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This study has attempted to find a way forward in understanding the "people of the land" and their enigmatic relationship with King Josiah by focusing on socio-political aspects of their activities. The historical and diachronic study of the term "`an? ho'ares" in the Hebrew Bib…

Ring composition is a literary form found throughout the ancient world. In it, a series of elements advances, one after the other, until it reaches a center point, whereupon the sequence is reversed and returns to its beginning in inverted order. Hence, the first element is pair…

This thesis seeks to understand the difficulty the people of Israel had ridding their land of high places of idol worship before the destruction of the First Temple. The history of the people of Israel is littered with polytheism, despite assurances from God that He was the only…