The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Second Millenium B.C.

by Stanley Arthur Cook

INDEX

ADDU, weather-god, [79], [89] sq., [95].

Adonis, [36], [47], [92], [111].

Aegean isles, [6], [8].

Agriculture, [7], [9] sq., [11], [33] sq., [88], [90].

Allah, [21], [61], [68].

Altar, [18] sqq., [27], [39], [108].

Amarna tablets, [6] [8], [10], [33], [63], [76], [78], [92], [96], [98] sqq., [106], [112], etc.

Amenhotep II., [44].

Amenhotep III., [5] sq., [56], [70] sq., [81], [118].

Amenhotep IV. See Ikhnaton.

Amon, the god, [54] sq., [61], [71], [74] sqq., [77] sq., [81], [95], [111]. See Re.

Amulets, [17], [32], [35], [38], [51] sq.

Anath, goddess, [85].

Ancestor-worship, [57] sqq.

Animals, [22], [30] sq., 39sq., [43] sqq., [47] sqq., [50], [61], [85], [108] sq.

Animism, [60].

Anointing, [14], [27], [42], [64], [76], [79].

Anubis, [96].

Anthropomorphism, [28], [49].

Apollo, [23], [84].

Arabia, [7], [87] sq., [92].

Archæology, [2], [7] sq., etc.

Arts, [8] sq., [112] sq.

Ashērah, [26], [87].

Ashirat, Ashirta, goddess, [53], [87].

Tell 'Ashtarah, [77], [81].

Ashur, the god, [53], [87] sq., [92].

Assyria, [5], [7], [39], [62], [78], [87] sqq., [92], [102].

Astarte, [29] sq., [45], [49], [70], [73], [86] sq.

Atargatis, [31].

Aton, [103] sqq.

BAAL (title 'lord'), [66] sq. See Heaven.

Baal (proper name), [33], [84], [89].

Baalath (title 'lady'), [66], [86]. See Byblos.

Baal-Zephon, [86].

Babylonia, [4] sq., [10], [30], [62], [70], [87], [90] sqq., [94], [102], [106] sqq., [110] sqq., [118].

Bes, [96].

Blood-revenge, [42].

Bludan (near Damascus), [46].

Broken offerings, [45] sq.

Bull, [32], [90] sq.

Burial, [15], [17] sq., [36] sq., [40]. See Dead.

Byblos, [66], [74] sq., [83], [100]. See Zakarbaal.

CAMEL, [17], [45], [48].

Cannibalism, [38].

Carthage, [3], [27], [31], [34] sq., [39], [41], [43], [72].

Caves, [15] sq., [19] sq., [24], [34], [38], [41], [46], [53], [107].

Charms, [32], [38], [51] sq., [107], [109].

Cobra, model of, [15], [48].

Cremation, [34], [40], [56].

Cup-marks, [14], [16], [20], [26], [35] sq.

Curse, [72], [90], [98].

DAGON, [92].

Dead, disposal of, [22], [34] sqq.; in religion, [55] sqq., [58] sqq., [75].

Demons, [50] sq., [64], [71].

Derceto, [31].

Dog, [22], [100].

Dreams, [25], [52] sq.

EGYPT, historical sketch, [4] sqq.; influence of national cult, [74] sqq., [95] sqq.; received Asiatic gods, [83] sqq., etc.

El (title 'god'), [66] sq., [69].

El (proper name), [91], [93] sq.

Emblems, [32], [72], [109].

FETISH, [27], [32].

Fish, [31] sq., [109].

Foundation sacrifice, [39] sq., [43].

GAD (the god), [92].

Gaza, [33].

Gezer, [6], [8] sq., [13] sqq., [17], [19], [28], [30], [34], [37] sqq., [44] sqq., [76], [80], [88], [107], [109] sq.

Gods. See chaps. vi. and vii.; gods and animals, [47] sqq.; demons and spirits, [50], [64]; kinship with men, [61] sqq.; their human representatives, [54] sq., [57], [59], [62] sqq.; their vicissitudes, [66] sqq.; subordinate gods, [68], [69] sq., [96] sq.; national gods, [64] sq., [67] sqq.; lord or king of gods, [74], [77], [84], [95]. See Saints.

Gudea, [62].

HADAD, [57], [89] sq. See Addu.

Hathor, [26], [30], [70], [76], [81], [85], [111].

Heaven, king or lord of (title), [66], [72] sqq., [84], [87] sqq., [91]; lady or mistress of, [70] sq., [73], [85] sq.

Hittites, [5] sq., [71], [73] sq., [78], [81], [88], [90] sq., [96], [101] sq., [111] sq.

Holy, sacred, [34], [46] sqq., [85].

Horus, [111].

Horus-eyes, [52].

Human sacrifices, [38] sqq., [42] sq.

Hyksos invasion, [4] sq., [82] sq., [118].

IDOLS, [17], [26], [28] sq., [31] sq., [49], [53] sq., [71] sq., [77].

Ikhhaton, [5], [42], [103] sqq., [118].

Infant burial or sacrifice, [15] sqq., [36] sqq., [93] sq.

Ishtar, [70] sq., [87] sq., [95].

Isis, [96], [111].

Israel, Israelite religion, [1] sqq., [6], [8], [10] sq., [17], [33] sq., [36], [39] sqq., [42] sq., [47] sq., [64], [80], [86], [88], [94], [102], [104], [106], [108] sq., [114] sq.

JEHOVAH. See Yahweh.

Jericho, [8], [10], [32], [88].

Jerusalem, [5], [14], [20], [53], [92], [96], [101] sq.

Jinn (demon, q.v.), [40], [54].

Kādēsh ('holy'), [34], [85].

Khammurabi, [62], [72], [78], [90] sq., [118].

Khiba, [96].

Khonsu, [71].

Kings, divinity of, [59], [61] sqq., [78] sq., [98]; their breath or spirit, [101].

Kinship with supernatural beings, [60] sq., [62] sq., [83] sq.

LACHISH, [7], [30].

Lamps, [25], [35], [40] sq., [94].

Lebanon, [28], [77], [87].

Legends, [23], [49]. See Myths.

Lion, [49], [84].

Loyalty (s-d-k), [102] sq.

MAGIC, [34], [38], [51], [53], [55].

Megiddo, [8], [17], [28], [31], [40], [49], [76], [79], [109].

Melek (king), [94].

Merneptah, [6], [33], [53], [118].

Mesha, king of Moab, [11], [80].

Messianic ideals, [64].

Mitanni, [5], [70], [111] sq.

Mohammedanism, [21] sq., [40], [68] sq. See Palestine.

Molech, [94].

Monotheistic tendencies, [5], [23], [67] sqq., [72] sq., [81], [95] sq., [103] sq.

Moon god, [88] sq.

Murder, [42].

Myths, [49], [62], [86], [106] sqq., [110] sq.

NAME, [44], [57] sq., [60], [81], [99], [102].

Nebo, [92].

Nergal, [93], [106], [110].

Nin-gal, [89].

Ninib, [47], [92].

Nusku, [89], [94].

OATH, [21], [100].

Oracles, [25], [52] sq.

Oriental thought, [11], [102], [113].

Ornaments, [52].

Osiris, [26], [38], [47], [75], [96].

PALESTINE, history, [4] sqq.; land and people, [8] sqq.; modern religion, [21] sqq., [25], [37], [39] sqq., [43] sq., [46], [50], [53], [59], [68] sq.; its gods, chaps. vi. sq.; thought, [98] sqq.; chronology, [118].

Petra, [19] sq.; [108].

Philistines, [7], [80]. See Dagon.

Phoenician gods, [72], [92] sq.

Pillars, [13] sqq., [26] sq., [109].

Politics and religion, [64] sq., [67] sq., [72], [78], [80].

Prophets, [54] sq., [86].

Ptah, [53], [96].

RAM, [30].

Ramman, [87], [89].

Ramses II., [6], [44], [58], [62], [71], [73], [77], [81], [85], [101], [118].

Ramses III., [7], [70], [77], [114], [118].

'Ransom,' the, [43] sq.

Re, [63], [71], [73]. See Amon.

Resheph, [84] sq., [87], [92], [111].

SACRIFICE, [15] sqq., [22], [25], [27], [36], [38] sqq., [41] sqq., [79].

es-Sāfy, [7], [17], [19], [30].

Saints (welis, etc., in modern Palestine); virtually local gods, [21] sqq., [24] sq.; their vicissitudes, [23]; resemble those of the gods, [67] sq.; appear in animal form, [22], [50]; physical fathers, [59], [61]. See Gods, Tombs.

Samson, [88].

Sanctuaries, [13] sqq., [77]; their persistence, [19] sqq.; in modern religion, [21] sqq., [24], [37].

Seals, [93], [108] sqq.

Sebek, [96].

Serabit el-khadem (Sinaitic peninsula), [7], [15], [19], [26] sq., [32], [41], [45], [52], [69], [84].

Seraph, [93].

Serpents, [15], [32], [48], [108].

Set. See Sutekh.

Sety I., [6], [58], [77], [118].

Shalem, [92].

Shamash, sun (-deity), [70] sq., [78] sqq., [88] sqq., [93], [95] sq., [98], [111]. See Sun.

Shamshi-Adad, [91].

Sin, [55], [100], [102].

Sin (the god), [66], [88] sq.

Sinuhe, [9], [35].

Soul, the, [37], [41], [45], [57].

Spirits, [50] sqq.

Stones, [13] sqq., [26] sq., [32].

Sun-god. See Amon, King, Re, Shamash.

Susa (in Elam), [38], [54].

Sutekh (Set), title and proper-name (cp. Baal, El), [73] sq., [82], [84], [108], [111].

Swine, [16], [48], [92].

Symbols. See Emblems.

TAANACH, [8], [18], [29], [40], [53], [93] sq., [108].

Teshub, [70] sq., [89].

Thought, Oriental, [11], [102] sqq.

Thutmose III., [5], [9], [28], [77], [85], [94], [118].

Tiglath-pileser I., [7], [81], [118].

Tombs, [19], [21] sqq., [35] sqq., [46], [59].

Trees, [25] sq.

Tushratta (King of Mitanni), [56], [70] sq.

UNCLEAN, [47] sq.

VOWS, [46].

WAR, [22], [39], [72], [80], [82], [84] sqq., [90], [93], [95], [104].

Water-rites, [107] sq.

Weli (patron). See Saint.

Wenamon. See Zakarbaal.

YAHWEH, [94] sq. See Israel.

ZAKARBAAL, [54], [56], [74] sq., [78], [114].

Tell Zakariya, [31].

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RELIGIONS: ANCIENT AND MODERN.

ANIMISM.

By EDWARD CLODD, Author of The Story of Creation.

PANTHEISM.

By JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, Author of The Religion of the Universe.

THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA.

By Professor GILES, LL.D., Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge.

THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE.

By JANE HARRISON, Lecturer at Newnham College, Cambridge, Author of Prolegomena to Study of Greek Religion.

ISLAM.

By SYED AMEER ALI, M.A., C.I.E., late of H.M.'s High Court of Judicature in Bengal, Author of The Spirit of Islam and The Ethics of Islam.

MAGIC AND FETISHISM.

By Dr. A. C. HADDON, F.R.S., Lecturer on Ethnology at Cambridge University.

THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

By Professor W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, F.R.S.

THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA.

By THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, late of the British Museum.

BUDDHISM. 2 vols.

By Professor RHYS DAVIDS, LL.D., late Secretary of The Royal Asiatic Society.

HINDUISM.

By Dr. L. D. BARNETT, of the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS., British Museum.

SCANDINAVIAN RELIGION.

By WILLIAM A. CRAIGIE, Joint Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

CELTIC RELIGION.

By Professor ANWYL, Professor of Welsh at University College, Aberystwyth.

THE MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

By CHARLES SQUIRE, Author of The Mythology of the British Islands.

JUDAISM.

By ISRAEL ABRAHAMS, Lecturer in Talmudic Literature in Cambridge University, Author of Jewish Life in the Middle Ages.

SHINTO. By W. G. ASTON, C.M.G.

THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU.

By LEWIS SPENCE, M.A.

THE RELIGION OF THE HEBREWS.

By Professor JASTROW.