Agape and Hesed-Ahava. David L. Goicoechea
Strangers and Enemies are Jewish
III, 6 Jewish Ahava for Yahweh and The Song of Songs
III, 6.1 Where Each Image Expresses a Quality of Ahava
III, 6.2 For his Banner over me is Ahava
III, 6.3 And I am Sick with Ahava
III, 6.4 For Ahava is Stronger than Death
III, 6.5 And Many Waters Cannot Quench Ahava
III, 6.6 For Yahweh’s Conversation is Sweetness Itself
III, 6.7 And we Belong to each Other
III, 6.8 And my Love’s Desire is for Me
III, 6.9 And all my Desire is for Him
III, 7 Hesed and Ahava in Hosea
III, 7.1 Can we Compare, Contrast and Relate them?
III, 7.2 Yahweh’s Ahava for Israel
III, 7.3 And her Responsible Hesed to Him
III, 7.4 And His Responsible Hesed for her
III, 7.5 But she Goes a Whoring with a False Ahava
III, 7.7 For even Though Israel Betray Ahava
III, 7.8 And then Betray Hesed
III, 7.9 Yahweh’s Hesed will Bring her Back to Ahava
III, 8 How do Hesed and Ahava Relate in the Psalms?
III, 8.2 Is Ahava Primarily Man’s Love for God (Psalm 33)
III, 8.3 Even Though Hosea Reverses this Pattern
III, 8.4 Hesed is Primarily God’s Love for us (Psalm 51)
III, 8.5 And we must Love our Neighbor with Hesed (Psalm 69)
III, 8.6 But Ahava must be our Primary Love for God (Psalm 117)
III, 8.7 And we must Love our Neighbor with Ahava (Psalm 119)
III, 8.8 And Come to See God’s Ahava for us (Psalm 119)
III, 8.9 Which He Shows us with His Hesed (Psalm 119)
III, 9 How do Hesed and Ahava Lead up to Agape?
III, 9.1 Do the Jews have Four Opinions on Everything?
III, 9.2 The Septuagint Usually Translates Ahava as Agape.
III, 9.3 But how New is the Meaning of Agape in Matthew?
III, 9.4 And How does Matthew Relate Hesed to Agape?
III, 9.5 A Preview of Matthew’s Agape
III, 9.6 A Preview of Matthew’s Many Voices
III, 9.7 Does the Christ Expand a Davidic Hesed?
III, 9.8 And Does Jesus Expand a Mosaic Ahava?
III, 9.9 Are There Four Ways of Doing the Expanding?
IV, 1 The Agape of Matthew’s Infancy Narrative
IV, 1.1 Can be seen in terms of The Sermon on the Mount
IV, 1.2 For its New Ahava-Agape for the Enemy
IV, 1.3 Lets us see the Infancy Story’s New Hesed-Agape
IV, 1.4 Especially in Four of Mary’s Predecessors
IV, 1.5 And in God’s Love in the five Dreams
IV, 1.6 And in Fulfilling the five Prophecies
IV, 1.7 And God’s Hesed let the Magi Adore with Ahava
IV, 1.8 As these Aliens Manifest the New Universal Love
IV, 1.9 Of Agape that Governs The Infancy Narrative
IV, 2 Agape in Matthew’s three Q Texts
IV, 2.1 The Agape of the Historical Jesus of Q1
IV, 2.2 Fits in with Matthew’s Doctrine of Reconciliation
IV, 2.3 But the Jesus of Q2 is a Punisher
IV, 2.4 With whom Matthew Himself Agrees
IV, 2.5 For while He is Sympathetic to Judaism
IV, 2.6 He is Highly Critical of the Jewish Leaders
IV, 2.7 And He is Closer to Q2 than to Q3
IV, 2.8 Does Matthew Alter many Prophecies?
IV, 2.9 And know Jewish Leaders will Object?
IV, 3 Agape in Matthew’s use of Mark
IV, 3.1 Mark’s Agape appears in Matthew’s First Part
IV, 3.2 Markan Agape introduces Matthew’s Second Part
IV, 3.3 The Kingdom of Heaven is Preached
IV, 3.4 Matthew Builds on Mark’s Agape for God’s Kingdom
IV, 3.5 And on Mark’s Preaching of the Good News
IV, 3.6 And of Mark’s Casting out of Devils
IV, 3.7 And on Mark’s Healing of the Sick
IV, 3.8 And on Mark’s Forgiveness of Sin
IV, 3.9 Especially by the Suffering Servant
IV, 4 Matthew’s Agape Seeks First the Kingdom of Heaven
IV, 4.1 As the Son Reveals its Mystery in the Father
IV, 4.2 By Teaching it Directly to the Disciples
IV, 4.3 But Through Parables to the People
IV, 4.4 With Hope that they will Understand
IV, 4.5 And be Converted and Healed
IV, 4.6 For this Mystery of the Kingdom is Joyful
IV, 4.7 Even Though it is Sorrowful
IV, 4.8 For it is Glorious
IV, 4.9 In Manifesting the Unmanifest in its Unmanifestness
IV, 5 And His Righteousness
IV, 5.1 Matthew alone Stresses Seeking God’s Righteousness
IV, 5.2 For Partial Obedience will not Suffice
IV, 5.3 Either in Jewish Ethics
IV, 5.4 Or in Jewish Good Works
IV, 5.5 Or in their Code, Creed, Cult and Canon
IV, 5.6 And Jesus Embodies Righteousness
IV, 5.7 For Righteousness is Love in Action
IV, 5.8 And it Helps Others in Reconciliation
IV, 5.9 By Being Humble like a Little Child
IV, 6 And thus makes Affection Righteous
IV, 6.1 For Affection can be Self-centered
IV, 6.2 But Agape can Orient it to the Other
IV, 6.3 And Matthew’s Child has Righteous Affection
IV, 6.4 That lets Everyone be Brother and Sister
IV, 6.5 And lets Humble Little Ones be the Greatest
IV, 6.6 For They are Dependent on Others
IV, 6.7 And thus Live out Agapeic Praise
IV, 6.8 And Agapeic Affectionate Gratitude
IV, 6.9 And Agapeic Affectionate Petition
IV, 7 And Eros Righteous
IV, 7.1 Eros too can be Self-Centered
IV, 7.2 As Was the Case with King David
IV, 7.3 And it Can Cause Great Family Hatred
IV, 7.4 But Jesus’ Agape can Redeem Eros.
IV, 7.5 For Self-sacrificing Celibacy can take Us
IV,