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by Bruce Feiler


  story of

  as Yuya

  Joseph’s well

  Josephus

  Joshua “J” source

  Judah, kingdom of

  Judaism

  holy places as unimportant to

  Orthodox

  shema in

  Talmud in

  Judgment Day Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)

  Justin, Father

  Justinian, Emperor

  Kadesh-barnea

  Ain el-Qudeirat as

  derivation of term

  Petra as

  uncertain location of

  Karnak temple

  Keller, Werner

  Khafre, Pharaoh

  Khufu (Cheops), Pharaoh

  Kibbutz Be-eri

  Kibbutz Sdeh Boker

  Kierkegaard, Søren

  King James Bible

  Kings, Book of

  King’s Highway

  Kirsch, Jonathan

  Kiryat Arba

  Kom Ombo temple

  Korah, rebellion of

  Koran

  Bible vs.

  Kurds

  Laban

  Laish, see Dan

  Lamech

  lauras,

  Lawrence, T. E.

  Abu Tayeh on

  bedouin culture adopted by

  Biltaji on

  book written by

  career of

  Exodus compared with

  Wadi Rum and

  Lawrence of Arabia

  League for the Prevention of Religious Coercion

  Leah

  Lean, David

  Lear, Edward

  lech l’cha (“go forth”)

  leopard, Negev

  Leviticus, Book of

  Life of Moses (Gregory of Nyssa)

  Lot

  incestuous daughters of

  kings’ capture of

  Sodom fled by

  at Zoar

  Lot’s cave

  Lot’s wife

  Lubavitch movement

  Ludwig, Emil

  Luxor

  McDivitt, James

  Machpelah, cave of

  Ma’daba, Jordan

  Malamat, Avraham

  Mallowan, Max

  Mandeville, Sir John

  Mann, Thomas

  manna

  map, mosaic

  Marah

  Marduk

  Mari

  Mars, pyramids on

  Marx, Emanuel

  Masada

  Masoretic Text

  mastabas

  matzevot (standing stones)

  matzoh

  Maximinus, Emperor

  medicinal plants

  Mediterranean Sea

  flooding of

  Megiddo

  Menes, Pharaoh

  Merenptah, Pharaoh

  Merton, Thomas

  Mesopotamia

  agricultural revolution in

  birthrights in

  civilization in

  Creation stories in

  wars in

  water in

  Micah, Book of

  Middle Stone Age

  Midian, Midianites

  midrash

  Miles, Jack

  “milk and honey,”

  mines

  minimalists

  Miriam

  Moab, Moabites

  Exodus and

  Mohammed

  Husseins as lineal descendants of

  Mohammed Ali

  monasteries

  Irish

  on Mount Nebo

  see also Saint Catherine’s monastery

  monotheism

  paganism vs.; see also gods

  moon landings

  Moriah, land of

  mosaic map

  Moses

  birth of

  burning bush and, see burning bush

  copper serpent erected by

  death of

  Deuteronomy and

  as Egyptian

  eulogy of

  as intercessor with God

  Jebel Musa and

  leadership of

  literacy of

  on Mount Nebo

  name of

  rock spring produced by

  on Sinai Peninsula

  spies sent out by

  story of

  ten plagues and

  valedictory speech of see also Exodus; Israelites; Mount Sinai; Red Sea

  Moses and Monotheism (Freud)

  Mount Ararat

  expeditions to

  Mount Horeb

  Mount Moriah

  Mount Nebo

  Franciscan monastery on

  Moses on

  Mount of Olives

  Mount Sinai

  Book of the Covenant delivered on

  candidates for

  Har Karkom as

  Israelites at

  Jebel al Law as

  Jebel Musa as, see Jebel Musa Moses at

  sacredness of

  unspecified location of see also Ten Commandments

  Mount Zion

  mummification

  Murray, Archibald

  Nabateans

  cisterns of

  cultural change of

  frankincense traded by

  Nabatean Spice Trail

  restoration of

  Nablus

  Napoleon I, Emperor of France

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel

  nawamis

  Nebuchadnezzar

  Necho II, Pharaoh

  Nefertiti

  Negev

  Abraham in

  animal life of

  brackish water source discovered in

  communities in

  craters in

  desert reclamation in

  dew in

  geological faults in

  produce of

  proposed rail system in

  Research Institute in

  roadside memorials in

  Neolithic Age

  Nero, Emperor of Rome

  Nestorius, cult of

  Netanyahu, Benjamin

  New Testament

  New York Times Magazine

  Nicholas II, Czar of Russia

  Niebelungs

  Nile Delta

  Nile River

  annual flooding by

  cruise ships on

  silt deposited by

  vegetation along

  Nilometer

  Nimrod, King

  Noah’s ark

  animals in

  attempted authentication of

  manure generated on

  photographs of

  purported artifacts from

  quasi-scientific analysis of

  sightings of

  size of

  story of

  Noah’s flood

  dating of

  water source of

  Numbers, Book of

  Nuzi

  Old Stone Age

  Omar, Ali

  oral tradition

  Oren, Eliezer

  Osiris

  Oslo Peace Accords (1993)

  Osman, Ahmed

  Palestine

  Palestine Liberation Organization

  Palestinians

  as Canaanites’ descendants

  Palmer, Edward

  papyrus

  Parachute

  Paran, wilderness of

  Passover

  pastoralists

  agricultural revolution vs.

  tombs of

  tribal bonds of

  patriarchs

  Canaanite rulers’ relationship with

  father-son relationship of

  growing strength of

  as pastoral nomads

  see also Abraham; Isaac; Jacob; Joseph

  Patriarchs’ Road

  Paul, Saint

  Pearlman, Moshe

  Peniel

  Pentateuch:

  derivation of term

  see also Bible; spec
ific books

  Peres, Shimon

  on Ben-Gurion and the Bible

  espionage mission led by

  name adopted by

  Persians

  Petit, Philippe

  Petra

  in Bible

  buildings of

  Burckhardt’s discovery of

  cliff rock of

  as Kadesh-barnea

  as Rekem

  Royal Tombs in

  Siq of

  Treasury in

  Wadi Musa in

  see also Jebel Haroun; Nabateans

  “Petra” (Burgon)

  Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

  Philistines

  Philo

  Phoenicians

  pigeon farms

  Pithom

  plagues, ten Egyptian

  natural explanations for

  plant lice

  plants

  medicinal

  see also burning bush

  Plaut, Gunther

  Plitman, Lucy

  pottery styles

  Powell, John

  Promised Land

  protosinaitic inscriptions

  Proverbs, Book of

  Psalms, Book of

  Pseudo-Philo

  psoriasis “P” source

  Ptolemy II Philadelphus

  pyramidology

  pyramids

  construction of

  derivation of term

  illumination of

  passages in

  Qantir, tel at

  Qena, Egypt

  quail Quarantine (Crace)

  Quraysh

  Rabin, Yitzhak

  Rachel

  Ramallah

  Rameses (Pi–Rameses), tel of

  Rameses II, Pharaoh

  Ramon Crater

  Rebekah

  re-creations, cyclical

  Redford, Donald

  Red Sea

  parting of

  Sea of Reeds (yam suf ) vs.

  Rephidim

  Rift Valley

  rivers

  see also specific rivers

  Robinson, Edward

  Romans, ancient

  Rosenberg, Joel

  Rosetta Stone Rubus sanctus (burning bush)

  Russians

  Sadat, Anwar

  Sa el-Hagar, Egypt

  Said Pasha, Mohammed

  Saint Catherine’s monastery

  burning bush at

  chapel of

  crypt of

  e-mail at

  history of

  Jethro’s well at

  library of

  morning service of

  wicker basket as entrance to

  as wilderness retreat

  Saint George’s Church

  San Diego Zoo

  Sanliurfa, Turkey

  as Abraham’s birthplace

  religious history of

  Saqqara

  Sarah

  Abimelech and

  death of

  Egyptian pharaoh and

  Hagar banished by

  Isaac born to

  laughter of

  tomb of

  Sargon, birth of

  Sarna, Nahum

  Saudi Arabia

  Schliemann, Heinrich

  Schneerson, Chaya Mushka

  Sdeh Boker

  Sea of Galilee

  Sea of Reeds (yam suf )

  Sea Peoples

  Second Temple

  Sellier, Charles “Semite,” as term

  Semitic alphabet

  Septuagint

  Serabit el-Khadim temple

  Seti I, Pharaoh

  Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The: A Triumph (Lawrence)

  Shamir, Yitzhak

  Shaw, George Bernard

  Shechem

  Abraham at

  archaeological site of

  Shem shema,

  shepherds

  Shinar, land of

  Shlonsky, Abraham

  Silberman, Neil

  silver rolls

  Silwan

  Simon, Paul

  Sinai Peninsula

  Ain Khudra Valley of

  depictions of pharaohs in

  derivation of name

  geography of

  inscriptions in

  Israelites’ route through

  Jebel Musa in, see Jebel Musa Jebel Tahuna in

  mines in nawamis in

  oases in

  quail in

  Serabit el-Khadim temple in

  standing stones (matzevot) in

  tamarisk trees in

  Via Maris of

  Wandering Plateau of

  see also Saint Catherine’s monastery

  Smith, J. Ryder

  Smith, Piazzi

  Sodom

  destruction of

  sodomy

  solar energy

  Solomon, King

  first temple built by

  walls built by Songlines (Chatwin)

  Song of Miriam

  standing stones (matzevot)

  Stanhope, Lady Hester

  Stanley, Arthur

  Stephens, John Lloyd

  Stranger in the Valley of the Kings (Osman)

  Suez Canal

  Sumer

  Creation story of

  flood layer of

  gods of

  as “land of Shinar,”

  Sutton, Arthur

  Sykes-Picot Agreement

  Syria

  Taberah

  Tabernacle

  tafuni

  Talmud

  tamarisk trees

  tehom (“chaos”)

  Tel Dan, see Dan

  Tel Haror

  rampart walls of

  Tell el-Maskhuta

  tels

  Tel Sheba

  Temple Mount

  Ten Commandments

  disputed number of

  presence of other gods assumed in

  as written down

  Terah

  terebinth of Moreh

  terrorism

  Thebes

  Thera

  Theroux, Paul

  Thutmose III, Pharaoh

  Thutmose IV, Pharaoh

  Tiamat

  Tigris River

  Timsah, Lake

  Tischendorf, Konstantin von

  Tiy

  Tomb of the Patriarchs

  Torah, see Bible; specific books

  tourists

  terrorist attacks on

  Tower of Babel story

  tree of life

  Turkey see also specific locations

  Tutankhamen, Pharoah

  United Nations (UN)

  Ur

  as Abraham’s birthplace

  population of

  Utnapishtim

  U-2 spy planes

  Valley of Kidron

  Valley of the Kings

  Via Maris

  volcanic eruptions

  Wadi Musa

  Wadi Rum

  water

  attachment symbolized by

  in desert

  in Nabatean cisterns

  per capita consumption of

  see also rivers; wells

  watery chaos

  Wayfarer’s prayer

  Webber, Andrew Lloyd

  wells

  of Abraham

  of Jacob

  of Jethro

  of Joseph

  Rachel at

  Rebekah at

  at Tel Sheba

  Western Wall

  Witcomb, John

  Written Stone

  Yadin, Yigal

  yam suf (Sea of Reeds)

  Yuya

  Zagazig, Egypt

  ziggurats

  Zin, wilderness of

  Zionism

  Zipporah

  Zoar

  Zohar

  Zozer, Pharaoh

  About the Author

  BRUCE FEILER is a contributor to NPR’s All Things Consi
dered and writes for The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Gourmet. He lives in NewYork City.

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  “Feiler’s accomplishment, and it’s a profound one, is to confront his idea of God as spoken to him by the BibleHis trek through biblical history evolves into something far more fundamental, an intellectual and spiritual crusade to find common bond with the lands of his forebears.”

  —San Francisco Chronicle

  “An inspirational oasis From the barren land, Feiler emerges, like those whose paths he traces, renewed and transformed.”

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  “An enthusiastic travelogueFeiler delivers a wealth of information in an accessible and entertaining format.”

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  “Ranks among the great spiritual autobiographiesFeiler, a superb narrator and storyteller with a gentle, ironic sense of humor, also possesses a potent intellect that at moments blazes forth, illuminating everything in its path.”

  —Washington Post Book World

  “The perfect read for people who are interested in the Bible and the Middle East.”

  —Jerusalem Post

  “[Mr. Feiler] is an excellent guide and a worthy wrestler. He has put an enormous amount of information into this book and has invested it with a keen intellectual curiosity.”

  —New York Times

  “Bruce Feiler went looking for proof. He learned that proof doesn’t matter.”

  —USA Today

  “Evocative, descriptive, emotionally honest, and often funny [Walking the Bible is] for anyone wanting to know something of [the desert’s] terrifying strangeness, haunting beauty, and stark spirituality, as well as its possibilities for the future of Israel and the region.”

  —Christian Science Monitor

  “Feiler, not unlike Mark Twain, brings a sharp sense of humor to the whole endeavor.”

  —Los Angeles Times

  “A powerful and spiritual pilgrimageWalking the Bible is, in every way, marvelous if not indispensable reading for anyone remotely interested in the Torah.”

  —Chicago Sun-Times

  “Anyone who cares about the Bible or history or mankind should be grateful to Bruce Feiler. His curiosity is prodigious, his intellect sharp, his legs willing to climb and climb and climb.”

  —Stephen J. Dubner, author of Turbulent Souls

  “An engrossing storyAnyone planning to visit the Middle East should definitely take at least two books with them—the Bible and this one.”

  —Calgary Herald

  “A work of magicMr. Feiler’s lively writing style, talent for amusing and evocative description, and narrative drive succeed in making the Bible exciting.”

 

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