Authors: Bruce Feiler
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