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Getting a fix on the social context of the Hebrew Bible is imperative for anyone reconstructing either the “story” of the text or the “history” behind the text. Resources in this area often prove overspecialized and arcane, and readerly tasks as simple as scanning their table of contents can require highly sophisticated skills in cultural anthropology or Semitic languages. Social World of Ancient...

to which workers from his household could be committed to work on village projects in both peacetime and in war. There were certainly sexual relationships in the ancient Near East which reflected the deep personal and emotional love of one person for another. There was romance in the world of the Bible, just as there is romance in every other world. The Bible describes romance not only between unmarried men and women (Cant 5:10–16; 8:1–4), but also between husbands and wives
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