Chapter 6. Qedešah in the Hebrew Bible

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. Sacred Prostitution as Interpretive Construct 33
7. Chapter 3. Sir James George Frazer and the Concept of Sacred Prostitution 69
8. Chapter 4. Classical Sources in Constructions of Sacred Prostitution 105
9. Chapter 5. New Sources from the Ancient Near East 209
10. Chapter 6. Qedešah in the Hebrew Bible 359
11. Appendix A. Synopsis of Classical Sources in Constructions of Sacred Prostitution 413
12. Appendix B. Synopsis of qadištu /nu.gig Texts 421
13. Appendix C. Nu- gig in Early Sumerian Texts 433
14. Bibliography 455
15. Index of Sources 481