The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible

Abraham Acts Amorite ancient apostle Aramaic Asherah Assyrian Baal Babylon Babylonian biblical brother called Canaan Canaanite century BCE chap Christ Christian church Coogan cult Damascus Daniel David death disciples divine dynasty early east Edom Egypt Egyptian empire Ephraim exile Exodus Ezra father Galilee Genesis gentile God's gospel Greek Hasmonean Hazor Hebrew Bible Hellenistic Herod high priest holy identified Isaiah Israel Israelite Jacob Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Jesus's Jewish Jews John Jordan Joseph Josephus Judah Judaism Judea Judges king kingdom land later letter Levites Lord Luke Matthew ment mentioned Moab Moses narrative Nehemiah northern NRSV original Palestine Paul Paul's period Persian Peter Philistines probably Professor prophet Qumran raelites refers reign religious role Roman Rome Samaria Samaritans Samuel Saul scholars scribes Shechem Solomon story Syria Temple term Testament texts tion tradition tribes Valley wisdom woman women word worship Yahweh