Walking the Bible (66 page)

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;
specific 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)