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Hittites
Hivites
holidays, see specific festivals
Holocaust
Holofernes
Holy Spirit
Homer
Homo erectus
homosexuality
in Gibeah
Paul's views on
in Sodom
Hor, Mount
Horace
Horemheb (Harmahab)
Hosea
Hosea, Book of
quoted
Hoshea
household gods
Hubble Space Telescope
humankind:
God's destruction of
propensity for evil behavior of
Hussein
Hyksos
idolatry
of Golden Calf
of Israelites
nationalism as
of northern tribes
of wealth
Iliad, The
Illustrated Guide to the Bible, The (Porter)
Imhotep
Immaculate Conception
incest
of Lot's daughters
infertility
intermarriage
contemporary Jews and
Ezra's interdiction against
see also Ruth, Book of
Iran
Iraq
Irenaeus
Isaac
Abraham's offering of
birth of
deceived by Rebekah and Jacob
God's covenant with
Rebekah and
Sarah and
Isaiah
Isaiah, Book of
as “Fifth Gospel
Jewish vs. Christian interpretation of
“maiden” mistranslated as “virgin” from
quoted
Ishbaal (Ishbosheth)
Ishmael
Ishtar
Islam
Israel, Jacob renamed as
Israel, Kingdom of
as Assyrian vassal state
conquest and dispersion of
Judah separated from
rulers of
Israel, State of
Jewish identification in
Israelites
Canaan arrival of
Egyptian enslavement of
of Exodus denied entry to Promised Land
forty-year desert sojourn of
God's revelation made to
idolatrous practices of
king demanded by
liberation from Egypt of
origins of
in rebellions against Moses
Red (Reed) Sea crossed by
and sanctity of sworn testimony
in wars with Philistines
Issachar
“It Ain't Necessarily So
Jabal
Jabesh-gilead
Jackson, Jesse
Jacob
as blessed by Isaac
children of
Dinah and
in Egypt
Esau and
and Jacob's Ladder
Joseph and
Laban and
name change of
Rachel and
sons blessed by
Jacob's Ladder
Jael
James (brother of Jesus)
James (son of Alphaeus)
James (son of Zebedee)
James, Epistle of
authorship of
faith vs. works in
quoted
James, William
Japheth
Jason
J.B. (MacLeish)
Jebel Musa
Jebusites
Jehoahaz (King of Israel)
Jehoahaz (King of Judah)
Jehoash (King of Israel)
Jehoash (King of Judah)
Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim
Jehoram
Jehoshaphat
Jehu
Jephthah
Jephthah's daughter, sacrifice of
jeremiad
Jeremiah
Jeremiah, Book of
quoted
Jeremiah, Letter of
Jericho
destruction of
Jeroboam I
Jeroboam II
Jerome, Saint
Jerusalem
Chaldean conquest and destruction of
cultic shrines in
as David's capital
Jesus' visits to
post-Exile return to
retaken by Maccabeans
in Revelation
Roman destruction of
Seleucid invasion of
Jeshua
Jesse
Jesus
apostles/disciples of
ascension of
baptism of
betrayal and arrest of
birth of
birthplace of
burial of
Christian calendar and
crucifixion of
death and resurrection of
demons cast out by
and driving of money changers from Temple
on empty piety vs. righteousness
Essenes and
followers of
Gentiles and
and Golden Rule
as historical figure
on honoring family ties
interrogations of
in Jerusalem
as Jew
Jewish teachings vs. teachings of
as judge of humankind
language spoken by
Last Supper of
lineage of
Mary of Magdala and
on material vs. spiritual wealth
as Messiah
milestones in lifetime of
miracles of
Moses as symbolic model for
name of
outcasts ministered to by
parables of
Pharisees and
psalms quoted by
Roman responsibility for death of
Sabbath observance and
salvation and
Second Coming of
seen as predicted by prophets
and Sermon on the Mount, xxi
siblings of
teachings of
temptation of
transfiguration of
women and
world of
Jesus Christ Superstar (Rice and Webber)
“Jesus Seminar
Jethro (Reuel)
Jewish Literacy (Telushkin)
Jewish Publication Society (JPS)
Jews:
in Babylon, see Babylonian Exile
matrilineal identification of
origin of word
Jezebel
Jezreel
Joab
Joanna
Job, Book of
God questioned in
Job's children in
Job's friends in
quoted
Joel
Joel, Book of
quoted
John (apostle)
John, 1, Epistle of
John, 2, Epistle of
John, 3, Epistle of
John, Gospel According to
authorship of
quoted
John Hyrcanus I
John Mark
John Paul II, pope
Johnson, Paul
John the