Political Theologies in the Hebrew Bible

35 Political Theologies in the Hebrew Bible
Political Theologies in the Hebrew Bible
	Table of Contents
	Foreword
	What is Political Theology?
	Part I. Sovereignty
		The Politics of Judahite Creation Theologies in the Persian Period
		Much More than Pilgrimage: A Materialist Reading of Zion Prophecies
		Rejecting the pax persica: The Political Vision of the Book of Zechariah
		The Politics of Beauty in the Books of Samuel-Kings and Esther
		Enlarging Borders and Territory: Contrasting Texts from the Pentateuch, Amos, and Chronicles
	Part II. Nation, Migration and Cultural Politics
		The Hidden Politics of Possession and Hereditary Property in Some Hexateuchal Traditions
		Does Deuteronomy Promote a Proto-Nationalist Agenda?
		Political Poles Between Babylon-Persia in Ezekiel and Egypt in Jeremiah: Communicating Forced and Return Migrations
		Theopolitics in a Foreign Land: Approaches to Babylon(ia) in Ezekiel
		Holiness Theology in Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah: A Comparison of Their Political Implications
		Job “Opened His Mouth and Cursed”: Job 3 as a Culturally Political Comedy Challenging Simplistic Attitudes to Retribution and Piety
	Part III. Leadership
		“Are You Indeed to Reign over Us?”: The Politics of Genesis 37–50
		The Power of Revelation in 1–2 Samuel
		The Political Theology of Ezra-Nehemiah
		Politics and Theology in Second Maccabees: Epiphanies, Prayers, and Deaths of Martyrs Revisited
	Part IV. Response
		What has Political Theology Ever Done for Us?
	List of Contributors
	Author Index
	Index of Primary Sources
	Topic Index