Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP; Chapter 2 CORPORATE IDEAS: THEIR FREQUENCY, CENTRALITY AND PERSISTENCE; Chapter 3 DIVINE WRATH AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Chapter 4 JOSHUA 7: HOLINESS VIOLATION AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Chapter 5 2 SAMUEL 21.1-14: BLOODGUILT AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT; Part II; Chapter 6 INDIVIDUALISM WITHIN DEUTERONOMY AND THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY; Chapter 7 JEREMIAH 31.29-30 AND EZEKIEL 18; Chapter 8 THEOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIONAL CHART; Bibliography; Index of References
Summary
This book explores a variety of biblical texts in order to clarify and better understand the relationship between the individual and the community in ancient Israel. Although much of the argument is focused upon Deuteronomy and the deuteronomistic history
