prolegomena to the study of ethnic sentiments and their expression in the Hebrew Bible Sparks, Kenton L. creator text bibliography Electronic books. inu Winona Lake, Ind Eisenbrauns 1998 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) 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. Kenton L. Sparks. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Social scientific criticism Social scientific criticism Ethnicity in the Bible Jews Identity History RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings BS1199.E84 S63 1998eb 221.8/3058 Sparks, Kenton L. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1998 (DLC) 98044816 9781575065168 1575065169 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=446020 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=446020 E7B 980929 20200709055513.0 ocn747412010 eng