Religious Diversity in
Ancient Israel and Judah
Edited by
Francesca Stavrakopoulou and John Barton
207 Pages, ISBN 978 0567 032164
Published by T&T Clark International, 2010
'Contributors present here a wide range of religious practices diversified
geographically, topographically, and sociologically, in the process
illuminating many fascinating by-ways of scholarship. The editors and
contributors are to be congratulated on putting together a composite
image of religion in practice under the rubric of religious diversity.
This is a book not to be missed'.
- Joseph Blenkinsopp, University of Notre Dame, USA.
'This international team of scholars give pedagogical presentations
of their specialist insights into matters of importance to all students of
the Hebrew Bible'.
- Tryggve Mettinger, Lund University, Sweden.
'In this timely volume, leading scholars from various countries and
traditions address key aspects of the religious pluriformity of ancient
Israel and Judah. They present a wide readership with fine essays on
the highly diverse religious culture(s) of the 'land of the Bible', based
on methodologically sound, critical explorations of the relevant biblical
texts and ancient artefacts. This collection is an excellent contribution
to the current lively debate on the religious history of Israel and Judah,
providing its readers with significant, provocative insights and much
food for thought.'
- Joachim Schaper, University of Aberdeen, UK.
'This is a splendid collection of essays whose publication is greatly to be
welcomed. The volume offers a constructive balance between textual and
archaeological evidence, acknowledging that both have their contributions
to make while both have their interpretational problems.
- Adrian Curtis, The University of Manchester, UK.
'By bringing a sophisticated and exciting paradigm of difference to bear,
the authors have produced a richly textured description of Israel's "microreligions".
This multivalent and nuanced account carefully chronicles the
manifold variations that characterized Israelite and Judahite religious life
at every moment during these two polities' existence'.
- Susan Ackerman, Dartmouth College, USA.
Francesca Stavrakopoulou is Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible
at the University of Exeter, UK.
John Barton is Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of
Holy Scripture, University of Oxford, UK.
(The text above comes from the back of the book)
