Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in Its Social ContextPhilip Francis Esler Fortress Press, 2006 - 420 Seiten This volume brings together essays by an international group of biblical scholars on Old Testament topics, employing social-scientific methods: anthropology, macro-sociology, social psychology, and so forth. |
Inhalt
SocialScientific Models in Biblical Interpretation | 3 |
SocialScientific Analysis of the Old Testament A Brief History and Overview | 15 |
Tribalism Social Organization in the Biblical Israels | 35 |
Polygyny Insights from Rural Haiti | 50 |
Sacrifice The Ritual for the Leper in Leviticus 14 | 66 |
Reciprocity Covenantal Exchange as a Test Case | 78 |
Wealth How Abraham Became Rich | 92 |
Prophecy Joseph Smith and the Gestalt of the Israelite Prophet | 111 |
Ezekiel An Altered State of Consciousness Experience The Call of Ezekiel Ezekiel 13 | 208 |
Nahum Ethnicity and Stereotypes Anthropological Insights into Nahums Literary History | 223 |
Maccabees Symbolic Wars and Age Sets The Anthropology of War in 1 Maccabees | 240 |
Qumran The Prototypical Teacher in the Qumran Pesharim A SocialIdentity Approach | 254 |
Biblical Hermeneutics Marcions Truth and a Developmental Perspective | 267 |
Interfaith Dialogue Challenging the Received View | 283 |
Psychology Moses and Monotheism The Future of Freuds Illusion | 296 |
Notes | 309 |
Barrenness Trance as a Protest Strategy | 128 |
MicahModels Matter Political Economy and Micah 6915 | 145 |
Deuteronomy Shameful Encroachment on Shameful Parts Deuteronomy 251112 and Biblical Euphemism | 161 |
Judges Dishonor and Ritual Enactment The Jephthah Story Judges 1016121 | 177 |
2 Samuel David and the Ammonite War A Narrative and SocialScientific Interpretation of 2 Samuel 1012 | 191 |
Bibliography | 353 |
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