Social identity in Nahum
Subtitle: a theological-ethical enquiry
By: Jan Petrus Bosman.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781607240013
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Nahum -- Socio-rhetorical criticism; Identification (Religion)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Relevance of the study; title: Outline of the argument; title: The social dimension of the study; title: Aims and objectives of the study; title: Dimensions of the research; title: Problem and hypothesis; title: Epistemological dimension; title: A multidimensional methodology; title: Introduction to a multidimensional approach; title: Reading texts multidimensionally; title: Studying Old Testament prophecy; title: Studying Old Testament prophets; title: The prophets and social sciences; title: Context, liberation, and ideological criticism; title: Method; title: Identity in ancient Israel; title: The concepts of identity and ancient Israel; title: Research overview of identity in ancient Israel; title: Focus on the religious identity of ancient Israel; title: Focus on the national/political identity of ancient Israel; title: Focus on the ethnic identity of ancient Israel; title: Focus on the Hebrew gram identity of ancient Israel; title: Social identity and ancient Israel; title: What is social identity?; title: Social identity theory; title: Self-categorization theory; title: The importance of textual identities; title: Working premises on social identity; title: Nahum : background; title: Nahum as oracle concerning the nations; title: Overview of OCN research; title: The book of Nahum as OCN; title: Nahum research : overview and problems; title: The unity and structure of the Book; title: The dating of the book of Nahum; title: Historical situation I : the Assyrian crisis; title: The Assyrian Empire; title: Judah in the Assyrian crisis; title: Nahum and social iidentity in the Assyrian crisis; title: Social identity construction in the   Assyrian crisis; title: Nahum 1:9-14; 2:2-3:19 and social identity in the Assyrian crisis; title: Nahum 1:1 superscription; title: Nahum 1:9-14 ambiguous prophetic judgment and salvation discourses; title: Nahum 2:2-3:19 description of doom for Assyria; title: Social identity construction in the Assyrian crisis; title: Nahum and social identity in the exile/post-exile; title: Historical context II : the exilic/post-exilic age; title: The idea of exile and restoration; title: Life in exilic/post-exilic times; title: The Deutero-Isaiah group; title: Ancient Israel's scriptural traditions; title: Social identity construction in the exilic/post-exilic time; title: Nahum 1:2-8; 2:1 and social identity in the post-exilic era; title: Nahum 1:2-8 theophanic broken acrostic Yahweh-hymn; title: Nahum 2:1 salvation for Judah; title: Nahum and the Book of the Twelve; title: The unity of the Book of the Twelve; title: Nahum and the end-redaction of the Book of the Twelve; title: The reception of Nahum; title: Summary and conclusions : social identity construction in exilic/post-exilic times; title: Nahum, social identity and theological ethics; title: Introduction: Why theological ethics; title: A theological-ethical model : responsible liberatory identity ethics; title: Old Testament theological-ethical models; title: Barton and natural law; title: Levinas and responsibility; title: Social identity and ethics; title: A theological ethics of responsibility, identity, and liberation; title: The theological ethics of Nahum; title: Theological ethics in Nahum; title: Theological ethics in the use of Nahum; title: What was the problem?; title: What strategy has been used to study the problem anew?; title: What are the main conclusions of the study?; title: Themes for further research.