Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 SHILOH IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY OLD TESTAMENT CRITICISM: FROM DE WETTE TO THE RISE OF THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS -- 1.1 The Importance of Shiloh in the Critical Discussion -- 1.2 De Wette and his Successors -- 1.3 The Reaction to the Work of de Wette, Gramberg, and Vatke -- Chapter 2 THE WELLHAUSIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS CRITICS -- 2.1 The Emergence of a New Consensus -- 2.2 Julius Wellhausen -- 2.3 The Scholars of the Wellhausian School -- 2.4 The Critics of the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis -- 2.5 Other Departures from the Synthesis of Graf and Wellhausen -- Chapter 3 THE DISCUSSION OF SHILOH IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 3.1 The Heritage of the Nineteenth Century -- 3.2 The Beginnings of the Archaeological Debate -- 3.3 The Danish Excavations -- 3.4 The Reaction to the Work of Buhl and Holm-Nielsen -- 3.5 Interpreting Shiloh's Archaeological Remains -- 3.6 The Literary-Historical Discussion of Shiloh -- 3.7 The Work of Kaufmann, de Vaux, and Haran -- 3.8 The Work of Eissfeldt, Cody, and Cross -- 3.9 Synopsis: Shiloh's Place in the Twentieth-Century Debate -- 3.10 Conclusion: Summary of the Critical Issues Pertaining to Biblical Shiloh -- Chapter 4 SHILOH IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA -- 4.1 Introduction: The Priestly Documents of Joshua 13-22 -- 4.2 The Nature and Function of Joshua 14-22 in the Priestly History -- 4.3 Conclusion: The Place of Shiloh in Joshua 22 and the Priestly History -- Chapter 5 SHILOH IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES -- 5.1 Introduction: Shiloh in Judges 17-21 -- 5.2 Judg. 18.30, 31: The House of God at Shiloh -- 5.3 Judges 20-21: Shiloh in the Account of the Benjaminite War -- 5.4 The Shilonite Cult in Judg. 21.16-24 -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 SHILOH IN THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Sanctuary at Shiloh -- 6.3 The Elide Priesthood at Shiloh -- 6.4 Samuel, Saul and Shiloh.

6.5 The Capture and Exile of the Ark -- 6.6 The Expropriation of the Sacral Traditions of Shiloh under David -- Chapter 7 SHILOH IN THE LATER HISTORICAL BOOKS, THE PSALMS, AND JEREMIAH -- 7.1 Shiloh in 1 Kings 11-15 -- 7.2 Shiloh in Ps. 78.60-72 -- 7.3 Shiloh in Jer. 7.12-15 and 26.6-9 -- 7.4 Shiloh in Jer. 41-45 -- 7.5 Conclusions: The Destruction of Shiloh in Psalm 78 and Jeremiah -- Chapter 8 THE TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF BIBLICAL SHILOH -- 8.1 The Traditions -- 8.2 The History of Biblical Shiloh -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- V -- W -- Y.