The Three Biblical Altar Laws : Developments in the Sacrificial Cult in Practice and Theology: Political and Economic Background Book

	Introduction	1
1	The Relationship between the Altar Laws in Exod. 20 and Deut. 27	14
2	Comparison and Contrast between the Two Pericopes with respect to their Mythological Vision and Historical Setting	88
3	The Correlation between Deut. 27: 5-6 and I Kings 5:31-32, 6:7 and 7:9-11	142
4	Archeological Evidence	153
5	The Bronze Altar: Exod. 27: 1-8	171
6	Excursus: Exod. 27: 2:[actual symbol not reproducible] "Make Its Horns at Each of the Four Corners. [Exod. 27:2]."	207
7	The Bronze Altar - Real or Fictional?	233
8	Josiah's Reform	282
9	Developments in the Sacrificial Cult in Practice and Theology	321
10	Conclusion	391
App. I	I Kings 6: 17-22: A Comparison Between the MT and LXX Texts	402
App. II	The Hermeneutical Method of Ezra and Nehemiah with Respect to Labour Restrictions on Sabbath and the Prohibition Against Intermarriage	407
App. III	The Priesthood of Jehoiada	412
	Bibliography	418
	Citations Index	431
	Subject Index	457