Corporate responsibility in the Hebrew Bible / Joel S. Kaminsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaminsky, Joel S., 1960-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 196.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 196

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communities--Biblical teaching.

Communities.

Responsibility--Biblical teaching.

Responsibility.

Punishment--Biblical teaching.

Punishment.

Social ethics--Biblical teaching.

Social ethics.

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

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores a variety of biblical texts in order to clarify and better understand the relationship between the individual and the community in ancient Israel. Although much of the argument is focused upon Deuteronomy and the deuteronomistic history

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP; Chapter 2 CORPORATE IDEAS: THEIR FREQUENCY, CENTRALITY AND PERSISTENCE; Chapter 3 DIVINE WRATH AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Chapter 4 JOSHUA 7: HOLINESS VIOLATION AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Chapter 5 2 SAMUEL 21.1-14: BLOODGUILT AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Part II; Chapter 6 INDIVIDUALISM WITHIN DEUTERONOMY AND THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY; Chapter 7 JEREMIAH 31.29-30 AND EZEKIEL 18; Chapter 8 THEOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIONAL CHART; Bibliography; Index of References

Index of AuthorsA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611803414

9781281803412

1281803413

9780567196019

0567196011

OCLC:

277595917