Constituting the Community :  Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel in Honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. / 
edited by John T. Strong and Steven S. Tuell. 
 - Winona Lake, Ind. :  Eisenbrauns,  2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages) :  illustrations, portrait 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>(Pt. I) : Polity of the covenant people : the book of Deuteronomy / S. Dean McBride, Jr. -- The priestly houses of early Israel / Frank Moore Cross -- Justice : perspectives from the prophetic tradition / James L. Mays (Pt. II) : -- Polities in Genesis 12/36 -- David L. Petersen -- Israel as a testimony to YHWH's power : the priest's definition of Israel / John T. Strong -- Deuteronomy, ethnicity, and reform : reflections on the social setting of the book of Deuteronomy / Robert R. Wilson -- Constitution or instruction? : the purpose of Deuteronomy / Patrick D. Miller (Pt. III) : -- Bearers of the polity : Isaiah of Jerusalem's view of the eighth-century Judean society / J.J.M. Roberts -- Hosea and the ambiguity of kingship in ancient Israel / Peter Machinist -- The priesthood of the "foreigner" : evidence of competing polities in Ezekiel 44:1/14 and Isaiah 56:1/8 / Steven S. Tuell -- Covenant and politics / Paul D. Hanson (Pt. IV) : -- The mortality of the king in Psalm 89 and Israel's postexilic identity / Jerome F.D. Creach -- The law and the sages : a reexamination of torah in Proverbs / William P. Brown -- The community of the book of Proverbs / Richard J. Clifford -- Beyond the blue horizon : the polity of Israel and the nations yet to come / W. Sibley Towner. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781575065427 1575065428 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 70 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--Politics and government--To 70 A.D.<br/>Politics in the Bible.<br/>Judaism and politics.<br/>RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.<br/>Jews--Politics and government.<br/>Judaism and politics.<br/>Politics in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS111.2  / .C65 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.6