- 240 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
Thirteen essays from an ASOR symposium on the relationship among archaeology, text and our understanding of ancient Israelite religion. Contributors include: J. Z. Smith, W. G. Dever, Z. Zevit, K. van der Toorn, J. M. Sasson, E. Bloch-Smith, S. Gitin, B. A. Levine, W. T. Pitard, T. J. Lewis, and B. M. Gittlen.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Religion Up and Down, Out and In
- Chapter 2: Theology, Philology, and Archaeology: In the Pursuit of Ancient Israelite Religion
- Chapter 3: Philology and Archaeology: Imagining New Questions, Begetting New Ideas
- Chapter 4: Israelite Figurines: A View from the Texts
- Chapter 5: On the Use of Images in Israel and the Ancient Near East: A Response to Karel van der Toorn
- Chapter 6: Preamble to a Temple Tour
- Chapter 7: Solomon’s Temple: The Politics of Ritual Space
- Chapter 8: The Four-Horned Altar and Sacred Space: An Archaeological Perspective
- Chapter 9: Ritual as Symbol: Modes of Sacrifice in Israelite Religion
- Chapter 10: Death in the Life of Israel
- Chapter 11: Tombs and Offerings: Archaeological Data and Comparative Methodology in the Study of Death in Israel
- Chapter 12: How Far Can Texts Take Us? Evaluating Textual Sources for Reconstructing Ancient Israelite Beliefs about the Dead
- Indexes