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Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : essays in retrospect and prospect / edited by Saul M. Olyan.

Contributor(s): Olyan, Saul M
Material type: TextTextSeries: Resources for biblical study: no. 71.Publisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: x, 219 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589836884 (paper binding : alk. paper); 158983688X (paper binding : alk. paper)Subject(s): Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Social sciences -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 296.09/01 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Saul M. Olyan -- Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : a retrospective on the past forty years of research / Robert R. Wilson -- Cult centralization, the erosion of kin-based communities, and the implications for women's religious practice / Susan Ackerman -- The Levites and sociocultural change in ancient Judah : insights from Gerhard Lenski's social theory / Stephen L. Cook -- Away from ritual : the prophetic critique / Ronald Hendel -- "They have become women" : Judean diaspora and postcolonial theories of gender and migration / T.M. Lemos -- Text production and destruction in ancient Israel : ritual and political dimensions / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- The function of feasts : an anthropological perspective on Israelite religious festivals / Carol Meyers -- Theorizing violence in Biblical ritual contexts : the case of mourning rites / Saul M. Olyan -- Theories regarding witchcraft accusations and the Hebrew Bible / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory, ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BM165 .S63 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903298830

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Saul M. Olyan -- Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : a retrospective on the past forty years of research / Robert R. Wilson -- Cult centralization, the erosion of kin-based communities, and the implications for women's religious practice / Susan Ackerman -- The Levites and sociocultural change in ancient Judah : insights from Gerhard Lenski's social theory / Stephen L. Cook -- Away from ritual : the prophetic critique / Ronald Hendel -- "They have become women" : Judean diaspora and postcolonial theories of gender and migration / T.M. Lemos -- Text production and destruction in ancient Israel : ritual and political dimensions / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- The function of feasts : an anthropological perspective on Israelite religious festivals / Carol Meyers -- Theorizing violence in Biblical ritual contexts : the case of mourning rites / Saul M. Olyan -- Theories regarding witchcraft accusations and the Hebrew Bible / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory, ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright.

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