The witch at the navel of the world
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Miller, Robert D.
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De Gruyter
Abstract
This essay argues that Saul’s encounter with the medium was located by the author
at Endor because of the place’s proximity to Mount Tabor. In addition to allusions to Tabor’s
sanctity in the Hebrew Bible, the etymology of Tabor, the Phoenician History, and the
Rhodian cult of Zeus Atabyrios are marshalled in support of this argument.
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Witch, Endor, Mount Tabor, Tabor’s sanctity, Etymology of Tabor, Phoenician history, Rhodian cult of Zeus Atabyrios, Saul’s encounter
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Miller, R 2017, 'The witch at the navel of the world', Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , vol. 129, no. 1, pp. 98-109.