Authors: Melody D. Knowles
ISBN-13: 9781589831759, ISBN-10: 1589831756
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Centrality and Religious Practice 1
The Centralities of Yahwistic Animal Sacrifice 19
Centrality and the Religious Use of Incense and Figurines: The Geographic Protocols of Non-Sacrificial Worship 55
Jerusalem as a Pilgrimage Center in the Persian Period 77
Centrality through Economics: Paying Taxes and Tithes in Jerusalem 105
The Palimpsest of Jerusalem's Centrality 121
Bibliography 129
Index of Primary Sources 161
Index of Ancient Names and Places 170
Subjects