This comprehensive history of Israel and Judah from the earliest discernible beginnings to Hellenistic times chronicles these kingdoms, not only in light of the religions of the ancient Near East but also in light of what we can recover of Israelite social history. Albertz describes the history of Israel's religion as an interplay between historical demands, religious experiences, and theological reactions as different groups struggle over the appropriate religious response to God and the social practice that needs to go with it. Albertz's work brings together archaeological, historical, social, literary, and religious information, thereby illuminating Israel's religious practices and also giving the reader a stimulating survey of the whole of Old Testament research today.
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Today the 'history of Israelite religion' is no longer a standard subject in most theological faculties, at any rate in Germany. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kingship theology, nationalistic religious party, prophetic opposition groups, diplomatic syncretism, internal religious pluralism, period before the state, cultic high places, cherubic throne, theophany narrative, official syncretism, shepherd population, provincial sanctuaries, cultic side, sole worship, court theologians, bull image, temple theology, main cult, late monarchy, cultic presence, family piety, cultic reform, village sanctuaries, former northern kingdom, tribal alliance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Near East, Iron Age, Kleine Schriften, Gesammelte Studien, Yahweh Sabaoth, Ein Beitrag, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, First World War, Zur Entstehung, Geschichte Israels, Sea Peoples, Second World War, Theologische Arbeiten New!
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kingship theology, nationalistic religious party, prophetic opposition groups, diplomatic syncretism, internal religious pluralism, period before the state, cultic high places, cherubic throne, theophany narrative, official syncretism, shepherd population, provincial sanctuaries, cultic side, sole worship, court theologians, bull image, temple theology, main cult, late monarchy, cultic presence, family piety, cultic reform, village sanctuaries, former northern kingdom, tribal alliance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, Near East, Iron Age, Kleine Schriften, Gesammelte Studien, Yahweh Sabaoth, Ein Beitrag, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, First World War, Zur Entstehung, Geschichte Israels, Sea Peoples, Second World War, Theologische Arbeiten New!
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- Old Testament Theology: The Theology of Israel's Historical Traditions v. 1 by Gerhard Von Rad on 5 pages
- Old Testament Theology, Volume I (Old Testament Library) by Gerhard von Rad on 5 pages
- Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays: Papers Read at the International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 1979 by Japan) International Symposium for Biblical Studies (1979 Tokyo on 5 pages
- Israelite Religion (Brown Classics in Judaica) by Helmer Ringgren on 5 pages
- Theology of the Old Testament, Volume Two by Walther Eichrodt on 4 pages
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- Many Voices One God:Being Faithful in a Pluralistic World by Walter Brueggemann on page 31
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