Ancient Israel : the Old Testament in its social context - Esler, Philip F. (Philip Francis) (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2006)
Scoial-scientific models in biblical interpretation / Philip F. Esler -- The social-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview / Philip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn -- Tribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels / Robert Coote -- Polygyny: insights from rural Haiti / Carolyn Leeb -- Sacrifice: the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 / Adriana Destro & Mauro Pesce -- Reciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case / Zeba Crook -- Wealth: how Abraham became rich / Gary Stansell -- Prophecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Social scientific criticism -- Congresses; Sociology, Biblical -- Congresses