TY  - BOOK
AU  - Esler,Philip Francis
TI  - Ancient Israel: the Old Testament in its social context 
SN  - 0800637674 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1182.6 .A53 2006
U1  - 221.6 ESLA 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament - Social scientific criticism
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Sociology, Biblical
KW  - Biblical criticism
KW  - Biblical hermeneutics
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and indexes; Social-scientific models in biblical interpretation; Philip F. Esler --; Social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview; Philip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn --; Tribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels; Robert Coote --; Polygyny: insights from rural Haiti; Carolyn S. Leeb --; Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14; Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce --; Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case; Zeba A. Crook --; Wealth: how Abraham became rich; Gary Stansell --; Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet; Lester L. Grabbe --; Barrenness: trance as a protest strategy; Dietmar Neufeld --; Micah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15; Marvin L. Chaney --; Deuteronomy: shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism; John H. Elliott --; Judges: (Dis)honor and ritual enactment: the  Jephthah story: Judges 10:16-12:1; Richard E. DeMaris & Carolyn S. Leeb --; 2 Samuel: David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12; Philip F. Esler --; Ezekiel: an altered state of consciousness experience: the call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1-3; John J. Pilch --; Nahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history; Anselm C. Hagedorn --; Maccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees; Mario I. Aguilar --; Qumran: the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social identity approach; Jutta Jokiranta --; Bible hermeneutics: Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective; Douglas E. Oakman --; Interfaith dialogue: challenging the received view; Bruce J. Malina --; Psychology: Moses and monotheism: the future of Freud's illusion; Andrew D.H. Mayes
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