A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction
Norman K. Gottwald
Fortress Press
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A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction
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Cover image: Darius I the Great (550–486 B.C.E.) giving audience. Detail of relief in the treasury of the palace at Persepolis, Persia. Achaemenid Period, 491–486 B.C.E. Photo: © SEF /Resource, N.Y. Used by permission
Cover design: Laurie Ingram
Book design: Zan Ceeley, Trio Bookworks
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gottwald, Norman K. (Norman Karol)
The Hebrew Bible: a brief socio-literary introduction / Norman K. Gottwald.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978-0-8006-6308-7 (alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T.—Social scientific criticism—Textbooks. I. Title.
BS1182.6.G68 2009
221.6—dc22
2008038874
To all those in whose company I have learned what I know of the Hebrew Bible
Family and friends
Students and colleagues
Scholars and amateurs
Believers and doubters
Activists and quietists
1. Angles of Vision on the Hebrew Bible
A Wealth of Methods in Biblical Studies
The Confessional Religious Approach to the Hebrew Bible
The Historical-Critical Approach to the Hebrew Bible
Interaction between Religious and Historical-Critical Approaches to Biblical Studies
Emergence of New Literary And Social-Science Approaches to the Hebrew Bible
Creative Ferment in Contemporary Biblical Studies
2. The World of the Hebrew Bible
Physical and Economic Geography
Archaeology: Material and Written Remains
Political, Cultural, and Social History of the Ancient Near East
3. The Literary History of the Hebrew Bible
Relation of the Hebrew Bible to Other Bodies of Literature
How the Hebrew Bible Came to Be
Translations of the Hebrew Bible
II: Intertribal Confederacy: Israel’s Revolutionary Beginnings
Prologue: On the Sources for Israel’s Premonarchic History
The Great Traditionists of Ancient Israel
The Bearing of the Literary Traditions on the Early History of Israel
4. Traditions about the Fathers and Mothers of Israel
The Shape of the Traditions in Genesis 12–50
Sociohistorical Horizons of the Ancestor Traditions
5. Traditions about Moses: Exodus, Covenant, and Lawgiving
The Shape of the Traditions in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers
Historical-Critical Approaches to the Moses Traditions
Religion of Moses and the Exodus-Wilderness Israelites
Newer Literary Approaches to the Moses Traditions
Sociohistorical Horizons of the Moses Traditions
6. Traditions about Intertribal Israel’s Rise to Power in Canaan
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About The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-literary IntroductionOne of the pioneers of the socioliterary study of the Hebrew Bible introduces the beginning student to the social forces that shaped ancient Israel’s history and scriptures. Norman K. Gottwald brings new light to every book of the Hebrew Bible, and to the older traditions and sources on which those writings in part depend, paying particular attention to the rise and fall of empires and the social revolution achieved in Israel’s beginnings. Rebecca J. Kruger Gaudino has prepared a clear and concise abridgement of Gottwald’s classic textbook, now thoroughly updated and lavishly illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photos. |
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