Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part 1. The Problem at Large
Chapter 1. God and the Gods: History of Religion as an Approach and Context for Biblical Theology
Patrick D. Miller Jr.
Chapter 2. Canaan—Israel—Christianity:The Case for a Vertical Ecumenism
Othmar Keel, translated by Armin Siedlecki
Chapter 3. More Than One God? Three Models for Construing the Relations Between YHWH and the Other Gods
Bob Becking
Chapter 4. Who Is Like You Among the Gods? Some Observations on Configuring YHWH in the Old Testament
J. Andrew Dearman
Chapter 5. Why Should the Look-Alikes Be a Problem?
Robert Goldenberg
Part 2. Chemosh as a Case Study
Chapter 6. Theological Approaches to the Problem of God’s Ancient Look-Alikes
Collin Cornell
Chapter 7. Chemosh Looks Like YHWH, but That’s Okay
Josey Bridges Snyder
Chapter 8. YHWH and Chemosh: An Investigation of Look-Alike Gods Using the Moral Foundations Theory
M. Patrick Graham
Chapter 9. YHWH, Chemosh, and the Rule of Faith
Brent A. Strawn
Chapter 10. Is There a Counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament Anti-Semitism?
Jon D. Levenson
Part 3. Other Case Studies
Chapter 11. Miqreh and YHWH: Fate, Chance, Simultaneity, and Providence
Stephen B. Chapman
Chapter 12. “Can a Woman Forget Her Nursing Child?” Divine Breastfeeding and the God of Israel
Christopher B. Hays
Chapter 13. Bulls and Horses, Gods and Goddesses: The Religious Iconography of Israel’s Neighbors
P. M. Michèle Daviau
List of Contributors
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
Subject Index