Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Biblical Manasseh 15
7. 2 The Historical Manasseh 73
8. 3 The Distortion of Manasseh 121
9. 4 The Biblical Portrayal of Child Sacrifice 141
10. 5 The Historical Reality of Child Sacrifice 207
11. The Distortion of Child Sacrifice 301
12. Conclusions 317
13. Bibliography 323
14. Indexes 371