Religion and Anthropology

Updated July 17, 2002

Albertz, Rainer. A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period: From the Beginnings to the End of the Monarchy. Translated by John Bowden. Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Albertz, Rainer. A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period: From the Exile to the Maccabees. Translated by John Bowden. Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Balentine, Samuel E. The Torah's Vision of Worship. OBT. Fortress Press: Minneapolis, 1999.

Berquist, John L. Judaism in Persia's Shadow: A Social and Historical Approach. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995. 

Bird, Phyllis A. Missing Persons and Mistaken Identities: Women and Gender in Ancient Israel. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Sage, Priest, Prophet: Religious and Intellectual Leadership in Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 19--.

Collins, John J.; Carol Meyers; and Leo G. Purdue. Families in Ancient Israel. The Family, Religion, and Culture. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1997.

Crenshaw, James L. Education in Ancient Israel - Across the Deadening Silence. ABRL. New York/London: Doubleday, 1998.

Cross, Frank Moore. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973, 1997.

Dearman, J. Andrew. Religion and Culture in Ancient Israel. Hendrickson, 19--.

Doorly, William J. The Religion of Israel: A Short History. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist, 19--.

Fohrer, Georg. History of Israelite Religion. Translated by David E. Green. Nashville: Abingdon, 1972.

Gleis, Matthias. Die Bamah. BZAW 251 Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1997.

Graham, M. Patrick, Rick R. Marrs and Steven L. McKenzie, eds. Worship and the Hebrew Bible: Essays in Honour of John T. Willis. JSOTSup 284; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. 

Isserlin, B. S. J. The Israelites. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998.

Jensen, Hans J. Lundager. Gammel Testamentlig Religion. En indføring. Frederiksberg: Forlaget, Denmark: ANIS, 1998.

Kalmin, Richard. The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity. London/New York: Routledge, 1999.

Kruhöffer, Gerald. Der Mensch das Bild Gottes. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1999.

Lowery, Richard H. Sabbath and Jubilee. Understanding Biblical Themes. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000.

Matthews, Victor H., and Don C. Benjamin. Social World of Ancient Israel: 1250-587 B.C.E. Hendrickson, 19--.

McNutt, Paula M. Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel. Library of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1998.

Meek, Theophile James. Hebrew Origins. New York: Harper and Row, 1936.

Miller, Patrick D. The Religion of Ancient Israel. Library of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster/
John Knox, 2000. 

Niditch, Susan. Ancient Israelite Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Nissinen, Martti. Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective. Translated by Kirsi Stjerna. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. 

North, Robert. Medicine in the Biblical Background and Other Essays on the Origins of Hebrew.
Analecta Biblica 142. Rome: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2000. 

Nurmela, Risto. The Levites: Their Emergence as a Second-Class Priesthood. Atlanta: Scholars Press/Studies in the History of Judaism, 1999.

Packer, James I; Merrill C. Tenney; and William White, Jr. Daily Life in Bible Times. Nelson, 19--.

Pilch, John. Introducing the Cultural Context of the Old Testament. Vol. 1. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist, 19--.

Pilch, John J. The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1998.

Ringgren, Helmer. Israelite Religion. Translated by David E. Green. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1966.

Rowley, H. H. The Faith of Israel: Aspects of Old Testament Thought. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1956.

Russell, D. S. The Method and Message of Jewish Apocalyptic: 200 BC to 100 AD. Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1964.

Schmidt, Werner H. The Faith of the Old Testament: A History. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1983.

Sneed, Mark R., ed. Concepts of Class in Ancient Israel. Atlanta: Scholars Press/Studies in the History of Judaism, 1999.

Walsh, Carey Ellen. The Fruit of the Vine: Viticulture in Ancient Israel. Harvard Semitic Monographs 60. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2000. 

Watts, John D. W. Basic Patterns in Old Testament Religion. New York: Vantage, 1971.

Wolff, Hans Walter. Anthropology of the Old Testament. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Philadelphia: Augsburg/Fortress, 1974.

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