Norman Gottwald's monumental "The Tribes of Yahweh" raised immediate interest 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, following the reprint, reflects on the impact and the implications of the work after 20 years. The 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.
Author(s): Roland Boer
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 216
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Introduction: On Re-reading The Tribes of Yahweh......Page 12
Specters of Tribes: On the 'Revenance' of a Classic......Page 21
Norman Gottwald's The Tribes of Yahweh in the Context of 'Second-Wave' Social-Scientific Biblical Criticism......Page 28
Tribes and Tribulations: Retheorizing Earliest 'Israel'......Page 46
Powerful Ideologies, Challenging Models and Lasting Changes: Continuing the Journey of Tribes......Page 57
The Delicate Flower of Biblical Sociology......Page 70
The Politics of Debt and the Liberation of the Scriptures......Page 88
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)......Page 96
Marx, Method and Gottwald......Page 109
Political Activism and Biblical Scholarship: An Interview......Page 168
Response to Contributors......Page 183
Bibliography......Page 197
Index of References......Page 213
G......Page 214
T......Page 215
Z......Page 216
