Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Social Theory and the Study of Israelite Religion by Robert R. Wilson
Cult Centralization, the Erosion of Kin-Based Communities, and the Implications for Women's Religious Practices by Susan Ackerman
Away from Ritual by Ronald Hendel
"They Have Become Women": Judean Diaspora and Postcolonial Theories of Gender and Migration by T. M. Lemos
Text Production and Destruction in Ancient Israel by Nathaniel B. Levtow
The Function of Feasts by Carol Meyers
Theorizing Violence in Biblical Ritual Contexts by Saul M. Olyan
Ritual Theory, Ritual Texts, and the Priestly-Holiness Writings of the Pentateuch by David P. Wright
List of Contributors