The World of ancient Israel : sociological, anthropological, and political perspectives : essays by members of the Society for Old Testament Study /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. |
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| Description: | xi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1003067 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Part I. Introductory Perspectives
- 1. Israel in its historical and cultural setting
- 2. Anthropology and the Old Testament
- 3. Sociology and the Old Testament
- Part II. Israel
- 4. Ecology, agriculture and patterns of settlement
- 5. Israel as a tribal society
- 6. Israelite Kingship. The royal ideology and its opponents
- 7. The concept of Israel in transition
- 8. The origins of the Jewish diaspora
- Part III. Fundamental Institutions
- 9. Ideas of law and legal administration: a semiotic approach
- 10. Prophecy and society
- 11. The social world of the wisdom writers
- 12. The social world of the apocalyptic writings
- Part IV. Ideas and Ideals
- 13. Holiness and cult
- 14. The concept of holy war
- 15. Covenant ideology in ancient Israel
- 16. Land; its rights and privileges
- 17. Women in ancient Israel
- 18. Life and death in the Old Testament
- Index