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Social-scientific approaches in biblical literature

Title
Social-scientific approaches in biblical literature / Robert A. Wortham.
Author
Wortham, Robert (Robert A.)
Publication
Lewiston : E. Mellen Press, ©1999.

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Description
xii, 153 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
Texts and studies in religion ; v. 81
Uniform Title
Texts and studies in religion ; v. 81.
Subject
  • Bible > Social scientific criticism
  • Bible
  • Sociology, Biblical
  • Social scientific criticism of sacred works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-141) and indexes.
Contents
Ch. 1. Cultural Anthropology and Biblical Criticism -- Ch. 2. Anthropological Exegesis: Preliminary Reflections on a Social-Scientific Exegetical Method -- Ch. 3. Symbol and Ritual as Social Hermeneutics in the Thought of Victor Turner -- Ch. 4. Levi-Strauss and the Structural Analysis of Myth: An Overview and Application to Genesis 12-50 -- Ch. 5. The Problem of Anti-Judaism in 1 Thess 2:14-16 and Related Pauline Texts -- Ch. 6. Christology as Community Identity in the Philippians Hymn -- Ch. 7. A Source Critical-Statistical Analysis of the Infancy Narratives of Matthew, Luke and the Protevangelium James.
ISBN
  • 0773480250
  • 9780773480254
  • 0889469768 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780889469761 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
99021900
OCLC
  • ocm40990167
  • 40990167
  • SCSB-797242
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library