Religious diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah
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Religious diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah
T & T Clark, c2010
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume of essays draws together specialists in the field to explain, illustrate and analyze religious diversity in Ancient Israel. Our understanding of the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Israelites has changed considerably in recent years. It is now increasingly accepted among scholars that the biblical presentation of Israelite religion is often at odds with the likely historical realities of ancient Israel's religious climate. As such, the diversity inherent within ancient Israelite religion is often overlooked - particularly within university lecture halls and classrooms. This volume of essays draws together specialists in the field to explain, illustrate and analyze this religious diversity. Following an introductory essay guiding the reader through the book, the collection falls into three sections. The first focuses on conceptual diversities. It seeks to deconstruct common assumptions about Israelite religion and reconstructs Israelite perceptions of the nature of the religious world. The second section examines socio-religious diversities.
It studies the varied social contexts of ancient Israelites, exploring the relationship between worshippers' social locations and their perceptions and experiences of the divine. The third section deals with geographical diversities. It seeks to understand how geographical distinctions may engender certain characteristics within Israelite religion and impact upon religious perceptions.
Table of Contents
- Ch. 1: Introduction
- John Barton (University of Oxford)
- Ch. 2: Living between heaven and the underworld
- Susan Niditch (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
- Ch. 3: 'Official' religion and 'popular' religion
- Francesca Stavrakopoulou (University of Exeter)
- Ch. 4: 'Israelite' religion and 'Canaanite' religion
- Mark S. Smith (New York University)
- Ch. 5: Royal religion in Judah and Israel
- Nick Wyatt (Emeritus Professor, University of Edinburgh)
- Ch. 6: Temple worship beyond Jerusalem and Samaria
- Diana Edelman (University of Sheffield)
- Ch. 7: Urban religion and rural religion
- Philip Davies (University of Sheffield)
- Ch. 8: Domestic religion
- Carol Meyers (Duke University)
- Ch. 9: Personal piety
- Rainer Albertz (Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster).
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