Constituting the Community : : Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel in Honor of S. Dean McBride, Jr. / / ed. by John T. Strong, Steven S. Tuell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Brown, William P.,; Clifford, Richard J.,; Creach, Jerome F. D.,; Hanson, Paul D.,; Machinist, Peter,; Mays, James L.,; McBride, S. Dean,; Miller, Patrick D.,; Moore Cross, Frank,; Petersen, David L.,; Roberts, J. J. M.,; Strong, John T.,; Towner, W. Sibley,; Tuell, Steven S.,; Wilson, Robert R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Strong, John T.,; Tuell, Steven S.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

This fresh collection of essays honors the life and work of Professor Dean McBride. Revolving around the theme of polity in ancient Israel, this festschrift addresses many aspects of ancient Israelite society, organization, and political affairs. The 15 contributors discuss themes such as "justice," "self-definition," "ethnicity," "constitutionalism," "reform," and "community," as understood over the course of time in the books of Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1. Approaching Polity in Ancient Israel -- Polity of the Covenant People: The Book of Deuteronomy -- The Priestly Houses of Early Israel -- Justice: Perspectives from the Prophetic Tradition -- Part 2. Polity in the Torah -- Polities in Genesis 12-36 -- Israel as a Testimony to Yhwh 's Power: The Priests' Definition of Israel -- Deuteronomy, Ethnicity, and Reform: Reflections on the Social Setting of the Book of Deuteronomy -- Constitution or Instruction? The Purpose of Deuteronomy -- Part 3. Polity in the Nebi'im -- Bearers of the Polity: Isaiah of Jerusalem's View of the Eighth-Century Judean Society -- Hosea and the Ambiguity of Kingship in Ancient Israel -- The Priesthood of the "Foreigner": Evidence of Competing Polities in Ezekiel 44:1-14 and Isaiah 56:1-8 -- Covenant and Politics -- Part 4. Polity in the Ketubim -- The Mortality of the King in Psalm 89 and Israel's Postexilic Identity -- The Law and the Sages: A Reexamination of Tôrâ in Proverbs -- The Community of the Book of Proverbs -- Beyond the Blue Horizon: The Polity of Israel and the Nations Yet to Come -- Indexes -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture