Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. DEDICATION v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS xi
6. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 2: NATURAL CATASTROPHES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN AND MEDITERRANEAN WORLDS 27
8. CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL THEORY: DOXA, CRISIS AND COGNITIVE DISSONANCE 37
9. CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDINGS OF AND RESPONSES TO NATURAL CATASTROPHES AMONG PEOPLES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ANCIENT ISRAEL 49
10. CHAPTER 5: PRACTICAL AND RITUALISTIC RESPONSES TO NATURAL CATASTROPHES AMONG PEOPLES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, INCLUDING ANCIENT ISRAEL 103
11. CHAPTER 6: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 133
12. APPENDIX A: THE LATE ISRAELITE/JUDEAN MONARCHY: AN ERA OF CUMULATIVE TRAUMA 139
13. APPENDIX B: DURKHEIMIAN SOCIAL THEORY IN OLD TESTAMENT STUDY AND RECENT SOCIOLOGY 145
14. APPENDIX C: CURSES FROM ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS 149
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 155
16. INDEX 193