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| Introduction |
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Debra Scoggins Ballentine |
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Mothers' Wisdom: Technical Training and Lessons for Life |
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13 | (16) |
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Ambivalent Relations between Brothers in the Hebrew Bible |
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29 | (16) |
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Where Are Joseph's Brothers? Jacob, Joseph, and the Joseph Novella |
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45 | (14) |
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Protective Violence, Punitive Mutilation, Spousal Relations, and Gender Hierarchies in the Legal Case of Deuteronomy 25:11--12 |
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59 | (22) |
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Debra Scoggins Ballentine |
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Love and Friendship in Elephantine |
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81 | (18) |
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Part 2 Social Relations among Israelites |
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Public Self and Private Self in the World of the Hebrew Bible |
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99 | (14) |
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Ritual Weeping: Tears, Separation, and Reunion in Biblical Relationships |
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113 | (16) |
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Sex, Honor, and Civilization in Genesis 1--11 |
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129 | (20) |
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Defect or Blemish? Cultural-Historical Readings and Lexicography of mum in Leviticus 21:17--24; 22:17--23 |
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149 | (18) |
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The Faithful Priest of 1 Samuel 2 and Priestly Lineage Relationships |
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167 | (18) |
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Part 3 Relations between Israelites and Others |
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The Neighbor and the Alien in Leviticus 19 |
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185 | (14) |
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There's a Stranger in My House: The Use of Foreignness Language in Disruptions of Close, Intimate Relationships |
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199 | (22) |
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A Sinful People, an Angry Deity, and a Nauseated Land: A Triadic Relationship in the Hebrew Bible through the Lens of Land Defilement |
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221 | (14) |
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The Relationship between the Philistines and the Israelites in the Ark Narrative |
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235 | (14) |
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Neither Mice nor Men: Dehumanization and Extermination in Mesopotamian Sources, Herem Texts, and the War Scroll |
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249 | (18) |
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Inside Out: Bodily Inversion in Ancient West Asian Loyalty Oaths and Curses |
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267 | (20) |
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Part 4 Relationships with the Dead |
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"And Moses Took the Bones of Joseph with Him": Israelite Interment Ideology from Moses to Moshe Rabbeinu |
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287 | (10) |
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Just Who Is Coming to Dinner? Fostering Relationships with the Dead through Ritual Meals |
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297 | (16) |
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The Ongoing Relations between the Living and the Dead: A Viewpoint from the Material Evidence |
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313 | (14) |
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Bonds between the Living and the Dead: Rethinking Dedications in the Synagogue of Syrian Apamea |
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327 | (20) |
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In My House and within My Walls: The Shared Space of Yahweh and the Dead in Israelite Religion |
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347 | (22) |
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Part 5 Relations with and among Divine Beings |
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Fighting with Angels: On How to Build Up a Celestial Army |
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369 | (16) |
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What Is the Relation of God to the Ghost That Saul Did Not See? |
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385 | (16) |
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Incomparable or Prototypical: Yahweh among the Gods in the Hebrew Bible |
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401 | (16) |
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Jennifer Elizabeth Singletary |
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Beyond Angels and Demons: Reconsidering the Cosmic Powers of Colossians |
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417 | (14) |
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| Bibliography |
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431 | (62) |
| Contributors |
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493 | (6) |
| Ancient Sources Index |
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499 | (24) |
| Modern Authors Index |
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