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