the Old Testament in its social context Esler, Philip Francis. text bibliography mnu Minneapolis Fortress Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xvii, 420 p. ; 24 cm. Scial-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- The 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 Leeb -- Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce -- Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba Crook -- Wealth: how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet / Lester Grabbe -- Barrenness: trance as a protest strategy / Dietmar Neufeld -- Micah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 / Marvin 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 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 Pilch -- Nahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history / Anselm Hagedorn -- Maccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees / Mario 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. edited by Philip F. Esler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and index. Social scientific criticism Congresses Sociology, Biblical Congresses BS1182.6 .A53 2006 221.6/7 0800637674 (alk. hard paper) 2005015206 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005015206.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005015206.html 150206 20250312110255.0 13981563