Contributors

Abbreviations

TEXT – VERSIONS

1–4 Text of the OT – Masorah

5–19 Greek (OT): general * manuscripts * studies

20–24 Greek (NT)

25–31 Aramaic – Syriac – Arabic – Coptic – Armenian – Latin

32–54 Modern translations: general * English * German * French * others

THEOLOGICAL AND EXEGETICAL APPROACHES

Theological Foundations

55–65 Inspiration – authority * canon (OT, NT)

Hermeneutics – Methods

66–88 Biblical interpretation in general: manuals * basic perspectives * individual problems

89–92 Historical-critical methods

93–100 Sociology – anthropology – psychology

101–119 Literary studies: narrative criticism – discourse analysis – intertextuality – rhetoric – performance

120–134 Contextual exegesis: postcolonialism * feminism

135–136 Philosophical criticism

137–152 Literary genres – stylistic devices

BIBLICAL EXEGESIS

153–156 Bible as a Whole

Digital media

157–168 internet * Bible software * research materials

169–183 audio bibles * non-biblical electronic media

OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS

184–187 Introduction – general

Pentateuch and historical books

188–213 Pentateuch: general – Yahwist – Elohist – Priestly Code * Deuteronomists

214–266 Genesis: Primeval History (Gen 1–11) * patriarchs (Gen 12–50) * Tale of Joseph (Gen 37–50)

267–295 Exodus: general * individual passages

296–314 Leviticus * Numbers

315–331 Deuteronomy: general * individual passages

332–339 Joshua

340–355 Judges

356–363 Ruth

364–386 Samuel: general * 1 Samuel * 2 Samuel

387–411 Kings: general * 1 Kings * 2 Kings

412–426 Chronicles: general * 1 Chronicles – 2 Chronicles

427–438 Ezra/Nehemiah: general * Ezra * Nehemia

439–447 Tobit – Judith – Esther * 1/2 Maccabees

Prophets

448–454 General

455–490 Isaiah: general * Isaiah I * Isaiah II * Isaiah III

491–513 Jeremiah: general * individual passages

514–515 Lamentations

516–523 Ezekiel

524–533 Daniel: general * individual passages

534–538 Minor Prophets general

539–545 Hosea – Joel

546–551 Amos

552–564 Jonah * Micah

565–568 Nahum – Habakkuk

569–585 Haggai – Zechariah * Malachi

Psalms

586–592 General

593–643 Individual Psalms

Wisdom literature

644–650 General

651–674 Job: general * individual passages

675–686 Proverbs

687–697 Koheleth

698–707 Song of Songs

708–713 Wisdom of Solomon – Jesus Sirach (Ben Sira)

NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS

714–718 Introduction – general

Gospels and Acts of the Apostles

719–726 Gospels: general – synoptic problem

727–737 Sayings Source ("Q")

738–741 Parallel passages

742–744 Parables

745–781 Matthew: general * individual passages

782–820 Mark: general * individual passages

821–854 Luke: general * individual passages

855–904 John: general * individual passages

905–936 Luke-Acts general * Acts: general * individual passages

Letters and Book of Revelation

937–940 Pauline letters in general

941–977 Romans: general * individual passages

978–1002 1/2 Corinthians general – 1 Corinthians: general * individual passages

1003–1008 2 Corinthians

1009–1017 Galatians

1018–1036 Ephesians * Colossians * Philippians

1037–1044 1/2 Thessalonians

1045–1051 Pastoral Epistles: general * 1/2 Timothy – Titus – Philemon

1052–1068 Hebrews: general * individual passages

1069–1097 Catholic Epistles: James * 1 Peter – 2 Peter * Johannine letters general – 1–3 John * Jude

1098–1135 Revelation: general * individual passages

EXTRABIBLICAL SOURCES

Inscriptions

1136–1138 General – alphabet

1139–1147 Hebrew * Moabite

1148–1153 Aramaic – Syriac

1154–1161 Egyptian – Hittite – Phoenician – Philistine – Greek

Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha

1162–1183 Old Testament: general * ApocrMos – Book of Noah – Cave of Treasures – 1 Enoch – 4 Ezra – Jub – 3/4 Macc – Ps 151 – TestAbr – TestMos – TestNaph – TestSol

1184–1220 New Testament: general * GJude – GMary * GThom * GNicod – GPeter – GPhilip – Fayum Gospel – PapEgerton – Gospel of Truth – Secret Mark – 2 Clem – Epistle of Barnabas &nd

1221–1241 Qumran/Dead Sea Scrolls: general * particular subjects * texts from caves 1 – 4 – 11 * Temple Scroll – Community Rule – MasEzek

Jewish authors

1242–1250 General * Jewish-Hellenistic authors – Philo

1251–1269 Josephus: general * Antiquities * Against Apion

1270–1273 Rabbinical literature

PHILOLOGY

1274–1286 Hebrew: general * lexicography * names

1287–1299 Hebrew: syntax * verb – tenses/aspects

1300–1306 Aramaic * Greek * Latin

CIVILIZATIONS OF THE BIBLICAL WORLD

1307–1322 General * Mesopotamia: history – culture – religion * texts

1323–1331 Egypt: history – culture – religion * texts

1332–1350 Hittites * Phoenicians – Ituraeans * Ugarit – Syria – Iran

1351–1376 Greco-Roman civilization: general * history – culture – religion * texts

ARCHAEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY

1377–1387 Biblical Archaeology: general – history of research * historical periods

1388–1432 Palestine: regions * sites (alphabetically)

1433–1446 Jerusalem * temple

1447–1457 Sites outside of Palestine * holy places

REALIA

1458–1463 Museums – iconography

1464–1474 Seals * pottery – amulets – figurines moulds * coins

1475–1480 Objects: ivory – bones – bronze – lead

1481–1483 Food – wine – incense

INSTITUTIONS AND RITUALS

Social institutions

1484–1492 General * family – woman – marriage/divorce – birth – child

1493–1503 Gender relations – sexuality * homosexuality

1504–1506 The end of life: illness – death – burial

1507–1518 Economic life: general * work – slavery – poverty * trade – tithing – other

1519–1524 Kingship/state – warfare

1525–1533 Legal institutions: general * inheritance – crime and punishment

1534–1539 The world of learning: scribal culture – literacy * music

Religious institutions

1540–1548 Temple – cultic images/aniconism * priest/women – purity * conversion

1549–1560 Ritual acts: sacrifice * circumcision – ritual bathing * magic

1561–1564 Festivals – Pesach

1565–1566 Early Judaism: prayer – sects

1567–1581 Early Christianity: community * leadership roles * ritual acts (baptism, Eucharist) – healing

BIBLICAL PERSONS

1582–1615 Persons: alphabetically

1616–1647 Jesus: history of research – contemporary research * comprehensive studies * particular aspects

1648–1658 Paul: contemporary research * comprehensive studies – particular aspects

HISTORY OF ISRAEL

1659–1669 General * problems of historiography

1670–1673 Premonarchical period

1674–1688 Period of the monarchy

1689–1704 Babylonian exile – Persian period * Hellenistic and Roman periods until Bar Kokhba

JUDAISM – EARLY CHRISTIANITY – GNOSTICISM – ISLAM

Judaism

1705–1709 General

1710–1712 Pharisees – Essenes – Samaritans

1713–1716 Jewish-Christian controversies

Early Christianity

1717–1744 General – history * life * teaching * texts

Gnosticism – Islam

1745–1748 Gnosticism – Islam

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

Both Testaments

1749–1759 General * monotheism – God – Satan – angels

1760–1762 Relationship between OT and NT

1763–1777 Themes in biblical theology: creation – apocalypticism/ messianism – retribution/hell – ethics

Old Testament

1778–1786 General

1787–1809 Monotheism * God – goddess – demonic beings

1810–1816 Cosmology – creation – eschatology/apocalypticism – messianism

1817–1820 Ethics

New Testament

1821–1826 General

1827–1832 God – angels * Christology

1833–1842 Resurrection – eschatology * ethics

Pauline theology

1843–1846 General

1847–1859 Paul and Judaism * law – justification

1860–1867 Christology – spirit * miscellaneous

Johannine theology

1868–1871 General – miscellaneous

CONCEPTS AND SYMBOLS

1872–1909 English terms: angel – blindness/seeing – blood – child – covenant – Day of Yahweh – death – disability – discipleship – election – forgiveness – grumble – heaven &ndash

1910–1919 Hebrew and Aramaic words: berît – deba" – hæsæd – jetßær – ma≤kil – ma≤≤à" – tsâ"arah – todah

1920–1925 Greek words: basileia – diakrinomai – euangelion – hagios – pisteuò – pistis Christou

1926–1933 Symbols: general * Cushite – Egypt – foreign woman – Jacob's ladder – mountain of God – veil of the temple – wilderness

1934–1939 Metaphors: general * being clothed with Christ – chosen people – plants – prostitute

BIBLE IN THEOLOGY AND LIFE OF CHURCH

1940–1947 Theology

1948–1951 Practical guides

HISTORY OF EXEGESIS

1952–1977 General * patristic literature: general * authors (alphabetically)

1978–1983 Middle Ages – Jewish exegesis

1984–1999 Modern Times: general * Reformation * 17th–19th centuries

2000–2018 20th and 21st centuries: general * names (alphabetically)

2019–2024 Institutes – societies – commentary series

BIBLE IN ART, LITERATURE, FILM AND MUSIC

2025–2046 Literature: general * authors and themes

2047–2073 Art: general * iconography * periods

2074–2078 Film – music

HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

2079–2117 General * historical surveys and sketches * basic concepts an issues

2118–2153 Cultural and intellectual history * history of literature *

nonchristian religions

Christianity

2154–2162 General

2163–2175 Antiquity: general * sources

2176–2204 Middle Ages: general * themes * sources

2205–2225 Modern Times: 16th–19th centuries * sources

2226–2253 Twentieth century – today * theology

Index of Reviews

Index of Authors