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This 1992 work is intended to be a 'taster' to sociological method for students of the New Testament. Richard Fenn demonstrates how fruitful the relationship between the social sciences and biblical studies can be when sociological method is imaginatively applied to the New Testament. Fenn's point of departure is the particular historical event of the death of Herod the Great. He focuses on Josephus' account of the trials of Herod's sons, the death of Herod himself, and the crisis of succession which followed his death. Josephus' account is shown to provide a rich sociological resource, in that he observes how speech was used to conceal rather than to convey individuals' true interests and commitments. His account also reveals the failure of the trial as a critically important institution for restoring confidence in public discourse. The result, the author argues, is the intensification of conflict within, and between, generations, at every level of Palestinian society.

Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History&delete& --- Historiography --- Herod --- Josephus, Flavius. --- Herodian dynasty, --- Josephus Historicus --- Josephus, Flavius --- Flavius Josephus --- Flavius Iosephus --- Iosephus, Flavius --- Iosephus Historicus --- Erode, --- Herod, --- Hérode, --- Herodes, --- Heródes, --- Hordos, --- Irod, --- הרוד --- הורדוס --- הורדוס, --- Death and burial. --- Josephus Flavius. --- Herod I --- Death and burial --- History --- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. --- Herod I, King of Judea, 73-4 B.C. - Death and burial. --- Herod, House of. --- Jews - History - 168 B.C.-135 A.D. - Historiography. --- Flavius, Josephus --- Josephus Flavius --- Flavius Josèphe --- Josèphe, Flavius --- Flawiusz Józef --- Józef, Flawiusz --- Iosif, Flaviĭ --- Flaviĭ Iosif --- Joseph ben Mattathias --- Giuseppe, Flavio --- Flavio Giuseppe --- Yosef ben Matityahu --- Matityahu, Yosef ben --- Mattathias, Joseph ben --- Yosefus Flavyus --- Flavyus, Yosefus --- Yosefus --- José, Flavio --- Flavio José --- Ioseb, Pʻlaviosi --- Pʻlaviosi, Ioseb --- Iosephus, --- Josephus, --- Yozifus Flaṿyus --- Flavios, Iōsēpos --- Īosef --- Josefo, Flavio --- Josefo, Tito Flavio --- יוזיפוס, פלאװיוס --- יוסיפוס, פלאביוס --- יוסיפוס, פלאוויוס --- יוסיפוס, פלאװיוס --- יוסיפוס, פלביוס --- יוסיפוס, פלויוס --- יוסף בן מתתיהו --- יוסף בן מתתיהו (פלויוס) --- יוסף בן מתתיהו, --- יוספוס פלויוס --- יוספוס, פלאביוס --- יוספוס, פלאוויוס --- יוספוס, פלביוס --- פלאוויוס, יוזיפוס --- פלאוויוס, יוסיפוס --- פלאוויוס, יוספוס --- פלביוס, יוסיפוס --- פלביוס, יוספוס --- פלויוס, יוסיפוס --- يوسيفوس اليهودي --- Ἰώσηπος, Φλ. --- Iōsēpos, Phl. --- Ἰώσηπος, Φλαύιος --- Iōsēpos, Phlauios --- Ἰώσηπος, Φλαούϊος --- Iōsēpos, Phlaouios --- Historiography.