by Bruce Feiler
Index
Aaron
death of
tomb of
Abdullah, King of Jordan
Abdullah II, King of Jordan
Abel
Abimelech, King
Abraham
Abimelech and
as Abram
altars built by
at Beer–sheba
at Bethel
binding of Isaac (akedah) by
birthplace of
characteristics of
circumcision of
at Dan
dating of
death of
Dome of the Rock and
in Egypt
at Gerar
God’s covenant with
God’s promises to
at Harran
Hebron burial site purchased by
in Jewish tradition
kings defeated by
Lot’s separation from
meaning of name of
migration of
in Negev
as pastoralist
route taken by
at Shechem
Sodom bargain negotiated by
succession of
three messengers’ visit to
tomb of
well of
Abu Tayeh, Ada
Abu Tayeh, Fawaz
Abu Tour
Adam
meaning of name
Adam and Eve story
adonai yireh,
agricultural revolution
Ain el–Qudeirat
Ain Musa
Air Force One
Akhenaten, Pharaoh
monotheism of
Akiva, Rabbi
Akkad
Albright, William Foxwell
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
Alexander II, Czar of Russia
Alexander the Great
alphabet, Semitic
Amalek
Amenhotep III, Pharaoh
Amman, Jordan
Ammon, Ammonites
Amon–Re
Amorites
Anakites
Anati, Emanuel
ANZAC (Australian–New Zealand Army Corps) memorial
Apocrypha
Arabic
Arabists
Arabs
Ishmael as progenitor of
see also bedouin
Arad
Arafat, Yasser
Aramaic
arch, at Dan
archaeologists
minimalists
archaeology, see biblical archaeology
Archaeology
Ark of the Covenant
Armenians
Ashrawi, Hanan
Assyria, Assyrians
astrology
Aswan High Dam
Aten
Atkinson, Eddie
Augustine, Saint
Avni, Yehuda
Babylonians
Creation story of
flood stories of
gods of
Baedeker guidebook
Balaam
Balsiger, David
Barkay, Gabriel
silver rolls discovered by
Baruch
Basemath
bedouin
ancient burial site of
clothing of
daily life of
desert as viewed by
divorces of
fire carried by
gathered for tea
green as viewed by
hospitality of
houses of
Lawrence and, see Lawrence, T. E. legal system of
medicinal plants of
museum of culture of nawamis discovered by
number of
Petra’s Treasury urn as viewed by
quail netted by
religion of
tents of
ululation by
see also Nabateans
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 (La
ish)
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
Greek
Greeks, ancient
green, symbolism of
Gregory of Nyssa
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf War
Hagar
Hall, C. J.
Hallo, William
Har Homa
Har Karkom
Harran
Abraham at
Haruvi, Rami
Hassan, Crown Prince, lost horse of
Hathor
Hatshepsut, Pharaoh
Hatzor
Solomon’s Gate at
Hawass, Zahi
Hebrew
Hebrew Bible
Hebron
Jewish Quarter of
tensions in
Tomb of the Patriarchs in
Helena, Empress
Helwan University
hermits
Irish
Herodotus
Herod the Great
Hershkovitz, Israel
Herzl, Theodor
hieroglyphic script
Hinnom Valley
Hittites
Hobbs, Joseph
Horowitz, Liora
Hort, Greta
Hull, Edward
hunter-gatherers
Hussein, Faysal
Hussein, King of Jordan
Hussein, Sharif
Hyksos
Ibn–Khatib, Omar
inscriptions
cuneiform
hieroglyphic
protosinaitic
on Written Stone
Internet
Noah’s ark websites on
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Iron Age
irrigation
Irwin, James
Isaac
as Abraham’s heir
binding of (akedah)
birth of
blessing bestowed by
derivation of name
at Gerar
tomb
of
well redug by
Isaiah, Book of
Ishmael
as Arabs’ progenitor
daughter of
Isis
Islam
fundamentalist
legends of see also Koran; Mohammed
Ismailia
Israel
Army of
border crossings in
central mountains of
geographic conditions in
Jewish claim to
Jordan’s relationship with
Ministry of Tourism of
Patriarch’s Road in
Sinai returned by
Six-Day War of
Suez Canal and
tensions in
War of Independence of
Yom Kippur war of
see also Jerusalem; Negev
Israel, kingdom of
Israelites
as builders in Egypt
complaints of
desert wandering of
Egyptian bondage of
at Kadesh-barnea
Ma’daba destroyed by
rebellions of
reclining by
on Sinai Peninsula
spiritual unity of
twelve tribes of
see also Exodus; Moses; Mount Sinai; Red Sea
Jabbok, valley of
Jacob
at Bethel
birthright stolen by
brides of
in Egypt
at Hatzor
Joseph favored by
matzevah erected by
meaning of name
mummification of
renamed Israel
sons of
tomb of
well of
Jacob, Saint
Jebel al Law
Jebel Haroun
shrine at summit of
Jebel Musa
camel ride on
climbing routes on
cold nights on
height of
hermit’s cave on
Holy Trinity church on
Plain of ar-Raaha on
summit of
topography of
view from
Jebel Tahuna
Jeremiah
Jericho
Jerusalem
City of David in
Gihon Spring of
Hinnom Valley of
Kidron Valley of
in mosaic map
Old City of
Promenade of
Rehavia section of
Temple Mount in
Jesus Christ
Jethro
Jewish Agency
Jewish National Fund
Jewish tradition
Abraham in
Moses in
John Paul II, Pope
Jordan
Arava border crossing of
as biblical area
demographics of
Exodus route in
history of
Israel’s relationship with
Lawrence and, see Lawrence, T. E.
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of
Wadi Rum in
water consumption in
see also Mount Nebo; Petra
Jordan River
Joseph
Akhenaten as influenced by
dating of
deathbed prediction of
in Mann’s novel
sons of
