The social roots of biblical Yahwism
By: by Stephen L. Cook.
Series: Society of Biblical literature Studies in biblical literature -- no. 8; Studies in biblical literature (Society of Biblical Literature) -- 8.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Hosea -- Social scientific criticism.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Micah -- Social scientific criticism.; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.; Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History of doctrines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-293) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The basic features of biblical Yahwism; title: The flowering of biblical Yahwism; title: Sinai theology in the eighth century B.C.E.; title: The place of Jerusalem in southern Sinai theology: promises to Jerusalem and Zion in Micah; title: A social-scientific model for excavating the roots of biblical Yahwism; title: The social roots of biblical Yahwism I: Micah and the clan elders of Judah; title: The social roots of biblical Yahwism II: Hosea and the traditional priests of the Israelite tribes.