Anomalies in the Archaeological Record Evidence for Domestic and Industrial Cults in Central Jordan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Women’s Rites of Passage in Ancient Israel Three Case Studies (Birth, Coming of Age, and Death) 1
5. The Relevance of Hebrew Name Seals for Reconstructing Judahite and Israelite Family Religion 33
6. The Household as Sacred Space 53
7. Philistine Cult and Household Religion according to the Archaeological Record 73
8. Anomalies in the Archaeological Record Evidence for Domestic and Industrial Cults in Central Jordan 103
9. The Judean “Pillar-Base Figurines” Mothers or “Mother-Goddesses”? 129
10. The House and the World The Israelite House as a Microcosm 143
11. Healing Rituals at the Intersection of Family and Society 165
12. Family Religion from a Northern Levantine Perspective 183
13. Horses and Riders and Riders and Horses 197
14. Feast Days and Food Ways Religious Dimensions of Household Life 225
15. The Roles of Kin and Fictive Kin in Biblical Representations of Death Ritual 251
16. A Typology of Iron Age Cult Places 265
17. The Textual and Social Embeddedness of Israelite Family Religion Who Were the Players? Where Were the Stages? 287
18. Index of Authors 315