by Bruce Feiler
story of
as Yuya
Joseph’s well
Josephus
Joshua “J” source
Judah, kingdom of
Judaism
holy places as unimportant to
Orthodox
shema in
Talmud in
Judgment Day Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
Justin, Father
Justinian, Emperor
Kadesh-barnea
Ain el-Qudeirat as
derivation of term
Petra as
uncertain location of
Karnak temple
Keller, Werner
Khafre, Pharaoh
Khufu (Cheops), Pharaoh
Kibbutz Be-eri
Kibbutz Sdeh Boker
Kierkegaard, Søren
King James Bible
Kings, Book of
King’s Highway
Kirsch, Jonathan
Kiryat Arba
Kom Ombo temple
Korah, rebellion of
Koran
Bible vs.
Kurds
Laban
Laish, see Dan
Lamech
lauras,
Lawrence, T. E.
Abu Tayeh on
bedouin culture adopted by
Biltaji on
book written by
career of
Exodus compared with
Wadi Rum and
Lawrence of Arabia
League for the Prevention of Religious Coercion
Leah
Lean, David
Lear, Edward
lech l’cha (“go forth”)
leopard, Negev
Leviticus, Book of
Life of Moses (Gregory of Nyssa)
Lot
incestuous daughters of
kings’ capture of
Sodom fled by
at Zoar
Lot’s cave
Lot’s wife
Lubavitch movement
Ludwig, Emil
Luxor
McDivitt, James
Machpelah, cave of
Ma’daba, Jordan
Malamat, Avraham
Mallowan, Max
Mandeville, Sir John
Mann, Thomas
manna
map, mosaic
Marah
Marduk
Mari
Mars, pyramids on
Marx, Emanuel
Masada
Masoretic Text
mastabas
matzevot (standing stones)
matzoh
Maximinus, Emperor
medicinal plants
Mediterranean Sea
flooding of
Megiddo
Menes, Pharaoh
Merenptah, Pharaoh
Merton, Thomas
Mesopotamia
agricultural revolution in
birthrights in
civilization in
Creation stories in
wars in
water in
Micah, Book of
Middle Stone Age
Midian, Midianites
midrash
Miles, Jack
“milk and honey,”
mines
minimalists
Miriam
Moab, Moabites
Exodus and
Mohammed
Husseins as lineal descendants of
Mohammed Ali
monasteries
Irish
on Mount Nebo
see also Saint Catherine’s monastery
monotheism
paganism vs.; see also gods
moon landings
Moriah, land of
mosaic map
Moses
birth of
burning bush and, see burning bush
copper serpent erected by
death of
Deuteronomy and
as Egyptian
eulogy of
as intercessor with God
Jebel Musa and
leadership of
literacy of
on Mount Nebo
name of
rock spring produced by
on Sinai Peninsula
spies sent out by
story of
ten plagues and
valedictory speech of see also Exodus; Israelites; Mount Sinai; Red Sea
Moses and Monotheism (Freud)
Mount Ararat
expeditions to
Mount Horeb
Mount Moriah
Mount Nebo
Franciscan monastery on
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; spec
ific 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)
Ur
as Abraham’s birthplace
population of
Utnapishtim
U-2 spy planes
Valley of Kidron
Valley of the Kings
Via Maris
volcanic eruptions
Wadi Musa
Wadi Rum
water
attachment symbolized by
in desert
in Nabatean cisterns
per capita consumption of
see also rivers; wells
watery chaos
Wayfarer’s prayer
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
wells
of Abraham
of Jacob
of Jethro
of Joseph
Rachel at
Rebekah at
at Tel Sheba
Western Wall
Witcomb, John
Written Stone
Yadin, Yigal
yam suf (Sea of Reeds)
Yuya
Zagazig, Egypt
ziggurats
Zin, wilderness of
Zionism
Zipporah
Zoar
Zohar
Zozer, Pharaoh
About the Author
BRUCE FEILER is a contributor to NPR’s All Things Consi
dered and writes for The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and Gourmet. He lives in NewYork City.
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