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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDMENTS Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. The case of Dan: Judges 17-18 2. History of Research a) 1835-1957 b) 1957-1987 c) 1987 to the Present Day 3. Historical and Textual Issues a) Judges 17-18 and the History of the Danites b) 17.7 c) 18.30-31 d) Redactional History PART ONE: SACRED TRADITION IN JUDGES 17-18 CHAPTER 1: Interpreting Judges 17-18 1. Rhetorical-Critical Study a) 17.1-6 b) 17.7-18.1a c) 18.1b-6 d) 18.7-10 e) 18.11-26 f) 18.27-31 g) Summary 2. Form-Critical Analysis of the Danite Story 3. Cultic Aetiologies in the Hebrew Bible a) Genesis 12.6-8 b) Genesis 16.7-14 c) Genesis 22 d) Genesis 28.10-22 e) Genesis 32.23-33 f) Genesis 33.18-20 g) Genesis 35.1-7 h) Genesis 35.9-15 4. The Cultic Foundation Story in the Hebrew Bible 5. The Danite Story and the Jerusalem Stories 6. The Cultic Foundation Story in Judges a) Judges 6.11-24 b) Judges 13.2-23 7. Summary 8. Cultic Foundation Stories in the Ancient Near East 9. Cultic Foundation Stories from Other Cultures 10. Conclusion PART TWO: CULTIC PRACTICE IN JUDGES 17-18 CHAPTER 2: Image Worship in the Danite Story 1. The Image in the Danite Story 2. The Term ????? ??? 3. The ??? in the Hebrew Bible 4. The ??? of Micah and the Bull Image of Royal Dan 5. The Image of Royal Dan 6. The Origins of Bull Iconography Excursus: Bull Imagery in Ugaritic and Hebrew Texts 7. Image Worship in the Ancient Near East 8. The Cultic Image amongst the Hebrews and in the Ancient Near East 9. Image Worship and the Archaeology of Tel Dan 10. Conclusions CHAPTER 3: Priests in the Danite Story 1. Priests in the Danite Legend 2. The Initiation Rites of the Priests in the Danite Story 3. The Priestly Functions in the Hebrew Bible 4. The Danite Priesthood and the Ancient Near East a) Aramean and Phoenician Priests b) Priests from Northern Syria c) Assyrian and Babylonian Priests d) Egyptian Priests e) Hittite Priests f) Pre-Islamic Arab Priests 5. The Priests of Dan in their Near Eastern Context: Conclusions CHAPTER 4: Divination in the Danite Story 1. Divination in the Danite Story 2. Ephods as Divinatory Devices a) The High-Priestly Ephod b) The Linen Ephod c) The Oracular Priestly Ephod d) Gideon's Ephod e) The Ephod in the Ancient Near East 3. The Teraphim a) Genesis 31 b) 1 Samuel 15.23 c) 1 Samuel 19 d) 2 Kings 23.24 e) Ezekiel 21.36 f) Hosea 3.4 g) Zechariah 10.2 4. The Shrine of Dan as an Oracular Centre 5. The Oracle to the Danites in Judges 18.5-6 6. The ??? as Exsispicy 7. The Danite Oracle in its Ancient Near Eastern Context 8. The Danite Oracle as a Private Oracle 9. Conclusions CONCLUSION: Cultic Life at Dan APPENDIX: The Danite Story and the History of the Levites 1. What does 'Levite' mean? 2. Was there a secular Tribe of Levi? 3. Were Levites necessarily priests? 4. The Question of the Secular Tribe of Levi 5. Proposed Reconstruction of the History of Levi in the Light of Judges 17-18 6. The Levitical Priesthood of Dan 7. Conclusions Primary Sources Secondary Sources
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Bible. O.T. Judges XVII-XVIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.