matthew's Bible (1537)*; The Taverner's Bible (1539)*; The Great Bible (1539)*; The Geneva Bible (1560)*; The Bishop's Bible (1568)*; The Rheims-Douay Bible, or Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1609)**;
- Translations, English or English Translations โ Authorized (King James) Version and Its Revisions โ The Authorized (King James) Version (1611)**; The Revised Version (1885)**; The American Standard Version (1901)*; The Revised Standard Version (1952)*; The New American Standard Bible (1971)*; The New King James Version (1982)*; The New Revised Standard Version (1989)*;
- Translations, English or English Translations โ An Overview of Modern Versions โ A New Translation of the Bible (1926-1955) by James Moffatt*; An American Translation (1927) by Smith and Goodspeed*; The New Testament in Modern English (1958) by J. R. Phillips*; The Jerusalem Bible (1966)*; The New English Bible (1970)*; The New American Bible (1970)*; The Good News Translation (1976)*; The New International Version (1978)*; Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (1985)*; The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version (1995)*; The New Living Translation (1996)*; The English Standard Version (2001)*; The NET Bible (2005-print edition)*; The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation (2006)*; Common English Bible (2011)*;
- Translations, English or English Translations โ Modern Pioneers โ The Five Books of Moses: A New Translation with Introductions, Commentary and Notes (1995); Give Us a King!: Samuel, Saul, and David (1999) by Everett Fox*; The David Story: 1 and 2 Samuel (1999); The Five Books of Moses (2004); The Book of Psalms (2007); The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes (2010) by Robert Alter*; Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas (2009) by Willis Barnstone*;
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[edit]- Vulgate and Other Ancient Latin Translations โ The Vetus Latina (Old Latin) Tradition**; Jerome's Vulgate***;
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[edit]- Wisdom of Solomon โ Contents and Structure**; Language, Provenance, and Date**; Genre and Purpose**; Theology**; Formative Influences**; Text and Versions*; Reception and Canonical Status**;
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[edit]- Zechariah โ Name*; Canonical Status and Location*; Authorship*; Date of Composition and Historical Context**; Literary History**; Structure and Contents**; Interpretation**; Reception History**;
- Zephaniah โ Location in Canon*; Textual Evidence*; Historical Context**; Contents and Structure*; Reception History*;