Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel /

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Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own children to their god(s) is so contrary to modern moral sensibilities that it is difficult to imagine that such a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dewrell, Heath D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Children Sacrificed as Part of a "Molek" Rite
  • Chapter 2. Archaeological, Iconographic, and Epigraphic Evidence for Child Sacrifice in the Levant and Central Mediterranean
  • Chapter 3. A General Sacrifice of Firstborn Israelite Children?
  • Chapter 4. Varieties of Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel
  • Chapter 5. Biblical Reactions to Israelite Child Sacrifice
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Scripture
  • Index of Other Ancient Sources

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