1 Chronicles, Book <strong>of</strong>, xxii 1 Kings, Book <strong>of</strong>, xv, xviii, xxiii 1 Samuel, Book <strong>of</strong>, xv, xviii, xxii 2 Chronicles, Book <strong>of</strong>, xxiii 2 Kings, Book <strong>of</strong>, xviii 2 Samuel, Book <strong>of</strong>, xv, xviii, xxi-xxii A Aaron, xvii, 165, 188, 219-20, 233-34, 236; and <strong>the</strong> golden calf, 212-14 Aaronites, xvii, 223 Abednego, 287 Abel, 3, 8, 9, 43; death <strong>of</strong>, 68-70, stories, 295 Abihu, 219 Abimelech, 132, 134 Abraham, xiii, 44, 68, 107, 120-24, 156, 166, 176, 193-96, 298; and Sarah, 131- 34; journey <strong>of</strong>, 115-16, 117-19 Accad, 100 Achaeans, 172 Achan, 243 Acrisius, 183 Acts <strong>of</strong> Solomon, Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, xxi, xxiii Adam, xv, xvii, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 32, 49, 51-52, 63-64, 67-68, 81, 295-96; and <strong>the</strong> forbidden fruit, 53; as first human, 43-45; creation <strong>of</strong>, 28-31, 46-47; punishment <strong>of</strong>, 66-67; wisdom and mortality <strong>of</strong>, 56- 57. See also The Adam Adam, The. See The Adam Index adamah, 25 Adapa, 56 Admonitions <strong>of</strong> an Egyptian Sage, 205 Aegyptus, 103, 152, 154, 157, 183 Africa, 99 Agag <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Amalekites, 292 Agenor, 103 Ahashuerus, 291 Ahhiyawa, 172 Ahijah, xxiii, 159, 168, 273 Ai, 243-44 Akhenaten, x, 201, 270 Akkadian, xix Akki, 200 Amalekite, 281 Amen, 5, 12, 13, 22, 73, 201, 269, 270 Amenet, 5, 12 Ammon, 108, 124, 129-30 Amram, 194 Anath, 256 Anatolia, 172 Antiochus Epiphanes, 288-89 Anu, 56 Anubis, 181-82 Aphophis, 49, 64, 114 Apollodorus, 154-55 Ar, 154 Arabia, 99, 209 Aram, 116 Aramaic, 115 Ararat, 97-98
310 <strong>101</strong> <strong>Myths</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> Argos, 154, 157 Ark <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem, 273 Ark <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Covenant, 165, 168, 189, 191, 213, 216, 225, 237, 239, 273; and <strong>the</strong> Ten Commandments, 226-31; destruction <strong>of</strong>, 230; o<strong>the</strong>r names for, 227 ark, Noah's; animals on, 89; landing location, 97-98. See also flood, Noah's Asenath. See Benjamin Ashdod, 172 Asher, 110, 158, 160, 253 Ashkelon, 172 Ashurbanipal, xix Asia, 60 Assyria, 100, 102, 275 Assyrian conquest, xvi Assyrian Flood Tablet, xviii-xx Aten, 16, 270 A<strong>the</strong>na, 259 Atrahasis, 85 Atum, 4-6, 8, 13-15, 17, 20, 27, 42, 44, 46-47, 49-51, 54, 58, 255 Avaris, 133 B Baal, x Babylon, 100-2, 115, 199, 275 Babylonian Captivity, xvii-xix, xxviii, 38, 287, 291; influence on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bible</strong>, 6-7, 19, 129-30 Babylonian Creation myth, 23, 39, 43 Babylonian traditions, 81 Bad-tibira, 71, 72 Barak, 258-60, 262 Bata, 181-82 Bathsheba, 280 Beer-sheba, 132-33, 166 Bellerophon, 182-83 Belshazzar, 288 Belus, 103-4, 154 Ben-oni. See Benjamin Benjamin, 110, 151, 158, 160, 167, 178, 244, 248-49, 253, 273; birth <strong>of</strong>, 169-70 Berossus, 79 Beth-aven, 243 Beth-el, 117-18, 120-21, 124, 143-44, 148-49, 154, 213, 241, 243-44 Beth-Shemesh, 265 Bethlehemjudah, 272 Bezaleel, 231 Bilhah, 155, 158, 163, 171 birds; and Creation, 24; benben, 78; released by Noah, 78-80 Blessing <strong>of</strong> Jacob, 107 C Cain, 3, 8-9, 43, 59, 63, 88, 295; and Osiris, 69, 71; as Abel's killer, 68-70; city <strong>of</strong>, 71-72 Caleb, 234 Calneh, 100 Canaan, Land <strong>of</strong>, viii, ix, xix, xxvii, 6, 10, 38, 97, 99, 103-04, 107-08, 111, 117- 20, 122, 131-33, 148, 151, 153, 159, 161-62, 165, 171-72, 178, 182, 188-90, 192, 194-96, 216, 237, 247, 250, 254, 262, 287; and Moses, 233-36; conquest <strong>of</strong> by Joshua, 252-53 Canaan, Son <strong>of</strong> Ham, 76-78, 103-04 Cepheus, 103-4
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