Epic of Gilgamesh
antecedents to Bible from,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
contemporary values reflected in
death of Enkidu
description of Uruk
Enkidu as natural man
father in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu,
1.1
,
1.2
Gilgamesh as Semitic king,
1.1
,
1.2
mother in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
as myth vs. historical document,
4.1
,
4.2
prostitutes in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
seeking immortality
Epic of Israel.
See
Bible, Torah
Esav/Esau,
2.1
,
3.1
Esther (Book of)
Eternity
ancient conception of,
4.1
,
4.2
See also
Immortality
Eve and Adam,
1.1
,
5.1
Exile, of Jews
Exodus, story of
Exodus (Book of)
as blueprint for modern liberation
movements
,
7.1
dietary laws from
as historical document,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
time period covered in,
3.1
,
7.1
Faith, origin of, through Hebrew God,
2.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
Farming, Sumerian development of,
1.1
,
1.2
Fate, origins of term
Feminist theories
on Bible
on the Great Mother
Fertile Crescent, early communities in,
1.1
,
1.2
Fertility
in
Epic of Gilgamesh
,
1.1
feared loss of
moon and,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
Fiedler, Leslie,
Love and Death in the American Novel,
1.1
Fox, Everett,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
Future, as promise vs. predetermined,
4.1
,
4.2
,
6.1
Garden of Eden
Gehenna
Genealogies
importance to Israelites of,
2.1
,
4.1
See also
History
Genesis (Book of)
anachronisms in
as historical document,
4.1
,
4.2
Sumerian antecedents to
time period covering
Genocide, attempts in Egypt
Gershom (son of Moshe)
birth of
circumcision
of,
3.1
Gilboa, Mount, Philistines defeat Israelites
Gilgamesh.
See
Epic of Gilgamesh
Gimbutas, Marija
Ginsberg, Allen
God.
See
Hebrew God
;
Y
HWH
God. A Biography
(Miles),
7.1
Gods
of Canaan,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
Sumerian patronal,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
See also specific names
Goliath
Great Mother (Earth goddess),
1.1
,
7.1
Greece, cyclical worldview
Hades,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
Hagar the Egyptian,
2.1
,
2.2
Halakha
,
4.1
Hammurabi,
2.1
,
4.1
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hapiru.
See
Israelites
Harran (Sumer)
Avram’s migration to
ziggurat of
Ha-Shem
(“the Name”),
3.1
Hatred, of God
Heavens
significance to primitive man,
1.1
,
1.2
See also
Moon
Hebrew God
names for,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
origin of faith through,
2.1
,
3.1
patriarchs see,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
3.1
See also
Y
HWH
Hebrew language
development of
pronunciation and meaning in
Hebrew literature
birth of
evolution in exile
See also
Bible
Hebrews.
See
Israelites
Hebron
Hell,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
Henotheism
Hezekiah (king of Judah)
Hinnom, Valley of
History
Bible’s authenticity as,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
7.1
Hebrew God’s intervention in,
3.1
,
3.2
invention of concept of,
4.1
,
4.2
Sumerians lacking sense of
See also
Cyclical worldview
;
Writing
Homer
Iliad
,
1.1
Odyssey
,
2.1
Homosexuality
Biblical proscriptions against
in warrior societies,
1.1
,
1.2
Horeb, Mount.
See
Sinai, Mount
Hosea (prophet)
House of David
accomplishments of
Rehoboam (son of Solomon)
Solomon (son of David),
6.1
,
6.2
See also
David (king of Israel)
Human sacrifice
Avraham offers son as
in Kingdom of Judah
prisoners of war as
in Sumer
Husbandry, Sumerian innovations,
1.1
,
1.2
Hyksos, rulers of Egypt
Iliad
(Homer),
1.1
Immortality
commandments and
concept absent in ancient world
in
Epic of Gilgamesh
,
1.1
through Hebrew God
See also
Eternity
Individuality
concept of
David’s consciousness of
democracy based on
enabling faith,
2.1
,
3.1
human worth increasing through
redemption and,
6.1
,
6.2
Injustice
idol worship as
power and wealth as,
4.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
Innana.
See
Ishtar (Sumerian goddess)
Iraq.
See
Sumer
Isaac.
See
Yitzhak (son of Avraham)
Isaiah of Judah (prophet),
6.1
,
7.1
Ishmael.
See
Yishmael (son of Avraham)
Ishtar (Sumerian goddess),
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
2.1
Ishullanu (Sumerian god)
Israel, Kingdom of (northern area)
Assyrian conquest of
breaks away from United Kingdom
prophets warn
See also
Israel, United Kingdom of
Israel (son of Yitzhak).
See
Yaakov/Jacob/Israel (son of Yitzhak)
Israel, United Kingdom of
David consolidates
demise of
Jerusalem as capital of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
Solomon as king of,
6.1
,
6.2
See also
David (king of Israel)
Israelites
attempted genocide of
Canaanite culture absorbed by,
5.1
,
6.1
commandments broken by,
4.1
,
4.2
commandments given to
conquest of Canaan
in desert of Sinai,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
factionalism among,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
,
6.1
importance of genealogies to,
2.1
,
4.1
monarchy desired by,
5.1
,
6.1
Moshe leads from Egypt
Philistines and,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
Saul as king of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
tribes of,
3.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
Jacob (son of Yitzhak).
See
Yaakov/Jacob/Israel (son of Yitzhak)
Jehovah.
See
Y
HWH
Jeremiah (prophet)
Jericho,
5.1
,
5.2
Jerusalem
as capital of United Kingdom of Israel,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
Temple in,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
Jesse of Bethlehem (father of David),
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2