Social-Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Social-Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Professor David Chalcraft
SeriesBiblical Seminar
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:395
Category/GenreBiblical studies
ISBN/Barcode 9781850758136
ClassificationsDewey:221.6
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
Publication Date 1 November 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Collected here in one volume are the best examples of social-scientific Old Testament criticism from the last 20 years of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, an essential introduction to the field. Divided into six sections, this volume presents essays on the central methodological and theoretical issues as well as a series of applications to the study of early Israelite social forms, the formal and informal regulation of life, the distribution of power and justice, and the performance of social roles and the process of group formation. The volume brings home how indispensable a social-science approach is for the reconstruction of the Israelite social world-not to say our own worlds and productions as well, enbodying the finest traditions of classical social theory and the interface with exciting new developments.

Author Biography

David J. Chalcraft is Professor of Classical Sociology at the University of Derby. He is a graduate of Biblical Studies at Sheffield and Sociology at the University of Oxford. He edited Social Scientific Biblical Criticism, (Sheffield, 1997) and Sectarianism in Early Judaism: Sociological Advances (Equinox, 2007), and is series editor of Rethinking Classical Sociology (Ashgate Publishing).