CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. [INTRODUCTORY:]

The Subject—Method—Survey of Period and Sources—The Land and People, . . . 1-12

II. [SACRED SITES:]

The Sanctuary of Gezer—Other Sacred Places—Their Persistence—The Modern Places of Cult, . . . 13-23

III. [SACRED OBJECTS:]

Trees—Stones—Images and Symbols, . . . 24-32

IV. [SACRED RITES AND PRACTICES:]

General Inferences—Disposal of the Dead—Jar-burial—Human Sacrifice—Foundation Sacrifice—Importance of Sacrifice—Broken Offerings—'Holy' and 'Unclean'—Sacred Animals, . . . 33-49

V. [THE WORLD OF SPIRITS:]

Awe—Charms—Oracles—Representatives of Supernatural Powers—The Dead—Animism—The Divinity of Kings—Recognised Gods, . . . 50-65

VI. [THE GODS:]

Their Vicissitudes—Their Representative Character—In Political Treaties and Covenants—The Influence of Egypt—Treatment of Alien Gods, . . . 66-82

VII. [THE PANTHEON:]

Asiatic Deities in Egypt—Sutekh—Baal—Resheph—Kadesh—Anath—Astarte—Ashirta—Sun-deity—(Shamash)—Moon-god (Sin)—Addu (Hadad)—Dagon—Nebo—Ninib—Shalem—Gad—'Righteousness'—Nergal —Melek—Yahweh (Jehovah), . . . 83-97

VIII. [CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT:]

Miscellaneous Ideas—The Underlying Identity of Thought—Influence of Babylonia—Conclusion, . . . 98-115

[PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND WORKS OF REFERENCE,] . . . 116

[CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE,] . . . 118

[INDEX,] . . . 119