Index 311 Chaeremon, 200 cherubim, 228 Chesed, 116 Christianity, ix, 45 Chronicles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kings <strong>of</strong> Israel, Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, xxi, xxiv Chronicles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kings <strong>of</strong> Judah, Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, xxi, xxiv C<strong>of</strong>fin Text 76, 20 C<strong>of</strong>fin Text 80, 46, 49, 54, 58 Contendings <strong>of</strong> Horus and Set, The, 113-14, 139, 153, 259 Covenant, Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, xxi, 219-20 Creation, vii-ix, xiii-xviii, xx, xxvii, 3, 5, 6, 81, 295; Adam and Eve, 28-31; and animals, 24, 32-33; and light, 14; and <strong>the</strong> heavenly bodies, 22-23; and <strong>the</strong> seas, 19-20; and vegetation, 21; beginning <strong>of</strong>, 11-14; different versions <strong>of</strong>, 7-10; fifth day, 24; firmament, 17-18; first day, 15; fourth day, 16, 22; <strong>of</strong> mankind, 25-27; second day, 34-36; seventh day, 37-40; sixth day, 28-31; third day, 19, 34-36 Crete, 172 Cush, 59, 99-<strong>101</strong>, 103-4 Cyrus, 288 Cyrus <strong>of</strong> Persia, xxviii D D Source, xvii-xviii, xxviii, 299 Dagon, 269 Dan, 110, 121, 124, 132, 149, 160, 182, 213, 253; as an Israeli tribe, 171-72, 265, 272, 274 Dan, Son <strong>of</strong> Jacob, 158 Danae, 183 Danaides, 154 Danaus, 103, 152, 154, 157 Daniel, 287-89 Daniel, Book <strong>of</strong>, 287-88 Danite, 275 Danites, 272 Danoi, 103-4, 172, 182, 265 Danuna, 172 Darius <strong>the</strong> Mede, 288 daughters <strong>of</strong> man, 87, 88 David, xv, xxi-xxiii, xxvii, 151, 167, 173, 190, 226, 248-49, 252, 274, 280-81, 283-84, 299; and Goliath, 276-79 day and night, 15 Dead Sea, 19, 120-21, 127, 129 Deborah, 159, 190, 256-62, 299 Dedan, 100 Delilah, 265 Descent <strong>of</strong> Inanna, The, 69, 127 Deuteronomy, Book <strong>of</strong>, xiii-xiv, xvii, 38, 159, 178, 217, 224-25, 227 Dilmun, 10, 61 Dinah, 152-55, 157, 164, 183 Divine Cow, The Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, 84, 209-10, 267 Dnyn, 265, 268 Documentary Hypo<strong>the</strong>sis, xiv-xviii, xxiii Dodanim, 100 Dumuzi, 68-70, 72 E E Source, xvi-xvii, xxviii, 112, 132-33, 143, 157, 299 E-sagila, 292
312 <strong>101</strong> <strong>Myths</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> Ea, 56 Eglon, 248 Egypt, xix, 18-19, 60, 71-72, 87, 97, <strong>101</strong>, 103-4, 108, 111, 113, 117, 119-20, 122, 131, 134, 176, 196, 201, 217; Lower and Upper, 117 Egypt <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pharaohs, xxv Egyptian Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dead, 16, 21 Egyptian mythology, 13, 17, 20, 296; and <strong>the</strong> sun, 16; infuence on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bible</strong>, viiiix, 3-10, 24-27, 175-79, 199-203 Ehud, 256-257 Ekron, 172 El Shaddai. See God Elam, 292 Elhanan, 276-78, 299 Elohim. See God Emims, 128 Enki, 53-55, 72 Enkimdu, 69 Ennead, 5 Ennead, <strong>the</strong>, 4 Enoch, 72 Enuma Elish, 23, 39 Ephraim, viii, xvi, 3, 107, 110-11, 158, 160, 163, 168, 191, 226, 252-53, 255, 259, 271-72, 274, 297 Erech, 100 Eridu, 71-72 Esau, 137, 142-48, 153-55, 297; as Edom, 150; birth <strong>of</strong>, 135-37; birthright <strong>of</strong>, 138- 41 Es<strong>the</strong>r, xxviii, 290-93, 298-99 Es<strong>the</strong>r, Book <strong>of</strong>, 291 Ethiopia, 59, <strong>101</strong>-4, 117, 191 Euphrates River, 19, 59-60 Europe, 99, 102 Eurydike, 127 Eve, xv, xvii, 3, 6-9, 32, 63, 67-68, 295-96; as first human, 43-45; creation <strong>of</strong>, 28- 31, 54-55; punishment <strong>of</strong>, 66-67 Evil-Merodach, 288 Exodus, ix-x, xiii, xv, xviii, xxvii, 4, 33, 37- 38, 121, 124, 160, 165, 202, 252, 297- 98; drowning <strong>of</strong> Pharoh's army, 208-11; golden calf, 212-14; Ten Commandments, 215-25 Exodus, Book <strong>of</strong>, xiii, 148, 193, 224 Eye <strong>of</strong> Horus, 267 Eye <strong>of</strong> Re, 267 F Family <strong>of</strong> Nations. See Table <strong>of</strong> Nations firmament, 17-18, 22, 42 First Dynasty <strong>of</strong> Egypt, 81 First Intermediate Period, 88, 206-7 flood myth, Babylonian, vii, 32 flood, Noah's, vii, xv-xviii, xxvii, 3, 73-75. See also ark, Noah's; and animal sacrifice, 93; and <strong>the</strong> Assyrian Flood Tablet, xix-xx; date <strong>of</strong>, 81-83; duration <strong>of</strong>, 90- 91; expanse <strong>of</strong>, 92; reason for, 84-86, 87-88; release <strong>of</strong> birds, 78-80 footnotes, Biblical, xx-xxiv forbidden fruit, 53 G Gad, 110, 158, 159, 160 Gad <strong>the</strong> Seer, Book <strong>of</strong>, xxi-xxii Garden <strong>of</strong> Eden, 3, 6, 9-10, 30, 48-50, 52, 54, 56, 121, 157, 295-96; before Adam
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