ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION

Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski

in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Mordechai Z. Cohen, Joseph Davis, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford

List of Keywords

A (Aleph) - Ainsworth, Henry l Aion (Deity) - Apostasy l Apostle - Azzur

Baal (Deity) - Beriah l Berio, Luciano - Byzantine Epoch

Cabbon - Christian Science l Christianity, Christendom - Cyrus

Christianity, Christendom - Cyrus

Christianity, Christendom

Christian-Jewish Relations see Jewish-Christian Relations 70–170 C.E.

Christian-Muslim Relations see Muslim-Christian Relations

Christians see Christianity, Christendom

Christmas

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. Christianity
  • IV. Literature
  • V. Visual Arts
  • VI. Music
  • VII. Film

Christological Titles

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Islam

Christology, History of

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity
  • III. Judaism
  • IV. Islam
  • V. Other Religions
  • VI. Current Religious Movements

Chronicles of the Kings (Israel/Judah), Book of

Chronicles, Book of 1–2

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. Christianity

Chronographer, Demetrius the see Demetrius. 02. The Chronographer

Chronology

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Islam
  • V. Literature

Chrysippus see Stoics, Stoicism

Chrysolite see Gem Stones; Breastplate

Chrysostom, John (c. 347–407)

Chthonian Deities

Chuera, Tell

Church

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity
  • III. Islam
  • IV. Visual Arts

Church Order

Churches

Chusi

Chusifah

Chusn, El-

Chuza

Cicada

Cicero

Cilicia

Cimabue (Bencivenni di Pepo) ~1270–1302

Cimmerians

Cinnamon see Perfumes and Spices

Circumcision

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Christianity
  • V. Islam
  • VI. Literature
  • VII. Music
  • VIII. Film

Circumlocution

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament

Circus

Cist Grave see Burials

Cistercian Order, Bible in

Cistern of Sirah see Sirah, Cistern of (Place)

Cisterns

Citadel

Cities of Refuge

Cities, Levitical

City

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • V. Literature

City Authorities

City of David

City of the Sun see Sun, City of the (Place)

Civil Religion

Clan

Clans, The (Sura 33)

Clare of Assisi (1194–1253)

Clark, Kenneth Willis (1898–1979)

Classical Epoch

  • I. Visual Arts

Classical Music see Music, Classical

Claudel, Paul (1868–1955)

Claudia

Claudius (Emperor)

Claudius Lysias

Clay

Clean and Unclean see Purity and Impurity

Cleansing of the Temple

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity
  • III. Literature
  • IV. Visual Arts
  • V. Film

Cleanthes see Stoics, Stoicism

Clear Proof, The (Sura 98)

Clemens non Papa (1510–1557/8)

Clement of Alexandria

Clement of Rome

Clement, Pseudo- see Clement of Alexandria

Clement, Second Epistle of

Clementines, Pseudo- see Pseudo-Clementines

Cleodemus Malchus

Cleopas

Cleopatra

  • 01. I
  • 02. II Philometora Soteira
  • 03. Thea
  • 04. III Philometora Soteira Dikaiosyne Nikephoros (Kokke)
  • 05. V Tryphaena
  • 06. VII Thea Neotera
  • 07.

Clerambaut, Louis Nicholas (1676–1749)

Cleric and Clergy

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity

Clericus, Johannes (1657–1736)

Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1846–1923)

Client Kings

Climacus, John (525–606)

Cloisonne see Jewelry, Ancient Israelite

Clopas

Clot, The (Sura 96)

Clothing

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament

Cloud

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament
  • III. Christianity

Cloud, Pillar of see Pillar of Fire and Cloud

Clovis (466–511)

Club see Weaponry

Cluniac Order, Bible in

Cnidus

Coastland

Coat of Mail see Weaponry

Coat of Many Colors see Joseph, Son of Jacob

Cocceius, Johannes (1603–1669)

Cock

Code see Law

Codex

Coele-Syria

Coffin

Coins

  • I. Archaeology
  • II. Hellenistic and Roman Period
  • III. Film

Colenso, John William (1814–1883)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772–1834)

Colet, John (1466/67–1519)

Col-Hozeh

Colic see Sickness and Disease

Collect

Collection for Jerusalem, Paul's

Collins, Anthony (1676–1729)

Collins, William Wilkie (1824–1889)

Colonialism, Post-Colonialism

Colonies, Roman see Roman Colonies (Judea)

Colonnade

Colophon

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Judaism
  • III. Christianity
  • IV. Islam

Color, Symbolism of

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Judaism
  • V. Christianity
  • VI. Visual Arts
  • VII. Film

Colossae

Colossians, Epistle to the

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity

Colt see Ass

Columbaria

Comedy and the Comic

  • I. Literature
  • II. Music
  • III. Film

Comenius, Johann Amos (1592–1670)

Comets see Astronomy, Astrology

Commagene

Commandment

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Christianity

Commandments, Ten see Decalogue

Commedia

  • I. Islam
  • II. Literature
  • III. Visual Arts
  • IV. Film

Commentaries, Biblical

  • I. Judaism
  • II. Christianity

Commentaries, Qumran Biblical see Pesharim Texts, Qumran; Exegetical Texts, Qumran

Commodian (c. 250 C.E.)

Commonwealth

Communal Meals

  • I. Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Judaism
  • V. Christianity

Communication see Travel and Communication

Communio see Koinonia

Communion see Lord's Supper

Community, Rule of the see Rule of the Community (1QS, 4QS, etc)

Compassion see Love

Complete, Completorium

Complutense Polyglot

Conaniah

Concept of Our Great Power (NHC VI,4)

Conception, Immaculate see Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Conciliarism

Concord, Book of

Concord, Formula of see Formula of Concord

Concordances

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament

Concubine

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Islam

Condemn see Judge, Judging

Conduit

Coney see Fauna, Biblical

Confessio Tetrapolitana

Confession

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament
  • III. Judaism
  • IV. Christianity

Confirmation

Confraternity see Brother, Brotherhood

Confucianism, Reception of the Bible in

Congregation see Church

Congregazione dell'Oratorio

Coniah

Conjuring see Magi, Magic

Conquest of the Land

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. Christianity
  • IV. Film

Consanguinuity see Kinship

Conscience

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Judaism

Conscription

Consecrate, Consecration see Anointing

Consecration Prayers

Consensus Tigurinus

Consolation

  • I. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • II. New Testament
  • III. Judaism

Constantine I The Great

  • I. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • II. Christianity
  • III. Islam

Constantinople

  • I. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • II. Christianity
  • III. Islam

Constellations see Astronomy, Astrology

Constitution see Law

Constitutions and Canons, Apostolic see Apostolic Constitutions and Canons

Consul

Contamination see Purity and Impurity

Continence see Virginity; Celibacy

Contract see Covenant; Law

Contractual Law see Judicial Systems; Law

Controversy Stories

Conversation see Travel and Communication

Conversion

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • V. Christianity
  • VI. Islam
  • VII. Literature
  • VIII. Film

Cook, Stanley Arthur (1873–1949)

Coppe, Abiezer (1616–1672)

Coppens, Jozef (1896–1981)

Copper see Bronze

Copper Scroll (3Q15)

Cptic Christianity, Reception of the Bible in

Coptic Language

Coptic Versions of the Bibole see Versions of the Bible. 07. Coptic Versions

Cor see Weights and Measures

Coral

Corban

Corbusier, Le (1887–1965) see Le Corbusier (1887–1965)

Cordova

Cordovero, Moses ben Jacob (1522–1570)

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)

Coriander

Corinth (Place)

  • I. Archaeology
  • II. Film

Corinth, Lovis (1858–1925)

Corinthians, First Epistle to the

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity

Corinthians, Second Epistle to the

  • I. New Testament
  • II. Christianity

Corinthians, Third Epistle to the

Corn

Cornelius

Corner Gate

Cornerstone

Cornill, Carl Heinrich (1854–1920)

Corporate Personality

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Corpus Christi

Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti

Corpus Hermeticum

Corpus Iuris Canonici

Correction see Punishment

Correggio, Antonio (ca. 1489–1534)

Correspondence see Pastoral Letters; Lachish Letters; Letters; Amarna Letters

Corruption

Corruption of Scripture

Corruption, Mount of (Place)

Cos

Cosam

Cosmetics

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament

Cosmocrator see Pantokrator

Cosmos and Cosmology

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • IV. Judaism
  • V. New Testament
  • VI. Christianity
  • VII. Islam
  • VIII. Literature
  • IX. Film

Cotton see Dress and Ornamentation; Flora, Biblical

Council of Jamnia see Jamnia (Jabneh), Council of

Council of Jerusalem see Jerusalem, Council of

Council, Church

Council, Heavenly see Hosts, Host of Heaven; Hosts, Lord of; Divine Assembly

Counsel, Counsellor

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament

Counting see Numbers and Numerology

Country

Couperin, Francois (1668–1733)

Courier see Travel and Communication

Court Narrative (2 Samuel 9–1 Kings 2)

Court of the Guard see Guard, Court of the (Place)

Courtroom Scene

Courts see Law; Judge, Judging

Courtyard

Covenant

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. Judaism
  • IV. New Testament
  • V. Christianity
  • VI. Islam
  • VII. Literature
  • VIII. Film

Covenant Theology

  • I. Judaism
  • II. Christianity

Covenant, Damascus see Damascus Document (CD, 4QD, etc)

Covenant, New see New Covenant

Coverdale, Miles (c. 1488–1568)

Covet, Covetousness see Wanting and Desiring

Cow

Cow, The (Sura 2)

Cowardice see Virtues and Vices, Lists of

Cowley, Arthur Ernest (1861–1931)

Cozbi

Cozeba

Cradle, Jesus Speaking in the

Crafts, Craftsman see Arts and Crafts in the Bible

Craftsmen, Valley of see Valley of Artisans

Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472–1553)

Cranmer, Thomas (1489–1556)

Crates

Creation and Cosmogony

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. Judaism
  • IV. New Testament
  • V. Christianity
  • VI. Islam
  • VII. Literature
  • VIII. Visual Arts
  • IX. Music
  • X. Film

Creation, Haydn's

Creator see God; Dragon and Sea, God´s Conflict With ; Creation and Cosmogony

Creatures, Living see Fauna, Biblical

Creditor see Debts; Interest and Usury in the Greco-Roman Period

Credo

Creeds

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament
  • III. Judaism
  • IV. Christianity
  • V. Islam
  • VI. Literature
  • VII. Music

Creeping Things

Crell (or Krell), Johann (Latin Crellius, Johannes) (1590–1633)

Crescas, Asher (14th-15th c.)

Crescas, Hasdai ben Abraham (1340–1410)

Crescens

Crescents see Jewelry, Ancient Israelite

Cretans see Crete

Crete

Cricket

Crimes and Punishments see Punishment

Criminals see Punishment

Crimson

Crispus

Criterion, The (Sura 25)

Critica Sacra

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament

Criticism, Biblical see Biblical Criticism

Criticism, Canonical see Canonical Criticism

Criticism, Form see Form Criticism

b see Ideological Criticism

Criticism, Narrative see Narrative Criticism, Narratology

Criticism, Pentateuchal see Pentateuchal Criticism

Criticism, Redaction see Redaction Criticism

Criticism, Rhetorical see Rhetorical Criticism

Criticism, Social-Scientific see Social-Scientific Criticism

Criticism, Source see Source Criticism

Criticism, Textual see Textual Criticism

Crocodile

Crocus see Flora, Biblical

Croesus, King of Lydia

Cromwell, Oliver (1599–1658)

Cronos

Crops see Agriculture

Cross

  • I. Christianity
  • II. Judaism
  • III. Islam
  • IV. Literature
  • V. Visual Arts

Cross-Cultural Reception of the Bible

Crossroads

Crowfoot, John Winter (1873–1959)

Crown

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Judaism
  • V. Christianity

Crucible

Crucifixion

  • I. Greco-Roman Antiquity
  • II. Judaism
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Christianity
  • V. Islam
  • VI. Literature
  • VII. Visual Arts
  • VIII. Music
  • IX. Film

Cruger, Johann (1598–1662)

Crusades, Crusader

  • I. Christianity
  • II. Islam
  • III. Literature
  • IV. Visual Arts
  • V. Film

Cryptic Texts, Qumran

Crystal

Ctesias

Ctesiphon

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Islam

Cub see Libya (Place)

Cubit

Cucumber

Cud

Cullmann, Oskar (1902–1999)

Cult

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Judaism

Cult of the Dead see Dead, Cult of the

Cult Stand

Cultural Studies

Cumae

Cumean Sibyl see Sibyl and Sibylline Oracles

Cumin see Perfumes and Spices

Cun

Cuneiform

Cup

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Film

Cup of Christ see Holy Grail

Cup of Elijah

Cup-Bearer

Cure see Healing, Gifts of; Medicine and Healing

Curse

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. New Testament
  • IV. Judaism
  • V. Christianity
  • VI. Literature

Curtain

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. New Testament
  • III. Judaism

Cush (Person)

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. Judaism
  • III. RH

Cush (Place)

Cushan

Cushan-Rishathaim

Cushi

  • I. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • II. RH

Cushite

Customary see Liturgical Books

Cuth

Cutha

Cyamon

Cyaxares

Cybele

Cyclades see Aegean Sea

Cycle Plays see Chester Mystery Cycle; Mystery Plays

Cyclone see Palestine, Climate of

Cymbals see Music and Musical Instruments

Cynics

Cypress

Cyprian

Cyprus

Cyrene (Place)

Cyrene, Simon of see Simon of Cyrene

Cyrenius

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 375–444)

Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315–386)

Cyril of Jerusalem, 20th Discourse of see Virgin, Assumption of the

Cyrus

  • I. Ancient Near East
  • II. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • III. Literature

 

A (Aleph) - Ainsworth, Henry l Aion (Deity) - Apostasy l Apostle - Azzur

Baal (Deity) - Beriah l Berio, Luciano - Byzantine Epoch

Cabbon - Christian Science l Christianity, Christendom - Cyrus