Tracking "The Tribes of Yahweh": On the Trail of a Classic

by Roland Boer, Andrew Mein (Editor), Claudia V. Camp (Editor)

Overview

Norman Gottwald's monumental The Tribes of Yahweh caused an immediate sensation when first published in 1979, and its influence has continued to be felt, both in the area of biblical politics and in the application of sociological methods to the Hebrew Bible. This book reflects on the impact and the implications of the work after twenty years. The distinguished contributors are David Jobling, Frank Frick, Charles Carter, Carol Meyers, Jacques Berlinerblau, Itumeleng Mosala, Gerald West, Roland Boer and, in a response to contributors as well as an interview with the editor, Norman Gottwald himself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826460509
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/31/2002
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #351
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Roland Boer is Associate Professor in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University, Australia.

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	vii
	List of Contributors	ix
	Introduction: On Re-reading The Tribes of Yahweh	1
	Specters of Tribes: On the 'Revenance' of a Classic	10
	Norman Gottwald's The Tribes of Yahweh in the Context of 'Second-Wave' Social-Scientific Biblical Criticism	17
	Tribes and Tribulations: Retheorizing Earliest 'Israel'	35
	Powerful Ideologies, Challenging Models and Lasting Changes: Continuing the Journey of Tribes	46
	The Delicate Flower of Biblical Sociology	59
	The Politics of Debt and the Liberation of the Scriptures	77
	Tribes in Africa: The Impact of Norman Gottwald's The Tribes of Yahweh on African Biblical Hermeneutics (with an Emphasis on Liberation and Inculturation Paradigms)	85
	Marx, Method and Gottwald	98
	Political Activism and Biblical Scholarship: An Interview	157
	Response to Contributors	172
	Bibliography	186
	Index of References	202
	Index of Authors	203