Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism Part Two: Making Connections and Building Constructions

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Rabbinic theological language has made possible a vast range of discourse, on many subjects over long spans of recorded time and in diverse cultural settings. This three-part theological dictionary defines the principal theological usages of Rabbinic Judaism as set forth in the rabbinic canon of late antiquity, Mishnah, Talmuds, and Midrash-compilations.

Preface

Introduction

xix

Principal Theological Categories

xix

Making Connections and Building Constructions

xiv

Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation

xxviii

Models of Analysis

xxix

Models of Explanation

xxxi

Models of Anticipation

xxxii

Part Two Making Connections and Building Constructions

A. Connections

Arrogance and Sin

(2)

Atonement and Sanctification

(4)

Attitude and Authority

(2)

Attitude and Possession: When Is Hope Abandoned

(2)

Death and Rejoicing

(4)

Divine Judgment, Mercy, and the First of Tishre

(4)

Israel's Estrangement from God

(4)

The Evil Inclination to Sexuality; The Messiah, the Sage

(4)

Torah and Exile, Torah and Wealth

(2)

Faith vs. Lack of Faith, Success Versus Failure

(2)

Fasting for Heaven, Heaven Feeds Israel

(2)

Gentiles Rejected, Israel Chosen

(6)

Losing Composure in General, and When a Sage Dies

(2)

Meal as a Religious Duty, Sages and Meals, Marrying One's Daughter to a Sage

(2)

The Messiah and the Land of Israel

(4)

Responsibility, Culpability, and Punishment

(2)

Sins Committed by Speech: Slander

(4)

Losing One's Temper and Sin

(2)

Rain is Comparable to the Torah, Yielding Various Sayings on the Torah and Study Therefore

(2)

War over Torah-Study and This-Worldly War

(2)

Work is Essential to an Honorable Existence, and the Right Kind of Work Involves Productive, not Service, Occupations

(2)

World to Come and the Messiah

(4)

Self-Evident Connections and Theological Givens

(4)

B. Constructions

Aaron, Simeon and Levi, Cozbi

(2)

Abel/Cain, Noah/Contemporaries, Abraham/Nimrod, Isaac/Ishmael, Jacob/Esau, Moses/Pharaoh, David/Saul, Israel/Nations

(2)

Abraham, Balaam, Joseph, Pharaoh

(2)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

(2)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Gift of Suffering

(2)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Judah, Jeremiah, David, Asa. Moses

(2)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Judah, Jeremiah, David, Asa. Moses

(2)

Abraham, Isaiah, Aaron

(4)

Abraham, Jacob, Elisha

(2)

Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Isaiah, Samuel, Samson, Solomon, Job, Caleb, Eliakim, Zerubbabel, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah

(4)

Abraham, Sodom vs. Israel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Those Who Came Up after the Exile

(4)

Abraham, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah; Moriah/Sinai

(2)

Abraham/Moriah, Fathers/Red Sea, Joshua/Gilgal, Samuel/Mispeh, Eluah/Carmel, Jonah/Fish, David-Solomon/Jerusalem

101

(2)

Acts of loving kindness, righteousness, offerings/prayer, Temple/synagogue, end of days/redemption

103

(2)

Adam, Esau, Sennacherib, Hiram King of Tyre, Nebuchadnezzar, Evil Merodach, and Israel

105

(2)

Adam, Israel, Sisera

107

(2)

Adam, Jacob, the Generation of the Wilderness, Zion

109

(2)

Adam, Noah, Abraham

111

(2)

Adam, Pharaoh, limb of adulteress

113

(2)

The fathers, the First Man, Pharaoh, Moses, the Generation of the Wilderness

115

(4)

Adam, Seth, Methuselah, David, Abraham, Jacob, and Moses

119

(2)

Altar, Priests, God; Sinai, Moses-Aaron, God; Exiles of Israel, Nebuchadnezzar, Hananiah, Mishael, & Azariah; Daniel

121

(4)

Amalek, Pharaoh

125

(2)

Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Josiah vs. Ahaz, Manasseh, Amon

127

(2)

Babylonia, Media, Greece, Edom/Rome

129

(10)

Balaam, Doeg, Ahitophel, and Gahazi

139

(2)

Cain, Esau, Pharaoh, Haman, Gog

141

(2)

Cain, Korah, Balaam, Doeg, Ahitophel, Gahazi, Absalom, Adonijah, Uzziah, and Haman

143

(2)

Chaos, Torah, Messiah

145

(2)

Charity, Supplication, Name-Change, Character-Change

147

(2)

Creation, Patriarchs, Isaac, Sarah-Rachel-Hannah, Joseph/Prison, Redemption

149

(2)

Creation, Gog/World to Come, Torah, Tent of Meeting

151

(4)

Cyrus, Ahasuerus

155

(2)

David, Job, Generation of the Flood, Men of Sodom

157

(2)

David, Solomon

159

(2)

David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Manasseh, the Messiah, and Boaz

161

(4)

Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Greece, Rome

165

(2)

Egypt, Babylonia, World to Come

167

(2)

Egypt, Edom

169

(2)

Egypt, the Sea, Marah, Rephidim, Horeb, the wilderness, the Spies/Joshua-Caleb, Shittim, Achan/Joshua, Israel/Judah

171

(2)

Egypt, the Sea, Sinai, the World to Come

173

(2)

Egypt, Sinai, Gog and Magog, and Messiah

175

(2)

Eliezer, Moses, and Solomon

177

(2)

Eliezer of Damascus, Esau, Ruth, Nations of the World, Hezekiah, Mesha, Kings of Israel, Kings of the East

179

(2)

Esau, Jeroboam, and Haman

181

(2)

Exile, Chaldeans, Ishmaelites, and Inclination to do evil

183

(2)

Exodus, Sea, Sinai, Resurrection of Dead, Messiah

185

(2)

Five Pairs, the

187

(2)

Flood, Sodom, Ten Tribes, Sennacherib

189

(4)

Generation of the Flood, Men of the Tower of Babel, Men of Sodom

193

(4)

Generation of the Flood, Tower of Babel, Sodom, Egyptians, Sisera, Absalom, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Prince of Tyre

197

(4)

The Generation of the Flood, the Generation of the Dispersion, the Men of Sodom, the Spies, the Party of Korach, Ten Tribes

201

(2)

The Generation of the Flood, Job, Egyptians, Gehenna

203

(2)

Generation of the Flood, Men of Sodom, Egypt

205

(2)

Generation of Flood, Sodomites, Egyptians, Samson, Amnon, Zimri

207

(2)

Generation of the Flood, Sodomites, Pharaoh, Sisera, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, the Wicked Empire

209

(2)

Generation of the Flood, Sodomites, the Incident at Shittim

211

(2)

Generation of Flood, Men of Tower of Babylon, Sodom, vs. Abraham

213

(2)

Four kingdoms (Gen. 14:1)/Abraham, Pharaoh/Moses, Sihon-Og/Moses, Canaanites/Joshua, Sisera. Deborah-Barak, Sennacherib vs. Hezekiah, Haman/Mordecai

215

(4)

God's Love/Israel's Idolatry; Esau/Jacob, Joseph/Brothers, David/Saul; Marital Love/Adultery

219

(2)

God, Daniel, and Nebuchadnezzar

221

(2)

Gog, Building of Temple, the End

223

(2)

Hezekiah, Mordecai-Esther, the Present Generation

225

(2)

Holy One, Abraham, Benjamin, Solomon, Israel, Temple

227

(2)

Holy One, Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-Joseph, Sarah-Rebecca-Leah-Rachel, Sanhedrin-Disciples-scribes, Israel

229

(4)

Holy One / Israel / Egyptians / Water; Solomon / Isaac / Temple / Holy One / Benjamin / Israel; Moses / Torah / Holy One / Israel; Moses / Torah / Holy One / Israel

233

(4)

Idolatry, fornication, and murder

237

(2)

Idolatry, Incest, Murder

239

(2)

Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Jacob

241

(2)

Election of Israel, covenant of the priesthood, covenant of the Levites, covenant with the kingdom of the house of David, covenant with Jerusalem, covenant with the house of the sanctuary, covenant with Israel

243

(2)

Jacob, Joseph

245

(2)

Jeroboam, Ahaz, and Manasseh

247

(2)

Joseph, David, Boaz

249

(2)

Joseph, David, Mordecai, Israel

251

(2)

Judah-Benjamin/Sodom, Cities of the Sea/Generation of the Flood

253

(2)

The rule of Justice, the Torah, and the Building of the Tabernacle in the wilderness

255

(2)

King in Past, King at Present, King of the World, Moses

257

(2)

Land of Israel, Jerusalem, Eternal House, Aaron, David

259

(2)

Learning, Sexual Impulse, Death

261

(2)

Mana, Fish, Youth, Offerings, First fruits, drink offerings, Mishnah, Talmud, Lore

263

(2)

Moses vs. Amos, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah

265

(2)

Moses vs. Jeroboam

267

(2)

Mordecai and Moses, Mordecai and Abraham

269

(2)

Moses, Eluah

271

(2)

Moses, Elijah, Micah

273

(2)

Moses, Hillel, Yohanan B. Zakkai, Aqiba

275

(2)

Moses, Joseph, Jacob, Eluah, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Daniel

277

(2)

Moses, Joshua, Deborah-Barak, Hezekiah, Hananiah-Mishael-Azariah, Mordecai-Esther

279

(2)

Moses, Joshua, Elders, Prophets, Men of the Great Assembly

281

(2)

Moses/Solomon, Noah/Abel

283

(2)

Naaman, Nebuzaradan, Haman, Sisera, Sennacherib

285

(2)

Nabat, Ahitophel, Pharaoh's astrologers

287

(2)

Nations/Israel, Generations/Wilderness, Mountains/Moriah, Cities/Jerusalem, Mountains/Sinai, Lands/Land of Israel

289

(2)

Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Haman

291

(2)

Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuzaradan, Vespasian and Trajan

293

(2)

Nimrod, Abraham, Pharaoh, Moses-Aaron, Sihon-Og, Moses-Aaron, Sisera, Deborah-Barak, Sennacherib, Hezekiah-Isaiah, Haman, Mordecai, Kings of Canaanites, Joshua-Caleb

295

(4)

Noah, Cain, Uzziah

299

(2)

Noah, Methuselah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Miriam, Joshua, Samuel

301

(4)

Noah/Necho, Moses-Aaron/Spies, Josiah/Ahab, David/Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah/Samson, Sons of Aaron/congregation of Korah

305

(4)

Obadiah vs. Esau

309

(2)

Past, Present, Messiah, Gog-Magog, Age to Come

311

(2)

Pharaoh, Haman, Esau

313

(2)

Pharaoh, Sennacherib, and You

315

(2)

Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, David, Solomon, Daniel

317

(2)

Prayer, Charity, and Repentance

319

(2)

Priesthood, Martyrs, David, and Nebuchadnezzar

321

(4)

Priestly Blessing, Priestly Watches, Sanhedrin, Israelites of the Exodus

325

(2)

Priests, Levites, Israelites

327

(2)

Rainbow, Patriarch, and Priests

329

(2)

Rebecca/Laban, Israel/Egypt, Israel/Nations, Learning/Ignorance, Israel/Nations Today

331

(4)

Redemption, Pharaoh, Four Kingdoms, Retribution

335

(2)

Rome, Persia, All the Other Nations

337

(2)

Samson & Absalom vs. Miriam, Joseph, and Moses

339

(2)

Samson, Saul, Absalom, Zedekiah, Asa

341

(2)

Sanhedrin, priests, Levites, Israelites, Land, Firstborn, Sanctuary, Altar, Anointing Oil, Kingship, Offerings

343

(2)

Sanctification, Hierarchy of

345

(4)

Scoffers, Flatterers, Liars, and Slanderers

349

(2)

Sea, Heaven, Sun and Moon, Ravens, Fire, Lions, Fish

351

(2)

Sea, Marah, Refidim, Manna, Quail, Golden Calf, Paran

353

(2)

Snake, Head Baker, Korach, Haman

355

(2)

The men of Sodom, Minor children of the wicked, Korach, Generation of the Wilderness, Ten Tribes

357

(2)

Solomon, Ahaz, the Messiah, Abraham and Jacob

359

(2)

Timing, Oppression, outcry, Merit, Repentance

361

(2)

The Torah, the sacrifices, Gehenna, and the rule of the kingdoms

363

(2)

Vespasian, Greece, Haman, Gog

365

(2)

Wilderness, Baal Peor, Amorites

367

(2)

The Rules of Making Constructions

369

(12)

Cross-references

381

Part Three Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation

A. Models of Analysis

Argument based on Evidence

Atonement and Intentionality

Classifying Commandments

Classifying Sin, Penalty, and Remission

Foundations of Religious Duties

Genealogy and Virtue

God Favors the Pursued over the Pursuer

How We Know God Hears Prayers

God's Mercy

God's Names and God's Attributes

Greatness of Faith

Hierarchization and Sanctification

Hierarchizing Religious Duties

Hierarchizing Study vs. Action

Hierarchizing suffering

Hierarchizing the Commandments

Hierarching Torah-Study vs. Marriage

Hierarchizing Commandments vs. Torah Study

Hierarchizing Virtue: Charity, Loving Kindness, Justice

Hierarchy of Divine Instruction

How Atonement Takes Place

How Israel Differs from the Gentiles

The Priority of Avoiding Idolatry

Israel's Enemies and God's Enemies

Israel's Malcontention

Israel's Prophets and the Gentiles' Prophets

Love or Fear in Serving God

Main Principles of the Torah

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