Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel : prolegomena to the study of ethnic sentiments and their expression in the Hebrew Bible

Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel : prolegomena to the study of ethnic sentiments and their expression in the Hebrew Bible / Kenton L. Sparks.

From the introduction:"When we speak of ethnicity, we bring into view a particular kind of sentiment about group identity wherein groups of individuals view themselves as being alike by virtue of their common ancestry. It is something of a truism to point out that ethnicity has played an import...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sparks, Kenton L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 1998.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Social scientific criticism.
Bible. > Old Testament
Ethnicity in the Bible.
Jews > Identity > History.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
Social scientific criticism of sacred works
Ethnicity in the Bible
Jews > Identity
Oude Testament.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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