Killing Jesus: A History (33 page)

Mariamme

Mark

Mark, Gospel of

Martha and Mary

Mary

death of Jesus and

virginity

Mary Magdalene

death of Jesus and

Matthew

Matthew, Gospel of

Menander

Micah

miracles and healings

money changers

Moses

Mount Moriah

Mount of Olives

Muhammad, Prophet

Munda

Muslims

Nativity

Nazareth

Nazism

Nebuchadnezzar II

Nero

New Testament

Nicodemus

Nicomedes IV, king of Bithynia

North Africa

Numbers, book of

Octavian.
See
Augustus, Caesar

Old Testament

oral tradition

orgies

paganism

Palestine

Parthia and Parthians

Passover

Last Supper

money changing

Patton, George S.

Paul

Pentateuch

Persia and Persians

Peter

Pharisees

plot to trap Jesus

Philip

Philip (son of Herod)

Philippi, Battle of

Philistines

Philo

Phlegon

Pilate, Pontius

death of

Jesus and

route of

Pius IX, Pope

Pius XII, Pope

Pliny the Younger

Plutarch

Pompey the Great

Popilius Laenas

Potheinos

prostitution

Psalms

Ptolemy XIII

purification rituals

Quran

Reagan, Ronald

resurrection of Jesus

Revelation, book of

Rhine River

Rhodes

roads

Roman Catholic Church

Rome

Christianity legalized by

civil war

crucifixion death squads

decline of

equestrians

Gallic wars

historians

Jewish rebellions against

Judea ruled by

legionaries

maps of

persecution and execution methods

Republic

Senate

Theater of Pompey

see also specific emperors and Romans

Rubicon River

Sabbath

Sadducees

St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rome

Salome

Samaria and Samaritans

Sanhedrin

Saul

scourging

Sea of Galilee

Seder

Sejanus, Lucius Aelius

Sepphoris

Sermon on the Mount

shekel

Shema

Simeon

Simon (brother of Jesus)

Simon of Cyrene

Simon the Pharisee

Simon the Zealot

Six-Day War

slaves

sex

Socrates

Solomon

Solomon’s Porch

Spain

Spartacus

Spurinna

standards, Roman

staticulum

stoning

Suetonius

Switzerland

synagogues

Synoptic Gospels.
See also specific Gospels

Syria

Tabernacles, Feast of

Tacitus, Cornelius

Talmud

Tanakh

Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius

taxation

Temple

chambers and courts

destruction of

guards

money changers

Passover week

robes

Temple Mount

Ten Commandments

Teutoburg Forest, Battle of

Thallus

Theudas

Thomas

Thracians

Thrasyllus

Tiberias

Tiberius

Torah

Tradition of the Elders

tunic

Turkey

Varus, Publius Quintctilius

Vatican

verberatio

Vercingetorix

vipers

Vipsania

Washington, George

water turned into wine

Weeks

women

World War II

Yehuda

Yom Kippur

Zadokites

Zechariah

Zedekiah

Zerubbabel

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

B
ILL
O’R
EILLY
is the anchor of
The O’Reilly Factor
, the highest-rated cable news show in the country. He also writes a syndicated newspaper column and is the author of several number-one bestselling books. He is, perhaps, the most talked about political commentator in America.

M
ARTIN
D
UGARD
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons.

KILLING JESUS: A HISTORY

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O’Reilly, Bill.

    Killing Jesus: a history / Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard.

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    ISBN 978-0-8050-9854-9 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-8050-9855-6 (electronic book)   1.  Jesus Christ—Crucifixion.   I.  Dugard, Martin.   II.  Title.

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First Edition: September 2013

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