Don't Know Much About the Bible - Kenneth C. Davis [199]
Book of Jonah's symbolism in
East-West split in
fundamentalist
images of God in
Isaiah's prophecies and
sexism and
Christianity, early:
calendars of
communal ideals of
factional disputes in
Gentiles and
heresies of
Jewish Law and
Jews and
leaders of
milestones in
Rome and
slavery and
women and
Christians:
Coptic
persecution of
Christmas
see also Jesus, birth of
Chronicles, 1, Book of
authorship of
revisionism of
sources for
“Chronicles 2, Book of
authorship of
revisionism of
sources for
“Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet
“Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, The,”
Churchill, Winston
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (Mormons)
circumcision
of Abraham and his tribe
banned by Antiochus
Christianity and
at Gilgal
of men of Shechem
of Moses' son
City of God, The (Augustine)
Civil War, U.S.
Claudius
Cleopatra VII
Clinton, Bill
codex
coitus interruptus
Colossae
Colossians, Epistle to
Columbus, Christopher
“Commentary on the Book of Kings, The,”
Communism
concubines
Confessions (Augustine)
Confucius (Kong Fuzi)
Constantine I
Constantinople
conversion, converts:
to Christianity
to Judaism
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Corinth
Corinthians, Epistle to
quoted
sexual morality and
Corinthians, Epistle to
covenant
with Abraham
with Isaac
with Jacob
new, see Christianity; Jesus with Noah
covetousness:
consumer economies based on
Tenth Commandment on
Crassus
Creationism, Darwinism vs.,
creation of world, dating of
Crete
crucifixion
cursing:
of Balaam turned to blessing
of nation's leaders
Cush (name)
Cushites
Cyprus
Cyrus the Great
Babylon captured by
Babylonian Exile ended by
Dagon
Damascus
Damasus I, pope
Dan
Daniel, Book of
as anti-Hellenistic allegory
Apocryphal additions to
dating of
dream interpretations in
quoted
visions in
Danuna
Dao De Ging (Tao Te Ching) (Lao Zi)
Daoism (Taoism)
Darius I
Darwin, Charles
Darwinism, Creationism vs.
David
adultery of
anointing of
Bathsheba and
coups against
empire consolidation by
Goliath and
as historical figure
as Homeric hero
Jonathan's friendship with
lineage of
as Messiah's ancestor
and Michal's bride-price
Philistines and
popularity of
ruthlessness of
Saul and
as traditional author of Book of Psalms
Dead (Salt) Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
contents of
discovery of
death penalties
Deborah
Decius
Deir Alla
Delilah
DeMille, Cecil B., xvii
demonization, as justification for conquest
Deuterocanonical books, see Apocrypha
Deuteronomy, Book of
quoted
devil, see Satan
“Dialogue About Human Misery, A
Diaspora
anti-Semitism and
Dies Irae
dietary laws
Dinah
rape of
Diocletian
Dionysus Exiguus
disciples of Jesus
apostles vs
women
divorce
DNA
Documentary Hypothesis
Domitian
Don't Know Much About Geography (Davis)
Don't Know Much About the Civil War (Davis)
Dormition, Feast of the
Douay Bible
Draco
Drake, Sir Francis
dream interpretation:
by Daniel
by Joseph
drunkenness
earthquakes
Easter
Eastern Orthodox Church
Ecclesiastes, Book of
authorship of
quoted
Ecclesiasticus, Book of (Sirach)
Edom, Edomites
Egypt, Egyptians
Abraham and Sarah in
building projects of
Holy Family in
Israelite enslavement in
Joseph in
pharaohs of
pyramids of
Eighth Commandment
El
Elah
Elhanan
Eli
Elijah
ascent to heaven by
and prophets of Baal
as wonder-worker
Elisha
Elizabeth
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
En-dor
enemies, loving of
Enlightenment, in Europe
Enoch
Ephesians, Epistle to
authorship of
quoted
Ephesus
Ephesus, Council of
Ephraim
Epiphancy
Epistles of Paul
authorship of
organization of
Er
Esarhaddon
Esau
as blessed by Isaac
Jacob and
Esdras, Book of
Esdras, Book of
Essenes
Esther (Hadassah)
Esther, Book of
Apocryphal additions to
ethical behavior:
Jesus on
prophets' emphasis on
toward vulnerable people
Ethiopia
ethnic cleansing
ethnocentrism
Eucharist
Euphrates
Eurydice
euthanasia
Eve
as blamed for Fall
creation of
derivation of name
painful childbirth as punishment of
evil:
humankind's propensity