Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnic Sentiments and Their Expression in the Hebrew Bible

Name: Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnic Sentiments and Their Expression in the Hebrew Bible
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ISBN: 9781575060330

ISBN-10: 1575060337

ISBN-13: 9781575060330

Edition: 1998

Authors: Kenton L. Sparks

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From the introduction: "When we speak of ethnicity, we bring into view a particular kind of sentiment about group identity wherein groups of individuals view themselves as being alike by virtue of their common ancestry. It is something of a truism to point out that ethnicity has played an important role in the history of Judaism, both in the postbiblical era and prior to it....The reason for this interest is twofold. First, in virtually every discipline of the humanities, there seems to be a general unhappiness with the superficial way that scholars have handled the issues of culture and identity. More specifically, with respect to ancient Israel, recent biblical scholarly activity--both…

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List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 6/30/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Currently the Editor in Chief and Vice-President of LeapFrog, Suzanne I. Barchers has written approximately 50 books, ranging from college textbooks to short, decodable children's books to readers theatre books (see books and scripts at www.storycart.com). She has served as a public school teacher, an affiliate faculty for the University of Colorado, Denver, an acquisitions editor for Teacher Ideas Press, and Managing Editor at Weekly Reader.

Introduction	p. 1
Israel's Ethnic Identity: Issues and Problems	p. 6
The Role of Ethnicity Studies	p. 16
Ethnicity and Identity in Israel's Ancient Context	p. 23
Ethnicity and Identity in Neo-Assyria	p. 25
Ethnicity and Identity in Archaic and Classical Greece	p. 51
Ethnicity and Identity in Egypt	p. 75
Summary	p. 91
Merneptah's Stele and Deborah's Song	p. 94
Israelite Identity and the Merneptah Stele	p. 95
The Song of Deborah (Judges 5)	p. 109
Summary and Conclusions	p. 122
Ethnicity and Identity in the Assyrian Period	p. 125
Ethnicity and Identity in Hosea	p. 126
Ethnicity and Identity in Amos	p. 168
Ethnicity and Identity in Isaiah of Jerusalem	p. 194
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Assyrian Period	p. 213
Excursus: Core and Periphery in the Assyrian Period - A Proposal	p. 219
Ethnicity and Identity in the Judean Monarchy	p. 222
Deuteronomy	p. 225
Excursus 1: The Tribal List in the "Blessing of Moses" (Deuteronomy 33)	p. 267
Excursus 2: The Deuteronomistic History	p. 272
Jeremiah	p. 274
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Judean Monarchy	p. 283
Ethnicity and Identity in the Exilic Period	p. 285
Ezekiel	p. 286
Deutero-Isaiah	p. 305
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Exilic Period and Beyond	p. 314
Summary and Conclusions	p. 320
The History of Israelite Ethnicity	p. 320
Tribal Organization in Ancient Israel	p. 325
The Forefather Traditions of Ancient Israel	p. 326
Implications For Ethnicity Studies	p. 328
The Task That Remains	p. 329
Theological Reflections	p. 330
Index of Authors	p. 333
Index of Scripture	p. 339
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