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Social theory and the study of Israelite religion: essays in retrospect and prospect

Saul M. Olyan
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Abbreviations (page vii)
  • Introduction (Saul M. Olyan, page 1)
  • Social Theory and the Study of Israelite Religion: A Retrospective on the Past Forty Years of Research (Robert R. Wilson, page 7)
  • Cult Centralization, the Erosion of Kin-Based Communities, and the Implications for Women's Religious Practice (Susan Ackerman, page 19)
  • The Levites and the Sociocultural Change in Ancient Judah: Insights from Gerhard Lenski's Social Theory (Stephen L. Cook, page 41)
  • Away from Ritual: The Prophetic Critique (Ronald Hendel, page 59)
  • "They Have Become Women": Judean Diaspora and Postcolonial Theories of Gender and Migration (T.M. Lemos, page 81)
  • Text Production and Destruction in Ancient Israel: Ritual and Political Dimensions (Nathaniel B. Levtow, page 111)
  • The Function of Feasts: An Anthropological Perspective on Israelite Religious Festivals (Carol Meyers, page 141)
  • Theorizing Violence in Biblical Ritual Contexts: The Case of Mourning Rites (Saul M. Olyan, page 169)
  • Theories Regarding Witchcraft Accusations and the Hebrew Bible (Rüdiger Schmitt, page 181)
  • Ritual Theory, Ritual Texts, and the Priestly-Holiness Writings of the Pentateuch (David P. Wright, page 195)
  • Contributors (page 217)
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Published: c2012
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781589836891 (ebook)
  • 9781589836884 (paper)
Subject
  • Biblical Literature
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