Sacred History

Abraham Abram ancient Aryan Asia Minor Assur-bani-pal Assyrian Babylon Bible biblical Book Canaan Canaanites century B.C. chosen civilization clan cult David death descendants desert destiny divine Dynasty earth Edom Egypt Egyptian empire enemy Esdras Esdrelon Euphrates exile Ezekiel fact faith father Fertile Crescent glory Greek Hammurabi Harran heart Hebrew Hittite holy human Hyksos Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jahweh Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joseph Joshua Judah king kingdom land later lived Lord Mediterranean Mesopotamia Messiah Moab monotheism moral Moses mountains mystical nation Nile nomads Palestine Patriarchs Persian Pharaoh Philistines Phoenician plain political priests promise Prophets Psalm race Rameses Rameses II reign religion religious rites Roman Rome sacred Samaria Saul Semitic Shechem Solomon soul spiritual story Sumerian Syria Temple Terahites terrible thee thou thousand tion took tradition tribes unto whole