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Methods, theories, imagination : social scientific approaches in Biblical studies / edited by David J. Chalcraft, Frauke Uhlenbruch and Rebecca S. Watson.

Contributor(s): Chalcraft, David J | Uhlenbruch, Frauke | Watson, Rebecca Sally, 1971-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Bible in the modern world: 60.; Bible and social science: 1.Publisher: Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014Description: xxxv, 232 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1909697362 (cloth); 9781909697362 (cloth)Subject(s): Bible -- Social scientific criticismBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Biblical studies and the social sciences: whence and whither? / David J. Chalcraft -- Methods, perspectives and theory -- I explain a riot! New testament scholars discuss structure and agency in an age of neoliberalism / James G. Crossley -- How can evolutionary theory contribute to biblical studies? / István Czachesz -- Using Pierre Bourdieu in the study of biblical narrative / Linda A. Dietch -- Jonah and scribal habitus / Amy Erickson -- Studies in the sociology of deviance -- Who has the right to be called a Christian? Deviance and Christian identity in Tertullian's On the prescription of heretics / Outi Lehtipuu -- Jesus and the contours of oppression: labelling and deviance in the Johannine passion / Mark Finney -- Social psychology and trauma theory -- 'I shall not want'? A psychological interpretation of Psalm 23 / Rebecca S. Watson -- Memory, trauma and identity in Ezra-Nehemiah / Jeremiah W. Cataldo -- Cultural studies, the social sciences and the Hebrew Bible -- Numbers 13 by Gene Rodenberry / Frauke Uhlenbruch -- Ezekiel at the Twin Towers / Johanna Stiebert -- Anthropology and archaeology -- Is anyone home? Amos 6.8-11 in light of post-earthquake housing / Ryan N. Roberts -- Metalworkers in the Old Testament: an anthropological view / Emanuel Pfoh.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS521.88 .M48 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903358477

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Biblical studies and the social sciences: whence and whither? / David J. Chalcraft -- I. Methods, perspectives and theory -- I explain a riot! New testament scholars discuss structure and agency in an age of neoliberalism / James G. Crossley -- How can evolutionary theory contribute to biblical studies? / István Czachesz -- Using Pierre Bourdieu in the study of biblical narrative / Linda A. Dietch -- Jonah and scribal habitus / Amy Erickson -- II. Studies in the sociology of deviance -- Who has the right to be called a Christian? Deviance and Christian identity in Tertullian's On the prescription of heretics / Outi Lehtipuu -- Jesus and the contours of oppression: labelling and deviance in the Johannine passion / Mark Finney -- III. Social psychology and trauma theory -- 'I shall not want'? A psychological interpretation of Psalm 23 / Rebecca S. Watson -- Memory, trauma and identity in Ezra-Nehemiah / Jeremiah W. Cataldo -- IV. Cultural studies, the social sciences and the Hebrew Bible -- Numbers 13 by Gene Rodenberry / Frauke Uhlenbruch -- Ezekiel at the Twin Towers / Johanna Stiebert -- V. Anthropology and archaeology -- Is anyone home? Amos 6.8-11 in light of post-earthquake housing / Ryan N. Roberts -- Metalworkers in the Old Testament: an anthropological view / Emanuel Pfoh.

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