diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 531481a..5ccc748 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Change Element.insert syntax to allow multiple positions.  [Thomas Fuchs]
+  Examples:
+    Element.insert('foo', {top:'bar', bottom:'baz'});
+    $('foo').insert({after: new Element('p').update('bar')});
+    Element.insert('foo', new Element('p').update('bar')); // defaults to bottom
+    Element.insert('foo', 'bar'); // defaults to bottom
+
 * String.prototype.truncate now explicitly converts its return value into a string if no truncation takes place. This prevents possible issues with methods expecting input data that is typeof == 'string'.  [Thomas Fuchs, Tobie Langel, Sam Stephenson]
 
 * Event.findElement behaves as expected when the element passed matches the given selector.  Closes #8395.  [Mislav Marohnić, Tobie Langel]
diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 94840e6..a868239 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.Updater.prototype, Ajax.Request.prototype), {
     if (receiver = $(receiver)) {
       if (options.insertion) {
         if (typeof options.insertion == 'string')
-          receiver.insert(response, options.insertion);
+          receiver.insert( {}[options.insertion] = response );
         else options.insertion(receiver, response);
       } 
       else receiver.update(response);
diff --git a/src/deprecated.js b/src/deprecated.js
index 5da4043..b320049 100644
--- a/src/deprecated.js
+++ b/src/deprecated.js
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ Element.Methods.childOf = Element.Methods.descendantOf;
 
 var Insertion = {
   Before: function(element, content) {
-    return Element.insert(element, content, 'before');
+    return Element.insert(element, {before:content});
   },
   
   Top: function(element, content) {
-    return Element.insert(element, content, 'top');
+    return Element.insert(element, {top:content});
   },
   
   Bottom: function(element, content) {
-    return Element.insert(element, content, 'bottom');
+    return Element.insert(element, {bottom:content});
   },
   
   After: function(element, content) {
-    return Element.insert(element, content, 'after');
+    return Element.insert(element, {after:content});
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dom.js b/src/dom.js
index b17999b..b2d7f2b 100644
--- a/src/dom.js
+++ b/src/dom.js
@@ -105,23 +105,33 @@ Element.Methods = {
     return element;
   },
   
-  insert: function(element, content, position) {
+  insert: function(element, insertions) {
     element = $(element);
-    position = (position || 'bottom').toLowerCase();
-    var t = Element._insertionTranslations[position], range;
+        
+    if(typeof insertions == 'string' || insertions.ownerDocument === document)
+      insertions = {bottom:insertions};
     
-    if (content && content.ownerDocument === document) {
-      t.insert(element, content);
-      return element;
+    var content, t, range;
+    
+    for (position in insertions) {
+      content  = insertions[position];
+      position = position.toLowerCase();
+      t = Element._insertionTranslations[position];
+    
+      if (content && content.ownerDocument === document) {
+        t.insert(element, content);
+        continue;
+      }
+    
+      content = content.toString();
+      
+      range = element.ownerDocument.createRange();
+      t.initializeRange(element, range);
+      t.insert(element, range.createContextualFragment(content.stripScripts()));
+      
+      content.evalScripts.bind(content).defer();
     }
     
-    content = content.toString();
-    
-    range = element.ownerDocument.createRange();
-    t.initializeRange(element, range);
-    t.insert(element, range.createContextualFragment(content.stripScripts()));
-
-    content.evalScripts.bind(content).defer();
     return element;
   },
   
@@ -622,28 +632,38 @@ Element._attributeTranslations = {
 
 
 if (!document.createRange || Prototype.Browser.Opera) {
-  Element.Methods.insert = function(element, content, position) {
+  Element.Methods.insert = function(element, insertions) {
     element = $(element);
-    position = (position || 'bottom').toLowerCase();
-    var t = Element._insertionTranslations, pos = t[position], tagName;
     
-    if (content && content.ownerDocument === document) {
-      pos.insert(element, content);
-      return element;
+    if(typeof insertions == 'string' || insertions.ownerDocument === document)
+      insertions = {bottom:insertions};
+    
+    var t = Element._insertionTranslations, content, position, pos, tagName;
+    
+    for (position in insertions) {
+      content  = insertions[position];
+      position = position.toLowerCase();
+      pos      = t[position];
+      
+      if (content && content.ownerDocument === document) {
+        pos.insert(element, content);
+        continue;
+      }
+     
+      content = content.toString();
+      tagName = ((position == 'before' || position == 'after')
+        ? element.parentNode : element).tagName.toUpperCase();
+     
+      if (t.tags[tagName]) {
+        var fragments = Element._getContentFromAnonymousElement(tagName, content.stripScripts());
+        if (position == 'top' || position == 'after') fragments.reverse();
+        fragments.each(pos.insert.curry(element));
+      }
+      else element.insertAdjacentHTML(pos.adjacency, content.stripScripts());
+      
+      content.evalScripts.bind(content).defer();
     }
-
-    content = content.toString();
-    tagName = ((position == 'before' || position == 'after')
-      ? element.parentNode : element).tagName.toUpperCase();
     
-    if (t.tags[tagName]) {
-      var fragments = Element._getContentFromAnonymousElement(tagName, content.stripScripts());
-      if (position == 'top' || position == 'after') fragments.reverse();
-      fragments.each(pos.insert.curry(element));
-    }
-    else element.insertAdjacentHTML(pos.adjacency, content.stripScripts());
-    
-    content.evalScripts.bind(content).defer();
     return element;
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/dom.html b/test/unit/dom.html
index 55e9425..8813484 100644
--- a/test/unit/dom.html
+++ b/test/unit/dom.html
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
 <div id="insertions-container"><div id="insertions-main"><p>some content.</p></div></div>
 <div id="insertions-node-container"><div id="insertions-node-main"><p>some content.</p></div></div>
 <div id="element-insertions-container"><div id="element-insertions-main"><p>some content.</p></div></div>
+<div id="element-insertions-multiple-container"><div id="element-insertions-multiple-main"><p>some content.</p></div></div>
 <table id="table_for_insertions"></table>
 <table id="table_for_row_insertions"><tr id="row_1"></tr></table>
 <form method="post" action="blah">
@@ -369,13 +370,13 @@
     }},
 
     testElementInsertWithHTML: function() {with(this) {
-      Element.insert('insertions-main', '<p><em>before</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>', 'before');
+      Element.insert('insertions-main', {before:'<p><em>before</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-container').startsWith('<p><em>before</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-main', '<p><em>after</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>', 'after');
+      Element.insert('insertions-main', {after:'<p><em>after</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-container').endsWith('<p><em>after</em> text</p><p>more testing</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-main', '<p><em>top</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>', 'top');
+      Element.insert('insertions-main', {top:'<p><em>top</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-main').startsWith('<p><em>top</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-main', '<p><em>bottom</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>', 'bottom');
+      Element.insert('insertions-main', {bottom:'<p><em>bottom</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-main').endsWith('<p><em>bottom</em> text.</p><p>more testing</p>'));
     }},
 
@@ -385,33 +386,33 @@
         p.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
         return p;
       }
-      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', createParagraph('node before'), 'before');
+      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', {before: createParagraph('node before')});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-node-container').startsWith('<p>node before</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', createParagraph('node after'), 'after');
+      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', {after: createParagraph('node after')});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-node-container').endsWith('<p>node after</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', createParagraph('node top'), 'top');
+      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', {top:createParagraph('node top')});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-node-main').startsWith('<p>node top</p>'));
-      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', createParagraph('node bottom'), 'bottom');
+      Element.insert('insertions-node-main', {bottom:createParagraph('node bottom')});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-node-main').endsWith('<p>node bottom</p>'));
       assertEqual($('insertions-node-main'), $('insertions-node-main').insert(document.createElement('p')));
     }},
     
     testElementInsertWithNonString: function() {with(this) {
-      Element.insert('insertions-main', 3, 'bottom');
+      Element.insert('insertions-main', {bottom:3});
       assert(getInnerHTML('insertions-main').endsWith('3'));
     }},
 
     testElementInsertInTables: function() {with(this) {
-      Element.insert('second_row', '<tr id="third_row"><td>Third Row</td></tr>', 'after');
+      Element.insert('second_row', {after:'<tr id="third_row"><td>Third Row</td></tr>'});
       assert($('second_row').descendantOf('table'));
       
-      $('a_cell').insert('hello world', 'top');
+      $('a_cell').insert({top:'hello world'});
       assert($('a_cell').innerHTML.startsWith('hello world'));
-      $('a_cell').insert('<td>hi planet</td>', 'after');
+      $('a_cell').insert({after:'<td>hi planet</td>'});
       assertEqual('hi planet', $('a_cell').next().innerHTML);
       $('table_for_insertions').insert('<tr><td>a cell!</td></tr>');
       assert($('table_for_insertions').innerHTML.gsub('\r\n', '').toLowerCase().include('<tr><td>a cell!</td></tr>'));
-      $('row_1').insert('<tr></tr><tr></tr><tr><td>last</td></tr>', 'after');
+      $('row_1').insert({after:'<tr></tr><tr></tr><tr><td>last</td></tr>'});
       assertEqual('last', $A($('table_for_row_insertions').getElementsByTagName('tr')).last().lastChild.innerHTML);
     }},
     
@@ -419,25 +420,33 @@
       var selectTop = $('select_for_insert_top'), selectBottom = $('select_for_insert_bottom');
       selectBottom.insert('<option value="33">option 33</option><option selected="selected">option 45</option>');
       assertEqual('option 45', selectBottom.getValue());
-      selectTop.insert('<option value="A">option A</option><option value="B" selected="selected">option B</option>', 'top');
+      selectTop.insert({top:'<option value="A">option A</option><option value="B" selected="selected">option B</option>'});
       assertEqual(4, selectTop.options.length);
     }},
         
     testElementMethodInsert: function() {with(this) {
-      $('element-insertions-main').insert('some text before','before');
+      $('element-insertions-main').insert({before:'some text before'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-container').startsWith('some text before'));
-      $('element-insertions-main').insert('some text after', 'after');
+      $('element-insertions-main').insert({after:'some text after'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-container').endsWith('some text after'));
-      $('element-insertions-main').insert('some text top', 'top');
+      $('element-insertions-main').insert({top:'some text top'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-main').startsWith('some text top'));
-      $('element-insertions-main').insert('some text bottom', 'bottom');
+      $('element-insertions-main').insert({bottom:'some text bottom'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-main').endsWith('some text bottom'));
       
       $('element-insertions-main').insert('some more text at the bottom');
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-main').endsWith('some more text at the bottom'));
       
-      $('element-insertions-main').insert('some text uppercase top', 'TOP');
+      $('element-insertions-main').insert({TOP:'some text uppercase top'});
       assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-main').startsWith('some text uppercase top'));
+      
+      $('element-insertions-multiple-main').insert({
+        top:'1', bottom:2, before: new Element('p').update('3'), after:'4'
+      });
+      assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-multiple-main').startsWith('1'));
+      assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-multiple-main').endsWith('2'));
+      assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-multiple-container').startsWith('<p>3</p>'));
+      assert(getInnerHTML('element-insertions-multiple-container').endsWith('4'));      
     }},
     
     testInsertionBackwardsCompatibility: function() {with(this) {