Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel :
Sparks, Kenton L.
Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel : prolegomena to the study of ethnic sentiments and their expression in the Hebrew Bible / Kenton L. Sparks. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1998. - 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Introduction -- Israel's ethnic identity: issues and problems -- the role of ethnicity studies -- 2. Ethnicity and identity in Israel's ancient context -- ethnicity and identity in Neo-Assyria -- ethnicity and identity in Archaic and classical Greece -- ethnicity and identity in Egypt -- 3. Merneptah's Stele and Deborah's song -- Israelite identity and the Merneptah Stele -- the song of Deborah (Judges 5) -- 4. Ethnicity and identity in the Assyrian period -- ethnicity and identity in Hosea -- ethnicity and identity in Amos -- ethnicity and identity in Isaiah of Jerusalem -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the Assyrian period -- Excursus: core and periphery in the Assyrian period -- a proposal -- 5. Ethnicity and identity in the Judean monarchy -- Deuteronomy -- Excursus 1: the tribal list in the "blessing of Moses" (Deuteronomy 33) -- Excursus 2: the Deuteronomistic history -- Jeremiah -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the Judean monarchy -- 6 . Ethnicity and identity in the exilic period -- Ezekiel -- Deutero-Isaiah -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the exilic period and beyond -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- the history of Israelite ethnicity -- tribal organization in Ancient Israel -- the forefather traditions of Ancient Israel -- implications for ethnicity studies -- the task that remains -- theological reflections.
9781575065168 1575065169
Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.
Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.
Ethnicity in the Bible.
Jews--Identity--History.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.
Electronic books.
BS1199.E84 / S63 1998eb
221.8/3058
Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel : prolegomena to the study of ethnic sentiments and their expression in the Hebrew Bible / Kenton L. Sparks. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1998. - 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Introduction -- Israel's ethnic identity: issues and problems -- the role of ethnicity studies -- 2. Ethnicity and identity in Israel's ancient context -- ethnicity and identity in Neo-Assyria -- ethnicity and identity in Archaic and classical Greece -- ethnicity and identity in Egypt -- 3. Merneptah's Stele and Deborah's song -- Israelite identity and the Merneptah Stele -- the song of Deborah (Judges 5) -- 4. Ethnicity and identity in the Assyrian period -- ethnicity and identity in Hosea -- ethnicity and identity in Amos -- ethnicity and identity in Isaiah of Jerusalem -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the Assyrian period -- Excursus: core and periphery in the Assyrian period -- a proposal -- 5. Ethnicity and identity in the Judean monarchy -- Deuteronomy -- Excursus 1: the tribal list in the "blessing of Moses" (Deuteronomy 33) -- Excursus 2: the Deuteronomistic history -- Jeremiah -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the Judean monarchy -- 6 . Ethnicity and identity in the exilic period -- Ezekiel -- Deutero-Isaiah -- Summary: ethnicity and identity in the exilic period and beyond -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- the history of Israelite ethnicity -- tribal organization in Ancient Israel -- the forefather traditions of Ancient Israel -- implications for ethnicity studies -- the task that remains -- theological reflections.
9781575065168 1575065169
Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.
Bible.--Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.
Ethnicity in the Bible.
Jews--Identity--History.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.
Electronic books.
BS1199.E84 / S63 1998eb
221.8/3058
