Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations viii
• Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Introduction xiv
• Part One Social Implications 1
• I Sarah as Sister and Wife 6
• Ii from Ur to Hebron, City of Sarah 19
• Iii the Matriarchs' Authority 31
• Iv Examining the Non-Patriarchal Social System and Genealogy in Genesis 53
• Part Two Religious Implications 69
• V Religion in the Ancient Near East 77
• Vi Oracular Shrines and Trading Centers 88
• Vii Sarah as Priestess 96

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations viii
• Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Introduction xiv
• Part One Social Implications 1
• I Sarah as Sister and Wife 6
• Ii from Ur to Hebron, City of Sarah 19
• Iii the Matriarchs' Authority 31
• Iv Examining the Non-Patriarchal Social System and Genealogy in Genesis 53
• Part Two Religious Implications 69
• V Religion in the Ancient Near East 77
• Vi Oracular Shrines and Trading Centers 88
• Vii Sarah as Priestess 96
• Viii the Hieros Gamos 110
• Ix Supernatural Conception 123
• Part Three Conclusions 133
• X the Meaning of the Life of Sarah 135
• Appendix A 143
• Appendix B. Traditional Genealogical Table of the Patriarchs 162
• Glossary 163
• Notes 167
• Bibliography 179
• Index 187
• Chronology 201