T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible

Emanuel Pfoh is Assistant Professor at the Department of History of the National University of La Plata and Researcher at the National Research Council, Argentina

• List of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Social and Cultural Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible in Perspective – Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata, ArgentinaI. HISTORIOGRAPHIES, THEORIES AND METHODS2. Anthropologists and the Bible – Adam Kuper, London School of Economics, UK3. The Holy Land and the Bible in the Nineteenth Century – Eveline J. van der Steen, Liverpool University, UK4. Phantoms, Factoids and Frontiers: Social Anthropology and the Archaeology of Palestine – Dermot Nestor, Australian Catholic University, Australia 5. Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Insights to Interpret First-Millennium BCE Material Culture – Gloria London, University of Washington, USA6. The Anthropology of the Mediterranean, the History of the Southern Levant and Biblical Studies – Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata, ArgentinaII. THEMES, APPROACHES AND INTERPRETATIONS7. Kinship and Social Organisation in Ancient Palestine – Paula M. McNutt, St. Ambrose University, USA8. The Many Forms and Foundations of Power and Authority in the Hebrew Bible – Victor H. Matthews, Missouri State University, USA9. Economic Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible – Roger S. Nam, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA10. Gender and Society in Ancient Israel – Carol Meyers, Duke University, USA11. Anthropologies of the Hebrew Bible – Jan Dietrich, University of Aarhus, Denmark12. Honour, Shame and Other Social Values in the Hebrew Bible – Philip Esler, University of Gloucestershire, UK13. For Moses 'had indeed married a Cushite wife': Metaphors, Power, and Ethnicity in Numbers 12 – Katherine Southwood, University of Oxford, UK 14. Asymmetrical Reciprocal Exchange in the Book of Jonah – Jo-Marí Schäder, University of Pretoria, South Africa15. Neither Divide nor Continuum: Orality and Literacy in the Hebrew Bible – Robert D. Miller II, The Catholic University of America, USA16. Telling Tales: Biblical Myth and Narrative – Karolien Vermeulen, University of Antwerp, Belgium17. A Social Anthropology of Biblical Memory – Niels Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark18. Acts that Work, Texts that Work: Ritual in the Hebrew Bible – Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme, University of Oslo, Norway19. Shaman, Preacher, or Spirit Medium? The Israelite Prophet in the Light of Anthropological Models – Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK20. The Anthropology of Food in Ancient Israel – Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, William Jessup University, USA21. The Anthropology of Death in Ancient Israel – Kristine H. Garroway, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, USA22. Spatiality and Territoriality: Power over Land and Power over People – Stephen C. Russell, City University of New York, USA23. The Anthropology of Iconography in Ancient Palestine – Angelika Berlejung, University of Leipzig, GermanyIndex of AuthorsIndex of Sources

This is an incredibly rich volume that demonstrates how insights from the various disciplines of anthropology can enrich our understanding of the biblical text.