Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Centrality and Religious Practice     1
The Centralities of Yahwistic Animal Sacrifice     19
Centrality and the Religious Use of Incense and Figurines: The Geographic Protocols of Non-Sacrificial Worship     55
Jerusalem as a Pilgrimage Center in the Persian Period     77
Centrality through Economics: Paying Taxes and Tithes in Jerusalem     105
The Palimpsest of Jerusalem's Centrality     121
Bibliography     129
Index of Primary Sources     161
Index of Ancient Names and Places     170