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Article: The Development of incense Cult in Israel.(Review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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The Development of incense Cult in Israel. By PAUL HEGER. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, vol. 245. Berlin: WALTER DE GRUYTER, 1997. Pp. ix + 314. DM 188.
This book, originally the author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto, examines mainly the evidence from the Hebrew Bible, and to some extent that from early Bible translations and from early Jewish and Rabbinic texts, to chart in detail the development of incense customs in ancient Israel and early Judaism. Heger's reconstruction, in short, is this: the offering of incense was adopted from Assyrian and Babylonian practice. It is found in ancient Israel as early ...