TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
ABBREVIATIONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - · - - · -............... xi
I. INTRODUCTION
A. The Distinctive Nature of the Israelite Cult _ _ _ .....................·-·-······ l
B. Canaanite Magic and Israelite Ethic? ..._ 4
C. Sacrifice as Food for the Gods ---········--...············-----... 14
D. Tribal and Urban Cults ....... 19

II. LEXICAL INDICATIONS OF THE CULTS SOCIAL FUNCTION

A. Hebrew Minl)a · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27
B. Hebrew Say . 34
C. Ugaritic Simm as (Culttc) Offering and (Secular) Gift
1. The Use of Slmm in the Kirta Epic ··············------.. 36
2. Akkadian Sulmanu and the Use of Cultic Terms in
Mythic Paradigms ··-··-···--····- - - - - - - - - - -.... 44
3. Hebrew Selam1m between Tribe and State ...... 49
4. The Semantic Development of Slmm in the Kirta Epic ....... _.. 51
D. C o n c l u s i o n s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · 53

III. EHUD'S DELIVERY OF MJnl)a TO EGLON OF MOAB:

TRIBUTE OFFERINGS IN TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE
A. Introduction _ _ _ _ __
B. Literary Structure of the Ehud Narrative
1. Outline of the Four Scenes - - - - - - - - - - - - - ·.. 60
2. Scenes 1 and 2 .....·-·-·... -·-·..·· 61
3. Scenes 3 and 4 ·--..... 71
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 IV. SACRED AND SECULAR EVALUATIONS OF THE TITHE
A. Israel between Tribe and State
1. Introduction _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ ................. 77
2. The Tithe in Canaanite Culture ....................... .. 78
3. The Tithe in Israelite Culture .................... 81
B. Genesis 14:18-20 . 82
C. I Samuel 8:10-17 .. 86

V. TEMPLES AND FERTILITY: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE RHETORIC

OF POSf-EXILIC PROPHECY
A. Introduction _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ .. 91
B. Covenantal Curse Formulae and the Absence
of YHWHs Presence _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ ,93
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C. Fertility and Famine in the Ancient Near East:
Mythic and Mundane Paradigms - - - - - -- - - - - · 106
D. Famine in the Post-Exilic Period 116
E. The Rhetoric of Post-Exilic Prophecy 123

APPENDIX A Maset ....... _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ 129

APPENDIX B: *Ma,tnt>u 131
APPENDIX Q 'Ienupa 133
APPENDIX D. 'Ieruma . 137
BIBLIOGRAPHY ..... ................................................ 147
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Sacrifices and Offerings in Ancient Israel : Studies in Their Social and Political Importance, edited by Gary A. Anderson, BRILL,
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