Anthropology and Hebrew Bible Studies: Modes of Interchange and Interpretation

Early anthropologists saw a simple society in the Hebrew Bible. Recent approaches call upon ethnographic sensibilities, structuralism, and attention to literacy to understand biblical ritual, notions of purity, and the social structures within which these are embedded.

About the author

Harvey E. Goldberg, Ph.D. (1967), Harvard University, is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. One example of his combining Anthropology and Jewish Studies is his Jewish Passages: Cycles of Jewish Life (University of California Press, 2003).

Product details

• Authors: Harvey E Goldberg, Harvey E. Goldberg
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2018
• EAN: 9789004375758
• ISBN: 978-90-04-37575-8
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 231 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 177 g
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories