essays in retrospect and prospectOlyan, Saul M.textbibliographyElectronic books.Criticism, interpretation, etc.History.gauAtlantaSociety of Biblical Literature©20122012monographiceng

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1 online resource (x, 219 pages).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.edited by Saul M. Olyan.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Criticism, interpretation, etcJudaismHistoryTo 70 A.DSocial sciencesPhilosophyCriticism, interpretation, etcRELIGIONJudaismHistoryRELIGIONBiblical StudiesExegesis & HermeneuticsJudaismSocial sciencesPhilosophy To 70 fast BM165296.09/01(DLC) 201201796897815898368911589836898http://site.ebrary.com/id/10614727http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500996http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt32bz5thttp://www.myilibrary.com?id=427227http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.31349http://site.ebrary.com/id/10614727http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500996http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt32bz5thttp://www.myilibrary.com?id=427227http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.31349LLB12050220200709055640.0ocn857961478eng