Religion in Ancient Israel

Katherine Southwood is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the University of Oxford, UK. Stuart Weeks is Professor of Old Testament in the University of Durham, UK.H.G.M. Williamson is Regius Professor of Hebrew Emeritus in the University of Oxford, UK.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. ‘Internal piety’ in ancient Israel and early Judaism - John Barton, University of Oxford, UK2. Cherubim and Seraphim - Adam Carlill, Independent scholar3. Bringers of Rain and Providers of Abundance’: Storm-Gods and Storm-God Imagery in Semitic inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible - Kevin Cathcart, University College, Dublin, Ireland4. Canaanite Myth and Daniel 7: Illusion or Allusion? - John Collins, Yale Divinity School, USA5. Habakkuk – the Prophetic Job? - Katharine Dell, University of Cambridge, UK6. The One and the Many: Aspects of Monotheism - Ron Hendel, University of California, Berkeley, USA7. Folly at Bethel: Amos on the Israelite Festival Cult - Walter Houston, University of Oxford, UK8. On Lyres, Bells, Drums, and Pipes: Divine Anger Management in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East - Katia Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK9. Lamentation in the Book of Amos - Nazek Matty, Dominical Sister of St Catherine of Sienna, Iraq10. Women, Sex, and Divination in Proverbs 31:3 - Laura Quick, University of Oxford, UK11. Aaron’s act of Atonement in Numbers 17:6-15 - Deborah Rooke, University of Oxford, UK12. The Solomonic molekh sacrifice as Origins Tradition: Some Text-Critical Recensional and Historical Proposals - Brian Schmidt, University of Michigan, USA13. Don’t Forget Adonis! Reflections on Isaiah 17:10-11 - Hugh G. M. Williamson, University of Oxford, UK14. Priestly Ordination in the Second Temple Scroll: What We Know and What We Don’t - Molly M. Zahn, Yale Divinity School, USAList of Publications by John DayIndex