MICAH'S MOTHER (JUDG.17:1-4) AND A CURSE FROM CARTHAGE (KAI 89): CANAANITE PRECEDENTS FOR GREEK AND LATIN CURSES AGAINST THIEVES?

Analyzes texts from the Book of Judges and a Punic inscription involving curses. Curse of Micah's mother in the Book of Judges; Parallels between the imprecation of Micah's mother and the Hellenistic curses against thieves; Evidence that the Greek and Roman curses against thieves were ultimately derived from a Canaanite practice.