AUTHOR’S PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. AUTHOR’S PREFACE vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY xvii
6. Chapter 1: Hebrew and Greek Texts 1
7. Chapter 2: Literary Contexts of the Common Hebrew- Greek Vocabulary 62
8. Excursus A: The nine spices of Canticles 91
9. Excursus Β: The god of Kasios and his adversary 98
10. Chapter 3: Cosmological Myth and the Tuna of Gibraltar 106
11. Chapter 4: The Mediterranean Vocabulary of the Vine 134
12. Chapter 5: Peace Symbolism in Ancient Military Vocabulary 159
13. Excursus C: Phinehas and Phineus 181
14. Chapter 6: The Sacrificial Cult and its Critique 183
15. Excursus D: “Lord of the flies” 219
16. Chapter 7: The Shifting Roles of Women 222
17. Chapter 8: Treaty and Loyalty-Oath 253
18. Chapter 9: Proverb-Book and Gold-Economy 290
19. Excursus E: Motifs, Comparisons, Proverbs 309
20. Appendix 328
21. Index 1: Words Discussed 344
22. Index 2: Texts Cited 357
23. Index 3: Objects Described 387
24. Index 4: Modera Scholars 389
25. Index 5: General 393
26. 409-410 409