Constituting the Community : Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel in Honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. - McBride, S. Dean (Samuel Dean), 1937-; Strong, John T.; Tuell, Steven Shawn (Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005)
(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.
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Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible; Jews -- Politics and government -- To 70 A.D.; Politics in the Bible; Judaism and politics; RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament; Jews -- Politics and government; Judaism and politics; Politics in the Bible; To 70; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc