Ancient Israel :  the Old Testament in its social context / 
edited by Philip F. Esler. 
 - xvii, 420 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and indexes. 
<br/><br/> Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation /  Social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview /  Tribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels /  Polygyny: insights from rural Haiti /  Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 /  Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case /  Wealth: how Abraham became rich /  Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet /  Barrenness: trance as a protest strategy /  Micah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 /  Deuteronomy: shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism  /  Judges: (Dis)honor and ritual enactment: the  Jephthah story: Judges 10:16-12:1 /  2 Samuel: David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 /  Ezekiel: an altered state of consciousness experience: the call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1-3 /  Nahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history /  Maccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees /  Qumran: the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social identity approach  /  Bible hermeneutics: Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective /  Interfaith dialogue: challenging the received view /  Psychology: Moses and monotheism: the future of Freud's illusion /  Philip F. Esler --  Philip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn --  Robert Coote --  Carolyn S. Leeb --  Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce --  Zeba A. Crook --  Gary Stansell --  Lester L. Grabbe --  Dietmar Neufeld --  Marvin L. Chaney --  John H. Elliott --  Richard E. DeMaris & Carolyn S. Leeb --  Philip F. Esler --  John J. Pilch --  Anselm C. Hagedorn --  Mario I. Aguilar --  Jutta Jokiranta --  Douglas E. Oakman --  Bruce J. Malina --  Andrew D.H. Mayes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0800637674 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005015206 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA575567  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament - Social scientific criticism--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology, Biblical--Congresses.<br/>Biblical criticism<br/>Biblical hermeneutics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Conference papers and proceedings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1182.6  / .A53 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.6 ESLA