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Ancient Israel : the Old Testament in its social context / edited by Philip F. Esler.

Contributor(s): Esler, Philip Francis
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xvii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0800637674 (alk. paper); 9780800637675 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Social scientific criticism -- Congresses | Sociology, Biblical -- CongressesDDC classification: 221.6/7 LOC classification: BS1182.6 | .A53 2006Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- The social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler & Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Tribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels / Robert B. Coote -- Polygyny: insights from rural Haiti / Carolyn S. Leeb -- Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce -- Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba A. Crook -- Wealth: how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester L. Grabbe -- Barrenness: trance as a protest strategy / Dietmar Neufeld -- Micah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 / Marvin L. Chaney -- Deuteronomy: shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism / John H. Elliott -- Judges: (Dis)honor and ritual enactment, the Jephthah story Judges 10:16-12:1 / Richard E. DeMaris & Carolyn S. Leeb -- 2 Samuel: David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 / Philip F. Esler -- Ezekiel: an altered state of consciousness experience, the call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1-3 / John J. Pilch -- Nahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Maccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees / Mario I. Aguilar -- Qumran: the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social identity approach / Jutta Jokiranta -- Bible hermeneutics: Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective / Douglas E. Oakman -- Interfaith dialogue: challenging the received view / Bruce J. Malina -- Psychology: Moses and monotheism: the future of Freud's illusion / Andrew D.H. Mayes.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS1182.6 .A53 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903066609

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- The social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler & Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Tribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels / Robert B. Coote -- Polygyny: insights from rural Haiti / Carolyn S. Leeb -- Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce -- Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba A. Crook -- Wealth: how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester L. Grabbe -- Barrenness: trance as a protest strategy / Dietmar Neufeld -- Micah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 / Marvin L. Chaney -- Deuteronomy: shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism / John H. Elliott -- Judges: (Dis)honor and ritual enactment, the Jephthah story Judges 10:16-12:1 / Richard E. DeMaris & Carolyn S. Leeb -- 2 Samuel: David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 / Philip F. Esler -- Ezekiel: an altered state of consciousness experience, the call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1-3 / John J. Pilch -- Nahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Maccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees / Mario I. Aguilar -- Qumran: the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social identity approach / Jutta Jokiranta -- Bible hermeneutics: Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective / Douglas E. Oakman -- Interfaith dialogue: challenging the received view / Bruce J. Malina -- Psychology: Moses and monotheism: the future of Freud's illusion / Andrew D.H. Mayes.

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