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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2006.Description: xvii, 420 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0800637674 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.6/7 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1182.6 .A53 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- 2. Social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler and Anselm C. Hagedorn -- 3. Tribalism - social organization in the biblical Israels / Robert B. Coote -- 4. Polygyny - insights from rural Haiti / Carolyn S. Leeb -- 5. Sacrifice - the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro and Mauro Pesce -- 6. Reciprocity - covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba A. Crook -- 7. Wealth - how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- 8. Prophecy - Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester L. Grabbe -- 9. Barrenness - trance as a protest strategy / Dietmar Neufeld -- 10. Micah - models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 / Marvin L. Chaney -- 11. Deuteronomy - shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism / John H. Elliott -- 12. Judges - (dis)honor and ritual enactment : the Jephthah story : judges 10:16 - 12:1 / Richard E. DeMaris and Carolyn S. Leeb -- 13. 2 Samuel - David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 / Philip F. Esler -- 14. Ezekiel - an altered state of consciousness experience : the call of Ezekiel : Ezekiel 1-3 / John J. Pilch -- 15. Nahum - ethnicity and stereotypes : anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- 16. Maccabees - symbolic wars and age sets : the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees / Mario I. Aguilar -- 17. Qumran - the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social-identity approach / Jutta Jokiranta -- 18. Biblical hermeneutics - Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective / Douglas E. Oakman -- 19. Interfaith dialogue - challenging the received view / Bruce J. Malina -- 20. Psychology - Moses and monotheism : the future of Freud's illusion / Andrew D. H. Mayes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and index.

1. Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- 2. Social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler and Anselm C. Hagedorn -- 3. Tribalism - social organization in the biblical Israels / Robert B. Coote -- 4. Polygyny - insights from rural Haiti / Carolyn S. Leeb -- 5. Sacrifice - the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro and Mauro Pesce -- 6. Reciprocity - covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba A. Crook -- 7. Wealth - how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- 8. Prophecy - Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester L. Grabbe -- 9. Barrenness - trance as a protest strategy / Dietmar Neufeld -- 10. Micah - models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 / Marvin L. Chaney -- 11. Deuteronomy - shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism / John H. Elliott -- 12. Judges - (dis)honor and ritual enactment : the Jephthah story : judges 10:16 - 12:1 / Richard E. DeMaris and Carolyn S. Leeb -- 13. 2 Samuel - David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 / Philip F. Esler -- 14. Ezekiel - an altered state of consciousness experience : the call of Ezekiel : Ezekiel 1-3 / John J. Pilch -- 15. Nahum - ethnicity and stereotypes : anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- 16. Maccabees - symbolic wars and age sets : the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees / Mario I. Aguilar -- 17. Qumran - the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social-identity approach / Jutta Jokiranta -- 18. Biblical hermeneutics - Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective / Douglas E. Oakman -- 19. Interfaith dialogue - challenging the received view / Bruce J. Malina -- 20. Psychology - Moses and monotheism : the future of Freud's illusion / Andrew D. H. Mayes.

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