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Accident, 200 Adultery, 32, 87, 186 Alcohol, 14–16, 155, 173 Anachronism, 172 Animals: distinction from humans, 2, 69–75, 178, 183, 184; transfer of evil, 40, 46–49, 59, 75–77; wrongful killing, 54, 56–63, 181, 184 Appetite, 14, 16–19, 26, 30, 76, 89, 117, 173, 175, 184, 189 Ark of the Covenant, 20–27, 35, 38, 93, 94, 98, 117, 188, 200 Assault, 118–21 Azazel, 38, 41, 44, 48–50, 176, 178 Beginnings, 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, 19, 41, 48, 50, 62, 63, 122, 124, 127, 163, 172 Bestiality, 184 Blemish, moral and physical, 93–95, 187–88, 191 Blood: ingestion, 66–68, 72, 75–77, 181, 182; proper use, 44, 45, 61–62, 180, 184; wrongful use, 39, 43, 59, 61, 63, 69–71, 73–74, 76 Cadavers, 120–21, 186 Childbirth, 14, 19–22, 26, 27, 33, 35, 117 Circumcision, 1, 21, 173 Class distinction, 23, 78, 183, 185, 197 Coitus interruptus, 175 Confession, 40, 45, 46, 50, 177, 178 Conflicting norms, 191 Conjugal rights, 148–50 Conscience, 43, 71, 75 Corrupt courts, 115–18 David: cultic activity, 102–9, 111–18; deception, 114; uncleanness, 28–34 Decadence, 68, 82, 83, 86, 87, 186 Decalogue, 1, 2, 3, 67, 162, 181 Disease, 21–26, 70, 174, 175 Disgrace, 119, 120, 177 Dissection, 191 Divine justice, 39, 76, 112, 117–18, 191 Divorce, 32, 87, 186, 187 Doeg, 100, 103–5, 111–19 Dreams, 3, 5, 42, 48, 137, 195 Enkidu, 183 Etiological narratives, 72, 73, 115, 129, 150, 173, 198 “Eye for an eye,” 119–21 Flood story, 18, 19, 26, 38, 62–65, 71–73, 75, 78, 79, 176 Foreign slaves, 158–59 Forgetfulness, 4, 5, 170 Forgiveness, 38, 43, 45–51, 61, 76, 78, 134, 177 Formalism, 88 Fornication, 90, 91 Friendship, 29 Genealogy of Jesus, 32 Gifts, 154–56, 176, 177 Graf-Wellhausen theory, 163 History-writing, 117, 169 Holiness, 20, 21, 23, 88, 116, 121, 166, 174, 187, 191, 200 Homicide, 1, 2, 61, 62, 71–73, 115, 118, 119, 120–21, 183, 184 Homosexuality, 83, 86 Subject Index s u b j e c t i n d e x 211 Ichabod, 20, 21 Identity, 1–3, 11, 158, 166. See also Laws Idolatry, 114, 115, 119–20, 134, 144, 162, 196 Incest, 67, 68, 77 Inheritance: among Jacob’s sons, 164, 175, 196; of daughters, 194 Intellectual inquiry, 72, 73, 182, 198 Intensified death, 119–20, 191 Irony, 184 Islamic law, 6, 7, 170 Jezebel, 114–21 Jonathan, 27, 30, 33–35 Joseph: and his dreams, 4, 5; and Flood story, 78, 79; as savior, 78, 123–24, 126–38; as victim, 37, 39–44, 57, 59–64, 69–77; as vizier, 151, 156–59 Jubilee, meaning, 193–94 Kingship, 2, 13, 33, 82, 86, 96, 186, 194, 198 Laws: and dreams, 137; and education, 166; and history, 8–10, 84, 85, 91, 126, 131, 151, 162, 165, 169, 178–79, 187, 190–92; and identity, 6, 11, 21, 42, 69, 75, 136, 165, 166; and oddness, 4–5, 60, 69, 70, 84–86, 89, 126, 138, 149, 155, 180, 198; and religion, 67, 74, 94, 138; and society, 56, 136, 149–52, 154, 159, 161, 162, 164, 193, 198, 199; as utopian, 125, 138 Legal fictions, 176 Liberation, 122, 131 Magic, 47, 50, 172, 200 Masturbation, 175 Maxims, 5, 179, 183 Meat consumption, 1, 14, 16–19, 54–62, 65, 67, 71, 97–99, 149–50, 179, 189 Medicine, 24, 25, 174 Memory, 5, 6, 23, 25, 48, 50, 51, 60, 74, 126, 138, 165, 183, 192 Menstruation, 33–35, 38, 196 Mosaic authorship, 1, 2, 6, 11–13, 41, 56, 59, 74, 126, 140–41, 153, 160–63, 172, 199 Mutilation, 81–85, 118–20 Mythmaking, 12 Nature, 39, 70, 72 Near Eastern law, 6, 7, 123, 125–26, 138, 144, 149, 150, 161, 195 Noah, 18, 19, 78 Onan, 31–34, 36, 38, 39 Ordeal, 200 Peace offering, 61, 63 Pentateuchal criticism, 1, 13, 41–42, 54, 55, 65, 139–41, 163, 169, 170–71, 179, 185, 199 Priesthood: and disease, 166; like Egyptian, 130; fitness for, 92–94; marital restrictions, 80, 86– 88, 91–92, 187. See also Sexuality Procedure, responding to blasphemy, 113–17, 199 Property, 170, 200; ancestral, 123–24, 128, 129; landholdings , 127, 131, 138, 157, 158, 198 Prophecy, 13, 172 Prostitution, 32, 34, 82–84, 86–91, 175, 186 Provocative speech, 9 Punishment: appropriate, 43...

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