Breaking monotheism
Subtitle: Yehud and the material formation of monotheistic identity
By: Jeremiah W. Cataldo
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 565; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 565.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780567110930
Subjects: Monotheism; Religion and sociology; History
Description: 'Breaking Monotheism' makes the case that the failed vision of a theocratic utopia in the biblical texts has contributed (in a structural sense) to the exclusionary focus of monotheistic religion. Using the Persian province Yehud as its primary case study, it embodies a special focus on the interaction between religion and the social-political body in several important areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: What is meant by monotheism? --; title: How monotheism creates a new normative order in support of its own authority --; title: Socialization and conflict as forces productive of identity --; title: Divine law as a dominant discourse of the monotheistic self --; title: Clarifying land as the arena for restoration --; title: The necessity of an "other" for monotheistic identity --; title: The monotheistic body within view : understanding the parameters of the model.