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Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : essays in retrospect and prospect
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- Creator
- edited by Saul M. Olyan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- x, 219 p
- ISBNs
- 1283959771, 1589836898, 9781283959773, 9781589836891, 9781589836884, 158983688X
- OCLC
- ocn922968094, ocn857961478
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- English
- 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 / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory, ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright