Table of contents for The social roots of biblical Yahwism / by Stephen L. Cook.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements	000
Abbreviations	000
Chapter 1 
INTRODUCTION	000
Chapter 2 
THE BASIC FEATURES OF BIBLICAL YAHWISM	000
	Sources for Describing Biblical Yahwism	000
	Basic Tenets of Biblical Yahwism	000
Chapter 3 
THE FLOWERING OF BIBLICAL YAHWISM	000
	Jehoiada's Coup	000
	King Hezekiah's Reform and his Patronage of Sinai Theology	000
	King Josiah's Reform and the Appearance of Deuteronomy	000
	Sinai Theology and the Final Shape of the Bible	000
Chapter 4 
SINAI THEOLOGY IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY BCE: HOSEA AND MICAH	000
	Israel as God's Elected Vassals	000
	The Land as Israel's Inheritance	000
	God as Sole Landlord	000
	Conditional Tenancy	000
	Tempered Rule over the Inheritance	000
Chapter 5 
THE PLACE OF JERUSALEM IN SOUTHERN SINAI THEOLOGY:
PROMISES TO JERUSALEM AND ZION IN MICAH	000
	Promises in Micah Based on Sinai Theology	000
	Zion Texts within the Book of Micah	000
	Synthesis	000
Chapter 6 
A SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC MODEL
FOR EXCAVATING THE ROOTS OF BIBLICAL YAHWISM 	000
	The General Biblical Picture	000
	Overlapping Societal Systems in Social-Scientific Perspective	000
	A Model for Exploring Micah's Roots: 
		The Elders in Monarchic Israel and in Village Israel 	000
	A Model for Exploring Hosea's Roots: 
		The Levites in Monarchic Israel and in Village Israel 	000
	Implications for Interpreting Biblical Texts in Micah and Hosea	000
Chapter 7 
THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF BIBLICAL YAHWISM I: 
MICAH AND THE CLAN ELDERS OF JUDAH	000
	Micah's Village Provenance	000
	Clan Elders as Tradents of Sinai Traditions	000
	The Pre-State Sacral Forms Repristinated in Micah	000
Chapter 8 
THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF BIBLICAL YAHWISM II: 
HOSEA AND THE TRADITIONAL PRIESTS OF THE ISRAELITE TRIBES	000
	Hosea as a Traditional Priest	000
	An Insider Conflict over the Contemporary Cult	000
	Hosea's Roots in a Village-Era, Lineage-Based Priesthood	000
Chapter 9 
CONCLUSION		000
	Summary and Synthesis	000
	Polarization of Factions over Time	000
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References 
Index of Authors 
Index of Subjects 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History of doctrines.
Bible. O.T. Hosea -- Social scientific criticism.
Bible. O.T. Micah -- Social scientific criticism.