The Practice of Canaanite Cult: The Middle and Late Bronze Ages

Matthew Susnow

doi:10.5771/9783963271434

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-142-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-143-4
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: Ägypten und Altes Testament
Volume: 106
Language: English
Pages: 376
Product Type: Monograph

1. Preface No access
2. Content No access
3. List of Abbreviations No access
1. 1. 1.1 The Research Topic: Religion in the Southern Levant No access
  2. 1.2 The Need for a New Approach to Canaanite Religion No access
  3. 1.3 Aims and Research Questions No access
  4. 1.4 Methodology No access
  5. 1.5 The Novelty of this Book’s Approach No access
  6. 1.6 Organizational Scheme of this Book No access
2. 1. 2.1 Definitions: Defining the Terms of this Study – “Middle and Late Bronze Canaan” and “Canaanite Religion” No access
  2. 2.2 General Overview of the MB and LB Southern Levant No access
  3. 2.3 History of Research and Scholarship of Canaanite Religion No access
  4. 2.4 Theory No access
1. 1. 3.1 What are Temples? No access
  2. 3.2 The Study of Cultic Architecture No access
  3. 3.3 The Layout of Part II No access
2. 1. 4.1 Organization of the Analysis on Temple Architecture No access
  2. 4.2 The Intermediate Bronze Age No access
  3. 4.3 MB Open-Air Loci of Cultic Activity No access
  4. 1. 4.4.1 Ugarit No access
    2. 4.4.2 Hazor No access
    3. 4.4.3 Megiddo No access
    4. 4.4.4 Shechem No access
    5. 4.4.5 Pella No access
    6. 4.4.6 Tel Haror No access
    7. 4.4.7 Tell el-Dab‘a No access
  5. 1. 4.5.1 Tell el-Hayyat No access
    2. 4.5.2 Tel Kitan No access
  6. 4.6 Discussion: Migdal Temples in the Southern Levant and Beyond No access
  7. 1. 4.7.1 Givat Sharett No access
    2. 4.7.2 Naḥal Repha’im No access
    3. 4.7.3 Manaḥat No access
    4. 4.7.4 Al-Walajah No access
    5. 4.7.5 Ashkelon No access
  8. 1. 4.8.1 Lachish No access
    2. 4.8.2 Beth Shean No access
    3. 4.8.3 Tel Mevorakh No access
    4. 4.8.4 Hazor Area C No access
    5. 4.8.5 Tell Abu Hawam No access
    6. 4.8.6 Tell Abu Al-Kharaz No access
  9. 4.9 Discussion: Making Sense of the Diversity in Canaanite Temple Architecture No access
3. 1. 5.1 Methodology No access
  2. 1. 5.2.1 Hazor No access
    2. 5.2.2 Megiddo No access
    3. 5.2.3 Tel Haror No access
    4. 5.2.4 Tell el-Dab‘a No access
    5. 5.2.5 Ugarit No access
  3. 1. 5.3.1 Nahariya No access
    2. 5.3.2 Byblos No access
    3. 5.3.3 Gezer No access
  4. 5.4 Temple Courtyards: Access Points to the Divine No access
4. 1. 6.1 Southern Levantine Temples as Houses? No access
  2. 6.2 Integrating Temple and Temple Courtyard No access
1. 1. 7.1 How to Determine Activity Types in Temples: The Need for a Methodology No access
  2. 7.2 Methods Used in Household Archaeology No access
  3. 7.3 Methodology in the Archaeological Study of Cult: A Rubric for Identifying Activity Types in Cultic Contexts No access
  4. 7.4 Types of Contexts Considered in this Study No access
2. 1. 8.1 Contextual Analysis No access
  2. 8.2 Analysis of Behavioral Patterns No access
  3. 8.3 The Use of Space in the Orthostat Temple: General Trends and Diachronic Changes in how Cult was Practiced in Area H at Hazor No access
3. 1. 9.1 Contextual Analysis No access
  2. 9.2 Analysis of Behavioral Patterns No access
  3. 9.3 Vernacular Cult at Hazor: Interpretation of the Stelae Temple No access
4. 1. 10.1 Contextual Analysis No access
  2. 10.2 Analysis of Behavioral Patterns No access
  3. 10.3 The Idiosyncratic Practice of Cult at the Fosse Temple No access
5. 1. 11.1 Contextual Analysis No access
  2. 11.2 Analysis of Behavioral Patterns No access
  3. 11.3 The Role and Function of the Roadside Shrine at Tel Mevorakh No access
6. 1. 12.1 Contextual Analysis No access
  2. 12.2 Analysis of Behavioral Patterns No access
  3. 12.3 The Nahariya Cult: A Unique MB Extramural Space within the Canaanite Religious Landscape No access
7. 1. 13.1 General Trends No access
  2. 1. 13.2.1 Tell el-Hayyat No access
    2. 13.2.2 Lachish Area D No access
    3. 13.2.3 Tel Haror No access
    4. 13.2.4 Sidon No access
    5. 13.2.5 Tell el-Dab‘a No access
  3. 1. 13.3.1 Lachish Acropolis Temple No access
    2. 13.3.2 Beth Shean, Temple 58066 No access
    3. 13.3.3 Tel Nami No access
    4. 13.4 Discussion and Conclusions: Trends in Canaanite Cultic Sites No access
8. 1. 14.1 Hazor, Area C (MB III): Household Activities No access
  2. 14.2 LB and Iron Age Southern Levantine Household Activities No access
  3. 14.3 Trends in Activity Types Outside of the Southern Levant No access
9. 1. 15.1 Understanding the Activities Conducted within Canaanite Temples No access
  2. 15.2 The Contrast between Activities in Cultic Spaces Versus Domestic Spaces No access
  3. 15.3 The Use of Space in Other Ancient Near Eastern Temples No access
  4. 15.4 Ritual, Ritualization, and Activities in Canaanite Cultic Spaces No access
  5. 15.5 Conclusions: The Utility of the Methodology No access
1. 1. 16.1 Introduction No access
  2. 16.2 Diachronic Change No access
  3. 16.3 Practices According to Ritual Texts No access
  4. 16.4 Canaanite Ritual Praxis No access
  5. 16.5 Insights into Ritual Praxis in Canaan No access
2. 1. 17.1 Introduction No access
  2. 17.2 Methodological Approach to the Use of Text and Analogy in this Study No access
  3. 17.3 Canaanite Religious Ideologies No access
  4. 17.4 The Structure of Cult and Ritual No access
  5. 17.5 Iconography No access
  6. 17.6 Discussion: Insights into Religious Ideology through Analogy No access
  7. 17.7 Conclusions: The Particulars of Canaanite Religious Ideology No access
1. 1. 18.1 Conclusions Arrived at in this Book No access
  2. 18.2 New Insights into Canaanite Religion No access
  3. 18.3 Concluding Remarks: Why all of this Matters No access
Bibliography No access Pages 227 - 264
Tables No access Pages 265 - 286
Figures No access Pages 287 - 374