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Cited in W. Neil, “The Criticism and Theological Use of the Bible, 1700–1950,” in The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3, ed. S.L. Greenslade (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1963), pp. 250–251.

This position was actually taken in some ancient Gnostic sects; see Birger A. Pearson, “Use, Authority and Exegesis of Mikra in Gnostic Literature,” in Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, ed. M.J. Mulder (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988), pp. 638–641.

Amos 5:21–25.

The prophets in particular sound this theme frequently.

Isaiah 2:2–4 and Micah 4:1–4.

Leviticus 19:18; Exodus 20:12 (also Deuteronomy; 5:16); Exodus 20:13 (also Deuteronomy 5:17).

See Helga Weippert, “Palästina in vorhellenistischer Zeit,” in Handbuch der Archaeologie, Vorderasien II, ed. Ulrich Hausmann (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1989), vol. 1, pp. 447–448.

See M.D. Fowler, “Excavated Incense Burners: A Case For Identifying a Site as Sacred?” PEQ 117 (1985), pp. 25–29.

Nielsen, Incense in Ancient Israel, pp. 47–48.

Yigal Shiloh, “South Arabian Inscriptions from the City of David, Jerusalem,” Palestinian Exploration Quarterly (PEQ) 119 (1987), pp. 9–18.