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Aaron.
See
Aharon (Moshe’s brother)
Abigail (wife of David)
Abraham.
See
Avraham (formerly Avram)
;
Avram (later Avraham)
Absalom (son of David),
5.1
,
5.2
Achilles
Adam and Eve,
1.1
,
5.1
“Adonai”
(“the Lord”),
3.1
Adriel of Meholah
Afterlife.
See
Immortality
Agriculture, Sumerian development of,
1.1
,
1.2
Ahab (king of Israel)
Aharon (Moshe’s brother),
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
Ahaz (king of Judah)
Ahinoam of Jezreel (wife of David)
Akhnaton (Egyptian pharaoh)
Akkadian (Old Babylonian) language,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
Alphabet
invention of,
4.1
,
6.1
See also
Writing
Amontes, as nomads
Amos (Judean shepherd/prophet),
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
Angels
Anti-Semitism,
itr.1
,
4.1
Apocryphal books, of Bible,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
Aquinas, Saint Thomas.
See
Thomas Aquinas
Architecture
of sacred temples
Sumerian innovations in
Ark of the Covenant,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
Art
portrayal of Avraham and angels
reflecting cyclical worldview,
2.1
,
2.2
Aruru (Sumerian goddess)
Asherah (Canaanite goddess),
5.1
,
6.1
Assyria, conquest of Israel
Astarte (Canaanite goddess),
5.1
,
6.1
Aton the Solar Disc
Augustine of Hippo,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
The Confessions
,
5.1
Avraham (formerly Avram)
character of, vs. Moshe
death and burial of wife
offers son as sacrifice
pregnancy of wife Sara,
2.1
,
2.2
relationship with God,
2.1
,
2.2
renamed by God
See also
Avram (later Avraham)
Avram (later Avraham)
in Egypt,
2.1
,
3.1
migration to Canaan,
2.1
,
2.2
migration to Harran
relationship with god,
2.1
,
2.2
settlement in Mamre
See also
Avraham (formerly Avram)
Baal (Canaanite god),
5.1
,
6.1
Babel, Tower of
Babylon
conquest of Kingdom of Judah,
itr.1
,
6.1
Hanging Gardens
Bathsheba (wife of David),
5.1
,
6.1
B.C E
. (before the common era), defined,
itr.1
Bethel (Kingdom of Israel),
6.1
,
6.2
Bible
apocryphal/deuterocanonical books,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
central question of
entirety of, inspired by God
as historical document,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
7.1
impacts of
Ketuvim,
7.1
,
7.2
as literature
Neviim,
7.1
,
7.2
oral tradition in,
itr.1
,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
origin of term
primordial flood theme,
1.1
,
1.2
,
4.1
reflecting evolution of Jewish consciousness
Septuagint translation of,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
Sumerian antecedents to,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
See also
Commandments
; Torah;
specific books
Blake, William
Boaz
Buber, Martin,
3.1
,
7.1
Bulls, as symbol of deity,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
Camels, domestication of
Campbell, Joseph
Canaan
Avram’s migration to,
2.1
,
2.2
Avram’s settlement in Mamre (modern Hebron)
conquest of, by Israelites
gods of,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
as Promised Land,
5.1
,
5.2
Sara’s burial in
See also
Israel, Kingdom of (northern area)
;
Israel, United Kingdom of
;
Judah, Kingdom of (southern area)
Capitalism, as processive godless faith
C.E
. (common era), defined,
itr.1
Chaldean Semites
Chesterton, G. K.
Children of Israel.
See
Israelites
Christians, anti-Semitism of
Chronicles (Book of)
Cicero
Circumcision
as Avram’s covenant,
2.1
,
2.2
,
4.1
of Moshe,
3.1
,
4.1
Cities, development of
Code of Hammurabi
Commandments
ark for,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
broken by Israelites,
4.1
,
4.2
eternal life and
justification unnecessary for
murder prohibition,
4.1
,
4.2
numbering of
presented to Israelites
tablets containing,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
Communism, as processive godless faith
Confessions, The
(Augustine of Hippo),
5.1
Correspondences, primitive religious,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
Cyclical worldview
art reflecting,
2.1
,
2.2
concept of time in,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
6.1
defined
in Eastern religions
historical sense lacking in,
1.1
,
7.1
immortality concept lacking in
processive worldview vs.
Cyrus (king of Persia)
Dalley, Stephanie
Daniel (Book of)
David (king of Israel)
anointed king
mythical stature of
poetry of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
Saul’s hatred of
sense of self
slays Gohath
wives of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
Y
HWH
chooses,
5.1
Y
HWH’S
displeasure with,
5.1
Death, realm of
in
Epic of Gilgamesh
,
1.1
,
1.2
in Sumerian cosmology
Democracy, based on individuality
Deuterocanonical/apocryphal books, of Bible,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
Deuteronomy (Book of),
4.1
,
4.2
,
7.1
Dietary laws
Donne, John
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Dumuzi (Sumerian god),
1.1
,
2.1
Dylan, Bob
Earth goddess (Great Mother),
1.1
,
7.1
Ecclesiastes (Book of),
itr.1
,
1.1
,
6.1
Eden
Education, importance to Israelites of
Egypt
Avram in,
2.1
,
3.1
Joseph in
monotheism in
Moshe leads Israelites from
plagues on,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
See also
Pharaohs, of Egypt
Ekade, Mircea,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
Elijah the Tishbite (prophet)
Eliot, T. S.
Enki (Sumerian god)
