Concepts of class in ancient Israel / edited by Mark R. Sneed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sneed, Mark R.

Series:

South Florida studies in the history of Judaism ; no. 201.

South Florida studies in the history of Judaism. Hebrew scriptures and their world

South Florida studies in the history of Judaism ; no. 201. The Hebrew scriptures and their world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes in the Bible.

Sociology, Biblical.

Social classes--Palestine.

Social classes.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 126 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Scholars Press, [1999]

Contents:

1. The Expropriated and the Expropriators in Nehemiah 5 / Norman K. Gottwald 1

2. Primary History as a Social Construction of a Privileged Class / Sara R. Mandell 21

3. Is There a Class in This Text? / Philip R. Davies 37

4. A Middle Class in Ancient Israel? / Mark R. Sneed 53

5. Class and Gender in Early Israel / Ronald A. Simkins 71

6. The Relevance of Working with the Concept of Class in the Study of Israelite Society in the Iron Age / Niels Peter Lemche 89

7. The Present Crisis and Uneven Triumphs of Biblical Sociology: Responses to N. K. Gottwald, S. Mandell, P. Davies, M. Sneed, R. Simkins and N. Lemche / Jacques Berlinerblau 99.

Notes:

"All the articles in this book, except one (Simkins), are revised versions of papers delivered at the Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures session ... during the 1997 AAR/SBL convention in San Francisco"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-120) and indexes.

ISBN:

0788505726

OCLC:

41488635