1. Introduction
Israel’s Ethnic Identity: Issues and Problems
The Role of Ethnicity Studies
2. Ethnicity and Identity in Israel’s Ancient Context
Ethnicity and Identity in Neo-Assyria
Ethnicity and Identity in Archaic and Classical Greece
Ethnicity and Identity in Egypt
Summary
3. Merneptah’s Stele and Deborah’s Song
Israelite Identity and the Merneptah Stele
The Song of Deborah (Judges 5)
Summary and Conclusions
4. Ethnicity and Identity in the Assyrian Period
Ethnicity and Identity in Hosea
Ethnicity and Identity in Amos
Ethnicity and Identity in Isaiah of Jerusalem
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Assyrian Period
Excursus: Core and Periphery in the Assyrian Period—A Proposal
5. Ethnicity and Identity in the Judean Monarchy
Deuteronomy
Excursus 1: The Tribal List in the ‘Blessing of Moses’ (Deuteronomy 33)
Excursus 2: The Deuteronomistic History
Jeremiah
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Judean Monarchy
6. Ethnicity and Identity in the Exilic Period
Ezekiel
Deutero-Isaiah
Summary: Ethnicity and Identity in the Exilic Period and Beyond
7. Summary and Conclusions
The History of Israelite Ethnicity
Tribal Organization in Ancient Israel
The Forefather Traditions of Ancient Israel
Implications for Ethnicity Studies
The Task That Remains
Theological Reflections
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
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