Revelation, 64
SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEX
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Aaron, 80–81
Abraham, 55–56, 58–59, 72, 124, 250, 327, 331, 332
Achaia, 214
Acts, 21–22, 135, 138, 154, 155, 215, 216, 217, 218, 236, 240
exaltation of Jesus, 218, 225–29
Adam and Eve, 259–62
Christ poem and, 259–62
adoption, 232–34
adoptionists, 230–40, 291–95, 302, 328, 335
After-Death Communications, 196–97
Ahaz, 242
Alcmena, 23–24
Alexander of Alexandria, 339, 341, 342, 343–44
Arian controversy and, 344–52, 357
Letter of Alexander, 343, 344
Alexander Severus, 14
Alexander the Great, 22–23, 24, 30, 126, 160
Alexandria, 8, 315, 337–43
Allison, Dale, 88, 185, 189, 195
Ambrose, Bishop, 364, 385n4
Amphytrion, 23–24
Angel of the Lord, 55–57, 72, 83, 331
Jesus as, 250–51, 252–54, 264, 267, 269, 278, 331–32
angels, 5, 54–64, 83, 134–35, 147, 250, 331–32, 380n3
in ancient Judaism, 55–64, 250
as God and human, 57–59
humans who become, 59–61
Watchers, 63–64, 66
annunciation, 226
anthropology, 93
antichrists, 296–98, 327
Antioch, 298, 348
Antioch of Pisidia, 154
Antiochus III, 33–34
Antipas, Herod, 203
anti-supernatural bias, 143–44, 174
Antony, Mark, 27–28
apocalypse, 59–60, 63, 65, 99–112, 286
terminology, 99
Apocalypse of Abraham, 58–59
apocalypticism, 99–112, 130, 378n8
of Jesus, 103–12, 118, 119, 121, 130, 185–86, 197, 203, 353–55
Apollo, 28, 29, 40, 41
Apollinaris, 367–68
Apollonius, 12–18, 22, 150, 373n3
historical and legendary, 13–16
parallels to Jesus story, 12–18
apologists, 172–73, 199, 311
Aramaic, 90, 140, 223, 227, 271
archaeology, 48
Arian controversy, 8–9, 315, 344–52, 356–57, 365, 366, 367
Arius, 8–9, 339–52, 356–57, 365, 366, 367
Thalia, 341–42
Artemidorus, 158
Dream Book, 158
Assyria, 242
astrology, 63
Athanasius, 342, 349, 357, 367
atheism, 147
Athena, 40, 41
Athens, 160
Atia, 29
Augustus, Caesar, 27, 28, 29–30, 31, 34, 49, 160, 233, 264, 358
Aurelian, 14
authorities, 54
Babylon, 65, 114
baptism, 97, 110–11, 237–40, 285, 289, 305
Jesus as Son of God at, 237–40, 289–95
Baptists, 285
Barnabas, 21
Baruch, 276
2 Baruch, 59
Baucis, 19–20, 21, 22
belief, 173–74
of disciples, in resurrection, 174–83, 204–10
of earliest Christians, 213–18
false, 328
benefaction, 33–34
Bentall, Richard, “Hallucinatory Experiences,” 193, 194
bereavement visions, 195–97
Bethany, 135
Bianchini, Maria Esperanza Medrano de, 198
Big Bang theory, 144
binitary worship, 235
birth, Jesus as Son of God at, 240–44
Book of the Watchers, 63–64, 66
Brown, Raymond, 135–36, 236–37
Buddha, 131
Buddhism, 147
burial practices for criminals, Roman, 156–65
Caesar, Julius, 27–28, 145, 233
Caesarea, 121, 161, 162
Caesarion, 233
Caligula, 31–32
Callinicum, 364
Callistus, 309
Capernaum, 175, 205
Caracalla, 14
Caria, 157
Carthage, 311
Celestine, Pope, 369
Cephas, 141, 153
cherubim, 54, 83
Chicago, 86, 87
Christ (term), 111–12, 116
Christianity, 1–9, 13, 17, 38, 50–51, 112–17, 130–31
beliefs of earliest Christians, 213–18
Council of Nicea, 349–52, 356, 357
demise in the modern world, 172
early Christologies, 211–46, 247–82
of fourth and fifth centuries, 325–26, 340–52, 356–70
God Christ and, 365–70
heretic views, 286–321, 326, 366–70
orthodox, 323–52
resurrection narrative, 129–69, 171–210
rise of, 43–44, 49, 174, 197, 245
Rome and, 291–95, 309–11, 330, 339–60, 384n8
of second and third centuries, 283–321, 330–39
terminology, 213
See also Gospels; Jesus Christ; New Testament; Old Testament; specific books
Christology, 4, 7, 204, 208
adoptionist, 230–40, 291–95, 302, 328, 335
Arianism, 339–52, 356–57, 365–67
backward movement of, 236–44
baptism of Jesus and, 237–40, 289–95
beginnings of, 211–46
beliefs of earliest Christians, 213–18
birth of Jesus and, 240–44
of Dionysius of Rome, 337–39
docetic, 295–302, 305, 328
early heretic views, 286–321
evaluating earliest views of Christ, 230–35
exaltation, 218–46, 249–51, 266, 279, 282, 289, 308
fourth and fifth century, 325–26, 340–52, 356–70
Gnostic, 178–80, 302–7, 309, 311, 324, 328
heretic, 286–321, 326, 366–70
hetero-orthodoxies, 307–19
high, 4, 231, 252, 259, 277–78
incarnation, 249–82, 295, 297–98
Jesus as God on earth, 249–82
of Justin Martyr, 330–34
low, 4, 230–35, 252
modalist, 308–25, 335, 337
of Novatian, 335–37
oldest surviving sources, 213–16
of Origen, 315–19
orthodox, 323–52
of second and third centuries, 283–321, 330–39
separationist, 305–7, 309
terminology, 4, 204
circumcision, 50
Cleopatra, 233
Collins, John, 78
Common Era, 137
common graves, 160–61
Confucius, 131
Connell, Janice, Meetings with Mary: Visions of the Blessed Mother, 199
conservative evangelicals, 143–44, 171–72, 285
Constantine, 8, 329, 339–41, 344–52, 357–60, 363, 365
Arian controversy and, 344–52, 357
contextual credibility, criterion of, 98
Coptic Apocalypse of Peter, 179–80, 181, 306
Coptic church, 198–99, 303
Corinth, 137, 138, 178, 181
Cosgrove, Charles, 253–54
Council of Chalcedon, 370
Council of Constantinople, 357, 367, 368
Council of Ephesus, 369
Council of Nicea, 326, 329, 341, 349–52, 356, 357, 365–67
creation, 72, 275
creeds, 216–17, 218–25, 323
Nicene, 2, 9, 323–25, 350–52, 357, 366, 367
Crete, 15
Crossan, John Dominic, 157, 163
crucifixion, 6, 45, 91, 96, 97, 116, 123–24, 149, 156–60, 167, 175, 179–80, 246, 258, 272, 325
Roman practices of, 156–60
scavenging animals and, 157–61, 163
cult, 30–34
emperor, 30–34, 49
terminology, 30
Cynics, 35–38
daimones, 41–42
David, King, 76, 77, 80, 114, 115, 208, 209, 221, 222, 224
Dead Sea Scrolls, 99, 105, 113–14
Decius, 345, 384n8
deification, 28, 31, 39–40
demons, 64
devil, 100
Dio Chrysostum, Discourses, 160
Diocletian, 345
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 160
Dionysius of Alexandria, 337–39
Dionysius of Rome, 337–39
disciples, 90, 92, 109, 111, 119, 128, 135–36, 213, 238, 244–45, 286, 293, 296, 352
belief in resurrection, 174–83, 204–10
resurrection and, 135–38, 149, 168, 169, 174–210
visions of Jesus, 183–204
See also specific disciples
dissimilarity, criterion of, 96–97, 106–9, 127