INDEX

Aaron, 32, 34, 118–19, 123–25, 130, 132–33, 140–41, 143, 182, 213, 218, 221–22, 286, 289

Ab, 109, 235, 256

Abimelech, King, 77

Abiram, 131, 287

Abraham (Abram, Ibrahim), 2, 32–33, 39, 45, 47, 67–75, 78–81, 93–96, 105–6, 116, 204, 209, 221–22, 250, 278–79, 337, 342–45

Absalom, 193–94

Abu Gurab, 189

Abu Simbel, 153

Abydos, 106

Abyssinia, 268, 272, 274

Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy (AMS), 3–4

Adam, 311

Admonitions Scroll, 163

Agade, 35

Aggadah, 126, 335

Ahaz, 230

Ahimelech, 140

Ahmose, 41, 51, 61

Ahmose El–Kab, 65

Ain Farah, 157

Akhenaten. See Amenhotep IV.

Akhetaten. See also El-Amarna; 85, 99, 101–2, 105–6, 111, 114, 123, 132, 133, 147, 152, 156–58, 167–68, 179, 180, 188–94, 200, 218, 224–55, 227, 231–34, 236–39, 255, 266, 270, 291, 320

    as the ‘New Jerusalem,’ 143–48

    comparisons with Elephantine Island, 259–62

    possible treasure sites in, 171–74, 176–77, 182–83, 185–86

Akkadian, 12, 73, 259, 367

Akki, 35

Aksum, 270

Al Ahxsa, 162

Aldred, Cyril, 90–91, 295, 345–47, 353, 356–57, 363–65

Aleppo Codex, 331

Alexander, David, 343

Alexander, Pat, 42, 307, 352

Alexander the Great, 60, 122, 319

Alexandria, 105, 133–34, 245, 249, 257

Alkaabez, 108, 348

Allegro, John Marco, 11, 13–14, 18, 21, 44–45, 157, 166–68, 171, 175–80, 187–89, 191–93, 200, 332–34, 339–40, 353–55

Amanita Muscaria, 45

Amarna, El-. See also Akhetaten; 40, 55, 63–66, 72–73, 84–87, 98–102, 115, 148–49, 156, 158, 160, 168, 170, 172–74, 176, 180, 183, 187–89, 191–93, 208, 225, 227–28, 243, 262, 273

Amduat, 109, 243

Amen-hetep-neter-heqa-Uast, 280

Amenhotep I, 39, 61, 79–81, 83, 114–15

Amenhotep II, 59–63, 259, 266, 361

Amenhotep III, 61–62, 83, 106, 109, 134, 153, 218, 251, 264

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten, Ikhanaton), 33, 63–65, 73, 77, 79, 84–93, 98, 100–101, 104–8, 112–17, 125, 127, 132, 133–35, 137, 142–46, 150, 152–53, 155–58, 160, 164–67, 170–74, 178, 181–83, 186, 193, 204–5, 210, 212–15, 218, 220–23, 226–27, 229–30, 232, 237, 239, 243, 248–50, 255, 257–61, 263, 279–80, 283, 289, 294, 299–300, 349, 353–58

    Influence, 269–72

    and the Patriarchs, 95–97, 102–5

    religious beliefs, 84–91

Amenhotep family, 58, 60, 66, 92, 113, 116–17, 167, 201, 215, 224, 257–58, 260

Amenhotpe, son of Hapu, 134

Amenophis (Amenhotep or Amenhotpe), 117, 127, 134, 167

American School of Oriental Research, 9

Amhara, 269, 271

Amman, 12

    Archaeological Museum, 12, 300

Ammonites, 350

Amon, 41, 55, 63, 65

Amorites, 68, 81

Amos, 140, 263–64, 266, 277

Amram, 35, 41, 132–33, 197, 219–20, 288

Amraphel, 77

amulets, 58, 92, 214

Amun, 84, 86, 106–7, 130

Amun-Ra (Amon-Re), 39, 86, 123

Anath, 55

Anatolia, 61, 73

Anderson, G. W., 69, 74, 77, 259–60, 342–44, 361

Andrea, Michelle, 18, 334

Anglican, 44

Aner, 81–82

Ani, 214, 250, 338

ankh, 290

Ankhesenpaten, 106

Ankhsheshonq, 248

Ank-Ma-Hor, 40, 130

Antiochus IV, 318–19

Antonia Fortress, the, 157

Anubis, 47

Anuket, 341

Any, 99

Aperu, 116

Apion, 134

apocalypse, 8, 203, 207

Apochrypha, 209, 291, 367

Apollo, 182

Apy, 85, 99

Aquila Bible, 209

Arabia, 263, 269

Arabic, 12, 268

Arad, Tell, 264

Araldite, 12

Aramaic, 12, 59, 132, 141, 146, 215, 220, 235, 252–54, 256, 259–61, 367

Aramaens, 257, 271

arbeitwerke, 114–15

Archimedes, 71, 344

Arizona

    AMS Laboratory, 4

    University of, 131

Arlington, Texas, 18

Ark of the Covenant, 16, 109, 123–26, 129, 131–32, 137, 140, 182, 225, 228–29, 271

arsenic, 26–27

Asenath, 97

Ashambethel, 264

Asher, 270

Ashera, 271, 299

Ashkelon, 135

Ashkenazi, 131

Ashmuneim, 103

Ashtaroth (Ashtoreth). See also Astorath; Astarte; 226, 229

Assiut, 102

Assmann, Jan, 244–45, 285, 290, 363–64

Assyria, 32, 42, 100, 115, 139, 241–42, 246, 257–58, 263, 271, 367

Astarte, 55, 31, 259–60, 264, 271, 361

Astorath, 221

Aswan, 256, 259, 268

Atbara, River, 100

Aten (Aton), 65, 84–87, 90–91, 99–100, 106–9, 111, 114–15, 134–37, 168, 170, 176, 189, 193, 207, 218, 222–27, 243, 296, 298–99

Athanasius, 245, 331

Atum, 51, 55, 56

Aumann, Moshe, 342

Avaris, 160, 339

Ay, 106, 130, 243

Azariah, Anani b., 263

Baal, 37, 229–31, 298

Babylon, 18, 32, 42, 129, 142–44, 205, 211, 288

Babylonians, 8, 17, 40, 72, 77, 142–43, 153, 162, 206, 257–61, 271, 319

Bagoas, 262

Bahr Yusuf, 102, 160

Baillet, M., 333

Baines, John, 354

Bakhtiari, 68–69

Bakhtyar, 70–71

Bannister, C. O., 335

Banu-yamina, 68

Bar Illan University, 283

Bar-Kochba, 351

Barnett, Mary, 353

Barthélemy, Dominique, 236, 332, 358

Baruch, 32, 287

Basel University, 245

Baumgartner, W., 360

Beck, P., 366

         bedouin, 2, 37

    Midianite, 36–37, 68

    Mohammed edh-Dibh, 3

    Taamirek tribe, 330

Beersheba, 71, 100

Belial, 222, 292

Ben Asher text, 301

Benben (Stone), 51, 178

Bender, Lionel, 362

Ben-Dor, Shoshana, 273, 362

Ben Ezra, 208

Beni Amran, 192

Benjamin, 95, 257

Benjamites, 66

Ben Shammen, 146

Ben Sira, 209

Ben-Tor, Amnon, 213

Benu-Yamina, 66

Bergman, S. H., 345

Berlin Museum, 259

Bes, 299

Bethel, 71, 94, 223, 230, 293

Bethlehem, 203, 293

Bezalel, 126

Bezalel Museum, 264

Bible, 35–37, 43, 46, 58, 67–69, 70–72, 75, 77–78, 91, 96, 98, 100, 102, 114, 116–17, 119–20, 122–23, 129–30, 133, 139, 163, 165, 172, 193, 205, 215–16, 218, 225, 238, 241–42, 246–47, 265, 271, 311

    and Egyptian texts, 50–54

    texts, 19, 74, 94, 119, 232, 243, 272

    and Moses’ origins, 40–42

Biblical and Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem, 257

Bibliothéque Nacionale, 331

Birch, S., 365

Birmingham University, 51

Bitter Lakes, 122

Blackman, A. M., 187

Blank, Amy, 104, 347

Blazer, S., 350

Bluffton College, 292

Bonani, G., 331

Book of the Dead, 43, 46, 51, 214, 235

borax, 299

Bradman, N., 350

Bradman, R., 350

Bradshaw, Thomas, 334, 338

brass, 304, 312, 317

brazing, 25

Breasted, James Henry, 49, 90–91, 114, 344–46, 339, 345, 353, 357–59, 368

British Iron and Steel Corporation, 2

British Musem, 24, 39, 49, 114, 127, 165, 179, 235, 242, 251, 254, 304

Brizemeure, D., 336

bromine, 235

Bronowski, J., 70–71, 81, 342, 345

bronze, 23–24, 58, 70, 128, 335

Brooke, George, xviii–xx, 144–45, 232, 283–84, 332, 353, 358–59

Brooklyn Museum, 259, 263, 299

Broshi, Magen, 358

Brown University, 220

Brugsch, H., 242, 359

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 288

Buck, A. de, 341

Buddhist teaching, 43, 55, 66, 340

Budge, E.A. Wallis, 49, 114, 242, 338–39, 348, 357–59 Bunch, Bryan, 343

Caesar, Titus, 39

Cairo, 11, 62, 97, 109, 156, 178, 208–10, 217

     Museum of, 26, 129, 147, 235

Cairo-Damascus Document, 181, 288

Calderini, Aristide, 167, 354

Caleb, 123

calendar, 204, 215–16, 227, 239, 243, 343, 368

     Lunar, 212

California, 22, 286

Calment, Jeanne Louise, 343

Cambridge, 207

University of, 11, 208–9, 236

Canaan, 29, 32–33, 42–43, 57–61, 64, 66, 73–75, 81–82, 93, 101, 104, 110, 115–16, 125, 137, 159, 166, 168, 180, 194, 211, 225, 227–28, 241, 260, 265, 338

     possible treasure sites in, 189–91

Canaanite, 28, 167, 172–73, 221, 267, 297, 338

    writing, 12, 161, 297

    Proto, 12, 161

candlestick (Menorah), 17

carbon 14

dating, 4, 229, 236, 331, 368

Carmel, 230

Carmi, Israel, 331

Caroll, Lewis, 167

Catholic Church, 44

Chaeremon, 134, 136

Chaldea, 33, 67, 71, 200

Champollion, Jacques, 365

Chanukah, 272–74, 323

Charles, R. H., 355

Chedorlaomer, 81

cherubim, 126–28, 221

chests, 15, 127–28, 164, 171, 195

Chicago, University of, 18, 90, 236, 302

Children of Israel. See Israelites. Chinese, 312

Chnemu, 265

Christianity, 5, 34, 36, 41–42, 48, 50, 54, 67, 92, 155, 213, 215, 219, 230, 241–43, 270–77, 279, 303

Christians, 5, 43, 45, 88, 238, 245–46, 254, 266, 272

chromosomes, 131–32

Chronicles, Book of, 224–25, 294, 318

Chyutin, Michael, 150, 261, 291, 353, 361, 364

Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College, 143, 220, 286

circumcision, 39–40, 265, 267, 369

Clapham, Christopher, 270, 362

clay, 246, 259

Clayton, Peter, 355, 342

clothing, 109

    ritual, 13, 15, 178–79, 197

CNRS, 332

Coffin Texts, 49, 56, 75, 105, 243, 251

Cohanim, 131–32

Collins, John J., 362

Collins, Nina, 121, 349

Community Rules, 207

Congreve, William, 346

Conklin, Joseph, 18, 334

Connor, Steve, 341

Contenson, Henri de, 9, 283, 332

Coogan, Michael, 42, 338

Cooke, Alistair, 74

Copenhagen University, 280

Copernicus, Nikolas, 54

copper, 12, 17, 19–20, 23–27, 128, 137–38, 234–35, 257

    cupriferrous ores, 26

    oxides, 26

    snake, 137

Copper Scroll, 2, 9, 11–19, 25, 44–45, 57, 67, 83, 93, 108, 122, 137, 145–46, 148–49, 153, 155–56, 159–60, 172–74, 177–78, 181, 183, 186, 190, 194, 196, 200–202, 227, 249, 263, 268, 270, 283, 317

    contents and interpretation of, 21–32, 163–65, 170–99

    finding of, 2, 8, 301–3

    language, 12–13

    plaque, 24, 302

    translation, 13–16

Corinthians, 326

Cowley, A. E., 263, 348, 361

Crock of Gold Square, 171–74, 181

Crocodilopolis, 119, 160

Cross, Frank Moor, 44, 193, 235, 298, 332, 358

cubit, 21, 220, 334, 349, 352

    Akkadian, 349

    Egyptian, 220, 349, 352

    Royal, 220, 349

    Ugarit, 349

cuneiform, 125

Cush (Kush), 38–39, 111, 114, 266–70

Cyrus II (Cymbyses), King, 142, 262

Dalley, Stephanie, 324

Damascus, 81, 142, 206, 208, 210

     Document, 204–9, 214–15, 220–21, 226–27, 238, 292

Dan, 270

Daniel, 92

Daphne, 296

Darius II, King, 263

Darnell, John Coleman, 297

Dathan, 131, 287

David, King, 65, 140, 194–95, 224, 227–28, 247–49, 252, 270–76, 294, 350

David, Rosalie, 29, 283, 295, 334. 336, 354

Davies, N. de G., 91, 100, 179–80, 181, 189, 196, 310, 313–14, 342, 345, 354–56, 359

Davies, Philip R., 220, 291, 357–58, 364

Davies, W. V., 336

Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), 216, 347

Dead Sea, 1, 8, 29, 137, 140–41, 145, 152, 155–56, 204, 206–8, 270

Dead Sea Scrolls, 1, 3–5, 8, 11–14, 16, 19–20, 26, 35, 44, 56, 108, 132, 140, 143, 145–47, 162–64, 174, 195–96, 202, 208–10, 214–16, 222–27, 229–32, 284, 298, 330–31, 369

    finding of, 1, 43, 178, 206

   International Congress (1997), 18–19, 141, 145, 331–32, 305, 356–57

    Edinburgh Conference (1998), 150

Deben, 27, 176

Debra Sehel, 268

Deir el-Bahir, 119

Deir el-Medineh, 119

Delta, Nile, 36, 101–3, 109, 119, 122, 133, 142, 158, 160, 179, 252

demotic, 24, 245

Derchain, Philippe, 360

Deuteronomy, 36, 120, 139, 199, 208, 226, 229–30, 253, 260, 285–86, 289, 292, 294, 352, 360

Deutsch, Robert, 363

Diodorus, 134

Dionysus, 182

Divinio Afflante Spiritu, 44

Djamet, 24

Djoser, King, 181

DNA, 131–32, 275–76, 370

Dome of the Rock, the, 162

Dominican École Biblique et Archéologique Française, 3, 8, 44, 332

Dothan, 95

Dream Works SKG, 306

Driver, G. R., 358

Duke University, 153

Dupont-Sommer, André, 334

Ebal, 198–99

Ecclesiastes, 65–66, 252

Ecclesiasticus, 209

École Biblique. See also Domincan École Biblique et Archéologique Française; 3, 9, 11–12, 14, 44, 331–32

Edfu, 57

Edinburgh, 185, 253

    Museum, 90, 185, 187

    University of, 69, 153

Egypt, 18, 24–25, 27–34, 37–42, 45–47, 55, 57–60, 62–63, 65–67, 70–72, 74–77, 85, 89, 92–96, 100–110, 114, 116–17, 129–32, 134–37, 141–47, 156, 158–59, 164, 166, 168–69, 178, 180–81, 185, 189–94, 196, 200–202, 204, 206, 210, 214, 216–19, 222, 229–32, 234–35, 237–38, 242–46, 248–56, 258–64, 269–71

     circumcision, 39–41

     and Elephantine Island, 255–78

     Exploration Society, 149, 331

     Hebrews and, 31–34, 119–23

Egyptian, 30, 35–36, 38–40, 43–46, 48, 50, 54, 63, 65, 70–74, 80, 85–86, 89–91, 94–95, 98–99, 103–4, 113, 115–17, 119–20, 122–23, 125, 127, 137, 142–45, 147, 149, 152–53, 159, 161, 171, 173, 178, 183, 187, 189, 218, 221, 223, 227, 230–32, 234, 235, 237–38, 240–41, 266–67, 270–71, 281

    influence on beliefs and practices, 79–81, 243–48

    metal working, 24–27

    numbering and weighing systems, 27–29, 163–64

    religion, 46–50, 54–55, 57–59, 128–31, 201–2, 210–15

    texts and the Bible, 50–54

Ein Gedi, 290

Einstein, 71

Eirani, Tell, 264

Eisenman, Robert, 132, 147, 163, 242, 350, 353. 357–59

Eissfeldt, O., 356

Elam, 129, 356

Eldad, Israel, 342

Eleazer, 229

Electricité de France (EDF), 336

electrum, 63

Elephantine Island, 38, 109–110, 114, 116, 158–59, 161, 202, 205, 235, 237, 241–42, 255–78, 291, 331, 348, 356, 361–65

    and Egypt, 252–61

Elijah, 318

Elisha, 318

Ellens, J. H., xi–xvii, 283, 303

Elohim, 286

El-Till, 159

Elwolde, John, 20, 334

En-Gedi, 5

Enoch, 216, 272

Enosh, 343

entropy, 55

Ephraim, 33, 97, 105, 139, 269

Eratosthenes, 271

Erman, A., 347

eruv, 198–99

Esau, 94–95

Eshel, E., 283, 291, 356

Eshel, H., 283

Eshkol, 81–82

Essenes, 5, 8, 17, 140, 142–45, 149–50, 159, 167, 202–4, 207–10, 216–17, 219, 223–24, 226, 232–33, 237, 262, 267, 336, 370

Esther, Book of, 5, 159, 217, 267, 356

Ethiopia, 38–39, 61, 99, 158–59, 202, 205, 237, 249, 255–78, 361–62

Ethiopians, 113, 254, 256, 265, 268–70, 361–62

Eton College, 129

Euphrates, 42, 67–68, 278

exegetists, 282

Exodus, the, 25, 27, 32, 57, 74, 76, 103, 110–11, 115, 118–20, 126, 131, 133–36, 158, 165, 216, 241, 249, 259, 261, 264–65, 286

    Book of, 35, 36, 39, 107, 114, 121–22, 124–25, 127–29, 134, 143, 226, 246, 336

Eye, the, 340–41

Eysenck, Hans, 71, 342

Ezekiel, 5, 92, 127, 140–43, 148, 167, 224–25, 285, 287–89, 290–92

Ezra, 18, 334, 342

Faiyum, 101–3, 158, 160, 347, 353

Falashas, 161, 205, 253, 268–72, 328

fate, 65

Faulkner, R. O., 341, 360

Feather, Robert 29, 283, 332, 336, 352, 354, 363, 365

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), 63, 213

Feast of Weeks (Shavuot, Pentecost), 216

Fenton, Paul, 355–56, 358

Fevre, Francis, 345

Fitzmyer, Joseph 333, 358

flail (nekhakha), 78, 267

Florilegium, 226

Fostat, 208

France, 335, 342

Frankfort, H., 174–78, 354–55

Freemasons, 146, 212, 357

Freer Gallery, 335

Freie University, Berlin, 134

Freud, Sigmund, 35, 80, 115–16, 202, 244, 285, 296, 337, 345, 348, 363, 365, 370

Frey, Joerg, 148, 352

Friedman, Richard Elliott, 44, 143, 286–87, 338, 352, 364

Frolov, Serge, 365

Gad, 270

Gaea, 182

Galilee, 318

Gans, Raymonde de, 221, 358

Gardiner, A.H., 341, 345

Garland, H., 335

Gaster, Theodor H., 242, 334, 359

Gauthier, Henri, 167, 354

Geb, 53, 60

Geber es Silsila, 107

Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, 336

Geiger, A., 364

Genesis, 36, 39, 53, 68, 77–82, 94–96, 98–99, 103–4, 160, 213, 216, 305, 339, 343

    Apocryphon, 3–4, 331

Genizah fragments, 11, 181, 207–9, 221, 226, 267, 323

Gerizim, 16, 155–56, 193, 198–200, 230, 287

Germany, 34, 41, 333, 341

Gershom, 39, 338, 350

Gezer, 73, 135

Gibson, Margaret, 208

Gihon Spring, 195

Gilbert, Martin, 257–58, 361–62

Gilgal, 40

Gilgamesh, 80, 339

Gillings, R. J., 354

Gilukhepa, Princess, 84

Giza, 63, 152, 189

Golb, Norman, 18, 332–34

gold, 13–16, 21–23, 28–29, 44, 60–62, 81, 100, 109, 122–23, 126, 128–29, 170, 260, 263, 303–4

    bars, 15, 28, 171–72, 174

    collars, 33, 99–100, 314

    ingots, 15, 164, 171–73

    vessels, 14–15, 177, 195

Golden Calf, 122–23, 130, 226, 265, 287

Gomorrah, 81

Goodman, Paul, 37, 74, 337, 342–43

Goodrich, E. J., 314

Goranson, Stephen, 193, 334, 355

Goren, Avner, 2

Goren ha-Atad, 105

Goshen, 101–3, 119

Gottesman, Samuel, 331

Graf, Karl Heinrich, 286

Gray, John, 43, 338

Greenfield, Jonas, 333

Greek, 19, 24, 37, 48, 147, 163–64, 175, 205, 215, 244

    letters in the Copper Scroll, 20, 160, 164, 166–68, 178–79, 199, 295, 303

Greeks, 23, 29, 133–34, 150, 179, 243, 246, 250

Green, Timothy, 335

Gressmann, 360

Griffith, F., 360

Griffiths, J. W., 348

Gulf of Aqaba, 123, 136

Gulf of Suez, 121

Haas, Jacob de, 349

Habakkuk, 3, 5, 142, 167, 200, 234, 300, 319

Habiru, 115

Hagar, 77

Haggadah, 319

Haggard, H. Rider, 187

Hagg Qandil, 160, 187–88

Hagu (Hagi), Book of, 214–15

Hai, 94

Haifa, 264

    University, 238

Halevi, Jehudah, 209

Hallo, William W., 315

Haman, 108–9

Hammer, M. F., 350

Hammurabi, 77

Hancock, Graham, 270, 362

Hanson, Anthony Tyrrell, 228, 358

hapolytes, 131–32

Haram, 157

Haran, 33, 65–68, 94

Harding, Lankester, 11, 236

Haremhab, 148, 304

Hariri, Tell, 68

Harris Papyrus, 24–29, 335

Harvard University, 298, 335

Hasmoneans, 260, 292, 318

Hathor, 62, 65 127, 251, 310

Hatshepsut, Queen, 61

Hawara, 158, 160

Hawata, 197–98, 322

Hayes, William C., 339

Hazor, 73

Hebrew, 43, 59, 99, 125, 160–61, 163, 165, 171, 186, 189–92, 205–6, 216, 226, 254, 265, 269

    patriarchs, 32–34

    Union College, Cincinnati, 143, 220, 245

    University, 3, 108, 257

    writing, 5, 12, 20, 163, 165, 176, 230, 258, 276, 297, 302, 316

    paleo, 12, 19, 125, 141, 160, 163, 215

Hebrews, 25, 31, 44, 50, 55–57, 65, 70, 74, 81, 88–89, 91, 98–99, 101–3, 106, 109–10, 115, 123–25, 127, 130–32, 134–35, 158, 194, 204, 219, 223, 235, 238, 243, 248, 253, 255, 257–60, 262, 264, 269, 338

    Book of, 219

    and the Exodus, 34–42, 115–17, 119–24, 258–61

Hebron, 71, 94–5, 286

Hecataeus, 134

Heidelberg University, 244, 285

Helck, Wolfgang, 354

Heliopolis, 36, 47, 51, 53, 56, 64, 113–14, 131, 134, 145, 158, 161, 210, 249, 255, 289, 346

Hellanicus, 36

Hellemans, Alexander, 343

Hellenist, 42

Herakleopolis, 53

Hermopolis, 53, 103

Herod, 16, 38, 187, 211

Herodotus, 252, 258–59, 271

Herrman, S., 360

Hertz, Joseph Herman, 121, 349

Hezekiah, 194, 285, 298

hieratic, 95, 125, 161, 163, 167, 297

hieroglyphs, 12, 46, 125, 128, 161, 167, 172, 252, 297, 325

High Priest, 36, 56, 80, 92, 98, 113, 130, 132, 135, 139, 170, 176, 178–79, 184, 191, 196, 207, 220, 226, 229, 231, 245, 263, 288

Hilkiah, 225

Hill, Rosalind, 359

Hindu, 43

Hiram, 312

Hittites, 73, 119

HM Norfolk Flax Establishment, 231

Hobab, 37

Hobah, 81

Holy of Holies, 57, 128, 175, 217

homosexuality, 243

Horace, 247

Hornung, Erik, 245, 364

Horites, 68

Horus, 36, 41, 47, 53, 55–56, 62–63, 216, 219

Hosea, 140, 277

Houston, Texas, 340

Hull, University of, 228

Humbert, P., 360

Hunzinger, Claus-Hunno, 332

Hurrians, 68, 72

Huya, 98–99, 172–74, 190, 332

Hyatt, Philip, 114–15, 348

Hyksos, 47–48, 59, 61, 73, 76, 134, 264, 339, 370 Hyrcarnus, King, 199, 200

Idelsohn, A. Z., 245–46, 359

Idumea, 338

Imam, 43

Inanna, 80

Indians, 333

Indo-Aryans, 68

inks, 235

Institute für Mittelenergiephysik, 4

Instructions of Amenemope, 251–53

Instructions of Ankhsheshonq, 254

Instructions of Ptah-hotep, 253

Ipu, 49, 51

Irak, 319

Iran, 69

iron, 26–27, 58

pyrites, 26

Isaac, 70, 74, 94–96, 104, 204, 209, 218, 305

Isaiah, 32, 72, 92, 140, 211, 246, 260

Book of, 3–4, 32, 69, 217, 241–42, 271, 285, 292, 331, 333–34

Ishmael, 337

Ishtar, 35, 264

Isis, 40, 55–58, 62, 146, 216, 251

Islam, 67, 108, 155, 219, 241–43, 279–80

Ismajlowicz, M., 350

Ismalia, 122

Israel, 16, 30, 32–34, 36, 39, 68–73, 92, 101, 135, 137, 140, 142–44, 156, 159–60, 174, 180, 194, 196, 204–5, 211, 218–19, 224–26, 229–30, 233, 237, 245, 248, 250–57, 259–60, 270, 295

    Antiquities Authority, 8, 238

    modern, 3, 16, 18–19, 66, 69, 208, 262, 268

    Museum, 92, 145, 264, 331

    possible treasure sites in, 185–87, 189–91

    Six-Day War, 331

    Stele, 71

    War of Independence, 331

Israelites (Children of Israel), 16, 39, 42, 73–74, 102, 106, 121–25, 130–31, 138–39, 180, 194, 211, 213, 218, 222, 232, 237, 267, 269–71

Istanbul Museum, 195

Iuty, 301

Izumi, Shigechiyo, 343

Jacob, 2, 32–33, 64–70, 74–77, 81, 94–97, 99–100, 102–4, 106–7, 116, 121, 204, 209, 223–25, 226, 280, 283, 291, 293, 348

Jacobus, Helen, 283

Jahweh (Yahweh), 114–15, 286

Jannaes, 194

Jannes, 222

Jared, 311

jars, 174, 321

Jati, 115

Jebel Helal, 123

Jehoshua, 229
Jeremiah, 17–18, 32, 120, 140, 142, 153, 223, 254, 258, 287, 305

Jericho, 40, 157, 193, 196, 209

Jeroboam, 32, 140, 257, 270

Jerusalem, 1, 3, 11–12, 14, 17–19, 23, 38, 44, 57, 71, 81, 92, 106, 130, 134, 137, 140, 142–43, 148, 152, 157–58, 159, 193–94, 198–204, 206, 223–24, 230, 233, 251–52, 259, 262–63, 291, 267

Jesus Christ, 2, 8, 17, 22, 29–30, 32, 37, 163, 202–3, 210, 218, 227–28, 238, 245–46, 334, 336, 339

Jethro, 37, 338

jewellery, 13, 109, 123, 172, 174, 183, 197

Jews (Jewish), 36, 68, 88–89, 106, 110, 124, 131–2, 139–42, 152, 190, 193–94, 197, 204–7, 209–11, 222–23, 229, 231–33, 238, 240, 245, 249–53, 256, 261, 264, 268–69, 272

    Conservative, 243

    Liberal, 243

    Orthodox, 37, 42, 153, 210, 243

    Progressive, 42–43, 153, 243

    Reform, 153, 243

Jochebed, 35, 41, 115

Johanan, son of Kareah, 336

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 298, 301–2

John the Baptist, 238, 303

Jones, Steve, 362

Jones, Vendyl, 18

    Research Institute, 18

Jordan, 3, 14, 211

    Amman, 12

    Antiquities Department, 3, 12

    Hashemite Kingdom of, 3

    River, 105

Joseph, 32–33, 41, 45, 67, 72–76, 81, 94–108, 111, 113, 116, 136–37, 160, 166, 171, 176, 204, 263, 266, 275, 280, 283, 337, 346–48

    and Pharaoh, 95–102, 105–7

Josephus, Flavius, 5, 8, 17, 38–39, 41, 114, 134, 194, 206, 208, 215, 238–39, 332, 336–37, 370

Joshua, 32, 40–41, 75–76, 123, 137, 180, 195, 215, 229, 348

Josiah, King, 140, 230, 261, 285, 287, 352

Jozada, Jeshua ben, 288

Jubilees, 213–14, 217, 227

    Book of, 206–8, 212–17, 272, 288, 314

    festivals, 213–14

Judaea, 1, 16, 24–25, 28–30, 68, 140, 142–43, 152, 163–64, 174, 206, 235–36, 234, 290, 295, 370

Judaean Desert, 1, 5, 211

Judah, 3, 94, 140–41, 180, 190, 207, 223, 257, 264

Judaism, 1, 5, 20, 30, 34, 39, 44, 58, 67, 70, 80, 90–91, 111, 142, 144, 153, 159, 205, 213, 215, 222, 224–25, 227, 237–38, 243, 246, 249–50, 253, 255, 257, 260–63, 265–71, 279, 334

Judges, 139

Jull, A. J. T., 331

Junker, H., 339

Ka, 55, 308

Kabbalah, 92, 213–14, 370

Kaddish, 319

Kadesh, 55, 119

Kampen, John, 293, 365

Kando, 293, 230–31

Karma, 55

Karnak, 59, 63, 65, 87, 107, 120, 135–36

karsch, 283

Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 202, 337

Kaufman, Yehezkel, 43, 338

Kees, H., 339, 344

Kemp, Barry, 149, 236, 359

Kenan, 311

Keneally, Thomas, 349

Kenyon, Kathleen M., 135–36, 280, 346, 362, 366

Kessler, David, 362

Ketef Hinnom, 92

khaff, 175

Khepru (Cheperu), 116, 296

Khirbet-Qumran, 144, 157, 180

Khnum, 116, 262

Khons (Khonsu, Khunsu), 63, 86, 106

Khopri, 51

Kidron Valley, 157, 185, 194–95

Kings, Book of, 58, 209, 222–27, 230, 248, 294, 318

King, Stephen, 357

Kite, 28, 176

Kittim, 196

Kiya, 88

Klostermann, Georg, 148, 291

Knesset, 257

Knudtzon, J. A., 361

Kochlit, 167, 170

Kohath, Testament of, 4, 132, 167–68, 170, 213–14

Kohathites, 130, 350

Kohelet, 66

Konosso, 268

Korah, 131–32, 287

Koran, 55, 93, 105

Krauss, R., 290

Kuntillet Ajrud, 299–300

Kush (Cush), 37–38, 40, 268

KV55, tomb, 266, 353

Laban, 94–95

Lachish, 73

Lacoudre, N., 336

lamps, 109

lampstand (Menorah), 128–29, 220

Lancaster, University of, 263

Lange, Nicholas de, 43, 338

Laperrousaz, E. M., 332

lapis lazuli, 109

lappets, 62

lavers (baths), 176–77, 188, 220, 233

Lazarus, 245

lead, 235

    galena, 303

Leah, 33, 93

Leather, 8, 234–35, 323

Lebanon, 229, 297

Leeds, University of, 121

Lefkovits, Judah, 18, 193, 283, 334, 363

Legrange, Joseph-Louis, 344

Lehman, Manfred, 17, 334–35

Leibnitz, 348

Leipzig, University of, 42, 249

Leontopolis, 348

Leslau, Wolf, 362

Levant, 297

Levi (Levites), 35, 130, 137, 139–41, 167, 208, 212–13, 271–72, 284, 286, 288, 291–93, 349

Leviticus, 36, 223, 225–56

Lewis, Agnes, 208–9

Lex Coloniae Genetivae Juliae, 23

Leyden Hymns, 55, 65

Libby, W. F., 236

Lichtheim, Miriam, 360

Lim, Timothy, 153

Linguistics, 282

Liverpool, 187

    Museum, 187, 235

Loftie, W. J., 187

London, 167

    University College, 43, 131, 296, 300

Lot, 81

Lotan, Jonathan, 162, 297, 349

Lotiform Chalice, 129

Louvre Museum, Paris, 129

Lublin, University of, 145

Lucas, Alfred, 358

Lucretius, 201, 231

Lüddeckens, Erich, 354

Luxor, 24, 63, 106, 119

    Museum, 87, 168

Luz, Ulrich, 148, 291

Ma’ariv, 275

Maat, 105, 262, 347–48

Maccabees, 371

Machpelah, Cave of, 105

Mackenzie, Donald A., 345

Maclaurin, E., 265–66, 361

Magen, Itzhak, 8

magic, 60, 88, 91–92, 214

Mahalalel, 311

Mahu, 99

Maimonides, Moses, 208, 347

Malach el Aha, 146

malachite, 109

Malek, Jaromir, 354

Mamre, 81–82, 94–95, 105

Manasseh, 33, 97, 105

Manasseh, King, 270–71

Manchester, 13, 19

    College of Science and Technology, 12, 44

    Institute of Jewish Studies, 108

    Museum, 29, 144, 283, 332–33

   Sheffield Centre for Dead Sea Scrolls Research, 142, 303–4, 358

    UMIST, 18, 333–34

    University, 142, 283

Manetho, 36, 39, 41, 95, 113, 133, 136, 290, 346, 371

Manual of Discipline, 3, 211, 214, 238, 331

Margalit, Shlomo, 148–50, 291, 352, 364

Mari, 68, 77

Mar Saba Monastery, 1

Martin, G. T., 149, 338, 355

Martinez, Florentino Garcia, 165, 171, 178–80, 185, 187–93, 200, 333, 354–55, 358

Martyr, Justin, 36, 41, 337

Mary, mother of Jesus, 32, 53

Masada, 9, 209, 333–34

Maskil, 163

Masons. See Freemasons. Masoretic, 331

Matthew, 336

mattocks, 239

Matzoh, 70

Maxwell, Robert, 330

McCarter, Kyle, 18, 298, 334–36

Mebaqqer, 204

Mecca, 105

Medinet-el-Fayuim, 119

Medinet Habu, 24, 63

Mediterranean, the, 31, 109

Meggido, 73, 231, 247

Meketaten, 273

Melchizedek, King, 81–82

Memphis, 38, 53–56, 86, 105, 143, 181

Menelaus, 289, 352

Menelik, Prince, 270

Menn, Esther M., 365

Merari, 350

mercury, 235

Mereruka, 127

Merikare, King, 87, 347

Merneptah, 73, 98, 135–36

Meroe, 268

Meryra I, 99, 136, 172, 179–80, 183, 187–88, 195–96, 223, 227, 232

Meryra II, 99, 172

Mesopotamia, 33, 35–36, 42, 61, 67–69, 73–74, 80, 94, 115, 124, 278, 281

Messiahs, 8, 208, 222–23

    kingly, 203–6, 227

    priestly, 206, 227

Messianic Rule, 222

metallurgy, 20–21, 25

Methuselah, 74

Metrology, 20–21

Mettinger, T., 363

Metzger, Bruce, 42, 338

Meyer, Eduard, 133–34, 284, 290, 364

Micah, 140, 351–52

Midianite, 36–37, 41, 68, 95, 114, 138, 337, 350

Midrash, 34, 38, 108, 114, 215, 291–94

Migdol, 258

Mikvah, 238, 292, 324

Milik, Jozef, 13–14, 18, 44, 145–46, 169–70, 193, 236, 283–84, 332–33, 354, 358

Mina (h), 14–15, 28, 200

Miriam, 32, 34, 133

Mishna, 12, 37, 163, 333

Mitanni, 68, 73, 84, 264

Moabites, 351

Moabite Stone, 349

Modigliani, 218

Moeris, Lake, 101, 160

Mohammed edh-Dhib, 3, 330

Moller, G., 348

Moloch, 231

Monastery of the Cross, 257

Monotheism, 32, 34, 55–57, 60, 83, 89, 94, 103, 106, 110, 114, 116–17, 137–38, 142, 201–7, 215, 222, 246, 248, 252–54, 266–67, 269, 271, 315

Morenz, Siegfried, 42, 242, 248–49, 251–52, 285, 289, 337–38, 341–42, 346, 359–60

Moret, A., 342

Morgenstern, Julian, 363

Morkot, Robert, 365

Morteani, Giulio, 335

Mosaic, 216–18, 223, 257, 262

Moses, 2, 25, 32, 34–41, 45, 67–73, 82, 112, 116, 130–37, 139, 141, 144, 158, 161, 166, 192, 198–99, 204, 208–9, 212–18, 221–22, 225, 232, 234, 242, 245, 249, 258, 260, 267, 269, 280–81, 285–86, 291, 293, 337–38, 348–50

    and the Exodus, 114–17, 119–24, 258–61

    Prince of Egypt, 2, 34–35, 37, 40–41, 44, 55, 113–14, 120–21, 123, 135

Mount Gerizim, 16, 157–58, 189, 194–96

Mount Muntar, 1

Mount of Olives, 157

Mount Rushmore, 145

Mount Sinai, 43–44, 124–25, 208, 225, 258

Moussaieff, Shlomo, 299

Mozart, 71

mummy, 26, 120, 304

Murnane, W. H., 347

musical instruments, 240–42

Muslim, 43, 92, 201, 226, 233, 238, 272, 336

    faith, 5, 34, 42, 91

Mut, 86, 106, 251

Nabatean, 215

Nablus, 198

Nahariya, 264

Nahum, 142

Naphtali, 270

Naqada II, Pharaoh, 256

NASA, 309

NATO, 22

Navon Commission, 276

Nebuchadnezzar, 17, 162, 210–11, 258

Nebuzar-adan, 305

Nechoh, 231

Neferkhepure Waenre, 84

Nefer-Seshem-Ptah, 40

Nefertiti, 85, 88, 98, 174–75, 185, 187, 228, 290, 294, 299–300

Negev, 299

Nehemiah, 18, 39, 342

nemes, 62

Nephthys, 56, 62, 216

Neriah, 305

‘New Jerusalem’ Scroll, 145–50, 154, 261, 288, 291–92, 327

New Testament, 32, 39, 41, 51, 55, 92, 204, 218, 223, 244–46, 271

New Year (Rosh Hashanah), 323

New York, 248

    University of, 227, 282, 302

    Metropolitan Museum, 149

Nicholson, Paul, 336, 353–55, 358

Niehoff Maren, 346

Nile, River, 34, 41–42, 46–47, 62, 86, 100–103, 122, 142, 146–47, 160, 172, 184–85, 189, 193, 197, 216, 225, 250, 266, 275–76, 290, 297

Nilometer, 256

Nineveh, 200, 264

Nir-El, Yoram, 358

Noah, 220–22

Noph (Memphis), 258

Northover, Jeremy, 335

Noth, Martin, 337

Nubia, 26, 37, 60, 63, 268–78

Nubian, 38, 252

Numbers, 36, 37, 92, 131, 136, 139, 237, 287, 348

Nut, 53, 60

nuzi, 68, 77

Nyussera, King, 189

Obed-edom, 229

oil, 15, 18, 60, 355

Old Testament, 5, 20, 32, 35–39, 41–42, 44, 51–53, 55, 58, 65, 69–73, 79, 80–81, 93–94, 101, 103, 114, 121–22, 126, 127–28, 130–32, 136, 140, 161, 180, 196, 205–6, 213, 219, 225–26, 243–44, 257, 265, 267, 270–72, 286, 305, 320

On, City of, 97, 109–111, 114, 135, 165, 248, 253

On, son of Peleth, 131, 287

Onias III, 352

Onias IV, 32, 145, 284–85, 289–90, 348, 353

Oral Laws, 37, 227, 255, 260, 262, 266–70,

orthography, 12, 373

Osarsiph, 36, 134

Osireion, 341

Osiris, 36, 56–57, 62, 75, 87–88, 92, 216, 219, 245, 309–10

Osorkon II, 57

Otto, E., 337, 347, 354

Oxford University, 11, 301

Oxyrynchus (fish), 251

Palaeography, 12, 19, 373

Paleo-Hebrew See Hebrew, writing Palestine, 48, 68, 152, 209

    Archaeological Museum, 8, 331–32

    British Mandate of, 3

Panehesy, 98–99, 179, 231

papyrus, 8, 127, 234–35, 248, 323, 373

    Ani, 210, 251, 338

    Harris, 24–28,

    Rhind Mathematical, 164

parchment, 8, 229

Paris, 145

Museum, 129, 259

Passover, 199, 216, 258–59, 263, 260, 267

Pathros, 258

Patriarchs, 32–33, 41, 65, 67–70, 72, 75, 81, 94–95, 115, 117, 201, 215, 217, 219

Paul, Epistle of, 251

Pavilions of Life, 129

Peet, Eric, 260, 361

Peleg, Yuval, 8

Pendlebury, J. D. S., 174–76, 354–55

Pentateuch, 37, 92, 231, 263, 267, 373

perfume, 13

Pericles, 249

Persia (Persians), 58, 70–71, 143–44, 210, 217, 259, 256, 262–63, 267, 271, 283, 373

Petosiris of Hermopolis, 347

Petra (Rekem), 211

Petrie W. M. Flinders, 90, 149, 189, 353, 355

Pfann, Stephen, 357

Pharisees, 153, 353

Philae, 309

Philistines, 40, 73, 270, 350

Philo, Judaeus, 5, 8, 36, 41, 107, 332, 336–37, 352, 373

Philochorus, 36

Phoenician, 12, 124, 246, 297

phoenix, 51

pi, 76, 312

Pinch, Geraldine, 342

pitchers. See jars. Pithom, 106, 119, 160

Pixner, Bargil, 193, 334

Plato, 249, 348

Plaut, W. Gunther, 349

Pliny the Elder, 5, 290, 336, 373

Ploeg, J. Van de, 353

Plutarch, 54, 246, 373

Polyhistor, Alexander, 36

polytheism, 104–5, 110, 113

Pope Gregory XIII, 311

Pope Pius XII, 44, 339

Popper-Linkeus, Josef, 35, 305

Porten, Bezalel, 258, 261, 353, 361–62

Posener, George, 358

Potiphar, 95–96, 337

Poti-phera, 97

Pouilly, J., 355

Powel, M., 353

Prebyterian, 44

Priests, 43, 91, 103, 114, 131, 135, 139–41, 143, 145, 153, 156, 158, 161, 207–8, 219, 221, 263, 265, 289, 317

    Atenist, 107, 109–11, 114, 122, 130, 132, 202, 210, 249, 259, 261–62, 269–70

    Jewish, 131–32

Prince of Cush, 38

Prince of Egypt See Moses Priscilla, Catacombs of, 53

Pritchard, J. B., 341–42, 348, 360

Protestant, 44

Proverbs, Book of, 242, 246–48

Psalms, 98, 121, 205–10, 239–45, 247–48, 270, 341, 356

    Scroll, 243

    Thanksgiving, 3–4, 331

pseudepigraphia, 4, 373

Ptah, 53–55, 87, 105

Ptah-hotep, 62, 247

Ptolemies, 352

Ptolemy II, Philadelphus, 134, 373

Puech, E., 300, 360, 365

Purim, 161, 217, 266, 274, 323

puttee, 98

Pyramid of Giza, 61, 149

Pyramid Texts, 51, 53–54, 56, 128, 219, 243

Qahat, Testimony of, 132, 288

Qarun, Lake, 101, 160

Qumran, 2–3, 5, 8–9, 12, 14, 17–18, 31, 132, 139, 141, 143, 145–46, 149–50, 152, 158–60, 180, 206, 212, 221, 226, 229–33, 243, 254–55, 265–66, 270, 283, 287, 290, 334

    Community, 18, 153, 160, 174, 178, 188, 213, 216, 218–19, 323

    Essenes, 1–2, 4–5, 8, 11–14, 16–19, 23–25, 28–31, 45, 55, 57, 108, 133, 142–43, 152–53, 155, 160–61, 163, 165, 167, 174, 177–80, 182, 188, 199–201, 206–8, 210–15, 217, 219, 221–24, 226–27, 229–30, 232–34, 237, 242–43, 263, 265–66, 283, 301–2, 323

    links with Akhetaten, 140–49, 212–14

Ra. See Re. Rabbi, 43, 91

Rabbinic, 4, 63, 216

Rabin, Chaim, 108, 348

Rachel, 33, 93–94

radiocarbon dating. See carbon dating. Raguel, 37

Ra-Horakhty, 110

Ramses, City of, 106, 119, 122, 160

Ramses II, 25, 57, 103, 112, 115, 118–19, 153, 160, 349–50

Ramses III, 24–28, 63, 65, 134–35

Raspe, Lucia, 134, 350

Rawlinson, G., 360

Re, 51, 54–58, 62–63, 110, 309

Ready, W. Talbot, 187

Rebekah, 94

Redford, Donald B., 290, 346, 348

Red Sea, 109, 135

Reeves, Nicholas, 352, 363

Rehoboam, 257, 270

Reich, Ronny, 238, 359

Reif, Stefan, 209

resins, 15, 191–92, 355

resurrection, 239

Reuben, 95

Reuel, 37

Revelations, Book of, 146, 357

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, 165

rivetting, techniques of, 25, 27

Rockefeller, J. D., 335

    Museum, 44, 145, 332, 335

Rogerson, John, 42, 338, 350, 361

Rohl, David, 342

Roitman, Adolpho, 357

Romans, 9, 16–18, 23–24, 37–39, 57, 147, 181, 189, 190, 207, 245, 250, 373

    army, 203

    Book of, 245–46

Rome, 18, 53, 143, 211, 241

Romer, John, 243, 342, 347, 359

Rosen, Jeremy, 365

Rowley, H. H., 355

Rule of the Community. See Manual of Discipline. Rundle Clark, R. T., 51, 337–39, 341–42, 346, 357

Russia, 331

Sabbah, Messod, 245, 296, 365

Sabbah, Roger, 245, 296, 365

sacrifice, 86–88, 130–32, 139, 175, 188, 194–95, 204, 221, 225, 227, 241, 248, 259, 265, 267, 271, 324

St. John, Revelation of, 246, 308

St. Luke, Gospel of, 245

St. Mark’s Monastery, 331

    Archbishop of, 331

St. Peter, 246

St. Petersburg, 331

Salem, 81

Samaria, 16, 262

Samaritans, 198–200, 268, 287, 358

Samuel, the Prophet, 140, 226, 250

Samuel, M., 345

Sanballat, 198, 200, 262

Sanders, E. P., 153

Sanders, James, A., 248, 359

Saqqara, 40, 127, 184, 189, 300

Sarah (Sarai), 2, 32, 78–79, 81, 114, 312

Sargon, 35

Saul, King, 350

Schechter, Solomon, 208

Schiffman, Lawrence, 227, 282, 294, 333, 358, 362, 366

Schindler, Oscar, 118–19, 349

scorification, 2, 330

scriptorium, 8

scrolls, 13, 15, 24, 38, 197, 206

Seged Festival, 265, 267

Sekhmet, 309

Selassie, Haile, 271

Seleucid, 289

Selig, S., 350

Sellin, Ernst, 80, 345

Semites, 40, 79, 115

Semitic, 35, 66, 78, 94, 264

Sendrey, Alfred, 246, 337, 348, 359

Sephardi, 132

Septuagint, 249, 253, 272

Sergius, Metropolitan of Elam, 209

serpent. See snake. Seters, John van, 350

Seth, 36, 56, 62, 212, 219

Sethe, K. von, 317

Seti I, 107, 341

Setnakhte, 135–37, 263

Setna Story, 250

Seurat, 278, 362

Shabako, 341

Shakespeare, 71

Shaphan, son of Azliah, 225

Shaw, Ian, 336, 353–55, 358

Sheba, Queen of, 270

Shechem, 94, 198–99, 257

Sheffield, University of, 20, 42, 291

Sheikh Said, 172

Shekel, 15, 175

sherds, 229, 322

Shiloh, 140, 199, 286, 290

Shiyiah, 146

Sholer, David, 332

Shrine of the Book, 145, 257, 293, 300–301

Shu, 53, 55–56, 62

Siloam conduit, 193–94, 349

silver, 13–16, 21–22, 24, 28, 44, 81, 92, 95, 122–23, 128, 164, 172–74, 176–77, 180–202, 241, 260, 263, 334–35

    bars, 15, 28, 172

    vessels, 14, 177, 195

Simpson, William Kelly, 348

Sinai, 26, 122–23, 130, 139–43, 204, 211–13, 220, 230, 265, 286, 289

    Mount, 42–43, 124–25, 212, 230, 258

Sirius, 343

Six-Day War, 331

Skehan, Patrick, 332

Skorecki, K., 350

Smart, Ninian, 363

smelting, 26

Smenkhkara, 106, 158, 172, 273, 349

Smith, M., 363

Smith, M. S., 363

Smolski, Roger, 344

snake, 52, 136, 215, 339–40, 348

Sodom, 81–82

Sokaris, 56

soldering, 25

Solomon, King, 16, 58, 65, 134, 137, 140, 146, 180–82, 195, 224–26, 252–54, 256–57, 260, 259, 265, 269, 276, 288, 294, 350

Solymites, 134

Songs of Deliverance, 120

Songs of the Harpers, 252

Spain, 205

spices, 109

Spielberg, Steven, 19, 349

Stahli, H. P., 363

Starcky, Jean, 332

Star Trek, 92

Stater, 15, 28

stela, 149, 197, 263

    Israel Stela, 71

Stern, Ephraim, 356

Strabo, 153, 271

Strugnell, John, 332

Sudan, 268

Sukenik, E. L., 3, 331

Sumeria, 35–36, 39, 115,

Sumerians, 40, 278, 371

Sun, 46, 54, 88–89, 91, 109, 117, 135, 144, 149–50, 203, 216–18, 237, 241, 248–49, 340, 344

Susa, 129

Sutherland, C. H. V., 335

Swanson, Dwight D., 220, 357

Switzerland, 4

Sydney, University of, 265

Syene, 257–59

Syria, 33, 48, 55, 73, 94, 115, 146, 225, 264, 276, 298

Tabernacle, 65, 122–24, 128–30, 136–37, 139, 225, 286, 293

Tabick, Jacqueline, 345

Tahpanhes, 252

Tait, John, 170, 296, 300, 366

Talent, 14–15, 21, 28, 178, 302

Talmud, 34, 41, 122, 142, 374

Tana, Lake, 158, 161, 202, 205, 237, 253, 268–69, 278, 360

Tanis, 160

Taphne (Tahpanes), 258

Targum, 59

Targum Onkelos, 346

Taylor, Charles, 208

Taylor, Glenn, 363

Teacher of Righteousness, 143, 289

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 131

Tefnut, 53, 56, 62

Temple, 8, 56–57, 85, 91, 98, 103–4, 110, 120, 129–30, 135, 153, 155, 178–79, 191, 194–97, 219–20, 227, 231–32, 241, 250, 347

    Edfu, 59

    Elephantine, 110, 261–63, 264–66, 327

    First, 5, 16, 18–19, 23, 81, 92, 103, 137, 139–40, 142–43, 153, 158, 161, 186, 190, 206–7, 210, 224–27, 246, 257, 260–61, 271, 288, 334, 353

    Great, at Akhetaten, 86, 98, 108–9, 111, 122, 130, 136, 144, 147, 150, 156–58, 168–69, 172, 174–77, 179–82, 184–85, 187–88, 191–92, 194, 204, 223, 225–27, 238–41, 261, 266, 285, 290–93

    Herodian, 39

    Karnak, 61, 87, 119

    Leontopolis, 285, 289, 319

    Luxor, 105, 120

    Second, 8, 16–19, 23, 39, 63, 88, 141–43, 153, 159, 186–87, 198, 204, 207, 219, 221, 225, 241, 247, 262, 267, 288, 334

    Thebes, 63, 247

Temple Scroll, 3–4, 192, 215, 220, 218–23, 231–32, 288, 291–94, 331, 344

Ten Commandments, 16, 34, 56, 122–24, 216,

258, 260

Terah, 67, 221, 311

terebinth, 95

Texas, 19

textiles, 231

Thallus, 36

Tharbis, 38

Thebes, 24, 53, 59, 61, 73, 79, 86–88, 101, 106–7, 109, 119, 124, 127, 153, 158, 171, 248, 258, 273, 353

Themuthis, 38

Therapeutae, 144, 290, 352

Thompson, Thomas, 280, 362

Thoth, 55

Thummim, 140

Tigris, River, 42, 68, 278

Timna, 136

Timotheus, Patriarch of Seleucia, 209

Timothy, Book of, 246

tin, 23, 26

Tisithen, 137

tithes, 82, 111, 164, 175, 177–79, 185, 191–93, 197, 355

Titus, Arch of 18, 241

Tiyi, 98, 174, 183, 273, 332, 353

Torah, 34, 37, 39, 43, 55, 68, 121, 125, 139, 144, 165, 195, 208, 210, 216–17, 224, 244, 265, 272, 342, 374

Tusratta (Dusratta), 264, 296

Toronto, University of, 43, 114, 131

Treasury, at Akhetaten, 97, 106–7, 111, 135, 156–57, 176, 184–85

triad, 81, 341

trinity, 55, 246–47, 341

trumpets, 17, 241

Tübingen, 148

Turin Museum, 253

Turkey, 59

Tusratta, Prince, 258

Tutankhamun, 59, 106–7, 110, 127–30, 158, 234, 243, 273, 304, 350, 358

Tutmoses I, 39, 61

Tutmoses II, 113, 116

Tutmoses III, 41, 61, 73, 243, 256, 263

Tutmoses IV, 62

Tutu, 99

Two Brothers, Tale of, 96, 250, 346

Tyldesley, Joyce, 332, 363

Tyre, 344

Ugarit, 12, 124, 297, 333, 349

Ulrich, Eugene, 235, 356, 358

unguents, 13, 15, 60, 197

United Nations, 3

Ur (Chaldea), 33, 67, 77

uraeus, 62

Urim, 140

Uruk, King, 80

Userkaura Meryamun, 135

Valley of the Kings, 63, 119, 153, 273, 297

Vatke Wilhelm, 286

Vaux, Roland de, 3, 11, 14, 18, 44, 216, 236–38, 332–33, 353–56, 363

Vedic, 43, 55

Vermes, Geza, 132, 165–66, 178–79, 187, 195–96, 333, 250, 352, 354–56, 358

Vespasian, Emperor, 39, 332

Vestal, 35

Vidler, Mark, 152, 353

Vincent, A., 361

Vinci, Leonardo da, 71

Vizier, 33, 97, 99–101, 106–7, 136, 257

Volten, A., 346

Waburton, P. J., 350

Wacholder, Ben-Zion, 143, 220, 286, 288, 290–91, 357, 364

Wadi el-Hol, 297

Wadi Halfa, 268

Wall Street Journal, 331

War Scroll, 3, 5, 206, 331

Washington

     Library of Congress, 306

Weigall, Arthur, 345

Weinreich, O., 360

Weiss, Charles, 338

Weitzman, President, 275

welding, 25

Wellhausen, Julius, 37, 44, 286, 337–39, 364

West Semitic Research Project, 297

Whybray, R. N., 250, 360

Wigoder, Geoffrey, 333–34

Wilford, John Noble, 365

Wilmot, David, 18, 334–35

Wilson’s Arch, 157

Winer, Mark, 283

Wisdom texts, 247, 250–53

Wise, Michael, 18, 132, 147, 163, 242, 334–35, 350, 353, 357–59

Wolters, Al, 18, 165, 169, 179, 333–35, 354–55

word, 339–40

Wright Baker, H., 12

X-ray fluorescence (XRF), 235

Yadin, Yigael, 3, 215, 293–94, 330, 357, 365

Yale University, 297

Yano-am, 135

Yaron, Reuven, 259–60, 262, 361

Yaweh (Yahwe). See also Jaweh; 259, 264, 270–71, 299

Yeats, W. B., 70

Yeb, 61, 109, 111, 114, 256

Yehudiah, Tell el-, 348,

Yemen, 270, 275, 314

Yemenite, 108, 246, 362

Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim, 337

Yurco, Frank, 135–36

Zadok, 140, 181, 193, 195–96, 209, 213, 228, 290–91

Zaphenath-paneah, 97, 99

Zealots, 333–34

Zechariah, 264, 341

Zeitlin, Irving, 42–43, 114, 242, 338, 343–45, 348, 359

Zephaniah, 142, 271

Zipporah, 37, 40, 337

Zoroastrians, 214

Zuckerman, Bruce, 297

Zurich, 4