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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel ASOR Books Volume 7 Victor Matthews, editor Billie Jean Collins ASOR Director of Publications ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RELIGIONS OF CANAAN AND ISRAEL by Beth Alpert Nakhai American Schools of Oriental Research • Boston, MA ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RELIGIONS OF CANAAN AND ISRAEL Copyright © 2001 The American Schools of Oriental Research Cover illustration: Reconstruction of the contents of the 13th century sanctuary at Hazor. Photo courtesy of David Harris. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nakhai, Beth Alpert, 1951- Archaeology and the religions of Canaan and Israel / by Beth Alpert Nakhai. p. cm. -- (ASOR books ; v. 7) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89757-057-X 1. Palestine--Antiquities. 2. Temples--Palestine. 3. Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine. 4. Sacrifice--Biblical teaching. 5. Bible. O.T.--Social scientific criticism. 6. Canaanites--Religion. 7. Bronze age--Palestine. I. Title. II. Series. DS111.7 .N35 2001 933--dc21 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Dedicated to Farzad and Mandana, with much love CONTENTS List of Maps viii Abbreviations ix Preface x Introduction 1 1 Survey of Previous Scholarship 5 2 The Contribution of Social Sciences to the Study of Religion 19 3 The Textual Evidence 39 4 The Middle Bronze Age 81 5 The Late Bronze Age 119 6 Israelite Sacred Places of the Iron Age 161 7 Conclusions 201 References 205 Index 253 vii LIST OF MAPS Fig. 1 Map showing the location of Middle Bronze Age sites 85 Fig. 2 Detailed map showing the location of MBA sites 86 Fig. 3 Map showing the location of Late Bronze Age sites 120 Fig. 4 Map showing the location of Iron Age sites 169 viii ABBREVIATIONS Dtn Deut 12–26 DH Deuteronomistic Historians (Deut, Josh, Judg, 1–2 Sam, 1–2 Kgs) KK 1 Kgs 5:22–2 Kgs 25 J Yahwist E Elohist P Priestly D Deuteronomistic SSK 4 1 Sam, 2 Sam, 1 Kgs 1–4 ix

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