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Aasgaard, Reidar
Achilles Tatius. See Leucippe and Clitophon
Acts of Paul and Thecla. See also Thecla
Acts of Peter
Acts of Thomas. See also Thomas (apostle)
Adam, creation of
Adam and Eve
alpha (letter)
alphabet
amazement
ancient biography
Anna (mother of Mary)
Anna (prophet)
Annas (Proto-gospel of James)
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocryphal Acts
apology
apostolic love triangle
apparent death (Scheintod)
Arabic Infancy Gospel
asceticism
Athanasius
Augustus. See also census; Roman Empire
Bathsheba
beatings. See corporal punishment
bedtrick
Bethlehem. See also cave
biblesque
biblical literature
1 Corinthians
1 Peter
1 Samuel
1 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Corinthians
2 Kings
2 Samuel
Acts of the Apostles
Colossians
Ephesians
Genesis
Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke. See also Finding of Jesus in the Temple; Synoptic tradition
Gospel of Mark. See also Synoptic tradition
Gospel of Matthew: See also Massacre of the Innocents; Synoptic tradition
Numbers
Philemon
Tobit
bird(s)
body language
boy (who runs into Jesus)
Boyarin, Daniel
Brakke, David
breastfeeding
Brown, Peter
Brown, Raymond F.
Burke, Tony
Cain
Cameron, Averil
canon (New Testament)
cave
Celsus
census. See also Augustus; Roman Empire
childhood miracles
childlessness
choice. See also family life, competing models of; family of Jesus (child)
Cicero
classroom stories. See schoolhouse; second teacher; third teacher; Zaccheus (first teacher)
Clement of Alexandria
Clitophon. See also Leucippe and Clitophon
conception of Jesus
conception of Mary
confusion. See ignorance, misunderstanding, uncertainty
conjugal. See marriage
Cooper, Kate
corporal punishment
crucifixion
cultural poetics
cursing
Dathan
Davis, Stephen J.
Doniger, Wendy
drama of knowledge, drama of reading. See also Sternberg, Meir
Dream, The. See Lucian
drink test. See water of refutation
education. See learning; paideia
Elizabeth
encomia
Epiphanius
Epistula Apostolorum
Ernst, Max
Ethiopian Story, An (Heliodorus)
Ethiopic Orthodox Christians
Eutychus
extratextual (readers)
familial roles
family gospels. See also Infancy Gospel of Thomas and Proto-gospel of James
family life, competing models of. See also choice; familial roles; family of Jesus (adult); family of Jesus (child); harmony
family of Jesus (adult). See also familial roles; marriage
family of Jesus (child). See also choice; familial roles; Joseph; marriage; Mary
Finding of Jesus. See Finding of Jesus in the Temple
Finding of Jesus in the Temple
Flight to Egypt
Gamble, Harry Y.
gentialia. See also Salome
gift (dōron). See sacrifice
Glancy, Jennifer A.
Gleason, Maud W.
gospel (term)
Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
Gospel of Thomas (sayings gospel)
Greek romance
Hamlet
harmony. See also family life, competing models of; marriage
Heliodorus. See Ethiopian Story, An
Herod
high priest
History of Joseph the Carpenter
holy family. See family of Jesus (adult); family of Jesus (child)
Holy Spirit
honor killing
house churches
household. See familial roles; family life, competing models of
Household Codes
husband. See familial roles; family life, competing models of; harmony; marriage
ignorance, misunderstanding, uncertainty. See also knowledge, knowing, understanding
Infancy Gospel. See Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
summary of. See also entries for specific characters and episodes
infancy gospels. See family gospels; Infancy Gospel of Thomas; Proto-gospel of James
interior life
intratextual (characters)
Irenaeus (Against Heresies). See also Marcosians
Israel
Jacobs, Andrew S.
Jerusalem. See also temple
Jesus (adult). See also crucifixion; family of Jesus (adult); Joseph; Mary
Jesus (child). See also Joseph; Mary
Jewish War, The. See Josephus
Jews and Judaism. See Israel
Joachim
John Chrysostom
John the Baptist
Joseph. See also choice; familial roles; family of Jesus (adult); family of Jesus (child); marriage
Josephus
Judith
Justin Martyr
Kaster, Robert A.
knowledge, knowing, understanding
omniscience and. See also bedtrick; harmony; sex
laughter
law of duplication (Zweiheitsgesetz)
Lazarus
leaf, priest’s
learning
Jesus (child) and
Mary and. See also paideia; temple
Leucippe. See also Leucippe and Clitophon
Leucippe and Clitophon (Achilles Tatius)
Life, The. See Josephus
Life of the Blessed Mary
lottery
Lucian
Magi
Marcosians. See also Irenaeus
marriage. See also familial roles; family life, competing models of; harmony
martyr
Mary (mother of Jesus). See also choice; familial roles; family of Jesus (adult); family of Jesus (child); marriage
Massacre of the Innocents
Melite. See also Leucippe and Clitophon
Menippean satire
menstruation
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
midwife (anonymous)
multiverse. See interior life
Nag Hammadi Library
Nasrallah, Laura S.
Nazareth
nosiness
not knowing. See ignorance, misunderstanding, uncertainty
omniscience. See knowledge, knowing, understanding
On the Star
ordeal of interpretation. See drama of knowledge, drama of reading
Origen, Against Celsus. See Celsus
Pagels, Elaine
paideia. See also learning; Lucian; Technē (Craft)
parents, hopes of
Pastoral Epistles
Paul (apostle)
Penelope
Perkins, Judith
Perpetua
Philo of Alexandria
Piacenza Pilgrim
Pieta (Michelangelo)
plausible deniability
play, children’s
Plutarch; Advice to a Bride and Groom; Life of Cicero
priest. See high priest
Protevangelium Jacobi. See Proto-gospel of James
Proto-gospel of James
summary of. See also entries for specific characters and episodes
punishment. See corporal punishment
Qur’an
Reed, Annette Yoshiko
Rescher, Nicholas
Reuben
Revelation of the Magi
Roman Empire. See also Augustus; census; spectacles (displays)
Rome. See Roman Empire
sacrifice
Salome (midwife)
schoolhouse (paideuteron). See also second teacher; third teacher; Zaccheus (first teacher)
second accent
second teacher
Septuagint
sex. See also bedtrick; knowledge, knowing, understanding; virginity
silence
snake, serpent
Solomon, Andrew
son of Annas
spectacles (displays). See also crucifixion; Roman Empire; theatricalization of death
spectacles (narrative)
Sternberg, Meir. See also drama of knowledge, drama of reading
surprise and suspense
synagogue
Synoptic gospels. See biblical literature, Gospel of Luke; biblical literature, Gospel of Mark; biblical literature, Gospel of Matthew; Synoptic tradition
Synoptic tradition. See also biblical literature, Gospel of Luke; biblical literature, Gospel of Mark; biblical literature, Gospel of Matthew
talking corpses. See also Lazarus; Zeno
Tatian
Technē (Craft). See also Lucian; paideia
temple. See also high priest; Jerusalem
Tertullian
theatricalization of death. See also crucifixion; spectacles (displays); spectacles (narrative)
Thecla
Third Letter to the Corinthians
third teacher
Thomas (apostle)
Toledot Yeshu (Generations of Jesus)
uncertainty. See ignorance, misunderstanding, uncertainty
understanding. See knowledge, knowing, understanding
violence. See body language; spectacles (displays); spectacles (narrative)
Vuong, Lily C.
water of refutation
wife. See familial roles; family life, competing models of; harmony; marriage
withering. See also son of Annas
Zaccheus (first teacher)
Zaccheus (tax collector)
Zacharias (Proto-gospel of James)
Zechariah (Gospel of Luke)
Zeno