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Record Nr.

UNISA996248226003316

Titolo

Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : essays in retrospect and prospect / / edited by Saul M. Olyan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012

ISBN

1-283-95977-1

1-58983-689-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 219 p

Collana

Society of Biblical Literature resources for biblical study ; ; no. 71

Altri autori (Persone)

OlyanSaul M

Disciplina

296.09/01

Soggetti

Judaism - History - To 70 A.D

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Saul M. Olyan -- Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : a retrospective on the past forty years of research / Robert R. Wilson -- Cult centralization, the erosion of kin-based communities, and the implications for women's religious practice / Susan Ackerman -- The Levites and sociocultural change in ancient Judah : insights from Gerhard Lenski's social theory / Stephen L. Cook -- Away from ritual : the prophetic critique / Ronald Hendel -- "They have become women" : Judean diaspora and postcolonial theories of gender and migration / T.M. Lemos -- Text production and destruction in ancient Israel : ritual and political dimensions / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- The function of feasts : an anthropological perspective on Israelite religious festivals / Carol Meyers -- Theorizing violence in Biblical ritual contexts : the case of mourning rites / Saul M. Olyan -- Theories regarding witchcraft accusations and the Hebrew Bible / Rùˆdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory, ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright.