Preface; How to Use This Dictionary; Abbreviations; Transliteration; List of Contributors; A; Abba; 1. Abraham in the OT and Jewish Literature.; 2. Abraham in Galatians; 3. Abraham in Romans; 4. Abraham in 2 Corinthians; Accursed; Acts; Adam and Christ; 1. Adam: The Generic Sense of the Term; 2. Adam: The Historical Figure; 3. Adam: The Typological Figure; 4. Adam and the Image of God; 5. Adam and the Body of Christ; Adoption, Sonship; 1. The Meaning of Huiothesia in Paul; 2. The Background of Divine "Adoption as Sons" in Paul

3. The Sonship of Believers in PaulAdultery; Afflictions, Trials, Hardships; 1. Catalogs of Afflictions; 2. Persecution at the Hands of Jews; 3. Paul's Attitude Toward Trials and Afflictions; Age to Come; Allegory; Allusions to Old Testament; Amen; Anathema; Angels, Archangels; 1. Angels in the OT and Judaism; 2. Angels in Paul; 3. Angels and Christology; Anthropology; Antioch on the Orontes; Apocalypticism; 1. Defining Apocalypticism; 2. The Origins of Apocalypticism; 3. Characteristics of Apocalypticism; 4. Paul and Jewish Apocalyptic; Apocryphal Pauline Literature; 1. Letters; 2. Acts

3. Apocalypses4. Prayer; Apollos; 1. Apollos at Ephesus; 2. Apollos and the Divisions at Corinth; 3. Summary; Apostasy, Falling Away, Perseverance; 1. Terminology; 2. Continuity in Salvation and the Eschatological Tension; 3. The Significance of Ethical Failure and Unbelief for Continuity in Salvation; 4. The Pastoral Letters; Apostle; 1. Greek Origin of the Word Apostle; 2. The Quest for the Origin of the Concept of Apostle; 3. The Evidence from Paul's Letters; 4. Jesus the Apostle and His Apostles; 5. Apostles in Paul's Letters; 6. Paul's Apostleship Disputed; 7. Conclusion

Apostolic FathersApostolic Parousia; Aqedah; Archangels; Areopagus; Armor of God; Artemis; Asceticism; Astrology; Athens, Paul At; 1. Paul in First-Century Athens; 2. The Athens Speech; 3. The Athens Speech and the Letters; 4. Conclusions; Authority; 1. Of Paul; 2. Of Other Apostles; 3. Of Opponents; 4. In the Church; Autobiography, Pauline; B; Baptism; 1. The Language and Actions of Baptism; 2. Baptism and Christ; 3. Baptism and the Spirit; 4. Baptism and the Church; 5. Baptism and Christian Ethics; 6. Baptism and the Kingdom of God; Barnabas; 1. Background; 2. Ministry with Paul

3. WritingsBasic Principles; Baur, F. C.; Benediction, Blessing, Doxology, Thanksgiving; 1. Benediction; 2. Blessing; 3. Doxology; 4. Thanksgiving; Benefactor; Binding of Isaac; Blessing; Boasting; Body; 1. S¿⁻ma: Focal Point of Pauline Anthropology; 2. The Mortal Body; 3. The Spiritual Body; 4. Resurrection of the Dead or Immortality of the Soul?; Body of Christ; 1. The Physical Body of Christ; 2. The Body of Christ in Eucharistic Contexts; 3. The Body of Christ as a Designation of the Church; Bondage; Bread; C; Caesarea; Caesar's Household, Imperial Household