Walking the Bible (64 page)

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 (Laish)

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