A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period -2 Vol.Set

includes index and biblioraphy

History of research Task, method and hermeneutical reflections Dividing lines The History of Israelite Religion in the Period before the State 23 Religious elements of early small family groups (`patriarchal religion`) 25 Designations and ideas of God in the family 29 Religious practices relating to the family 3 3 Religious practices relating to a nomadic form of life 34 The religion of the liberated larger group (the Exodus group) 40 The social organization of the Exodus group 44 The key religious experience of political liberation 46 Yahweh, the God of liberation 49 Theophany and existence in the wilderness 53 The religion of the pre-state alliance of larger groups 67 The organizational form of the Israelite tribal alliance, with its opposition to domination 72 El and Yahweh as symbols of opposition to domination 76 Religious wars of liberation z.3 4 The formation of the main cult z.3 5 The formation of the law Family piety in the later pre-state period Internal religious pluralism z.4z The subsidiary cult in the family The History of Israelite Religion during the Monarchy 105 The formation of a monarchical territorial state 105 The dispute over the religious legitimation of kingship 114 The kingship theology of the house of David 116 Rebel movements and counter-positions i zz Justifications of the monarchy and mediating positions 124 The main state cult in the South i z6 The Jerusalem state cult i z8 The Jerusalem temple theology 13 z The main state cult in the North 138 Jeroboam`s revolt and its theological motivation 140 The state cult of Bethel 143 The dispute over official syncretism in the ninth century 146 The religious policy of the house of Omri 149 The prophetic opposition groups and Jehu`s revolution 150 The theological controversies in the social and political crisis of the eighth century 156 Social and political developments 159 The total opposition of the prophets 163 Criticism of social abuses 165 Criticism of military policy and alliances 167 Criticism of officialdom and the monarchy Criticism of the cult and `syncretism` Prophetic reorientations of Yahwistic religion Personal piety in the circles of prophetic opposition Hezekiah`s reform Family piety under the late monarchy The Deuteronomic reform movement The background and aims of `Josiah`s` reform The fight against official syncretism and poly-Yahwism The fight against private syncretism and internal religious pluralism The stemming of social abuses The synthesis of pre-state and state religion The political and theological controversies after the death of Josiah The collapse of the Deuteronomic reform movement The dispute over Judah`s political option in the face of neo-Babylonian expansion The failure of Gedaliah`s reform attempt

VI. From the Beginnings to the End of the Monarchy.-- V2. From the Exile to the Maccabees.