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Authors: Melody D. Knowles
ISBN-13: 9781589831759, ISBN-10: 1589831756
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Melody D. Knowles

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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

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