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by Bruce Feiler


  Index

  Aaron

  death of

  tomb of

  Abdullah, King of Jordan

  Abdullah II, King of Jordan

  Abel

  Abimelech, King

  Abraham

  Abimelech and

  as Abram

  altars built by

  at Beer–sheba

  at Bethel

  binding of Isaac (akedah) by

  birthplace of

  characteristics of

  circumcision of

  at Dan

  dating of

  death of

  Dome of the Rock and

  in Egypt

  at Gerar

  God’s covenant with

  God’s promises to

  at Harran

  Hebron burial site purchased by

  in Jewish tradition

  kings defeated by

  Lot’s separation from

  meaning of name of

  migration of

  in Negev

  as pastoralist

  route taken by

  at Shechem

  Sodom bargain negotiated by

  succession of

  three messengers’ visit to

  tomb of

  well of

  Abu Tayeh, Ada

  Abu Tayeh, Fawaz

  Abu Tour

  Adam

  meaning of name

  Adam and Eve story

  adonai yireh,

  agricultural revolution

  Ain el–Qudeirat

  Ain Musa

  Air Force One

  Akhenaten, Pharaoh

  monotheism of

  Akiva, Rabbi

  Akkad

  Albright, William Foxwell

  Albright Institute of Archaeological Research

  Alexander II, Czar of Russia

  Alexander the Great

  alphabet, Semitic

  Amalek

  Amenhotep III, Pharaoh

  Amman, Jordan

  Ammon, Ammonites

  Amon–Re

  Amorites

  Anakites

  Anati, Emanuel

  ANZAC (Australian–New Zealand Army Corps) memorial

  Apocrypha

  Arabic

  Arabists

  Arabs

  Ishmael as progenitor of

  see also bedouin

  Arad

  Arafat, Yasser

  Aramaic

  arch, at Dan

  archaeologists

  minimalists

  archaeology, see biblical archaeology

  Archaeology

  Ark of the Covenant

  Armenians

  Ashrawi, Hanan

  Assyria, Assyrians

  astrology

  Aswan High Dam

  Aten

  Atkinson, Eddie

  Augustine, Saint

  Avni, Yehuda

  Babylonians

  Creation story of

  flood stories of

  gods of

  Baedeker guidebook

  Balaam

  Balsiger, David

  Barkay, Gabriel

  silver rolls discovered by

  Baruch

  Basemath

  bedouin

  ancient burial site of

  clothing of

  daily life of

  desert as viewed by

  divorces of

  fire carried by

  gathered for tea

  green as viewed by

  hospitality of

  houses of

  Lawrence and, see Lawrence, T. E. legal system of

  medicinal plants of

  museum of culture of nawamis discovered by

  number of

  Petra’s Treasury urn as viewed by

  quail netted by

  religion of

  tents of

  ululation by

  see also Nabateans

  Beer–sheba

  Abraham at

  meaning of name

  Tel Sheba site at

  tourists at

  Begin, Menachem

  Bell, Art

  Belzoni, Giovanni Battista

  Ben-Gurion, David

  Bible and

  desert reclamation project of

  gravesite of

  house of

  Ben-Gurion, Paula

  Bennett, Ronald

  Bernstein, Leonard

  Bethel

  Abraham at

  meaning of term

  Bible

  afterlife and

  anachronisms in

  ancient traditions preserved in

  authorship of

  Ben-Gurion and

  camels in

  derivation of term

  editors of

  Hebrew

  historical accuracy of

  human evolution and

  Jordanian area in

  Koran vs.

  mistranslations in

  Petra in

  pop lyrics and

  scholarly research on

  textual contradictions in

  universal relevance of

  versions of

  see also specific books

  Bible as History, The (Keller)

  Bible Puzzle

  biblical archaeology

  see also specific sites

  Biblical Archaeology Review,

  Biltaji, Akel

  Biran, Avraham

  on Abraham

  Dan excavated by

  birthrights

  Bitter Lakes

  Bloom, Harold

  Book of Genesis, The (Hall)

  Book of the Covenant

  Book of the Dead, The

  Book of the Wars of the Lord

  Boswellia,

  Bracken, Jerry

  Bradley, Omar

  Breasted, James Henry

  British Museum

  Bubastis

  Buber, Martin

  Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig

  Burgon, John William

  burning bush

  at Saint Catherine’s monastery

  Byzantines

  Cain

  Cairo, Egypt

  Caleb

  camels

  domestication of

  Canaan

  ancient names for

  city sites in

  geography of

  geology of

  historical conditions in

  see also Promised Land

  Carnarvon, George Herbert, Lord

  Carter, Howard

  Carter, Jimmy

  Catherine, Saint

  see also Saint Catherine’s monastery

  cave of Machpelah

  Cave of Two Chimneys

  Chaldeans

  astrology of

  Champollion, Jean-François

  Chaos

  watery

  Charles, Prince of Wales

  Chatwin, Bruce

  Christianity

  see also Jesus Christ; monasteries

  Christie, Agatha

  Chronology Research Institute

  Churchill, Winston

  CIA

  circumcision

  City of God (Saint Augustine)

  Clark, Doug

  Cleopatra

  Clinton, Bill

  CNN

  Codex Sinaiticus

  Codex Syriacus,

  Cohanim, DNA testing of

  Cohen, Dudu

  Constantine, Emperor

  Cornuke, Bob

  Crace, Jim

  Creation stories

  ancient Egyptian

  Babylonian

  biblical

  cyclical re-creations and

  human creation in

  Sumerian

  see also Chaos

  Crichton, Andrew

  Crusades

  cubit

  Cumming, Ken

  cuneiform script

  Damia Bridge

  Dan (La
ish)

  arched gate at

  walls of

  Darius

  David, King

  Davidson, David

  Dayan, Moshe

  Dead Sea

  climate of

  psoriasis healed by

  salt of

  Dead Sea Scrolls

  de Laborde, Leon

  de Lesseps, Ferdinand

  De’Malach, Yoel

  Dendera, temple of

  desert

  bedouin view of

  community created by

  feelings of attachment to

  Israelites wandering in

  reclamation of

  as spiritual place

  water in

  see also Negev; Sinai Peninsula

  Deuteronomy, Book of

  as historical recapitulation

  style of

  Dever, William

  Dhotan, Trude

  Diaspora

  Din, Abd el Kalim Nurel

  Dinah

  rape of

  Disraeli, Benjamin

  Diyarbakir, Turkey

  circular five-mile wall of

  watermelon festival at

  DNA

  ancestral memories stored in

  of Cohanim

  cultural

  Dobuler, Fern and Abby

  Documentary Hypothesis

  Dogubayazit, Turkey

  Dome of the Rock

  Dormition Abbey

  “D” source

  Dushara

  Edom, Edomites

  Esau as progenitor of

  Exodus and

  Egeria’s Travels,

  Egypt

  Abraham in

  Hyksos in

  Jacob in

  Lower

  Middle Kingdom of

  New Kingdom of

  ten plagues of

  terrorism in

  Upper

  Egyptian Book of the Dead,

  Egyptian Museum

  Amarna Gallery of

  Tutankhamen collection in

  Egyptian pharaohs

  of Exodus

  of Joseph, see Joseph Sinai minerals mined by

  tombs of

  Egyptians, ancient

  Creation stories of

  death mythology of

  dream interpretations of

  as enemy

  gods of

  hieroglyphic script of

  history of

  hunting by

  Moses as

  neighboring countries and

  temples of

  Eilat, Israel

  El

  Elijah

  Emtelai

  Enki

  Ephron

  Eran, Oded

  Esau

  birthright stolen from

  as Edom’s progenitor

  Ishmael’s daughter married to

  meaning of name

  “E” source

  Euphrates River

  annual flooding by

  Sumerian flood layer created by

  Eve

  meaning of name

  exegesis

  Exodus

  dating of

  as episodic migration

  Joseph’s prediction of

  Lawrence compared with

  number of people in

  pharaoh of

  route of

  see also Israelites; Moses; Mount Sinai; Red Sea

  Exodus, Book of

  Exodus:The True Story (Wilson)

  Ezuz, Israel

  Fabri, Felix

  Faiman, David

  Faulstich, Gene

  Fertile Crescent

  fire, carrying of

  First Temple

  flags, national

  floods, annual river

  flood stories

  Babylonian

  see also Noah’s flood

  Fox, Everett

  frankincense

  Freud, Sigmund

  Friedman, Richard Elliot

  Galilee

  Garden of Eden

  purported discovery of

  Sumerian roots of

  Gaza

  gazelles, Negev

  Gaziantep, Turkey

  generations, biblical

  Genesis, Book of

  see also patriarchs; specific stories

  Genesis Flood, The (Witcomb)

  Gerar

  Abraham at

  Isaac at

  Gezer

  Gilgamesh, epic of

  Global Positioning System (GPS) device

  Glueck, Nelson

  Gnomein, Zakharia

  God

  as Allah

  Balaam and

  in biblical Creation story

  in burning bush

  as Elohim

  emotional qualities of

  frankincense and

  Isaac’s sacrifice demanded by

  Ishmael and

  Israelites punished by

  in Noah’s ark story

  other gods’ coexistence with

  promises of

  at Red Sea crossing

  sacred covenant with

  Sarah and

  ten plagues sent by

  as universal

  variable nature of

  as Yahweh

  God:A Biography (Miles)

  gods

  ancient Egyptian

  Babylonian

  Canaanite

  man’s contractual relationship with

  Nabatean

  specific boundaries of

  Sumerian

  “go forth”

  Goldstein, Baruch

  Gomorrah

  destruction of

  Goren, Avner

  appearance of

  background of

  career of

  family of

  personality of

  Goren, Ido

  Goren, Yair

  Goshen

  Great Arab Revolt

  Great Britain

  Great Wall of China

  Greek

  Greeks, ancient

  green, symbolism of

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Gulf of Aqaba

  Gulf War

  Hagar

  Hall, C. J.

  Hallo, William

  Har Homa

  Har Karkom

  Harran

  Abraham at

  Haruvi, Rami

  Hassan, Crown Prince, lost horse of

  Hathor

  Hatshepsut, Pharaoh

  Hatzor

  Solomon’s Gate at

  Hawass, Zahi

  Hebrew

  Hebrew Bible

  Hebron

  Jewish Quarter of

  tensions in

  Tomb of the Patriarchs in

  Helena, Empress

  Helwan University

  hermits

  Irish

  Herodotus

  Herod the Great

  Hershkovitz, Israel

  Herzl, Theodor

  hieroglyphic script

  Hinnom Valley

  Hittites

  Hobbs, Joseph

  Horowitz, Liora

  Hort, Greta

  Hull, Edward

  hunter-gatherers

  Hussein, Faysal

  Hussein, King of Jordan

  Hussein, Sharif

  Hyksos

  Ibn–Khatib, Omar

  inscriptions

  cuneiform

  hieroglyphic

  protosinaitic

  on Written Stone

  Internet

  Noah’s ark websites on

  Iran

  Iraq

  Ireland

  Iron Age

  irrigation

  Irwin, James

  Isaac

  as Abraham’s heir

  binding of (akedah)

  birth of

  blessing bestowed by

  derivation of name

  at Gerar

  tomb
of

  well redug by

  Isaiah, Book of

  Ishmael

  as Arabs’ progenitor

  daughter of

  Isis

  Islam

  fundamentalist

  legends of see also Koran; Mohammed

  Ismailia

  Israel

  Army of

  border crossings in

  central mountains of

  geographic conditions in

  Jewish claim to

  Jordan’s relationship with

  Ministry of Tourism of

  Patriarch’s Road in

  Sinai returned by

  Six-Day War of

  Suez Canal and

  tensions in

  War of Independence of

  Yom Kippur war of

  see also Jerusalem; Negev

  Israel, kingdom of

  Israelites

  as builders in Egypt

  complaints of

  desert wandering of

  Egyptian bondage of

  at Kadesh-barnea

  Ma’daba destroyed by

  rebellions of

  reclining by

  on Sinai Peninsula

  spiritual unity of

  twelve tribes of

  see also Exodus; Moses; Mount Sinai; Red Sea

  Jabbok, valley of

  Jacob

  at Bethel

  birthright stolen by

  brides of

  in Egypt

  at Hatzor

  Joseph favored by

  matzevah erected by

  meaning of name

  mummification of

  renamed Israel

  sons of

  tomb of

  well of

  Jacob, Saint

  Jebel al Law

  Jebel Haroun

  shrine at summit of

  Jebel Musa

  camel ride on

  climbing routes on

  cold nights on

  height of

  hermit’s cave on

  Holy Trinity church on

  Plain of ar-Raaha on

  summit of

  topography of

  view from

  Jebel Tahuna

  Jeremiah

  Jericho

  Jerusalem

  City of David in

  Gihon Spring of

  Hinnom Valley of

  Kidron Valley of

  in mosaic map

  Old City of

  Promenade of

  Rehavia section of

  Temple Mount in

  Jesus Christ

  Jethro

  Jewish Agency

  Jewish National Fund

  Jewish tradition

  Abraham in

  Moses in

  John Paul II, Pope

  Jordan

  Arava border crossing of

  as biblical area

  demographics of

  Exodus route in

  history of

  Israel’s relationship with

  Lawrence and, see Lawrence, T. E.

  Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of

  Wadi Rum in

  water consumption in

  see also Mount Nebo; Petra

  Jordan River

  Joseph

  Akhenaten as influenced by

  dating of

  deathbed prediction of

  in Mann’s novel

  sons of

 

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