CHAP. The Subject—Method—Survey of Period and Sources—The Land and People, . . . 1-12 II. SACRED SITES: The Sanctuary of Gezer—Other Sacred Places—Their Persistence—The Modern Places of Cult, . . . 13-23 III. SACRED OBJECTS: Trees—Stones—Images and Symbols, . . . 24-32 IV. SACRED RITES AND PRACTICES: General Inferences—Disposal of the Dead—Jar-burial—Human Sacrifice—Foundation Sacrifice—Importance of Sacrifice—Broken Offerings—'Holy' and 'Unclean'—Sacred Animals, . . . 33-49 Awe—Charms—Oracles—Representatives of Supernatural Powers—The Dead—Animism—The Divinity of Kings—Recognised Gods, . . . 50-65 VI. THE GODS: Their Vicissitudes—Their Representative Character—In Political Treaties and Covenants—The Influence of Egypt—Treatment of Alien Gods, . . . 66-82 VII. THE PANTHEON: Asiatic Deities in Egypt—Sutekh—Baal—Resheph—Kadesh—Anath—Astarte—Ashirta—Sun-deity—(Shamash)—Moon-god (Sin)—Addu (Hadad)—Dagon—Nebo—Ninib—Shalem—Gad—'Righteousness'—Nergal —Melek—Yahweh (Jehovah), . . . 83-97 VIII. CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT: Miscellaneous Ideas—The Underlying Identity of Thought—Influence of Babylonia—Conclusion, . . . 98-115 PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND WORKS OF REFERENCE, . . . 116 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, . . . 118 INDEX, . . . 119 |