Monotheism and the prophetic minority : an essay in biblical history and sociology /
Bernhard Lang
- Sheffield, England : Almond Press, 1983
- 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Social world of biblical antiquity series ; 1 .
1. The Yahweh-alone movement and the making of Jewish monotheism -- Appendix: How exclusive was the worship of Yahweh in tribal Israel? -- 2. What is a prophet? -- Appendix: Prophecy, symbolic acts and politics, a review of recent studies -- 3. The making of prophets in Israel -- 4. The social organization of peasant poverty in biblical Israel -- 5. The making of Messianism -- 6. From prophet to scribe: Charismatic authority in early Judaism.