Constituting the community : studies on the polity of ancient Israel in honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. / / edited by John T. Strong and Steven S. Tuell.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: McBride, S. Dean 1937-; Strong, John T.; Tuell, Steven Shawn.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 331 p. :; ill., port.

Table of Contents

(Pt. I) : Polity of the covenant people : the book of Deuteronomy / S. Dean McBride, Jr. -- The priestly houses of early Israel / Frank Moore Cross -- Justice : perspectives from the prophetic tradition / James L. Mays (Pt. II) : -- Polities in Genesis 12/36 -- David L. Petersen -- Israel as a testimony to YHWH's power : the priest's definition of Israel / John T. Strong -- Deuteronomy, ethnicity, and reform : reflections on the social setting of the book of Deuteronomy / Robert R. Wilson -- Constitution or instruction? : the purpose of Deuteronomy / Patrick D. Miller (Pt. III) : -- Bearers of the polity : Isaiah of Jerusalem's view of the eighth-century Judean society / J. J. M. Roberts -- Hosea and the ambiguity of kingship in ancient Israel / Peter Machinist -- The priesthood of the "foreigner" : evidence of competing polities in Ezekiel 44:1/14 and Isaiah 56:1/8 / Steven S. Tuell -- Covenant and politics / Paul D. Hanson (Pt. IV) : -- The mortality of the king in Psalm 89 and Israel's postexilic identity / Jerome F. D. Creach -- The law and the sages : a reexamination of torah in Proverbs / William P. Brown -- The community of the book of Proverbs / Richard J. Clifford -- Beyond the blue horizon : the polity of Israel and the nations yet to come / W. Sibley Towner.