The world of biblical Israel /
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, Va :
Teaching Company,
[2013]
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| Series: | Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
- Biblical Israel-- the story of a people
- By the rivers of Babylon-- exile
- Ancestor narratives in Genesis
- Moses-- the Torah's central hero
- Becoming the nation of Israel
- Kinship and economics in highland villages
- Three weddings and a funeral
- Political power bases in early Israel
- Kingdoms and king making
- Politics and economy of a centralized cult
- Worshipping locally
- Lives of the rich, lives of the poor
- Assyrian incursion into Israel and Judah
- Life under siege
- Religious debates and preserved text
- Ezekiel-- exilic informant
- Life in exile, life in Judah
- Literacy and education
- Religious developments of the exile
- The new Israel-- resettling the land
- Food and the family meal-- boundaries
- National identity-- intermarriage
- National identity-- twins and enemies
- Loss and restoration-- two biblical stories.