Ancient Israel: the Old Testament in its social context
The use of social-scientific models in biblical interpretation and contents outline / Philip F. Esler -- The social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn -- General issues -- Tribalism in ancient Palestine and the Hebrew Bible...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Minneapolis
Fortress Press
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: ESLER, PHILIP F., Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in Its Social Context] (2007) (Moore, Michael S., 1951 -)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Socio-historical exegesis
B Israel (Antiquity) / Social history studies |
| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Sociology, Biblical
Congresses
B Conference program 2004 (Saint Andrews) B Bible O.T Social scientific criticism Congresses B Bible. Old Testament Social scientific criticism Congresses B Sociology, Biblical Congresses |
| Summary: | The use of social-scientific models in biblical interpretation and contents outline / Philip F. Esler -- The social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn -- General issues -- Tribalism in ancient Palestine and the Hebrew Bible / Robert Coote -- Polygyny in the biblical world : insights from Haiti / Carolyn Leeb -- Levitical sacrifice in anthropological perspective / Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce -- Modeling exchange and reciprocity in biblical antiquity : covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba Crook -- Wealth in ancient Israel : or, how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- Prophets ancient and modern : Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester Grabbe -- Body, ritual and states of ecstasy in the Old Testament / Dietmar Neufeld -- Social-scientific studies of texts -- Models matter : some implications of political economy for the textual exegesis of Micah 6:9-11 / Marvin Chaney -- Shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism in social-scientific perspective / John H. Elliott -- (Dis)honor and ritual enactment in the Jephthah story / Richard E. DeMaris & Carolyn Leeb -- What Solomon's father did in the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific study of 2 Samuel 10-12 / Philip F. Esler -- Altered states of consciousness and visions in Ezekiel / John Pilch -- Ethnicity and stereotypes in the book of Nahum : social-scientific insights into the literary history of a prophetic book / Anselm Hagedorn -- Symbolic wars, |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and index |
| ISBN: | 0800637674 |