Social theory and the study of Israelite religion  essays in retrospect and prospect /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Saul M. Olyan. 
 - Atlanta :  Society of Biblical Literature,  ©2012. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 219 pages). 
 - Resources for biblical study / Society of Biblical Literature ;  no. 71 .
 - Resources for biblical study ;  no. 71. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Saul M. Olyan -- Social theory and the study of Israelite religion : a retrospective on the past forty years of research / Robert R. Wilson -- Cult centralization, the erosion of kin-based communities, and the implications for women's religious practice / Susan Ackerman -- The Levites and sociocultural change in ancient Judah : insights from Gerhard Lenski's social theory / Stephen L. Cook -- Away from ritual : the prophetic critique / Ronald Hendel -- "They have become women" : Judean diaspora and postcolonial theories of gender and migration / T.M. Lemos -- Text production and destruction in ancient Israel : ritual and political dimensions / Nathaniel B. Levtow -- The function of feasts : an anthropological perspective on Israelite religious festivals / Carol Meyers -- Theorizing violence in Biblical ritual contexts : the case of mourning rites / Saul M. Olyan -- Theories regarding witchcraft accusations and the Hebrew Bible / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Ritual theory, ritual texts, and the Priestly-Holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589836891 1589836898 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<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/>Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.<br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--History.<br/>RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Exegesis & Hermeneutics.<br/>Judaism.<br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM165 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.09/01