Molech, a god of human sacrifice in the Old Testament /
John Day
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989
- ix, 115 p. ; 23 cm.
- University of Cambridge oriental publications ; 41 .
Introduction; 1. Molech: divine name or sacrificial term?; 2. The nature of the Molech cult and the meaning of Topheth; 3. The background and identity of Molech and his relationship to Yahweh; 4. Passages where allusions to Molech have sometimes wrongly been found; Summary and conclusions; Appendix: Classical and patristic references to Phoenician and Carthaginian human sacrifice; Bibliography; Indexes.
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