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Social theory and the study of Israelite religion [electronic res ource] : essays in retrospect and prospect /

Social theory and the study of Israelite religion essays in retrospect and prospect / [electronic res ource] : edited by Saul M. Ol yan. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012. - x, 219 p. ; 23 cm. - Resources for biblical study / Society of Biblical Literature ; n o. 71 . - Resources for biblical study ; no. 71. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Saul M. Olyan -- Social theory and the study of Israe lite religion : a retrospective on the past forty years of research / R obert R. Wilson -- Cult centralization, the erosion of kin-based commun ities, and the implications for women's religious practice / Susan Acke rman -- The Levites and sociocultural change in ancient Judah : insight s from Gerhard Lenski's social theory / Stephen L. Cook -- Away from ri tual : the prophetic critique / Ronald Hendel -- "They have become wome n" : Judean diaspora and postcolonial theories of gender and migration / T.M. Lemos -- Text production and destruction in ancient Israel : rit ual and political dimensions / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- The function of f easts : an anthropological perspective on Israelite religious festivals / Carol Meyers -- Theorizing violence in Biblical ritual contexts : th e case of mourning rites / Saul M. Olyan -- Theories regarding witchcra ft accusations and the Hebrew Bible / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory , ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright.


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Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2013.
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Bible.-- Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Judaism-- History-- To 70 A.D.
Social sciences-- Philosophy.