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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.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction John T. Strong and Steven S. Tuell
Part I. Approaching Polity in Ancient Israel
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
Part 2. Polity in the Torah
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
Part 3. Polity in the Nebi'im
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
Part 4. Polity in the Ketubim
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
