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Book SynopsisThe author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data, and epigraphy to determine what may be known about the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200 - 586 BCE). The evidence is synthesized within the structure of an Israelite worldview and ethos.
Trade Review'... the most ambitious, the most sophisticated, the most important study of ancient Israelite religions ever undertaken.' Professor William G. Dever, University of Arizona; '... thorough, up-to-date.... No comparable work is as methodologically sophisticated... clearly written, rich with illustration and example.' Professor Bill Propp, University of California at San Diego; 'Zevit's work is learned and suggestive, often brilliant, in its relation both to humanistic studies in general and to detailed phenomena and texts in particular.' The Times Literary Supplement; 'This book is a formidable tour de force, a magnum opus.' Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Table of Contents1. Surveying Paths: An Essay about Humanities, Religion, History, and Israelite Religions; 2. Of Cult Places and of Israelites; 3. Architecture Parlante: Israelite Cult Places; 4. Tangible Belief: The Material and Textual Aspects of Cultic Artefacts; 5. Writ on Rock - Script on Stone; 6. Israelite Religions in Israelian and Judahite Historiography and Historiosophy; 7. Israelite Mantic Religions in Literary, Social, and Historical Contexts; 8. Visions of a Foreign Land: Israelite Religions through Enemy Eyes; 9. The Names of Israelite Gods; 10. Israelite Religions: A Parallactic Synthesis; Appendix: Khirbet Beit Lei: The Main Inscriptions
