Destiny of the Defiant

Chapter 1 The Road Ahead
Chapter 2 On Meaning and Method
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Meaning of Meaning
2.3 The Priestly Writer
2.4 Semantic Field Theory
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 The Semantic Field of Karet
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Karet-Formula
3.3 The Semantic Field of Karet in Akkadian
3.4 The West-Semitic Semantic Field of Karet
3.5 The Hittite Evidence
3.6 Syntagmatic Terms and Phrases in Relation to Karet
3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 The Context Situations of Karet
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Violations Against Sacred Time
4.3 Violations Against Sacred Substance
4.4 Failure to Perform Purification Rituals
4.5 Illicit Worship
4.6 Forbidden Sexual Relations
4.7 Blasphemy
4.8 Summary
Chapter 5 The Semantic Field of the Verb ??? in the Septuagint
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Qal of ??? and Covenant Formation
5.3 Terms for Non-Covenantal ???
5.4 The Niphal of ??? outside the Karet-Formula
5.5 The Hiphal of ??? outside the Karet-Formula
5.6 The Niphal and Hiphil of ??? in the Karet-Formula
5.7 The Semantic Field of Karet in the LXX
5.8 Summary
Chapter 6 Karet in the Dead Sea Scrolls
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Manual of Discipline
6.3 War Scroll - 1QM I,4
6.4 Thanksgiving Hymns
6.5 Pesher to 4QpPs37
6.6 Patriarchal Blessing 4QPB
6.7 Zadokite Fragments
6.8 Summary
Chapter 7 Karet and Afterlife
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Expression ???? ?? ????
7.3 The Expression sbj n k3.f
7.4 What's in a Name?
7.5 Death and Afterlife in Mesopotamia
7.6 Notes on Rabbinic Karet and Afterlife
7.7 Summary
Chapter 8 Synopsis and Conclusion