| compared with Moses, 441; and Davidic propaganda, 324-25, 324n17; exodus of, to Canaan, 182, 216, 238, 545; genealogies including, 210, 212, 218; and Hagar, 226n23; and leap in being, 239-40; Lot's rescue by, 233, 236, 324; and Melchizedek, 234-37, 234n1, 325, 327; and sacred line of godly carriers of meaning, 183; Toynbee on, 161, 162; Yahweh's berith with, 183, 186, 216, 217, 233-41, 246, 323-24, 441 |
| 466n27; hymns of, 147-50, 170, 269, 358; name change by, 146; personality of, 269; reform of, 4, 99n12, 141-42, 145-50, 371n8; Shuwardata's letter to, 242 |
| 419; date of, 362; and Day of Yahweh, 391-92, 395, 507; and Decalogue, 486; and institutional phase of prophetism, 528, 534, 537, 538; juxtaposition of rejection and demand by, 498-99; literary form of, 525; location of public activity of, 362; prophecies of punishment and salvation by, 517, 542; as prophet to nations, 523, 525, 543; on virtues, 498-99 |
| Assyria: and Enuma elish, 81; fall of, 430, 560; and fall of Northern Kingdom of Israel, 304, 361, 365, 367, 373, 542; and Judah, 10, 406, 410-11, 425, 429; kingship in, 62, 65-66, 72, 326; in Mesopotamian civilization, 157; and New Year's festival, 77-78; rising power of, 159-60, 372-74, 406, 410; and sons of Shem, 184; and sun- god, 72, 410; and warfare, 372, 501 |
| and astronomy, 69-70; breakdown of society in, 44; Code of Hammurabi, 63-64, 65; conquest of Syriac area by, 157; and destruction of Jerusalem, 361; empire of, 78; Enuma elish, 81-84, 103, 127; fall of, 560-61; Gilgamesh epic, 59-60n2, 70, 103; influences of, on Psalms, 357-58, 370; Israelites' exile in, 217, 348, 558; kingship in, 527; New Year ceremonies in, 73-74, 75, 77, 84, 335, 349; and omphalos, 68, 84. See also Mesopotamia |
| 102, 153, 157, 163; community of being, 39, 41, 48, 124; and existence, 39-41, 48-49; hierarchy of, 47; love of being, 48-50; man's knowledge about order of being, 40-41; man's participation in, 39-40; order of being, 3-4, 40-41, 455, 517-19, 555. See also Leaps in being |
| 233-41, 246, 323-24; Baal berith, 236-37, 239, 244, 262, 267, 374, 441; berith written in the heart, 6-7, 419, 493, 510-11; Davidic covenant, 9, 301, 317, 318-20, 364; with Death, 510; and Decalogue, 471, 472-73, 476-80, 476-78n37, 511-13; of Hezekiah, 216; and historiography, 215-17; of Josiah, 216, 349, 411-12; malakh of the berith , 386-87, 394, 405; Noah covenant, 216-17; at Shechem, 180, 180n2; Sinai covenant, 4-6, 153, 179-80, 182, 207, 211, 215-16, 221, 342-44, 347, 349, 350, 379-80, 396-97, 471-80, 511-12; as symbol, 215-16, 324. See also Covenant |
| Deuteronomy, 416, 423; comparative history of religion methods, 200-201; complications and difficulties in generally, 155, 190-92; Engnell's approach to, 192, 192n2, 200-205, 200n11; form-literary method of Gunkel for, 200, 332-36, 333n40; historical-critical method of, 13; on Imperial Psalms, 191, 330-52; Pedersen's approach to, 202, 203-4; Protestant scholars on Old Testament in nineteenth century, 332; recent scholars and methodology in, 11-13; and resistance to mythologization of Bible and Christianity, 341-47; Voegelin's work disregarded in, 13; Wellhausen school of, 192-200, 202-5. See also Old Testament |
| 417; dates of, 158, 162-65; difficulties in interpretation of, 188-92; and historical subject matter, 189, 218-20, 223; and oral traditions, 188; Pedersen's approach to, 202, 203-4; sources of, 190-206, 199n9; and struggle for spiritual freedom, 227-28; as symbolic form sui generis, 220, 223, 229; Wellhausen school of Bible criticism, 192-200, 202-5. See also New Testament; Old Testament |
| Abraham's exodus to, 182, 216, 238; and Amarna Letters, 242-45, 244n14, 353, 369; in Amarna Period, 241-45; ambiguity of, 186; conquest of, by Israel, 153, 154, 160, 161, 164, 177, 182, 184, 186, 221, 224, 348; and Deborah Song, 247-57, 259; Egyptian sovereignty over, 183, 241-45; events before conquest of, 152; festivals of harvest and ingathering in, 381; gods of, 258, 261-62, 265-68; Hebrew settlements in, 225, 247; historiography of, 222; Israelite-Canaanite syncretism, 258-59, 261-62, 265-68, 363, 394; kingship in, 353; political situation |
| kuo symbol of, 69, 475n34; Confucianism in, 44, 80, 100- 102, 141; as cosmological civilization, 52, 75, 78-79, 80, 100-102; and Jainism, 44; and Lao-tse, 44; and omphalos, 68-69; political order in, 78-79, 80; and Taoism, 100; in, 79, 80, 101, 141; Time of Troubles in, 44, 96, 100; yin-yang symbolism in, 90 |
| contraction of, into chosen man, 520; and Davidic empire, 318-19; and Day of Yahweh, 395; defections of, from Yahweh to false gods, 225-26, 472, 479, 493-95; destiny of, 366, 483; and Deutero-Isaiah, 554-55; and dislike of being chosen, 495, 5 14; and Exodus, 153, 164, 414, 448, 470, 545; and fall from being, 396; and Holy War, 502; idea of human perfection versus, 377; and Isaiah on will of God, 504-5; and Kingdom of God, 394; and Moses, 6, 378-79, 414, 448, 470; as omphalos, 511, 545; and prophets, 481-84, 505, 513, 517, 544, 545; and Sinai covenant, 4-6, 153, 179-80, 414, 5H-12; and spiritual universalism versus patriotic parochialism, 407, 560-61; and theocracy, 294-95; and Yahweh as God of the nations, 525. See also Covenant; Exodus of Israel from Egypt; and headings beginning with Israel |
| 508; and birthday of Christ, 73; Celsus' attack on, 45; and civitas Dei, 475; compared with Memphite Theology, 134-35; and cosmological civilizations, 114; and Deutero-Isaiah tradition, 569-70; and ecstaticism, 178; and eschatological events beyond history, 508; and essence of God, 460, 462-63; and experience of God, 182; and gnosis, 508; and gnostic heresies, 508; and historia sacra , 171, 343n60; historiography of, 217-18; and Judaism, 187, 211; and Law, 425; and life of the spirit, 172; Logos of, 134-35, 287; and Marcionism, 508; and meaning of history, 396n19; and Messianic problem, 525-26; and New Testament, 418; and one mankind under God, 187; Paul on Christians, Jews, and Gentiles, 173; and prophets, 500n1; and rationalization, 76-77; and Reformation, 508; and relationship between life of the spirit and life in the world, 227; resistance to mythologization of, 341-42; rise of, and Hellenistic world, 44; and Roman empire, 47, 93; and social status of man, 227; and Suffering Servant, 548n15; and thornbush dialogue between Yahweh and Moses, 461-63; Toynbee on, 161; and trinitarianism, 126-27, 521. See also Jesus |
| empire, 85-90; breakdown of, 44-45; creation of God and dominion of man, 55-61; definition of, 4; and Egypt, 91-150, 165; and Enuma elish, 81-84, 103, 127; and "eternal recurrence," 168-69; historical variations within, 52-53; and Mesopotamia, 4, 55- 84; and omphalos, 67-69, 72, 84; and recurrence of symbolism, 340; relation of cosmological and historical form, 348-50; symbolization of cosmic order in Mesopotamia, 78-84; and symbolization of political order in Mesopotamia, 61-78; as type, 51-53 |
| 217, 233-41, 323-24, 441; berith as symbol, 215-16; covenant written in the heart, 6-7, 419, 493, 510-11; Davidic Covenant, 9, 301, 317, 318- 20, 344, 347, 349, 364; and Decalogue, 376-78n37, 472-73, 476-80, 491-93, 511-13; and Deuteronomic Torah, 411-12; of Ezra, 216; of Hezekiah, 216; and historical narrative of Old Testament, 216-17; institutional vacuum of covenant order, 349- 50; of Jeremiah, 6-7; of Joshua, 216; of Josiah, 216, 349, 411-12; as motivation for historiography, 223-24; of Nehemiah, 216; of Noah, 216-17; pragmatic existence and order of covenant, 229-31; and prophets, 491-511; prophets as messengers of, 386-88; and revelation, 514; with Sheol, 510; Sinai covenant, 4-6, 153, 179-80, 182, 207, 211, 215-16, 221, 342-44, 347, 349, 350, 379-80, 396-97, 471-80, 511-12; tension between Davidic Covenant and Sinai Covenant, 347, 349. See also Berith Covenant Festival of Shechem, 180 |
| Aton, 148; and Enuma elish, 81-84, 103, 127; in Genesis, 55-56, 131, 213-15; God as Creator, 548, 557-58; in Psalm 136, 176-77; Ptah and Memphite Theology, 130-34 |
|
character of, 312-14, 408; clan's
support of, 299; death of, 368; death
of child of, 307, 312; escape of, from
Saul, 299, 300; and four ages of world
history, 218; funeral elegy for Saul
by, 288-89; and Goliath, 322n10; as
governor for province of Judah, 271;
historiography on, 222; last words of,
526-27; meaning of "David," 321-23;
Michal as wife of, 275-76, 301, 313,
318, 319, 320; as military hero, 299;
Mosheh symbol for, 447-48; music
of, 279; outlaw existence of, 297,
298; and Philistine wars, 302, 303,
364; and "Poor Man's Lamb," 308,
309, 314-15; and priesthood, 327; rise
of, 262, 295-302; Saul's relationship
with, 279, 299, 300; as Saul's rival,
279, 299, 303; as servant of Yahweh,
522; and Sheba's revolt, 317-19; sons
of, 305, 317, 326, 327; and war of the
Generals, 301-2; and Yahweh, 276,
307, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318-20
—kingship of: and Absalom crisis, 297, 317, 318; acceptance of kingship by David, 302; anointing of David as king of Israel, 316, 318, 526, 527; and ark, 251, 276, 313, 320; and census, 312, 312n3; and conquest of Jerusalem, 296, 303, 317, 320-30; dance of, before Yahweh, 276, 320; Davidic empire, 296, 303-6, 318-20, 346-47, 350-51, 358-59, 361, 364; glory of, 269-70; and imperial symbolism, 6, 9, 320-30, 350-51, 353-60; in Judah, 300, 315-16; and motive for writing history, 181; and Nathan, 218, 307-8, 313, 314, 319-20, 344-46, 354, 360, 436, 528; and paradigm of rulership, 527; and Psalm 110, 327-30, 328n33; revenue sources for, 300; and warfare for glory of king, 269-70; Yahweh's covenant with House of David, 9, 318-20, 344, 347, 349, 364 |
| in the heart, 419; compared with Jeremiah, 521, 536; date of, 535; and Enthronement Songs, 345n69; errors of interpretation of, 549-50; on fall of Babylon and experience of redemption, 560-61; on "former things" and "new things," 557-58, 560; and identification of Suffering Servant, 547-48n15, 549-50; and interchangeability of symbols, 522; leitmotifs in, 557-61; multiplicity of time levels running through the work, 550-52; nature of text, 545-49; and new type of prophecy, 553-55; and ordination of servant in heaven, 562-63; organization of the work, 552; and political particularizaton of Yahweh, 262; and prologue in heaven, 556-57; on servant and work of redemption, 561-62; on servant as disciple of God, 564-67; Servant Songs by, 546, 552, 562-70; and substance and form of revelation, 552-55; and Suffering Servant, 7, 348, 407, 547-48n15, 549~50, 567-70; symbolic language of, 547-49, 551; and theology of history, 558-60; and time of experience, 550; and time of salvation, 551-52; and time of the composition, 551 |
| of Judaism, 423-30; compared with Book of the Covenant, 413-14, 420, 426; compared with Memphite Theology, 413, 414; creation and suppression of, 411; Decalogue's expansion into, 492; derailment into, 482-83; discovery and enactment of, 411-13, 418; and dividing line between histories of Israel and the Jews, 422-23; Eichrodt on, 428-29; and experience of "today," 425; form of, 420, 433-35; and imperial pressure, repristination, and preservation of order, 429-30; instructions of Yahweh and Torah of Moses, 412-18; Israelite and Jewish aspects of, 423-24; myth of Mosaic authorship of, 379, 414-18, 423; prophets and order of Israel, 405-9; regulation of kingship in, 420-21; regulation of priesthood in, 421; regulation of prophets in, 421-22; and regulation of revelation, 418-23; "relaxed theology" of, 424-25; speeches of Moses, 163, 219, 395, 410-15, 434-35; two strata of contents of, 420; von Rad on, 424-27; and warfare, 425-27, 429; as word of God, 8, 416-18, 425; Yahweh's nature in, 409 |
| Judaism, 423-30; compared with Book of the Covenant, 216, 413- 14; compared with Memphite Theology, 413, 414; date of, 412n1; and Deuteronomic Code, 219; form of, 412, 412n1; myth of Mosaic authorship of, 414-18, 423; origin of name of, 421n2; prayer formula of, 178-80; purpose of, 8. See also Deuteronomic Torah |
| in, 182; administration in, 120; and "Admonitions of Ipu-wer," 143-44; agriculture in, 104-5; Akhenaton in, 4, 99n12, 141-50; Amarna period of, 444; and Amarna Revolution, 7, 119, 141, 146-50, 152; Amon Hymns from, 125-27, 152, 178, 371, 464-66; capital city of, 105, 142; and civilizational courses, 91-102; and Coffin Text, 136-38, 141; compared with Mesopotamia, 103; coronation ritual from, 116-17, 345-46; cosmogony of, compared with Ionian speculation, 122-23; and cosmological form, 4, 102-21, 165; dates of dynasties in, 92; and differentiation, 122-27; and "Dispute of a Man, who Considers Suicide, with His Soul," 136n66, 138-41, 140n69; divine kingship in, 111- 17, 149-50, 353; and dynamics of experience, 121-41; empire of, 103-5, 270;gods of, 107-13, 122-27, 142-50, 170, 173; Hyksos invasion of, 92, 93, 142, 241-42; Hyksos period of, 444; influences of, on Psalms, 353-58, 354n82, 370; and "Instructions" for Merikare, 142-43; invasion of Northern Kingdom and Jerusalem by, 368, 372; Israelites in, 444-45; Judah's proposed alliance with, 10, 501; and Memphite Theology, 4, 46, 121, 127-35, 413, 414; Moses and plagues in, 437-38, 439, 441, 442, 452; Moses' encounters with the pharaoh, 436-37, 441-43, 452, 456-57, 469-70; and Nile Valley, 104-6, IO7; Osiris religiousness in, 93-94, 96, 97-98, 149; pharaohs in, 112, 113-20, 141-50, 152, 269, 319, 346, 355, 415, 436-37, 439, 441-43, 452; phases of Egyptian history, 92-96; and "Prophecies of Neferrohu," 144-45; pyramids of, 98; and Red Sea disaster, 443, 446, 447, 452, 470; and response to disorder, 135-41; and Savior-Pharaoh, 535; scholarship on history of, 91; as Sheol, 153, 154, 401; and Solomon's reign, 368-72; "Song of the Harper" from, 96-99, 100, 121; sun symbol and sun-god in, 106-11, 122, 130, 136, 146-47, 346, 355, 358; Time of Troubles in, 44, 92, 93, 95, 95n10, 96, 142; Toynbee-Frankfort debate on, 91, 92-96, 95n10; "Two Lands" of, 103-6, 107, 129-30; Yahweh's destruction of first-born of, 442, 454, 470. See also Exodus of Israel from Egypt |
| and Ahab, 398-99, 436, 528; ascent of, to heaven in fiery chariot, 402, 502; and Baal, 398-400; compared with Moses, 396-97, 401-2; contest between prophets of Baal and, 399-400, 437; creation of legends of, 437; and Day of Yahweh, 387-91; death of, 401-2, 502; in desert, 400-401, 405; despair of, 400-401, 405; establishment of prophetic succession, 401-2; historical Elijah, 385, 387, 388; and Jezebel, 398-99; legends of, as source material for Kings, 194, 397; and Malachi texts, 386-89, 395-96; and Mount Tabor vision, 389-91, 396; and prophetic revolt of ninth century, 362, 366, 385; as prototype of messenger and precursor, 386-88, 396-97; and Rechabite nomads, 225, 366; stature of, 385, 393-94; warnings on judgment of Yahweh, 387-89, 396-400; Yahweh's appearance to, on Mount Horeb, 401, 405; Yahwism of, 401 |
| 277; creation of legends of, 437; death of, 502; and Elijah's ascent to heaven in fiery chariot, 402, 502; legends of, as source material for Kings, 194, 397; and prophetic revolt of ninth century, 362, 366, 385; and Rechabite nomads, 225, 366; as successor of Elijah, 401-2; sympathetic magic of, 503, 504, 506n6; and war with Mesha of Moab, 503; and war with Syrians of Damascus, 502-3 |
| compared with Olympian gods, 79; and creation of world and man, 55-56, 213-15; and daemonic negativity within Yahweh, 451-52; expulsion of man from garden of Eden, 282; and race of mighty men, 57-58; as singular versus plural noun, 7-8. See also God; Yahweh |
| 202-3, 220, 234, 362, 364, 375, 379, 380-85, 412, 414, 415, 441, 455, 457, 459, 471, 473 |
| Davidic empire, 296, 303-6, 318-20, 346-47, 350-51, 358-59, 361, 364; expansion of cosmological empires beyond their boundaries, 430; Hittite empire, 270, 372; in Mesopotamia, 62-66, 77-78, 103; Mongol empire, 75; powers of, as mortal flesh, 558-59; Roman empire, 47, 68, 73, 75, 93, 99, 157, 186-87, 561; vicissitudes of, 560. See also Babylonia; Egypt; Philistines |
| 200-205, 200n11, 205n19, 321n6, 323, 32,51124, 326n28, 338, 340n55, 438-39, 445n9, 457n16, 529n10, 547-48n15, 562n17 |
| of narrative, 466, 473; construction of Exodus drama, 468-71; date for, 158, 160-61, 444; and Decalogue, 366, 379-83, 417, 471-73, 476-80, 476-78n37, 511-12; golden calf episode, 472; historical perspective on, 152-53; and Israel as new Son of God, 440-44, 452, 470, 474-75; Israelites' ceremony of berith, 471, 472, 475-76, 499; magical activities of Moses before pharaoh, 436-37, 441; and Moses, 152, 172, 216, 245, 257, 265, 401, 435, 440-43, 468-71, 545; Moses' encounters with the pharaoh, 436-37, 441-43, 452, 456-57, 469- 70; Moses' first ascent of Mount Sinai for Yahweh's instructions, 471, 473-75; Moses' resistance to divine command, 450-53; pharaoh's setting Israelites free, 442-43, 448; plagues on Egypt, 437-38, 439, 441, 442, 452; and prayer formula of Deuteronomy, 178-79; in Psalm 136, 177; Red Sea miracle, 443, 446, 447, 452, 470; and Sinai covenant, 4-6, 153, 179-80, 182, 207, 211, 215-16, 221, 342-44, 347, 349, 350, 379-80, 396-97, 471-80, 511-12; symbols in narrative of, 440-48; thornbush dialogue between Yahweh and Moses, 452, 454, 456-66, 470, 515, 521; Wensinck on, 348; and Yahweh, 257, 453-66; Yahweh's attempt to kill Moses in night episode, 451-53, 453n12, 470; Yahweh's destruction of first-born of Egypt, 442, 454, 470 |
| of, 433-34; of civilization, 95, 96, 99-102; cosmological form of Egypt, 102-21; of Deuteronomy, 412, 412n1; literary form of prophets, 524-25; of Paschal legend, 438-39; of prophetic legend, 435-38; prophets and continuum of historical form, 482; relation of cosmological and historical form, 348-50; of Torah, 420, 433-35 |
| 91, 91111, 92-96, 94n6, 95n8, 99, 100, 105nn15-16, 106, 112-13, 113n29, 116, 118n48, 119n50, 119n54, 120n55, 128n60, 130n61, 132n62, 133n63, 134n65, 338 |
| characteristics of Israelites' God, 287; contemporary revolt against, 518; and creation in Genesis, 55-56, 213-15; as Creator of the world, 548, 557-58; disobedience to, 279-80, 287; Eclipse of, 167; experience of, in Christianity, 182; faith in, 10-11, 257, 257n22, 504-7, 506n6, 514-15, 518-19; foreknowledge of, and human decision, 515-16; fundamental aspects of, 181-82; hidden and revealed God, 463-66, 479; and Jacob's ladder, 67; and Job, 75-76; as Lord and judge of history, 548; and Mount Tabor vision, 389-91; presence of, in history, 285-86; as Redeemer, 7, 285-86, 548, 554, 556, 557-60; rivalry between God and man in Genesis, 55-58, 60; splendor of, compared with man, 57; suffering of, 541-42, 545, 555; transcendent God versus "God-with-us," 9, 281-82, 352, 425; universal God of mankind, 407, 409, 483, 525, 560-61; and world history of Old Testament, 177-78, 181-82. See also Covenant; Elohim; Kingdom of God; Monotheism; Revelation; Son of God; Word of God; Yahweh |
| 215-16; Christian historiography,217-18; and content of Old Testament, 218-20; and difficulties with Biblical narrative, 188-92; Engnell's approach to Bible criticism, 192, 192n2, 200-205, 200n11; Israel and complexity of historiographic work, 223-28; Israel and motivations of, 218-28; Israel and symbols of, 206-18; and Israel's response to crisis of mundane existence, 378-79; and Messianic problem, 525-26; narrative, imagination and memory in, 12-13; and sepher (book), 208, 212-13, 214; and sources of Biblical narrative, 190-206, 199n9; and toldoth (generations), 208-18; and toroth (instructions), 208, 209. See also History |
| 173-74, 173n7; compactness and differentiation in, 169, 206-8, 224-25, 462, 555; definition of, 1; Deutero-Isaiah and theology of, 558-60; different meanings of, 168- 69; dividing line between histories of Israel and the Jews, 422-23; emergence and recession in Israel's history, 182-85; historical disciplines, 22; historical subject matter, 189, 218-20, 223; Israel's conception of, 5, 176-87, 206-8, 405, 470-71; of the Jews, 422-23; justification of term regarding Israel, 206-8; and leaps in being, 172; and loss of historical substance, 174; mythical history, 343n61; and ontological reality of mankind, 170-71; and ontology, 517-19; order and meaning of, 13-14, 19-22, 470-71; origin of, in historically moving present, 171-74; and origin of meaning in historical present, 169-70; paradigmatic versus pragmatic history, 5-6, 162-65, 184, 229-31, 414; philosophy versus historical realism, 283-85; and radiation of meaning over the past, 169-75; relation of cosmological and historical form, 348-50; revelation and historical constitution of the people, 463-64; Spengler-Toynbee theory of, 166-68, 174-75; stages of development of, 460-61; subjectivity of, 172; world history in Old Testament, 177-78, 181-84, 212, 216-17, 219-20, 223. See also Historiography |
| heart, 419; complaints about Israel's misconduct, 496; date of, 362; and Decalogue, 486; existential issue and metastatic experience, 509-10; on foreign gods, 494; and institutional phase of prophetism, 528-29, 534, 537, 538; and Israelites' ignorance of Yahweh's law, 376-78; juxtaposition of rejection and demand by, 499, 500; kingship condemned by, 272n5, 496; on need for kindness, 384; prophecies of punishment and salvation by, 516, 5 42; prophecy of, on separation of Yahweh and his people, 463-64, 465; on virtues, 499, 500 |
| symbolism of, 348, 351-52; difficulties of new position on, 339-41; divine kingship in, 336- 38, 342-47, 447-49; Egyptian and Babylonian influences in, 353-58, 354n82, 370; Gunkel's form-critical approach to, 332-36, 333n40; Mosheh symbol and David, 447; Mowinckel's cult-functional approach to, 333-36, 333-34nn41-42, 343, 351, 352; nature of, 330-32; and New Year festivals, 335-38, 356; pressure of historical form on meaning of, 351- 52; resistance to mythologization of, 341-47; scholarship on, 191; terminology regarding, 350 |
| 537, 544; on berith with Death, 510; call of, 530-31; complaints about Israel's misconduct, 497; dates of, 362, 411; and Deuteronomic Torah, 410; disciples of, and sealing of prophecies, 516, 531, 543, 546; on divided kingdoms, 408; on faith in God, 10-11; on fear of God, 500; Immanuel prophecy by, 531, 531n11, 534; lapse of time in prophetic tradition following, 535-36; and leap in being, 10, 505-6; literary form of, 524; metastatic prophecies of, 10-11, 529-35, 543, 545; and order in history, 536-37, 544, 545, 555;Prince of Peace Prophecy by, 532-33, 534;prophecies of punishment and salvation by, 516, 542; and purification, 490-91; and ruach of Yahweh, 502, 503; as servant of God, 522; trust of, in will of God, 504-7, 506n6; and vision of world peace, 533-34; on warfare, 10-11, 501-4; on women's misconduct, 497; Yahweh's revelation to, 490-91 Isaiah (book of Bible): structure of, 535-36 |
| assimilation and nationalism of generally, 406; and Canaan as the promised land, 154; Canaanite- Israelite syncretism, 258-59, 261-62, 265-68, 363; characteristics of God of, 287; chronological tables of, 157-65; and civilizational courses, 157-67; complications in study of, 154-55; confederacy of, 246-47, 250, 258, 265, 294, 303, 358; dates for Biblical narrative, 158, 162-65; dates for migrations and dominations, 158-60; Deborah Song, 247-57, 259, 269, 435; defections of, from Yahweh to foreign gods, 225-26, 258, 472, 479, 493-95; and Desert as symbol, 153; destiny of, 365-66, 483; and Diaspora, 475n36; dividing line between histories of Israel and the Jews, 422-23; Egyptization of clans and leaders of, 444-45; emergence and recession in history of, 182-85; ethical and social concerns of, 9-10; ethnic groups in, 161, 303; Exodus of, from itself, 545, 549, 555, 567; humanism of, 288-89, 377; and institutional vacuum of covenant order, 349-50; and leap in being, 2, 164-65, 239-40, 365-66, 377, 393, 419, 439, 453-66, 505-6; as macroanthropos, 44-45; and meaning of history, 5, 176-87, 206-8, 405, 470- 71; and motivations of historiography, 218-28; "national" consciousness of, 272; political organization of generally, 6, 9, 349-50; pragmatic existence of, and order of covenant, 229-31; punishment of, by Yahweh, 258, 377, 387-95, 507, 515-17; and rationalization, 75-76; rites and liturgies of, 179-81; and sacred line of godly carriers of meaning, 183-84, 212; as servant, 563-64; significance of generally, 153-54, 157, 164-65; as son of God, 346, 440-44, 448, 452, 470, 474-75, 513; and symbols of historiography, 206-18, 364-65; and theopolity, 290, 290n12, 293-95, 467, 467n29, 471, 472, 476, 482, 495, 506-7, 527, 543, 545, 555; and Toynbee's cycle of Syriac civilization, 159-62, 166-67. See also Abraham; Chosen People; Covenant; Exodus of Israel from Egypt; Israel (kingship); Israel (Northern Kingdom); Moses; Prophets; Yahweh; Yahwism; and specific prophets and kings |
| d'etat, 262-63, 298; Anointed of Yahweh, 526, 530, 559; antiroyalist version of Saul's kingship, 289-95; and Chosen King, 319; clan of king, 299-300; Davidic empire, 296, 303-6, 318-20, 346-47, 350-51, 358-59, 361, 364; David's kingship, 269-70, 315-30, 344-46; David's rise to kingship, 295-302; divine kingship in Psalms, 336-38, 342-47; Egyptian model of Israelite kingship, 353-58, 354n82; general discussion of, 9, 184, 272, 341; Gideon's kingship, 258-63, 293n14, 294; glory of kings, 269-70; and harem, 262, 317, 318, 369-70; Hosea's condemnation of kingship as institution, 272n5; king as son of God, 345-46, 355-56, 410, 447-49; and marriages of kings, 262, 369-70; and motivations of historiography, 220-24; and "Poor Man's Lamb," 308, 309, 314-15; and pretender's use of hired troops, 262; and Psalms, 336-38; and respect for royal institution, 272, 272n5; royalist version of Saul's kingship, 273-74; and Samuel, 179, 252n20, 273-75, 279-80, 284, 289-93, 295, 313; Saul's kingship, 270-95, 2y2n5, 296, 299-300, 320, 364, 36yn2; tension between prophets and kings, 436, 488-89, 528; and theocracy, 289-95, 364; "Trees in Search of a King," 263-64, 272, 293, 315; and war, 256-57; Yahweh and kingship, 273-74, 289-91, 319, 327-30. See also Israel (Northern Kingdom); Prophets; and specific kings and prophets |
| revolt of, 366; capital of, 373; cult reform of Jeroboam, 372; division of Davidic empire into, 159, 264, 300, 304, 318, 361-66, 368; Egyptian invasion of, 368, 372; end of, 304, 361, 365, 367, 373, 408, 429, 542, 561; growth of, 363-64; internal organization of, 367, 367n2, 373-74; Jeroboam as king of, 367, 36702, 368, 372; kingship in, 367, 372-74; literary flowering of, 361-64; Omride dynasty in, 225, 262, 347, 362, 365, 366, 367, 372-73, 375, 375n11, 385, 395, 397, 406, 435, 528; prophets' concerns about, 221; wars between Judah and, 368, 373; Yahwism of, 372 |
| 199.010, 202-3, 205n19, 206, 220, 222, 234, 257, 362, 364, 375, 379, 380, 381, 384, 412, 414, 415, 441, 455, 457, 459, 471, 473 |
| compared with Moses, 521; compared with Socrates, 489; complaints about Israel's misconduct, 496-97; and covenant written in the heart, 6-7, 510-11; dates of, 411; death of, 406; and Decalogue, 484-91; and Deuteronomic Torah, 406; enactment of Israel's fate by, 519-20; and existential phase of prophetism, 510, 513, 536, 538-42, 555; and false prophets, 516, 539; and justice of God, 540; juxtaposition of rejection and demand by, 498; and lack of family, 519; on letter of law versus spirit of God, 417; literary form of, 524; as lord of history, 522-23; and movement beyond order of concrete society, 544, 545, 555; and mystery of iniquity, 540-42; and omphalos, 520; oracles of his call, 520-23; ordination of, as prophet, 521-22; and participation in God's suffering, 542, 545, 555; plots against life of, 539-40; prophecies of punishment and salvation by, 516; as prophet to the nations, 523, 543-44; return of, to Sheol of Egypt, 154; spiritual autobiography of, 538-39; squabbles of, with Judaite refugees in Egypt, 493; suffering, complaint, and revenge of, 539-42, 545, 555; Temple Address of, 484-85; trial of, 488; on virtues, 498 |
| 373; cult of Baal in, 374; David's conquest of, 296, 303, 320-30; Egyptian invasion of, 368; escape from conquest by Sennacherib, 410; fall of, 223, 361, 365, 406, 542, 558, 561; Melchizedek as priest-king of, 234-37, 327; as omphalos, 68; as seat of high-god El Elyon, 321, 325-26; Solomon's Temple in, 194, 229, 261, 362, 370-71, 371n8, 372, 375 Jesus: apostles of, yi; birthday of, 73; Christ and Davidic Messiah, 286; Christ as Messiah, 364; as culmination of prophecy, 500n1; and eternal present of history, 395-96; genealogy of, 211, 218; historicity of Christ, 550; history of Chosen People and Christ, 348; and Incarnation, 391, 395-96, 395n19, 550; Logion of, 389-91; Logos of Christ, 24, 46, 134-35; Moses linked with, 449; Mosheh symbol for, 449; and Sermon on the Mount, 227, 390; as Son of God, 389-91, 449, 521; as Suffering Servant, 548n15, 549; Toynbee on, 161; transfiguration of, on Mount Tabor, 389-91, 396 |
| 540; and Deuteronomic Torah, 411, 4123.11, 416-17; purification by, 410; reform of, 362, 424, 426, 429; and warfare, 425-26 |
| pantheon, 406, 410-11; and Assyria, 10, 406, 410-11, 425, 429; capital of, 297; David as governor of province of, 271; David as king of, 300, 315-16; Davidic Covenant versus Sinai Covenant in, 347; and divided kingdoms, 159, 264, 361-66, 368; end of, 361, 365, 424, 561; as goy qadosh, 513; inclusion of, in national Israel, 296-97, 303, 363-64; and Jehu's revolt, 375; kingship in, 374, 420-21; literary flowering of, 361-64; origin of, 297-98; Philistine rule over, 271, 296-97, 300-301; and right order and Sinaitic revelation, 231; settlement of, 247; and Solomonic administration, 303-4; and symbolism of Israel, 408-9, 487; and warfare, 10, 266, 368, 373, 425-27, 543; and will to existence, 408-9; Yahwism of, 193, 297, 316, 319 |
| 507-8; beginnings of, and Deuteronomic Torah, 423-30; and Christianity, 187, 211; dividing line between histories of Israel and the Jews, 422-23; Israelite and Jewish aspects of the Torah, 423-14; Paul on Jews, 173; Talmudic Judaism, 186-87, 500n1 |
| 85-89; in Assyria, 62, 65-66, 72, 326; in Babylonia, 527; and Behistun Inscription, 86-89; in Canaan, 353; and Chosen King of Israel, 319; and clan of king, 299-300; in Code of Hammurabi, 63-64, 65, 67, 72, 103, 376n12; and coronation ritual, 116-17, 345-46; and "counter-king," 439; of David, 315-30, 344-46; David's rise to, 262, 295-302; divine kingship, 63-66, 111-17, 149-50, 336-38, 341, 342-47; in Egypt, 111-17, 353; and Enuma elish 84; and Feast of Tabernacles, 337-38; of Gideon, 258-63, 293n14, 294; hereditary kingship in Israel, 272; and image of rulership, 527-28; in Judah, 374, 420-21; king as son of God, 345-46, 355-56, 410, 447-49, 527; Moabite kings, 265-67; and New Year ceremonies, 73-74, 75, 77-78, 84, 334n42, 335-37, 335-36n46, 356; in Northern Kingdom, 367, 372-74; Plato's philosopher-king, 101; and "Poor Man's Lamb," 308, 309, 314- 15; and Psalms, 336-38; regulation of, in Deuteronomic Torah, 420-21; and Samuel, 179, 252n20, 273-75, 279-80, 284, 289-93, 295, 313; of Saul, 270-95, 272n5, 296, 299-300, 320, 364, 367n2; scholarship on, 338; "Sumerian King List," 64n8; and sun symbol, 72-74, 106-7, 346, 355; as symbolic mediation between cosmic and social order, 341; theocracy, 289-95, 364, 467, 467n29; "Trees in Search of a King," 263-64, 272, 293, 315; Voegelin's negative appraisal of, 9; and Yahweh, 273-74, 289-91, 319, 327-30; of Yahweh, 351-52, 356n83, 357, 529-30. See also Israel (kingship); and specific kings |
| aptitude of civilizations for, 80-81; conversion resulting in, 90; and Egypt, 111; and history, 172; and Isaiah, 10, 505-6; and Israel, 2, 164-65, 239-40, 365-66, 377, 393, 396, 419, 439, 453-66, 505-6; and man as human and mortal, 281-82; and Moses, 396, 439, 453-66; and order of mundane existence, 49; Voegelin's use of term generally, 3 |
| Lods, Adolphe, 155n3, 191-92, 244n14, 271n3, 273n6, 274, 281n10, 292, 307n1, 331n35, 331n37, 332n39, 366, 376n12, 380, 381n13, 412n1, 445n8, 461, 466n27, 477n37 |
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