The Early History of God · Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel by Smith, Mark S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Sigla Introduction CHAPTER 1 - Deities in Israel in the Period of the Judges

1. Israel’s “Canaanite” Heritage 2. Yahweh and El 3.Yahweh and Baal 4. Yahweh and Asherah 5. Convergence of Divine Imagery 6. Convergence in Israelite Religion 7. Israel and Its Neighbors

CHAPTER 2 - Yahweh and Baal

1. Baal Worship in Israel 2. Imagery of Baal and Yahweh 3. The Role of the Monarchy 4. Excursus: Yahweh and Anat

CHAPTER 3 - Yahweh and Asherah

1. Distribution in the Biblical Record 2. The Symbol of the Asherah 3. The Inscriptional Evidence 4. Asherah — An Israelite Goddess? 5. The Assimilation of the Imagery of Asherah 6. Excursus: Gender Language for Yahweh

CHAPTER 4 - Yahweh and the Sun

1. The Biblical Record 2. The Role of the Monarchy 3. The Assimilation of Solar Imagery

CHAPTER 5 - Yahwistic Cultic Practices

1. Yahwistic Cultic Symbols and Sites 2. Practices Associated with the Dead 3. The mlk Sacrifice

CHAPTER 6 - The Origins and Development of Israelite Monotheism

1. The Period of the Judges 2. The First Half of the Monarchy 3. The Second Half of the Monarchy 4. The Exile 5. Israelite Monotheism in Historical Perspective

CHAPTER 7 - Postscript: Portraits of Yahweh

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