Index 313 and Eve, 58; lifestyle in, 62-63; location <strong>of</strong>, 59-61; serpent, 64-65 Gardiner, Sir Alan, xxv Gath, 172 Gaza, 172 Geb, 4, 9, 20, 43-44, 54, 67-68, 113, 229 Gelanor, 157 Generations <strong>of</strong> Adam, Book <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>, xxi Genesis, Book <strong>of</strong>, xiii, 3, 11, 15, 21-22, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 40-41, 44, 63, 70, 78, 81- 84, 90, 92, 104, 108 Gerar, 132-34 Gibeah, 124 Gibeon, 189, 245-47, 248, 250, 282, 284 Gideon, x Gihon River, 59-60 Gilead, 160, 162 Gilgal, 237-38 Gilgamesh, xix, 79, 85 God, viii, xiii, xvi, 3, 7-8, 18, 37, 39, 48, 56, 58, 62, 66, 84, 89, 107-8, 111, 122, 132, 139, 143, 145-46, 148-49, 156-57, 187, 190, 192, 208, 210, 216-19, 223-26, 228-29, 233-34, 237, 242-43, 264, 273, 287-88, 291; as Creator, ix-x, 26; El Shaddai, 254; Elohim, xiv, xvi, 12; Jahweh, xiv-xv, 202, 247, 254 golden calf, 189, 212-14, 216, 220, 223, 298 Goliath, 172, 190, 276-79, 299 Gomorrah, 126; destruction <strong>of</strong>, 120-26; location <strong>of</strong>, 121. See also Sodom H Hadassah, 291 Ham, 74, 76-77, 95, 99, <strong>101</strong>, 104 Haman, 291-92 Hamor, 153, 155 Haran, 116 Hathor, 85, 144, 209-10, 268 Hauhet, 5, 12 Havilah, 59, 99 Hazor, 250-51, 259 heavans and <strong>the</strong> earth, 41-42 heavenly bodies, 22-23 Heber <strong>the</strong> Kenite, 258 Hebron, 248 Heliopolis, viii, 3-4, 9, 59-60, 71-72, 111, 181 Heliopolitan Creation myth, 27, 42, 44, 47, 49, 58, 60, 68, 72 heno<strong>the</strong>ism, x Herakleopolis, 87-88 Herakles, 127, 263, 265-67, 269 Hermopolis, 4-5, 12 Hermopolitan Creation myth, 10, 73, 75- 76, 78, 81, 97 Herodotus, 19, <strong>101</strong>, 177-79, 266, 269 Heshbon, 130, 232 Hiddekel River, 59-60 Hilkiah, 224 Hivites, 245 Homer, 103, 172 Horeb, Mount, 216 Horemheb, 202 Horus, 9, 23, 44, 66, 68, 87-88, 112-14, 133, 135-36, 138, 144-45, 153-54, 199- 201, 205, 229, 260, 266, 297; Horus <strong>the</strong> Child, 114, 139-40, 200; Horus <strong>the</strong> Elder, 114, 136, 146-47; Horus <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> Isis, 114, 136, 147 Hosheah, ix
314 <strong>101</strong> <strong>Myths</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> House <strong>of</strong> Israel, 111, 158, 187-88, 202, 208 House <strong>of</strong> Saul, 282 Huh, 5, 12, 73 Humman, 292 Hyksos, 133-34, 150, 179, 195-97 I Innana, 69-70, 127 Instruction Book for Merikare, The, 26, 32 Ipuwer Papyrus. See Adminitions <strong>of</strong> an Egyptian Sage Irad, 72 Iran, 97 Iraq, 97 Isaac, xiii, 41, 107, 122-23, 132-33, 136, 139, 142, 166, 176; death <strong>of</strong>, 143; naming <strong>of</strong>, 156-57 Ishbosheth, 190 Ishtar, 292 Isis, 4, 66, 113-14, 136, 138, 140, 144, 260, 297 Islam, ix Isle in <strong>the</strong> Middle, The 141 Isle <strong>of</strong> Flames, 59-61 Israel, Kingdom <strong>of</strong>, vii-ix, xi, xiii, xv-xvii, xix, 3, 10, 107, 110, 119, 133, 159, 167- 68, 178, 189-91, 196, 216, 225, 232, 252, 258, 260; enslavement <strong>of</strong> by Egypt, 193-98; split with Judah, xxiiixxiv, 111-12, 148, 151, 190, 212-14, 285-86, 297 Israel, son <strong>of</strong> Issac. See Jacob Issachar, 110, 158-60, 259 J J Source, xv-xvi, xxviii, 3, 7-8, 89-91, 112, 132, 156-57, 295-97, 299 Jaareoregim, 277-78 Jabin, 257 Jabin <strong>of</strong> Hazor, 250-51, 259 Jacob, xiii, xiv-xvi, 41, 107, 111, 118, 124, 132-33, 137, 147, 151, 153-55, 158, 160, 162, 164-65, 167, 171, 173, 176, 183, 193-94, 297-98; and Esau, 138-41; as Isreal, 148-49; birth <strong>of</strong>, 135-37; dream <strong>of</strong> a ladder to heavan, 142-44; wrestling a stranger, 145-47 Jael, 258 Jahweh. See God Japheth, 74-76, 95, 100 Jarmuth, 248 Jasher, Book <strong>of</strong>, xxi-xxii, 189, 284 Javan, 100 Jebusites, 248-49 Jehoiakim, 178 Jericho, 189, 239-41 Jeroboam, ix, xi, xxiii, 148-49, 159, 168, 191, 212, 271-72, 274-75 Jerusalem, xvii, 110, 120, 178, 190, 213, 226, 245, 248-49, 253, 289, 299 Jesus, 115 Jochebed, 187, 199 J<strong>of</strong>fa, 104 Joktan, 99 Jonathan, 275 Jordan River, 19, 108, 120, 189, 232, 237- 38 Joseph, viii, xiii, xvi, 3, 107, 110-11, 151, 158, 160, 166-67, 187, 193, 255; and
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