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Hammurabi - Babylonian King (1792-50 BC) who is known for codifying a legal system (law) for his people.

MS Encarta 96 "Hammurabi"
Code of set of laws compiled and published by King Hammurabi. Discovered on a stele in Babylon.
Example of translated http://www.pitt.edu/~novosel/hammurab.html

Hasideans

"pious ones" Thought by some to be the forerunners of the Pharasiees.

Hebrews

"those who pass from place to place"

[MSE] MS Encarta "Hebrews" or time line

Hellenists

Generally thought to be Jewish Christians who were from the Diaspora and/or Gentile Christians. See Gentiles, Jews,

Hellenization

generally considered the process as well as the end result of the Greek influence on other cultures in ancient Mediterranian world. Other cultures absorbing Greek beliefs, values, culture, and language.

Hellenization caused conflicts within non-greek cultures and often gave rise to groups which opposed hellenization. Pharaisees Hellenists

Hittites

Hittite Home Page http://scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/ASOR/HittiteHP.html

Hittite/Hebrew Connection gopher://gopher.uchicago.edu/0R0-7482-/unews/chronicle/ARCHIVES/960201/hittites

Holy Spirit

the third person of the God-Head.

Homologoumena

"to speak the same" describes all the books of the New Testament which have always been considered canonical. These were held in continual canonical status
See Antilegomena, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha