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and Balaam's donkey
as Lot's guests
in Nativity narrative
animals:
breeding of
damage done by
damages to
on Noah's ark
Sabbath observance and
sacrifice of
talking
see also specific animals
Annas
Annunciation
anthrax
Antioch
Antiochus IV Epiphances
anti-Semitism
in Book of Esther
Christianity and
Diaspora and
roots of
Apocalypse
in Book of Ezekiel
see also Judgment, Day of Apocrypha
meaning of term
types of works in
see also specific books
apostles
council of
disciples vs.
meaning of word
see also individual apostles
Arabic language
Arabs
Aram
Aramaic
Ararat, mountains of
archaeological research
on conquest of Canaan
and Davidic dynasty
on Flood
at Jericho
on Natufian culture
on origins of Twelve Tribes
Aristotle
Ark of the Covenant
captured by Philistines
fate of
Arlington National Cemetery
Armageddon (Megiddo)
Armstrong, Karen
Artaxerxes I
Artemis (Diana)
Asa
Ashdod
Asher
Asherah
Ashkelon
Ashtaroth
Ashurbanipal
Ashurnasirpal II
Assumption, The
Assur
Assyria, Assyrians
brutality of rule of
gods of
Israel conquered by
rulers of
Astarte
astrologers
Athalia
Athanasius
atheism
Athens
Atlantis, Lost City of
Augustine
Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
Baal
Elijah and priests of
as fertility god
Baal-zebub
Baasha
Babel, Tower of
Babylon
as Christian code name for Rome
city of
Cyrus and capture of
flood myths of
Jewish life in
temple complex of
Babylonian Exile
end of
Judaism and
Babylonian Talmud
Balaam:
Israelites blessed by
talking donkey of
Balak
Ballard, Robert
baptism
Baptists
Barnabas
Bartholomew
Baruch
Barzillai
Bathsheba
battle trophies
BCE (Before the Common Era)
Belshazzar
Ben-Ammi
Benjamin (son of Jacob and Rachel)
Benjamin (tribe)
Bennett, William
bestiality
Bethel
Bethlehem
as Jesus' birthplace
Bethsaida
Bethuel
Bible:
as anthology
definition of word
English versions of
as engrained in American life
as just-so stories
Latin translation of, see Vulgate
biblical times, milestones in
Protestant
Roman Catholic
as social and political weapon
translations of
and U.S. slavery
Bible, Hebrew:
authorship of
Bible, Hebrew (continued)
Babylonian Exile and
“borrowed” material in
geographic locations in
Greek translation of, see Septuagint
Masoretic text of
milestones in
oral transmission of
order of books of
as revealed in Dead Sea Scrolls
wordplay in
writing down of
Bible and the Ancient Near East, The (Gordon and Rendsburg)
Bible Code, The (Drosnin)
Biblical Archaeology Review
Biblical Literacy (Telushkin)
biblical times, milestones in
Big Bang
Bilhah
bitumen
Blake, William
blasphemy
blessings:
of Balaam for Israelites
of Esau and Jacob
of Jacob
of Jacob's sons
priestly
blood guilt
Bloom, Harold
blue laws
Blum, Howard
Boaz
Bob Jones University
Bonfils, Joseph ben Eliezer
Book of Common Prayer, The
Book of J, The (Bloom)
Book of Mormon
“Book of the Acts of Solomon, The
“Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, The
“Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, The
Book of the Law
Book of Virtues, The (Bennett)
bride-price, xvi
Brooks, Mel
brothers, alienation of, xvi
Brown, John
bubonic plague
Buddhism
Caesar, Julius
Caesarea
Caiaphas
Cain
Abel murdered by
descendants of
as marked by God
wife of
Caleb
Caligula, Gaius
Cambyses II
camels
Cana, wedding at
Canaan (son of Ham)
Canaan, Land of
conquest of
geography of
gods of
inhabitants of
Israelite arrival in
as Promised Land, see Promised Land
Sea Peoples' invasion of
Canaanites
cults of
demonization of
ritual sexual practices of
Carter, Jimmy
Carthage
CE (Common Era)
celibacy
Central America
Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
conquest of Judah by
rulers of
Chariots of Fire
Cheops
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord
childbirth
children
blessings for
disciplining of
parental favoritism and
sacrificing of
Children of Israel, see Israelites
Chosen People
responsibilities of
Christ, meaning of word
Christianity:
anti-Semitism and
and attainment