Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-405) and indexes.

|tSocial-scientific models in biblical interpretation /|rPhilip F. Esler --|tSocial-scientific analysis of the Old Testament : a brief history and overview /|rPhilip F. Esler & Anselm Hagedorn --|tTribalism: social organization in the Biblical Israels /|rRobert Coote --|tPolygyny: insights from rural Haiti /|rCarolyn S. Leeb --|tSacrifice : the ritual for the leper in Leviticus 14 /|rAdriana Destro & Mauro Pesce --|tReciprocity: covenantal exchange as a test case /|rZeba A. Crook --|tWealth: how Abraham became rich /|rGary Stansell --|tProphecy: Joseph Smith and the gestalt of the Israelite prophet /|rLester L. Grabbe --|tBarrenness: trance as a protest strategy / |rDietmar Neufeld --|tMicah: models matter : political economy and Micah 6:9-15 /|rMarvin L. Chaney --|tDeuteronomy: shameful encroachment on shameful parts : Deuteronomy 25:11-12 and biblical euphemism /|rJohn H. Elliott --|tJudges: (Dis)honor and ritual enactment: the Jephthah story: Judges 10:16-12:1 /|rRichard E. DeMaris & Carolyn S. Leeb --|t2 Samuel: David and the Ammonite War : a narrative and social-scientific interpretation of 2 Samuel 10-12 /|rPhilip F. Esler --|tEzekiel: an altered state of consciousness experience: the call of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1-3 /|rJohn J. Pilch --|tNahum: ethnicity and stereotypes: anthropological insights into Nahum's literary history /|rAnselm C. Hagedorn --|tMaccabees: Symbolic wars and age-sets: the anthropology of war in 1 Maccabees /|rMario I. Aguilar --|tQumran: the prototypical teacher in the Qumran Pesharim : a social identity approach /|rJutta Jokiranta --|tBible hermeneutics: Marcion's truth and a developmental perspective /|rDouglas E. Oakman --|tInterfaith dialogue: challenging the received view /|rBruce J. Malina --|tPsychology: Moses and monotheism: the future of Freud's illusion /|rAndrew D.H. Mayes.