GODS FIRE
Moses and the Management of Exodus
TITLE-PAGE
FOREWORD
I PLAGUES AND COMETS
Comets and Angels
Cosmic Plagues
The Destruction of Egypt
II THE SCENARIO OF EXODUS
High-Level Negotiations
Why Pharaoh pursued the Hebrews
The Organized Move
Opening and Closing the Waters
Unforeseen Circumstances
III CATASTROPHE AND DIVINE FIRES
Whose Angel?
The Censored Designs of Heaven
The Gentile Exodus
The Horror of Red
The Electrostatic Age
Yahweh's Electrical Fire Conglomerate
The Celestial First Cause
IV THE ARK IN ACTION
The Golden Box
Dangers of Electrocution
The Ark at Work
The Electric Oracle
The Battle of Jericho
The Ark's End
God's Fire Gone
V LEGENDS AND MIRACLES
Radiation Diseases
The Electro-Chemical Factory
Manna
The Burnt Offering
The Brazen Serpent and other Rods
The Pouch Of Judgement
VI THE CHARISMA OF MOSES
The Love Child
A Disliking for Hebrews
The Meek Killer
The Courtly Shepherd
Circumcision and Speech Problems
Scientist and Inventor
Talking with Gods
The Centralization of Hallucination
An Israelite Opinion Survey
Routinizing Charisma
The Maniac Scientist
VII THE LEVITES AND THE REVOLTS
Numbers Leaving Egypt
Impedimenta
Technicians and Security Police
Blame the People
Revolt of the Golden Calf
Korah's Rebellion
Freud and the Murder of Moses
Beth Peor
VIII THE ELECTRICAL GOD
The Name of Yahweh
The Character of Yahweh
Sin vs. Science
Immortality
Monotheism
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX: TECHNIQUES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LEGENDARY HISTORY
The Limits of Distortion
Unbelieving Theologians
The Pragmatics of Legends
LIST
OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. A Comet in Human Form
2. The Plagues and Exodus
3. Pharaoh's Army Drowned
4. The Tidewaters Passage
5. The Route of Exodus and Wanderings
6. On Eagle's Wings
7. Moses' Tablets and the Golden Calf Heretics
8. Zeus Strikes Down Phaeton
9. The Leyden jar
10. Egyptian Ark in Procession
11. Cherubim of Nimrud
12. The Ark's Structure and Function
13. Ground Plan and Design of the Tabernacle
14. The Destruction of Jericho
15. Moses with Horns, Veil and Mask
16. The Brazen Serpent is Formed
17. The Burning Bush
18. Mass Electroshock
19. Myth of the Death of Moses
20. The Moses of Klaus Sluter
LIST
OF TABLES
I. Attitudes of Israelites Encamped at the Holy Mountain.
II. Affection and Aggression in the Books of Moses,
III. Sin, Blame, and Compulsion.
