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Social justice and the Hebrew Bible / Norman K. Gottwald.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.J8 G68 2016 v.2-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gottwald, Norman K. (Norman Karol), 1926-2022, author.
- Series:
- Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice series
- Center and library of the Bible and social justice series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible--Social scientific criticism.
- Social justice--Biblical teaching.
- Social justice.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible--Social scientific criticism.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2016]-2018.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. (xviii, 149 pages) What does sociology have to do with the Bible?
- The Bible and economic ethics
- Social class as an analytic and hermeneutical category in biblical studies
- Social class and ideology in Isaiah 40-55: an Eagletonian reading
- Ideology and ideologies in Israelite prophecy
- Periodization, interactive power networks, and teleological constraints in Hebrew Bible studies
- Icelandic and Israelite beginnings
- Structure and origin of the early Israelite and Iroquois "confederacies"
- James Muilenburg: superlative teacher (1896-1974)
- David Jobling: fearless frontiersman
- Marvin L. Chaney: master social critic
- Jack H. Elliott: breacher of boundaries.
- Volume 2. (xi, 185 pages) Early Israel as an anti-imperial community
- The origins of Israel as a textual and theological problem
- Models for envisioning early Israel
- Triumphalist versus Anti-Triumphalist versions of early Israel : a response to articles by Lemche and Dever
- Historical description versus historical representation and symbol
- The interplay of religion and ethnicity in ancient Israel
- Proto-globalization and proto-secularization in ancient Israel
- Revisiting "The tribes of Yahweh" after twenty-five years
- Religion and politics : early Israel and Judaism
- The puzzling politics of ancient Israel
- The role of biblical politics in contextual theologies
- Reviews and reflections:
- Forward to Jeremy Young, "The violence of God and the war on terror"
- Reflections on R. S. Sugirtharajah's "Asian biblical hermeneutics and postcolonialism" and "The Bible and the third way"
- Review of Stephen L. Cook, "The social roots of biblical Yahwism"
- Review of Marty E. Stevens, "Temples, titles, and taxes"
- Review of Philip R. Davies, "The origins of biblical Israel"
- Review of Joshua A. Berman, "Created equal : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought".
- Volume 3. (xi, 167 pages) Social drama in the Psalms of individual lament
- Kingship in the Book of Psalms
- Abusing the Bible: The case of Deuteronomy
- Do not fear what they fear: a post-9/11 reflection (Isaiah 8:11-15)
- The expropriated and the expropriators in Nehemiah 5
- How do extrabiblical sociopolitical data illuminate obscure biblical texts? The case of Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 (Heb. 5:7-8)
- Framing biblical interpretation at New York Theological Seminary
- Theological education as a theory-praxis loop
- The Bible as nurturer of passive and active worldviews
- Biblical scholarship in public discourse
- On framing elections: the stories we tell ourselves
- Values and economic structures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Three volumes planned.
- ISBN:
- 9781498290555
- 1498290558
- 9781498292184
- 1498292186
- 9781498292207
- 1498292208
- OCLC:
- 971892968
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