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Table of Contents THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Sigla Introduction CHAPTER 1 - Deities in Israel in the Period of the Judges 1. Israel’s “Canaanite” Heritage 2. Yahweh and El 3.Yahweh and Baal 4. Yahweh and Asherah 5. Convergence of Divine Imagery 6. Convergence in Israelite Religion 7. Israel and Its Neighbors CHAPTER 2 - Yahweh and Baal 1. Baal Worship in Israel 2. Imagery of Baal and Yahweh 3. The Role of the Monarchy 4. Excursus: Yahweh and Anat CHAPTER 3 - Yahweh and Asherah 1. Distribution in the Biblical Record 2. The Symbol of the Asherah 3. The Inscriptional Evidence 4. Asherah — An Israelite Goddess? 5. The Assimilation of the Imagery of Asherah 6. Excursus: Gender Language for Yahweh CHAPTER 4 - Yahweh and the Sun 1. The Biblical Record 2. The Role of the Monarchy 3. The Assimilation of Solar Imagery CHAPTER 5 - Yahwistic Cultic Practices 1. Yahwistic Cultic Symbols and Sites 2. Practices Associated with the Dead 3. The mlk Sacrifice CHAPTER 6 - The Origins and Development of Israelite Monotheism 1. The Period of the Judges 2. The First Half of the Monarchy 3. The Second Half of the Monarchy 4. The Exile 5. Israelite Monotheism in Historical Perspective CHAPTER 7 - Postscript: Portraits of Yahweh 1. Processes Leading to Divine Portraiture in Israel 2. The Absence of Some Canaanite Divine Roles in the Biblical Record Indexes of Texts Index of Authors General Index THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES General Editors ASTRID B. BECK DAVID NOEL FREEDMAN Editorial Board HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE, History and Literature of Early Christianity JOHN HUEHNERGARD, Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literatures PETER MACHINIST, Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literatures SHALOM M. PAUL, Hebrew Bible JOHN P. MEIER, New Testament STANLEY E. PORTER, New Testament Language and Literature JAMES C. VANDERKAM, History and Literature of Early Judaism ADELA YARBRO COLLINS, New Testament THE BIBLICAL RESOURCE SERIES Available John J. Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination, Second Edition John J. Collins, Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora, Second Edition Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., To Advance the Gospel, Second Edition Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11, Second Edition Colin J. Hemer, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting Anthony J. Saldarini, Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees in Palestinian Society Mark S. Smith, The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel, Second Edition Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions © 1990, 2002 Mark S. Smith All rights reserved First published 1990 by HarperSanFrancisco, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Second edition published 2002 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 255 Jefferson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 / P.O. Box 163, Cambridge CB3 9PU U.K. www.eerdmans.com and by Dove Booksellers 13904 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan 48126 www.dovebook.com Printed in the United States of America 07 06 05 04 03 7 6 5 4 3 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The early history of God: Yahweh and the other deities in ancient Israel / Mark S. Smith; with a foreword by Patrick D. Miller. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8028-3972-X (paper: alk. paper) 1. God — Biblical teaching. 2. Bible. O.T. — Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Gods, Semitic. 4. Israel — Religion. I. Title. BS1192.6.S55 2002 291.2’11’0933 — dc21 2002024467 For my father, Donald Eugene Smith, with love Everything God has made beautiful in its own time; also eternity God has given into their heart. (cf. Ecclesiastes 3:11)
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