SUBJECT INDEX
Allison, Dale C. 146, 186
Anderson, Janice Capel 128, 185
Apollonius of Tyana 189
Apostolic church 23, 41, 43
Aquinas, Thomas 20, 169
Asceticism 2, 4, 14–21, 23, 128, 131, 162
Atkinson, Kenneth 170
Augustine of Hippo 20–21, 24, 169
Augustus (Caesar) 121, 154
Aune, David 146, 187
Babatha 111–112, 183
Bagley, Will 177
Baigent, Michael 175
Bancroft, J. H. J. 182
Bauckham, Richard 170, 171
Baumgarten, Albert 82, 178
Bell, Joseph N. 105, 180
Bennett, John C. 75
Bernhard, Andrew 64–65, 175
Big Lebowski, The 11, 19, 169
Blenkinsopp, Joseph 105
Blickenstaff, Marianne 146, 184, 187
Bloch, R. Howard 180
Blum, Edward J. 175
Boer, Esther A. de 68
Bogin, Magda 105, 180
Bond, James 10–11, 13, 168
Bored to Death 10
Bowden, John 68
Brakke, David 52
Breasts 15, 126, 149–151, 156, 160, 188–189
Brown, Dan 40, 60, 66, 175
Brown, Peter 24
Browning, D. S. 116
Buonarroti, Michelangelo 70
Burke, Tony 90
Calder III, William M. 178
Calvin and Hobbes 5
Carlson, Stephen C. 89, 178–179
Carter, Jimmy 81
Carveth, Rod 179
Catholic Church 12, 30, 55, 66, 69, 80, 82, 85, 165, 174
Celibacy 2, 9, 12, 15, 17, 108, 109, 111, 121–122, 128, 131, 139–140, 145, 157, 160, 182
Celsus (critic of Christianity) 77–79
Celsus (medical philosopher) 77–79
Chapman, Alison 56, 174
Chilton, Bruce 84
Childs, Hal 12, 168
Christianized West 5, 7, 10, 12, 24, 25, 53, 57, 69, 91, 99, 121, 125, 127, 141–142, 162, 163
Civic responsibility 109, 113–114, 124, 128
and masculinity 118–121, 123–124, 125, 127–128, 133–135, 142, 145, 147–148, 157, 160–162
Clare of Assisi 143–145
Clark, Elizabeth 24
Clark, Gillian 18, 173
Clement of Alexandria 22, 32, 34, 82–83, 87, 139, 141–142
Clines, David J. A. 183
Clothing 137–138, 186
Coen, Ethan 170
Coen, Joel 169
Cohick, Lynn 183
Collectivism 99–105, 106, 124–126, 148, 180
and family 101–105, 109, 113, 118–121, 124–126, 133, 140–141, 142, 145, 152, 159
and fiscal concern 103–104, 113, 118–121, 126–127, 131, 138–139, 142, 144–145
and honor 113–114, 118–121, 126–127, 142, 148, 151–153, 158, 159–161
and patriarchy 104, 106, 109, 120, 124, 126–127, 132, 152–153, 157, 161
Collins, Adela Yarbro 186
Comentale, Edward P. 168
Commemoration 26, 37–38, 41, 51, 55, 57, 119, 125, 130, 148, 165
Conway, Colleen 129, 184
Cooper, Kate 146, 188
Cox, Renée 69–70
Creangã, Ovidiu 129, 183
Cyrus (King) 100
Da Vinci Code, The 40, 60–61, 66, 68, 69, 175
Dafoe, Willem 58, 166
Davies, Douglas J. 90
Dave Matthews Band 59, 91–92
Dead Sea Scrolls 110–111, 189
DeConick, April 41, 44, 52, 168, 171–173
DeMille, Cecil B. 56–57, 91, 174
Derek and the Dominos 94
Donahue, Bill 80
Donne, John 56, 174
Dugard, Martin 186
Dunn, James D. G. 24
Ehrman, Bart D. 39, 43, 68, 172–173, 178
Eliot, George (Mary Anne Evans) 147
Epictetus 189
Eschatology 132–133, 145, 159–160, 186
Eunuchs 113, 122–124
Evison, E. S. 116
Eyck, Jan van 136
Falsani, Cathleen 167
Feet 54, 187
Ferguson, Sharon 80
Food
consumption of 3, 35, 142
abstinence from 2, 15, 17, 133
as symbol 133–134, 137–138
Foster, Paul 50, 173
Foster, Robert 177
Francis of Assisi 142–145
Francis, James 116
Frost, Robert 101–102
Galen 17, 168
Ganjavi, Nizami 95
Genitalia
Female 34, 137, 179
Male 121–122, 187
George, Mark K. 184
Giuliani, Rudolph 69–70
Glancy, Jennifer A. 171
Goodacre, Mark 173–175
Goodstein, Laurie 65
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife 62–65, 147, 165
Grant, Jedediah M. 77–80, 176–177
Green, Joel B. 186
Gregory I 54, 56
Haddox, Susan E. 119, 183
Hanson, K. C. 117
Harvey, Paul 175
Historical fiction 3, 33, 34, 37, 42, 55, 57, 61, 148, 150, 164, 165, 174
Hunter, James H. 178
Hurtado, Larry 170
Ilan, Tal 37, 170, 172–174
Imus, Don 177
Individualism 99–101, 103, 180–181
Inheritance 120–121
Irenaeus 139, 188
Jaarsma, Ada S. 179
Jacobs, Sandra 169
Jerome 19, 20, 169
Jesus
and asceticism 23, 128, 140, 144
birth of 33–34, 59, 183
as bridegroom 75, 105, 133, 136–139, 141, 143–145, 163
and celibacy 22–25, 28–30, 69, 122, 128, 131, 139–141, 145, 151–152, 160–162
death of 32, 34, 131, 164
and fiscal security 124–128, 132
as homosexual 80–82, 85, 147, 178–179
as illegitimately conceived 114–115
as insane 159
and Judaism 14, 153–154
as lamb 136
as lover 59, 91, 105
as non-physical 21–23
as party goer 3–4, 35–36, 135
as polygamist 74–78, 89, 147, 163, 165
and power systems 71, 127, 130, 133, 157, 165–166
and race 69–71
resurrection of 33
siblings of 29–31, 38, 115, 125, 165, 170, 171
as a woman 69
worship of 42
John the Baptist 1–2, 8, 128, 133, 157
John, Elton 80–82, 89
John (follower of Jesus) 32
Johnson-Debaufre, Melanie 68
Joseph (father of Jesus) 33–34, 114–116, 170
Judas 51
Kazantzakis, Nikos 57, 59, 66, 105, 164–166, 173, 190
Keith, Chris 168, 170
King, Stephen 59, 175
Kissing 54
as spiritual ritual 42, 45–46, 50–51, 147
King, Karen L. 52, 62, 65, 175
Kuefler, Matthew 117
Land holdings 103, 110, 119
Lapin, Hayim 182
Last Temptation of Christ, The 40, 57, 105, 164–166, 173, 175, 190
Latimer, Hugh 55
Law, William 176–177
Le Donne, Anthony 129, 185–186
Leigh, Richard 175
Lerner, Anne Lapidus 37, 39, 172
Levine, Amy-Jill 39, 184
Lewis, C.S. 97–98, 180, 183
Life stages 116, 155–156
Lincoln, Henry 175
Logan, Alastair 188
Longman III, Tremper 179
Mad Men 92, 179
Mar Saba Monastery 82, 87–88
Marcus, Eric 178
Marlowe, Christopher 178
Marriage 2, 92–98, 100–106, 143, 145
ancient customs 97–99, 102– 104, 106–109, 111–112, 141, 151–154
arranged marriage 104, 106–107, 113–115, 151–152, 156–157, 182
and divorce 184–185
and fiscal/land concerns 99, 103, 110, 112, 118–121, 138, 144, 151–152, 183
early marriage 104, 106–110, 112–113, 152, 154–155, 182
ethnic/religious intermarriage 100
as holy 152
and life expectancy 109, 112, 152–153, 155
as motivated by romance 91, 98
polygamy (plural marriage) 72–80, 89, 163
as sinful 22, 139–140, 142, 151
Martin, Dale B. 53, 90, 129, 167, 173, 178–179, 186
Mary (of Bethany) 55, 58–60, 67
Mary Magdalene
as courtesan 57, 91
follower of Jesus 3, 33, 36–37, 40, 51, 161, 165
jealousy of 41–42, 46
as lover 40, 42, 57, 59, 62, 67, 91
as prostitute 55, 57–60, 163, 165
as repentant sinner 54–56, 58, 67, 174
as royalty 55, 67, 163
scandals about 50, 54–55, 58, 63, 66, 147–148, 163–166
as symbol 43, 45, 51, 55, 148
as wife 53–54, 60–62, 65–67, 128, 161, 163, 174
Mary (mother of Jesus) 29, 31, 33–34, 114–116, 125, 126, 149–150, 153, 159, 165, 170
Matera II, Frank J. 146
Matsys, Quinten 48
Meier, John P. 53, 173, 189
Meyers, Carol 103, 110, 181–182
Middleton, Darren J. N. 68, 175
Mills, Michael 179
Misogyny 11, 19–20, 32, 35–36, 41, 79, 144, 161–162
Moore, Stephen 128, 185
Morales, Helen 181
Mormonism 72–80, 89, 176
Moxnes, Halvor 184
al-Mulawwah, Qays ibn 94
Nag Hammadi Library 41, 42, 57
News media 5, 58, 65–66, 75, 80, 84, 130, 166, 176–178, 179
Neyrey, Jerome H. 184
Nudity 69–70, 83
Oakman, Douglas E. 117
O’Reilly, Bill 130
Pagels, Elaine H. 141, 188
Parkin, Tim G. 117, 182
Patronage 3, 36, 41, 120, 127–128, 133–136, 138–139, 161, 174
Patterson, Veronica 59, 91, 175
Paul (Apostle) 14, 15, 17, 23, 30–32, 40, 106, 118, 141, 182, 184
Persian Love Poetry 93–95, 180
Peter 30, 32, 49, 124, 161
Peter’s wife 29–32
Phipps, William E. 105, 181
Picasso, Pablo 70
Pomeroy, Arthur 117, 182
Portefaix, Lilian 184
Pratt, Orson 74–76
Pratt, Sarah Marinda Bates 74–75, 176
Prothero, Stephen 176
Pruss, Alexander R. 24
Puberty 105, 106, 113, 115, 154
Pullella, Philip 66
al-Qayyim, Ibn 93
Rabbis 107–110, 113, 115, 122, 152, 154, 182
Race 69–70, 102
Reinhardt, Carl 47
Rijn, Rembrandt van 13, 31
Romance (courtly love) 91–92, 95–98, 104, 134, 145, 180
Roof, Judith 170
Rougement, Denis de 91
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 69
Rufus, Gaius Musonius 181
Sallman, Warner 71
Salome (follower of Jesus) 3, 33–37, 41, 147, 165
Sanders, E. P. 186
al-Sarraj 94
Satlow, Michael L. 117, 182–183
Schaberg, Jane 53, 68
Schrader, Paul 175
Schremer, Adiel 183
Scorsese, Martin 40, 57
Secret Mark 83–89
Sexuality
in ancient storytelling 14
asexuality 9–10, 12, 142, 160
and capitalism 10
coitus 19, 44, 87, 93, 110, 136–137, 173, 180
and conquest 10–12, 24
eroticism 19, 35, 50, 70, 92–94, 98, 136–137, 180, 182
and euphemism 86, 93, 137, 179, 187
fear of 11–12, 14, 151, 162, 163–166
and fiscal concern 81, 118, 121, 123, 128, 138
homosexuality 72, 80–82, 85, 163, 177
and imagination 53, 58, 66, 97, 105
norms 13, 53, 69, 74, 77, 80, 89, 104, 112, 121, 122–123, 125–126, 141–142, 158, 161
and persecution 72, 85–90
pleasure of 2, 16, 20, 55, 164
preoccupation with 7, 10, 48, 50, 97, 136, 163
and religion 12, 15–18, 20–23, 44–45, 69, 110, 141–142, 147, 161–162
and Satan 22, 139–140
and sin 9–10, 19, 108, 142, 151
struggles with 58, 108, 164
Skinner, Christopher W. 39
Smith, Joseph 72–80, 89, 176–177
Smith, Morton 82–89, 178
South, James B. 179
Spirituality
enlightenment 41–43, 46
and gender 44, 49
hierarchy 44, 48
spiritual family 50, 125–126, 131–139, 150, 157, 159
Spivak, Chakravorty 169–170
Stoyanov, Yuri 174
Tan, Yak-Hwee 169
Tatian 22, 139, 141
Thompson, Augustine 146
Thoreau, Henry David 25
Triandis, Harry C. 105
Troubadours 95–98, 144–145, 180
Turner, John G. 72, 90, 176
Valantasis, Richard 24, 52
Valentinian theology 43–45, 51, 172
Valentinus 21, 43, 172
VanderKam, James 117
Vincent L. Wimbush 24
Voragine, Jacobus de 55, 58, 61
Wagoner, Richard S. Van 176
Waley, Arthur 168
Watson, Francis 63, 87, 175, 178
Watt, Stephen 168
Watterson, Bill 5, 167
Wedderburn, Alexander J. M. 188
Weiner, Matthew 179
Whitmarsh, Tim 181
Wildish, Mark 177
Willman, Skip 168
Women
as to be avoided 2, 16, 108, 124
disciples 1, 3–4, 32–33, 36, 147, 173
and fiscal concern 27, 41, 56, 110, 112, 118–121, 124, 143, 185
as idealized 55, 59, 95–97, 143–144, 152, 188
obscured 26–28, 30–32, 33–34, 38, 41, 165
and poetry 94–98
and sin 9, 37, 54, 138
and worship 43
Xenophobia 111
Xüan, Fu 27–28
Yadin, Yigael 111
Yalom, Marilyn 97, 105, 180, 188–189
Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim 6, 167
Young, Brigham 72–77, 176
Zervos, George T. 172