Anthropological and socio-historical readings of the Old Testament
Special Edition: Understanding the Old Testament in South Africa. The use of anthropological and sociological models for the study of the Old Testament represents one of the most interesting trends in contemporary research. The approaches vary widely, from the Marxist analysis of Gottwald to the pur...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1994
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Old Testament essays
Year: 1994, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 160-166 |
| Further subjects: | B
Marxist methodologies
B Sociology of the monarchy B Anthropological models B Prophetic period B Purity codes of Mary Douglas B Biblical literary criticism B Marxist Gottwald B Period of judges B Socio-historical readings B Reign of Solomon B Law Codes |
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| Summary: | Special Edition: Understanding the Old Testament in South Africa. The use of anthropological and sociological models for the study of the Old Testament represents one of the most interesting trends in contemporary research. The approaches vary widely, from the Marxist analysis of Gottwald to the purity codes of Mary Douglas, yet are united in one aim to understand the Bible in its context. This paper surveys some of these trends, including the sociology of the monarchy, the studies of the prophetic period and the anthropological studies of the Law Codes. We conclude that this method of research has opened up a number of new perspectives on Old Testament study, which need to be further developed. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_560 |
