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A’isha, Muhammad's favorite wife 87
Aaron 111, 126, 146-149, 152
Abraham 87, 101, 119, 121 -123, 125, 139, 185, 186, 191, 206
Abrahamic religions 85, 120, traditions 56
Adam and Eve 192, 203
Adonai 121, 132
Adultery 153. See also Death sentence in Bible
Aelia Capitolina 211, 213n
Afghanistan 2-4
Afterlife 162-164, 202 in ancient Egyptian religion 136, 141-142, 144
Agni 67. See also Veda, god Agni
Ahab, son of Omri 135
Ahaziah, son of Ahab 135
Ahmosis 138-139, 141
Akhenaten 141, 143-149
Akiva 211-212
Alexander, Jannaeus 172n
Alexander of Alexandria 193n
Alexander the Great 163n. See also Ptolemaic period
Ambrosia. See Soma
Amenhotep III. See Hymns, ancient Egyptian
Amenhotep IV 144
Amenophis III 144
American Black Muslim movement. See Malcolm X
Amun 141, 143-146, 150
Analects. See Confucius
Angel Gabriel 86, 93
Angels 115, 122, 125, 133, 137, 142, 148
Ani, royal egyptian scribe 162
Anointed, in Hinduism 53. See also Original man
Anointing 159-160, 164, 169, 171-173, 176, 187, 199, 204. See also Maccabees
Anubis 164. See also Jackals
Aper-el’s tomb 143n. See Hymns, ancient Egyptian
Apocalypse 210, 210n
Apocalyptic scroll 174
Apocrypha texts. See Bible, Apocryha
Apostles 178, 182-184, 188, 194, 197, 213
Apostolic Fathers 182-183
Apprenticeship. See Hindu society
Aquila of Pontus 180n
Arab invaders, after Muhammad's death 91
Arab tribes 94, 97
Archangel Michael 133
Arianism 222
Arius 193-194
Arian views 193
Ark, Noah's 168, 179, 202
Aryans 48, 54, 56
Ashkenazi Jews 108
Asia 15, 18
Asoka 20, 22-24, edicts 22-23
Assyria 151, 160-162, 164
Assyrian inscriptions 160, records 151
Assyro-Babylonian myth 179n. See also Flood
Aten 144-147
Atman 51. See also Hinduism
Atonement 174
Atonement, day of. See Yom Kippur
Avaris, ancient Hyksos capital 129, 130, 131, 146
Ayatollah Khomeini 97

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Baal 132-136
Babel, tower of 122
Babylon 121, 133, 151, 164, 168-170
Babylonian exile 124, 154, 166
Babylonians 128, 151
Bangkok 15, 16, 19, 24, 43, 45, 56
Baptism 176, 180, 199, 208
Bar Kokhba, Jewish Messiah 211, 214
Bar-mitzvah 111
Baruch, scribe of Jeremia 168, 210
Basilides 191n
Battle of Badr 8
Battle of Qadesh 129
Bedouins 149
Belial 209
Ben-hinnom 124
Beni Hasan 129
Bible 62, 121, 123-125, 132, 147, 162, 166-167, 192,
_____ Apocrypha 91, 93n, 169
_____ Catholic Bibles 169,
_____ Greek Bible 169n., See also Septuagint,
_____ King James Bible 169,
_____ Protestant Bibles 169
Bin Laden 2, 4, 6-8, 10
Bodhisattvas. See Buddha nature
Book of Acts 194-195
Book of Daniel 166-167, 172, 174, 212
Book of Going Forth into the Day. See Egyptian
Book of the Dead
Book of Isaiah 159, 162-164, 167-168, 173
Book of Jeremiah 168
Book of Job 133
Book of Life 164
Book of Revelation 211, 215
Bon religion 63, 63n
Brahma 51. See also Hinduism
Brahman 50. See also Hinduism
Brahmin 54. See also Hinduism, Priest
Buddha 19-24, 44-45, 48, 52, 79, 221, 223, 228, 233
_____ Bhadrakalpa (Fortunate Aeon) 76-77 ,
_____ consciousness 27. See also Buddhism,
_____ Maitreya 75-77,
_____ nature 19-20, 22, 24, 72, 79
Buddhism 16, 30, 37-38, 46, 48, 54, 223,
_____ afterlife 79n
_____ buddhist shrines 19
_____ buddhist temples 15, 19, 45,
_____ eightfold path 20,
_____ enlightenment 20-21, 24, 79,
_____ great council 23,
_____ Mahayana 23-24, 37, 63, 81n,
_____ monastery 24-25,
_____ monks 19, 22-26,
_____ Nirvana 21, 23, 75,
_____ Pure Land Buddhists 37
_____ Theravada 20, 23, 80
_____ three jewels of 21-24, 77
_____ Vajrayana 24, 63-64, 72-73
_____ wheel of life 63-69
_____ Zen 24, 38
Budget 18, 46, 101
budget hotels 18
budget travel 16, 46
Bukhari 86

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Canaan 119, 128-129, 132, 134, 150
Canaanites. See Israeli Stele
Canon 189
Caste system. See Hindu society
Chaldaean Empire 121
Chaldaeans 121-122
Child-bride. See A’isha, Muhammad's favorite wife
China 16, 31
_____ Great Harmony 30-32, 35-36
_____ Imperialism 31-32
_____ Opium War 32
Christ 159. See also Jesus
Christian Jews 180, 183, 210
Christianity 87, 89, 95, 126, 159, 167, 174-175, 192, 195-196, see Jesus
_____ Eastern Christianity 190n
Christians 3, 6, 10, 85, 89-91, 120, 174, 179, 187, 196, 212, 214, 216, 227
Church of the Holy Sepulchre 216, 217, 218
Clandestine groups 211
Clear light. See Buddha
Coffin Texts 162
Communism 30, 39
Communist Party 31, 41
Concubines 87
Confucianism 30
Confucian ethics 31, 37
Confucius 28, 30, 32, 34-36, 38, 40, 42
Constantine, Roman emperor 103, 177, 193, 194, 215, 216, 222
Council of Nicaea. See Nicene Creed
Crucifiction 172
Crusades 6. See also U.S. -led 'Christian crusade'
Cyrus the Great 168

Dalai Lama 63, 72, 74n , 75, 78 -79, 81
Damascus 160-161
Daniel, prophet 166, 170
Daniel’s oracles 170
Daoism. See Taoism
David 121, 123, 154, 157
David, King of Israel 159, 161, 167, 169, 213-215
Dead Sea 123, 172
_____ scrolls 167, 172-175, 192, 209, 222
_____ sea sect 174, 177
Death sentence in Bible 153, 155
Destruction of the temple 183
Dharma 20, 23. See also Buddhism
Dinah, Jacob's daughter 152
Disciples 206. See Apostles
Divine Ancestor 30, 32
Docetism 90n, 190n
Dome of the Rock 89
Domitian 213
Dravidian 48, 56, 80n
Durga 51. See Shakti worship

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Earthquake 187n, 217
Eastern Orthodoxy 90n
Ebionites 180n
Egypt 90, 94n, 98-99, 125-126, 130, 162, 168
_____ Alexandria 169, 177, 191, 193, 210
_____ Cairo 94, 96, 98-99
_____ Mosque of Abu’l Haggag 97
_____ Mosque of Sultan Hasan 96
_____ ancient 128-131, 133, 146, 159, 162
_____ ancient religion 119, 138-139, 162-164, 166
_____ Egyptian Book of the Dead 141, 142, 143, 162, 165, 167
_____ Delta 130, 131, 136, 138, 139
_____ gods/idols 135
_____ magicians 13
_____ spirituality, ancient 166
Egyptian stele. See Israeli Stele
Egyptian, the, a false Jewish prophet 195
El 132
El-Amarna 144, 146
Elamites 122
Elat 99
Elijah, prophet 203
Elijha’s cave 106
Elohim 121, 132
Enlightenment 23, 73, 75. See also Hindu, society
Ephesus 213n
Epic of Gilgamesh 179
Essenes 177-178, 208, 222
Eternal life 19, 162, 219
Eucharist 218
Euphrates River 121
Eusebius 213, 213n, 216
Exile in Babylon 169. See Babylonian exile
Exodus 112, 120, 128, 134-135, 146-149, 157
Ezra 210-211

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Famine Stele 130
Female repression in the Koran 87-88
Fiqh 7
Five Pillars of Islam. See Islam, Pillars of
Flood 179
Epic of Gilgamesh 179
Flood, the biblical 137
Forest dwelling 54. See also Hindu society
Funerary papyrus 162-163

Galilee 177
Ganesa 56. See also Hinduism
Garden of Eden 209
Garden of Gethsemane 198, 206
Gath 160
Gaza strip 101
Gehinom 110
Genesis account 119
Gethsemane, garden of. See Garden of Gethsemane
Gezer 128
Gifts, spiritual 188, 205, prophecy 188, 215
Gnosticism 189-190
Gnostic heresies 189
God 9, 12, in Buddhism 81-82
Goddess. See Shiva
Good Samaritan 101
Gospels 230
Gospels, writer 175, 177-178, 180-185, 190, 212
Gotama, Siddharta 64. See also Buddha
Greece 212
Greek period 163, 169-170
Greeks 119, 129
Gyatso, Tensin 74. See also Dalai Lama

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Hadith 6
Hadith traditions 85. See also Islam
Hadrian, Roman emperor 211
Hajj 96. See also Pilgrimage
Ha-Shem 121
Hasidic center 106, groups 107, Jews 108, 114. See also Wailing Wall
Hasidism 106-107
Hasmonaean family. See Maccabees
Hebrew alphabet 103
_____ language 104, 106, 210n
_____ Masoretic Text 192
_____ people 123, 147
_____ religion. See Judaism
Hebron 103
Helena, the mother of Constantine 215
Hellenistic Greeks 167
Heretic 197
Herod Antipas 177
Herod the Great 123, 176, 177
Himalayas 85
Hindu 226
_____ mythology 57
_____ society 54
_____ tantrism 52
_____ Hinduism 48, 50, 222
_____ shrine 46, 56-57
_____ asceticism 222
_____ atman 51
_____ brahma 51
_____ brahman 50, 53, 56-57
_____ brahmin 51
_____ Jains 53
_____ Kundalini Yoga 80n
_____ lingam 52
_____ pantheon 57
_____ priest 46, 50
_____ reincarnation 20. See also Karma
_____ Shiva 51-52, 56-57, 59, 61
_____ siddha 80
_____ temple 52, 57
_____ theogony 57
_____ Vishnu 51-53, 56-57, 59
_____ yogi 52-53
Hittites 129
Holy Scripture 119
Holy Spirit 91, 93, 180, 188, 212
Holy War 170. See also jihad
Householder. See Hindu society
Human sacrifice 123-124, 151
Husain, grandson of Muhammad 84, 86
Hyksos 129-130, 136-140, 146-147
Hymn to Aten 145
Hymns. See Veda, vedic hymns
Hymns, ancient Egyptian 141

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I Ching 33, 35, 37
Idolatry 122, 152
Idols 57, 62, 222
Ignatius 182, 183
Immanuel 160, 169, 180
India 47
_____ Banglore 47
_____ Bombay 47
_____ Dharmasala 63
_____ Pakistan 48
Indus Valley Civilization 48
Infancy Gospel of Thomas 91, 91n
Introductory Hymn. See Hymns, ancient Egyptian
Irenaeus 181-182, 184
Isaac, son of Abraham 122, 123, 125, 139
Isaac Luria 107, 117-118
Isaiah, prophet 160-163, poetic oracles 160
Ishmael 123
Islam 7, 10, 85, 87, 223,
_____ hadith 85-89
_____ marriage. See A’isha, Muhammad's favorite wife
_____ official alms tax 97
_____ origin of Islam 89
_____ pillars of Islam 95-96, 99
_____ Satan 89-90
_____ Shahada, profession of faith 98
_____ state religion 89
_____ Sunni Islam 86, 98
_____ Islamic Bible. See Koran
_____ calendar 88, 98
_____ coins 89
_____ faith 83, 87
_____ laws 87
_____ leaders 97
_____ religion. See Islam
_____ rulers 87
_____ year 83, 96
Israel 99, 103, 128, 150, 167
_____ Akko 106
_____ Ashkelon 99, 128
_____ Haifa 106
_____ Safed 106, 108,109, 114, 115, 116, 117
Israel, state of 209
Israeli Stele 128-129, 150
Israelites 105, 150
Italy 212

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Jackals 164
Jacob 126, 181, 211
Jains 53. See also Hinduism
Jainism 54
Jehovah 132
Jeremiah, prophet 168
Jerusalem 105-107, 110-113, 121-122, 132-133, 150-151, 157, 160, 183, 195
_____ Damascus Gate 105
_____ destruction of Jerusalem 190, 194, 214
_____ rebellion 167, 171-172, 177, 211-212
Jesus 6, 86, 91, 123, 125, 159, 162, 172, 174, 177, 183, 192, 194, 196-197, 208, 222, 227, 230
_____ apostles 222
_____ atoning prayer 198
_____ miracles 91. See also Miracles
_____ Mount of Tempation 200
_____ nature 90
_____ temptation 198
_____ tomb 218
_____ true nature 197
Jesus Christ. See Jesus
Jesus, child 91
_____ child in Bible 92
Jesus, in the Koran 90-91
Jethro, father-in-law of Moses 149
Jewish
_____ Christians 180, 210
_____ exile 121
_____ law 109, 175. See Torah
_____ mysticism. See Kabbalah
_____ New Year. See Yom Kippur
_____ persecution 211
_____ Prayer Book 118
_____ revolt 177, 195n, 208, 211-212
_____ Sabbath 105
_____ scriptures 179
_____ soul 113
_____ world 108
_____ Jews 6, 85, 90-91, 95, 126, 163, 167, 177-178, 214
jihad 2, 7
John the Baptist 176-177, 186, 198-199, 204
John the Divine 191n, 213
John the Revelator 213-215
John, the Gospel of 178, 184-186.
_____ disciple whom Jesus loved 184
_____ writer of John 196
Joseph ben Matthias. See Josephus
Joseph, in Egypt 125-126, 130, 134, 136
Joseph’s seven-year famine. See Famine Stele
Josephus, historian 176- 178
Jewish Antiquities 194,195
Judah 119, 121, 123-124, 151, 154, 157
_____ kingdom of 160
Judaism 85, 93, 159, 167, 170, 175-177, 188-189, 191, 193-194, 196, 208, 210, 215, 222, 228
Judas ben Mattathias 172n
Judas Maccabaeus 170, 172
Judea 183, revolts within 195n

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K’ung Fu-tzu. See Confucius
Ka 165, See also Egypt
Kabbalah 106, 117
Kamosis 138-139, 141
Karma 19
Karnak 144, 150
Kashmir 83, Srinagar 83-84
Khadijah 86. See Muhammad, first wife Khnumhotep II 129
King Ahaz 123
King David. See David
King Josiah 124
King of Salem. See Melchizedek
King Sargon II 160
King Solomon 121, 123
King Ur-Nammu 122
Kings of Israel 123-124, 159
_____ David 161-16
_____ Saul 159, 180
_____ Solomon 159, 167
Koran 83, 85, 87-98, 222, 229, 232
Krishna 51. See also Vishnu


Laksmi. See Vishnu
Lazarus 185-187
Levi 125, 152, 157
Life after death 159, 166, 219. See also eternal life
Lingam 51, 52. See also Vishnu
Lioness-goddess. See Mut, Amun's consort
Lord Bahubali 53n. See also Jain
Lord of the Dance 52n. See also Shiva
Lord of the storm. See Baal
Lucifer 133
Luke, writer of Gospel 175, 182-183

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Maat 164. See also Ostriches
Maccabees 167, 169-170, 172-174, 212
Maccabean rebellion 171
Madurai 60-61
Mahayana Buddhism. See Buddhism
Mainland China. See China
Maitreya. See Buddha
Malcolm X 97-98
Manasseh 124
Mandala 59, 70, 73-74
Manichaeans 190n
Mantras 49, 73-74
Mao Tse-tung 30-31, democracy 31, dictatorship 31
Marcion 190n
Mark, writer of Gospel 182
Martin Luther King Jr. 97
Martyrdom 208, 212
Master K’ung. See Confucius
Matthew, apostle of Jesus 183
Matthew, writer of Gospel 182-183
Mecca 8, 86, 92, 95-96, 98, 123, Ka’ba 123
Medina 88
Mediterranean 179, 190, 212, 216
Mediterranean Sea 101-102
Megiddo. See Sheshonq I
Melchizedek 122, 174-175
Mesha. See Moabite stone
Messiah 90, 159, 162, 168-169, 171, 173-176, 180-181, 183, 186, 190, 196, 208-214
_____ anointed one 159
_____ Jesus within Koran 92
_____ Jewish 190, 211
Messianic fervor 208n, 209, 210
Middle East 92, 98, 190, 209
Midian 138, 156
Midianites 138, 156
Mikveh 107, 176, 177
Milky Way 165, 167
Miracles 128, 148, 150, 167, 178-179, 185-186, 188-189, 197, 222
Moabite stone 151
Moabites 123, 135, 151
Moksa 52, 55. See also Nirvana
Molech 124
Monks, Buddhsit 24-26. See also Buddhism
Monophysites 90n, 190
Monotheism 137, 139, 141-143, 145, 150
Moses 85, 93, 103, 121, 125-126, 135, 138-140, 147, 179, 191, 203
_____ grave 140
_____ laws 178
_____ name of 140
_____ song of Moses 191
Mosque 1, 83, 92, 94-96, 101
Mot 163
Mount Sinai 103-104, 119
Muhammad 7-8, 10, 85-86, 95, 97, 119, 176, 190n, 221-223, 232-233
_____ A’isha, favorite wife 87
_____ his calling as a prophet 93
_____ God’s messenger 10
_____ Khadijah, first wife 86
Murder, spiritual-religious 198
Muslims 7, 10, 84, 120, 123, 223, 229
Mut, Amun's consort 144

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Nagarjuna 81n
Nataraja. See Shiva
Nazirite 199. See also John the Baptist
Nebuchadnezzar II 121, 133
Nero 213n
Netherworld 165-166
New Delhi 61
New Testament 91, 93, 99, 166, 175, 177-178, 180, 182-184, 187, 194, 196-197, 213, 230
New York City 15, World Trade Center 1-3, 15
Nicene Creed 193-194, epistles on the Arian Heresy 193
Nile River 139, 148
Nirvana. See Buddhism
Nizzana 101
Noah 137, 179, 202
Non-Christian 6
Non-Muslims. 87
Non-religious 10, 12

Old Testament 119, 123, 126, 129, 132-134, 136, 146, 149, 151-157, 166, 169, 172, 178-180, 191-193, 209-210, 212
Opium. See Opium War
Oracle 160-161
Oracle bones 32
Original man 54. See also Rig Veda
Orthodox Jew 106
Osiris 136, 142, 162-163, 165-166
Ostriches. See Maat

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Palestine 103, 129, 168. See Israeli Stele
Palestinians 105-106
Papias, Bishop 181-183
Passion Play 83-84, 86
Passover 126, 206
Patmos 213
Paul, biblical apostel 182-184, 188-189, 208n-210n, 212
_____ letters 182, 195
Pentateuch. See Old Testament
People of the Book. See Christians
People’s Republic of China. See China
Peter, apostle of Jesus 179, 182, 184-185, 188, 191, 193, 195, 210
Pharaoh 126, 128, 135, 140, 146
Pharisees, Jewish 172, 174, 177-178, 187, 222, 229, 230
Philistines 148
Phoenician 163
Pilate 176n
Pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj 96
Pilgrimage, Jewish 113
Pillar of Islam. See Islam
Pi-Rameses (or Piramesse), ancient city 131, 148-149
Plagues, ancient 147
Pope, Paul VI 217
Prayer boxes. See Tefillin
Prayer rug, in Islam 100
Prayer shawl. See tallit
President Bush 2-3
Promised Land 140, 150, 172-173, 176, 204, 210,213
Prophecies 159-160, 167-168, 171
Prophecies, by Muhammad 94
Prophet 4, 124, 126, 136, 139, 222, 232
Prophet Isaiah 159
Prophet Muhammad. See Muhammad
Ptolemaic period 163
Ptolemy 169
Pyramid Texts. See Coffin Texts
Pyramids, Egyptian 138

Qantir. See Pi-Ramese, ancient city
Queen Tiy 144
Qumran 172, 177

Ra 136, 140-144, 147, 165-166
Rabbi 107, 109
Rama. See also Vishnu
Ramadan 85, 96
Rameses II 129
Ramesside period 131
Religious refugees from Iran 87
Renunciation. See Hindu society
Resurrection, physical 159, 162-164, 166, 173, 175, 179, 181, 185, 187, 208n, 218-219
Ritual bathhouse. See Mikveh
Roman Catholic 12, Church 193
Roman Catholic Creed 222
Roman Empire 126
Roman State religion 193
Romans 167, 177, 181, 184, 189, 192, 199, 211-215,
222, 224

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Sabbath 153. See also Jewish Sabbath
Sacred leadership in Islam 97
Sacrifice, human 151
Saint Catherine’s monastery 103
Salat 95-96
Samaria, Kingdom of Israel 160-161
Samaritan 197. See also Buddhism
Samuel 159, 173, 199
Sangha 21, 23. See also Buddhism
Satan 133, 136, 204, 209, 211, 214
_____ figure. See Seth
_____ worship 132
Saviour 216. See also Jesus
Scapegoat 110, 110n
Scripture of Change. See I Ching
Scripture of Prayers. See Shih Ching
Seal of the prophets. See Muhammad
Seleucids 169, 172
Semite, statue of a 130, 136
Semites 125-131, 134, 136-140, 146-150
Semitic religion 128
Semitic dynasty. See Hyksos
_____ Jakbaal 129
_____ Joam 129
_____ Khyan 129
_____ Semitic hairstyle 130
_____ people 128-130, 140, 143
Senusret II 129
Sephardic Jews 109
Septuagint 169n, 180n, 183, 192
Seth 131, 136-139, 146-147
Seti I 148-149
Shah of Iran 97
Shahada 95, 98. See also Islam
Shaman 49-50
Shang Ti. See Divine Ancester
Shatki worship. See Hinduism (Shiva)
Shechem 152
Sheshonq I 150
Shi’ite minorities 97
Shi’ites 86-87
_____ leaders 89
_____ Muslims 84. See also Passion Play
_____ spiritual leader 97
_____ Twelvers 86
_____ view 90
Shih Ching. See China
Shishak the King of Egypt. See Sheshonq I
Shiva. See Hinduism
_____ tapas 52, 56
_____ linga 61
Shree Meenakshi Temple 61
Siddhartha Gotama 48, 222. See also Buddha
Siddur 108-110, 112, 118
Siddur prayer book 108, Ashkenazi Siddur 109
Sikh 54
Simon bar Kosiba. See Bar Kokhba, Jewish Messiah
Sinai 99, Peninsula 101, 149
Slavery 148
Soma. See Veda
Soul, in Judaism 117-119
Southern India. See Indus Valley Civilization
St. Iraenaeu 180n
Stele of Kamose 139
Sufism 97
Suicide missions, in Islam 99
Sunnis 86, 223
Synagogues 105, 106, 118, 199, 210-213
Syria 90, 128, 132n
Syro-Palestinian 129

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T’ien. See Confucianism
Ta’ziya. See Passion Play
Taa II 137-139
T’ai -chi 36,50
Tallit 111
Talmud 108
Tantra 64
Tao 36-37
Taoism 28, 30, 32, 34, 36-38, 40, 42
Tao Te Ching. See Taoism
Teacher of the Vedas. See Veda
Tefillin 112. See also Siddur prayer book
Temple 44-45, 56-62, 119, 121, 165
Temple in Jerusalem 112-113, 151, 159, 162, 168, 170-172, 176-177, 210
_____ destruction of 168, 172-173, 176-177, 208, 210
Temple mount in Jerusalem. See Dome of the Rock
Temples, ancient Egyptian 138, 144
Ten Commandments 62, 103, 152, 155
Terrorists 1-2, 98-99
Terror 8
Terrorists, ancient 195
Tetragrammaton 132
Thailand 15-16, 18, 23-24, 26
Thebean society 138
Thebes 137-139, 147
Theodotion the Ephesian 180
Theravada. See Buddhism
Thoth 164-165
Tibet 16, 223. See also Chapters 14-17
Timothy, follower of Paul 183, 189, 196
Tishah be-Av 112
Tithe. See Islam, official alms tax
Tithes, biblical 122
Torah 85, 91, 108, 110-111, 116, 118
Turkey 212
Tutankhamun 145-146
Tutankhaten. See also Tutankhamun
Twelve apostles, Jesus 184
Twelve tribes of Israel 123, 128, 135

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U.S.-led ‘Christian crusade’ 4
Ugarit, ancient city 132n
Ultra-orthodox Jew 106
Underworld 163
Ur 121-122

Vajrayana. See Buddhism
Valley of Kings 146
Vault of heaven 167. See also Milky Way
Veda 48-50, 52-54, 58
_____ Atharva Veda 48
_____ Rig Veda 48-50, 52-54, 79, 80n
_____ Sama Veda 48
_____ soma 49-50
_____ god Agni 50
_____ Upanishads 50-51
vedic culture 48
vedic hymns 48, 51, 57
vedic scripture 48
Yajur Veda 48
Vedic period 58
Virgin 178-181, 183-184, 193, birth 228-230
Vishnu 51. See also Hinduism
Vision 171

Wailing Wall 111-113
Wars of the Jews. See Josephus, historian
West Bank 99, 101
Western Wall. See Wailing Wall
Wheel of Life. See Buddhism
World Trade Center 1. See also New York City

Yahweh 123, 132
Yiddish 108
Yin and Yang 33, 36, 64n
Yoga 52, 53n, 74, 80n. See also Shiva
Yom Kippur 110, 132
Yoni 52. See also Lingam

Zeus 133, 170-171, 226
Ziggurat at Ur 122

 

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