Semeia 87: The Social World of the Hebrew Bible: Twenty-five years of the Social Sciences in the Academy

Series Title......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Contributors to this Issue......Page 7
Introduction: Case Studies from the Second Wave of Researchin the Social World of the Hebrew Bible (Stephen L. Cook and Ronald A. Simkins), p. 1......Page 9
01 ANCIENT PERCEPTIONS OF SPACE - PERCEPTIONS OF ANCIENT SPACE (James W. Flanagan), p. 15......Page 23
02 IN THE SHADOW OF CAIN (Paula M. McNutt), p. 45......Page 53
03 THE GIFT IN ANCIENT ISRAEL (Gary Stansell), p. 65......Page 73
04 THE UNWANTED GIFT - IMPLICATIONS OF OBLIGATORY GIFT GIVING IN ANCIENT ISRAEL (Victor H. Matthews), p. 91......Page 99
05 WHOSE SOUR GRAPES - THE ADDRESSEES OF ISAIAH 5.1–7 IN THE LIGHT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (Marvin L. Chaney), p. 105......Page 113
06 PATRONAGE AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OFMONARCHIC ISRAEL (Ronald A. Simkins), p. 123......Page 131
07 THE LINEAGE ROOTS OF HOSEA’S YAHWISM (Stephen L. Cook), p. 145......Page 153
08 TO SHAME OR NOT TO SHAME - SEXUALITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA (Susan A. Brayford), p. 163......Page 171
09 GENDER, CLASS, AND THE SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF GENESIS 2–3 (Gale A. Yee), p. 177......Page 185
10 IDEOLOGY, PIERRE BOURDIEU’S DOXA, AND THE HEBREW BIBLE (Jacques Berlinerblau), p. 193......Page 201
11 CONFRONTING REDUNDANCY AS MIDDLE MANAGER AND WIFE - THE FEISTY WOMAN OF GENESIS 39 (Heather A. McKay), p. 215......Page 223
12 RESPONSE - RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT ISRAEL’S SOCIAL WORLD (Frank S. Frick), p. 233......Page 241
13 RESPONSE - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING (Norman K. Gottwald), p. 255......Page 263
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