Jerusalem: The Biography (117 page)

Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem,
210
,
215–18

Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem,
218–21
,
224
,
229n

Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem,
221
,
233
,
235–8

Baldwin IV, King of Jerusalem,
242–5

Baldwin V, King of Jerusalem,
245–6
,
320n

Balfour, Arthur, 1st Earl of, xxv,
381
,
409–10
,
412–15
,
428
,
431
,
440–1

Balfour Declaration,
414–15
,
422–4
,
427–9
,
431
,
437–9
,
453
,
456

Balian of Ibelin,
245
,
247
,
249–50
,
253–4

Balkans,
291
,
341
,
361
,
395

Ballin, Albert,
376

Ballobar, Count Antonio de,
396–8
,
400
,
416–17

Balsam of Gilead,
79n

bar Kochba, Simon,
135–7
,
163
,
383

Barabbas,
102
,
105

Barak, Ehud,
506–7
,
512–13

Barcelona,
279

Barclay’s Gate,
354n

Bardawil lagoons,
218

Baris fortress,
54
,
69n
,
78

Barka Khan,
271
,
361n

Barkat, Nir,
511

Barker, General Evelyn ‘Bubbles’,
462
,
464
,
466–7

Barsbay, Sultan,
286

Barsoma of Nisibis,
153–5

Bartholomew, Peter,
209

Barton, General,
422

Basle,
375
,
380n

Basra,
196

Bathsheba,
23
,
25

Bathsheba’s Pool,
363

Battle of the Milvian Bridge,
143

Battle of the Pyramids,
312

Bay of Issus,
163

bayah
,
178

Bayley, Lieutenant-Colonel,
418

Bayt Nuba,
260

Beautiful Gate,
101–2n
,
109
,
165n
,
264

Becket, Thomas,
228n

Beersheba,
414

Begin, Menachem,
458–62
,
465–7
,
472
,
480
,
493
,
496
,
504–5
,
508

Behustan mountains,
161

Beilin, Yossi,
504–5

Beirut,
9
,
89
,
216
,
225
,
238
,
338
,
347
,
405
,
458
,
505

and Parker fiasco,
391–2

Russian assault,
310
,
316n

and Three Pashas,
397–8
,
416n

Beit Jala,
197n

Belisarius, General,
130n
,
159

Bell, Gertrude,
404

Belshazzar,
45–7

Belzers,
484n

ben Sira, Jesus,
58
,
199n

ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yohanan,
132

ben Zakkai Synagogue,
330

Ben-Gurion, David (David Grün),
398
,
415
,
430–1
,
439
,
443n
,
484
,
490
,
503n

and Deir Yassin massacre,
469

and Israeli state,
445–6
,
450
,
453
,
458–62
,
465
,
467–70
,
474–7
,
479–80
,
502

origins,
381–3

and premiership,
481
,
492

and Suez crisis,
490

Benjamin,
164

Benjamin of Tudela,
24n
,
240n

Berekhah, Rabbi,
153

Berenice, Queen of Chalcis,
5–6
,
9
,
116
,
119
,
121–3
,
126
,
129
,
131

Berlin,
398
,
414
,
416n
,
443
,
454–5
,
461
,
486

Bernadotte, Count Folke,
480–3

Betar,
137

Betar youth organization,
430
,
437–8
,
461

Bethany,
227–8

Bethel,
17n
,
30

Bethesda Pool,
37
,
72
,
100
,
228

Bethlehem,
91
,
94
,
155
,
399

Church of the Nativity,
216
,
342

and Crusades,
208
,
210
,
268

Beth-Zacharia,
65

Beth-Zur,
67

Bevin, Ernest,
462

Bible, xviii, xx, xxiv,
10
,
13
,
21–3
,
25–6
,
28–9
,
31–2n
,
35
,
40
,
45
,
477

Aleppo Codex,
100n
,
213

and archaeology,
354–5

Authorized Version,
300

the Gospels,
10
,
91
,
97
,
99
,
102
,
105
,
108
,
144

inconsistencies in,
16n