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Title Tracking The tribes of Yahweh : on the trail of a classic / edited by Roland Boer
Published London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 205 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the Old testament. Supplement series ; 351
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 351.
Contents Introduction : on re-reading The tribes of Yahweh / Roland Boer -- Specters of tribes : on the "revenance" of a classic / David Jobling -- Norman Gottwald's The tribes of Yahweh in the context of 'second-wave' social-scientific Biblical criticism / Frank S. Frick -- Tribes and tribulations : retheorizing earliest 'Israel' / Carol Myers -- Powerful ideologies, challenging models and lasting changes : continuing the journey of Tribes / Charles E. Carter -- The delicate flower of Biblical sociology / Jacques Berlinerblau -- The politics of debt and the liberation of the scriptures / Itumeleng Mosala -- Tribes in Africa : the impact of Norman Gottwald's The tribes of Yahweh on African Biblical hermeneutics / Gerald West -- Marx, method and Gottwald / Roland Boer -- Political activism and Biblical scholarship : an interview / Norman Gottwald, interviewed by Roland Boer -- Response to contributors / Norman Gottwald
Summary Norman Gottwald's monumental The Tribes of Yahweh caused an immediate sensation when first published in 1979, and its influence has continued to be felt, both in the area of biblical politics and in the application of sociological methods to the Hebrew Bible. This book reflects on the impact and the implications of the work after twenty years. The distinguished contributors are David Jobling, Frank Frick, Charles Carter, Carol Meyers, Jacques Berlinerblau, Itumeleng Mosala, Gerald West, Roland Boer and, in a response to contributors as well as an interview with the editor, Norman Gottwald hims
Notes "A Continuum imprint."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201) and indexes
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Subject Gottwald, Norman K. (Norman Karol), 1926-2022. Tribes of Yahweh
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Social scientific criticism
Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092
Subject Sociology, Biblical.
Twelve tribes of Israel.
Jews -- History -- 1200-953 B.C.
Marxist criticism.
RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
Jews.
Marxist criticism.
Sociology, Biblical.
Twelve tribes of Israel.
Oude Testament.
De twaalf stammen van Israël.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Boer, Roland, 1961-
ISBN 9780567255716
0567255719
1281803081
9781281803085
9786611803087
6611803084