CONTENTS
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CHAP.
I. INTRODUCTORY:
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
V. THE WORLD OF SPIRITS:
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