Dome of the Rock
Domitian, Emperor
Donatello
Dothan, Trude
Dryden, John
Duncan, Garrow
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiasticus (Ben Sira)
Edom
Egypt
Assyrian conquest of
biblical lands administered by
as Hellenistic kingdom
modern
New Kingdom period of
Philistines and
Ptolemaic
Sheshonq I campaign and
Twenty-second Dynasty of
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of
“Egyptian, the,”
Ekron
Elah Valley
el-Aqsa mosque 11QPsApa (Dead Sea Scroll)
Elhanan
Ephraim
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria
Eucherius
Europe:
David and Solomon story in
kings of
national identities in
exorcisms
Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Book of
Ezra
Fisher, Clarence
Fitzgerald, Gerald M.
Five Books of Moses (Pentateuch)
4Q505 (Dead Sea Scroll)
Franklin, Norma
Gabriel
Gath
Gaza
Geary, Patrick
Genesis, Book of
Geshur
Gezer
Gilead
Gitin, Sy
Glueck, Nelson
God:
commandments received from
consequences of disobedience toward
covenant between Israel and
David chosen as Saul’s successor by
David’s promise from
as giver of favor
Israel promised greatness by
kingship and
Saul chosen as first king of Israel by
Song of Solomon and
Sophia and
Goliath
anachronistic Greek armor ascribed to
biblical description of David’s battle with
Christian metaphorical view of
conflicting biblical account of death of
historicity of
name of
Greece
hoplites from
Greek language
Hebrew Bible translated into
Guy, Philip Langstaffe Orde
Gyges, King of Lydia
Hadadezer
Haggai
Hagia Sophia church
Halpern, Baruch
Haram el-Sharif
Har Megiddo (Armageddon)
Haruz of Jotbah
Harvard University
Hasmonean dynasty (Maccabees)
Hazael, King of Aram Damascus
Hazor
Hebrew Bible:
authorship of
in Christian missionary teaching
as Christian Old Testament dates of composition of
Greek translation of
Hellenistic knowledge of
historicity and
Homer’s influence on
lands of
as literature
minimalist historians and
rabbinic scholars and
Revised Standard Version of
see also Deuteronomistic History; specific books
Hebrew language
Hebrews, Apiru and
Hebron
Hegesippus
Hellenistic kingdoms
Hellenistic period:
David and Solomon story in
Jerusalem Temple in
Herodotus
Herod the Great, King of Judea
death of
Jerusalem Temple rebuilt by
reign of
as symbolic successor to David and Solomon
Herzog, Zeev
Hezekiah, King of Judah
Hilkiah
Hiram of Tyre
Hirummu, King of Tyre
historical datelines
historical minimalism
“History of David’s Rise, The,”
dating and historicity of
description of
storytelling tradition and
Hittite empire
Hobsbawm, Eric
Holy Roman Empire
Homer
hoplites
horses
“House of David” inscription
idolatry
Ikausu
Iliad (Homer)
Index of Christian Art, The,
In Search of Ancient Israel (Davies)
Ioudaia
Iran
Iron Age dates:
Early
Late
Isaiah
Isaiah, Book of
Ish-bosheth
Islam
Israel, Kingdom of:
Assyria’s control of
in Chronicles
covenant between God and
David proclaimed king of
Egypt and
emergence of
extent of
first royal court of
founding of
God’s promise to
Jerusalem as capital of
kings of, see Davidic dynasty; Omride dynasty
literacy in
main biblical source for history of
in ninth century BCE
northern highlands of
north-south conflict in
population of
Samaria, as capital of
Samaria, Assyrian province of, as successor to northern kingdom of
Saul anointed first king of
secession of ten northern tribes of
unification of Judah and
Israel, modern state of:
archaeological surveys conducted in
biblical place-names in
Isser, Stanley
Jebusites
Jehoahaz (Jehu’s son)
Jehoahaz, King of Judah (Josiah’s son)
Jehoash, King of Judah
Jehoiachin, King of Judah
Jehoiada
Jehoram, King of Israel
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah
Jehu, King of Israel
Jeremiah
Jericho
Jeroboam II, King of Israel
Jerusalem
Ark of the Covenant brought to
as capital of Israel
as capital of Judea
City of David in
David’s conquest of
David’s court in
descriptions of
destruction of
growth of
Jesus’ entry into
modern
in Persian period
revival of
rise of class-conscious aristocracy in
Roman destruction of
Shishak campaign and
Solomon’s construction in
Temple Mount in
Jerusalem Temple
archaeological inaccessibility of
Babylonian destruction of
“Book of the Law” discovered in
in Chronicles
cult worship in
first rebuilding of
in Hellenistic period
Herod’s rebuilding of
in independent Judea
money changers cleared from
Peter’s speech in
Pompey’s ransacking of
priests of
Roman destruction of
Solomon’s building of
Jesse
Tree of
Jesus Christ
crucifixion and resurrection of
Davidic lineage of
entry into Jerusalem of
healing powers ascribed to
as messiah
Jewish Antiquities (Josephus)
Jewish War, The (Josephus)
“Jews,” origin of term
Joab
census taken by
Jonathan
Joram, King of Israel
Jordan River
Joseph
Josephus, Flavius
Joshua
Joshua, Book of
Josiah, King of Judah
Judah
as Assyrian vassal state
Assyria’s yearly tribute owed by
author’s use of term
Babylonian exile and
Bethel conquered by
David proclaimed king of
David’s bandit period in
destruction of
economic and social revolution in
Egyptian administration of
in eighth century BCE
extent of
in failed rebellion against Assyria
Hebrew form of name of
historical sequence of names of
imperial expansion by
King Manasseh’s reign in
kings of, see Davidic dynasty
literacy in
in ninth century BCE
as Persian province, see Yehud
in realm of Abdi-Heba
refugees from northern highlands in
rise of
Roman period of, see Judea
settlement patterns and population in
Shishak campaign and
social banditry in
split between Israel and
unification of Israel and
Judaism:
folk traditions in
Rabbinic
variations of
Judas
Judea
exorcisms held in
independence of
Jerusalem as capital of
kings of
messianism in
political upheavals in
Roman rule in
Temple’s role in
Judean highlands
location of
Judeo-Christian tradition
birth of
David and Solomon story in
judges
Judges, Book of
Justinian, Emperor
Karnak
Keilah
Kenyon, Kathleen
kingdoms, creation of
Kings, First Book of
The Acts of Solomon” in
“Court (Succession) History” in
Jerusalem Temple in
Solomon’s reign in
Kings, Second Book of
kingship
kittim
Knauf, Axel
Koran (Quran)
Kush
Labayu
Lachish
Latin
law code, in Deuteronomy
Lebanon
Lederman
Leviticus Rabbah
Lipschits, Oded
literacy
Luke, Gospel of
Luli, King of Sidon
Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart
Maccabees (Hasmonean dynasty)
Maccabeus, Judah
McCarter, Kyle
Maeir, Aren
Magen, Yitzhak
Manasseh, King of Judah
Mark, Gospel of
Mary
Masada
Matthew, Gospel of
Mazar, Amihai
Mazar, Benjamin
Medes empire
Megiddo
Menachem
Menahem, King of Israel
Menander of Ephesus
Mendels, Doron
Mephibosheth
Mesha inscription
Meshullemeth
Mesopotamia
136 “messiah” (mashiach), original meaning of term
messianism:
Davidic
Jesus and
modernity and
in Roman period
Michal, Queen of Israel
Michelangelo Buonarroti
midrashim
Millo
mines, of Solomon
minimalism, historical
Mishnah
missionaries
Mizpah
Moab
Moses
Five Books of (Pentateuch)
Mount Gerizim temple
Mount of Olives
Mount Zion
Mythic Past, The (Thompson)
Na’aman, Nadav
Nabal
Nathan
Nations, table of
Naveh, Joseph
Near East
before the Bible
empires of
spread of Islam through
Nebuchadnezzar
Necho II, Pharaoh
Nehemiah
New Testament
Nimrod
Nimrud
Nineveh
North Africa
Noth, Martin
Old Testament, see Hebrew Bible
Omri, King of Israel
Omride dynasty
Baal worship by
as basis of stories about David
dates of
Davidic dynasty linked to
end of
historicity of
kingdom of
“Ophel,”
Ottomans
pagan worship
Palestine Exploration Fund
Peleset people
Pelethites
pelte
Pentateuch
Samaritan
Persian empire
Judah as province of, see Yehud
Samaria as province of
Peter
Philistia
“Philistine Pentapolis,”
Philistines
Ark of the Covenant captured by
David’s collaboration with
Egypt and
end of
Josiah and
Pelethites and
Saul defeated by
seranim of
sources of knowledge about
philosopher kings
Phoenicia
Pompey pottery types
Pratico, Garry
Prism of Sennacherib
Proverbs, Book of
Psalms, Book ofascribed to David
Jesus as subject of
Psalm
Psalm
Psalms of Solomon, The
Psammetichus I, Pharaoh
Qarqar, battle of
Qoheleth
Quran (Koran)
Rabbah
Rabbinic Judaism
Rad, Gerhard von
radiocarbon dating
Ramesses III, Pharaoh
Ramesses IV, Pharaoh
razia,
Rehoboam, King of Judah
Reich, Ronnie
Rembrandt van Rijn
Renaissance
resurrection
Rezin, King of Damascus
Roman Empire:
Christianization of
disintegration of
see also Judea
Rost, Leonhard
Rothenberg, Beno
Ruth, Book of
Samaria, city of
Assyrian destruction of
as capital of Israel
Samaria, Persian province of
papyri found in
Samaritan Pentateuch
“Samaritans,” origin of term
Samerina
Samuel, Saul anointed by
Samuel, First Book of
Augustine’s commentary on
David’s bandit period in
David’s battle with Goliath in
“The History of David’s Rise” in
midrash on
Saul’s story in
Samuel, Second book of
“Court (Succession) History” in
Elhanan’s killing of Goliath mentioned in
God’s promise to David in
“The History of David’s Rise” in
Sanhedrin
Sargon II, King of Assyr
ia
Satan
Saul
anointed first king of Israelites
contradictory biblical portrayals of
death of
as enemy of David
historicity of
kingdom of
madness of
Sea Peoples
Sennacherib, King of Assyria
Sennacherib, Annals of
Septuagint
seranim
Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria
Shalmaneser V, King of Assyria
Sheba
location of
queen of
Shebna
Shechem
Shechem temple (Mount Gerizim)
Shema seal
Shephelah
Sherdani people
Shield of Solomon (Star of David)
Shiloh
Shiloh, Yigal
Shishak (Pharaoh Sheshonq I)
Shosu
Shukron, Eli
Shuwardata, King of Gath
Sikila people
Siloam water tunnel
Simon bar Giora
Simon the Hasmonean
Solomon:
birth of
character flaws of
in Chronicles
contradictory biblical portrayals of
creation of myth of
David succeeded by
death of
decline of
esoteric powers ascribed to
harem of
historicity of
horses and
Jerusalem Temple built by
kingdom of
legendary wisdom and riches of
magic ring and Shield of
mines of
rabbinic scholars and
see also David and Solomon story
Song of Solomon (Song of Songs)
Sophia
Star of David (Shield of Solomon)
states, creation of
Steiner, Margreet
Stepped Stone Structure
storytelling
“Succession History,” see “Court History”
Succession to the Throne of David, The (Rost)
Suleiman the Magnificent
Syria
Syriac language
Talmud
Tamar
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv University
Tel Dan inscription
“tell,” meaning of term
Tell el-Kheleifeh
Tell en-Nasbeh
Tell Qasile
Tel Masos
Temple Mount
temples:
Amun
Shechem (Mount Gerizim)
see also Jerusalem Temple
“Ten Lost Tribes,”
Testament of Solomon
Theudas
Thompson, Thomas
Thucydides
Tiglath-pileser III, King of Assyria
Tigris and Euphrates Valleys
Titus
Tomb of David
Torah (Pentateuch)
Torijanos, Pablo
“to this day,”
Tower of David
trade
Transjordan
Tree of Jesse
Tripoli
Trojan War
“tyrant,” derivation of word
Tyre
Urartu
Uriah
Ussishkin, David
Uzziah, King of Judah
Verrocchio
Vespasian, Emperor
Wadi Feinan
Warren, Charles
Warren’s shaft
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