Concepts of Class in Ancient Israel

This anthology exemplifies the wide variety of definitions of 'class' employed by biblical scholars today, with analyses seeking either to reconstruct the stratification of ancient Israel or to uncover the class interests embedded in the biblical text.

List of Contributors

vii

Abbreviations

ix

Preface

xi

Mark R. Sneed

The Expropriated and the Expropriators in Nehemiah 5

1

(20)

Norman K. Gottwald

Primary History as a Social Construction of a Privileged Class

21

(16)

Sara R. Mandell

Is There a Class in This Text?

37

(16)

Philip R. Davies

A Middle Class in Ancient Israel?

53

(18)

Mark R. Sneed

Class and Gender in Early Israel

71

(18)

Ronald A. Simkins

The Relevance of Working with the Concept of Class in the Study of Israelite Society in the Iron Age

89

(10)

Niels Peter Lemche

The Present Crisis and Uneven Triumphs of Biblical Sociology: Responses to N. K. Gottwald, S. Mandell, P. Davies, M. Sneed, R. Simkins and N. Lemche

99

(22)

Jacques Berlinerblau

Author Index

121

(4)

Subject Index

125

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Concepts of Class in Ancient Israel

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