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Title Constituting the community [electronic resource] : studies on the polity of ancient Israel in honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. / edited by John T. Strong and Steven S. Tuell.

Imprint Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005.

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Description xi, 331 p. : ill., port.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents (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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews -- Politics and government -- To 70 A.D.
Politics in the Bible.
Judaism and politics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McBride, S. Dean (Samuel Dean), 1937-
Strong, John T.
Tuell, Steven Shawn.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 1575060787 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781575060781
9781575065427 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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