Preface | |
Abbreviations | |
Map | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
A Sketch of Israelite Religion According to the Biblical Storyline and in Light of Extrabiblical Sources | |
Premonarchic Israel | p. 11 |
The Religion and Culture of the Ancestors | p. 13 |
The Origins of Yahwism | p. 21 |
Tribal Israel in Canaan | p. 25 |
Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan | p. 35 |
Sacrifice in Israel | p. 45 |
Israel as a State With Monarchy | p. 51 |
Monarchy and Its Spheres of Influence | p. 53 |
City, Temple, and Dynasty in Cultural Analysis | p. 59 |
The Division of the Kingdom in 1-2 Kings and the Problem of Syncretism | p. 69 |
The Omride Dynasty and the Influence of Phoenician Culture | p. 73 |
The Late Ninth and Eighth Centuries | p. 78 |
Judah in the Seventh and Early Sixth Centuries and Josiah's Reform | p. 84 |
Israel as a Religious Community in the Exilic and Post-Exilic Periods | p. 100 |
The Persian Period | p. 101 |
The Hellenistic Period in Palestine and the End of the Old Testament Period | p. 114 |
Religion and Culture According to Some Old Testament Traditions | |
The Transformationist Vision of Deuteronomy | p. 125 |
Introduction | p. 125 |
Israel as the People of God | p. 129 |
The Nature of the Covenant | p. 134 |
The Responsibilities of Israel in the Covenant | p. 137 |
The Rejection of Syncretism and Polytheism | p. 142 |
Worship and Ritual | p. 145 |
Blessing and Curse and the Need for Israel's Obedience | p. 148 |
Politics and Religious Ideology in Deuteronomy | p. 150 |
The Pre-Exilic Prophets and the Paradox of Israelite Culture | p. 153 |
The Role of Prophets According to the Prophetic Books | p. 155 |
The Prophets' Audience: Israel and Judah as the People of God | p. 161 |
Prophetic Criticism of Public Worship and the People of God | p. 170 |
The Prophetic Assessment of the Monarchy and State Administration | p. 185 |
Prophecy and Society | p. 195 |
Wisdom and Religion as a Cultural Synthesis | p. 199 |
Introduction: Wisdom in Israelite Culture and Religion | p. 199 |
The Wisdom Movement and the Book of Proverbs | p. 204 |
The Wisdom Movement and the Books of Job and Ecclesiastes | p. 214 |
Religion Against Cultural Imperialism. The Rise of Apocalypticism and the Book of Daniel | p. 228 |
Introduction | p. 228 |
The Development of Apocalypticism in Israel | p. 230 |
Apocalypticism and the Book of Daniel | p. 240 |
The Court Narratives in the Book of Daniel | p. 243 |
The Court Narratives in Daniel as a "Diaspora Theology of Two Kingdoms" | p. 251 |
The Apocalyptic Visions in Daniel 7-12 | p. 253 |
Daniel as Opposition Literature | p. 261 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 265 |
Index of Modern Authors | p. 269 |
Select Index of Ancient Texts | p. 275 |
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