Corporate Responsibility In The Hebrew Bible (the Library Of Hebrew Bible - Old Testament Studies)

JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIES 196 Editors David J.A. Clines Philip R. Davies Executive Editor John Jarick Editorial Board Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, Tamara C. Eskenazi, J. Cheryl Exum, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon, Norman K. Gottwald, Andrew D.H. Mayes, Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller Sheffield Academic Press This page intentionally left blank Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible Joel S. Kaminsky Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 196 Copyright © 1995 Sheffield Academic Press Published by Sheffield Academic Press Ltd Mansion House 19KingfieldRoad Sheffield, SI 19AS England Typeset by Sheffield Academic Press and Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by Bookcraft Midsomer Norton, Somerset British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-85075-547-7 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 7 8 11 Parti Chapter 1 BRIEF SURVEY THE HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP 16 Chapter 2 CORPORATE IDEAS: THEIR FREQUENCY, CENTRALTTY AND PERSISTENCE 30 Chapter 3 DIVINE WRATH AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT 55 Chapter 4 JOSHUA 7: HOLINESS VIOLATION AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT 67 Chapter 5 2 SAMUEL 21.1-14: BLOODGUILT AND CORPORATE PUNISHMENT 96 Partn Chapter 6 INDIVIDUALISM WITHIN DEUTERONOMY AND THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY 116 Chapter 7 JEREMIAH 31.29-30 AND EZEKffiL 18 139 6 Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible Chapter 8 THEOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS 179 Appendix RETRIBUTIONAL CHART 190 Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors 192 202 209 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to take time to thank some of those people who were instrumental in helping me bring this book to completion. This project began as a dissertation under the guidance of Professor Jon D. Levenson. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to him. He has been instrumental in my intellectual growth and has been of immense help by reading and commenting on numerous drafts of this project. I am also very indebted to Professor John J. Collins who gave me a great deal of practical advice, and much of his personal time to read and reread a project which was not initiated under his tutelage. Professor Arthur Droge and the late Professor Gosta Ahlstrom participated in my intellectual development and provided many critical suggestions as this book took shape. Additionally, I wish to thank Gabriel Danzig, Terence Fretheim, Toni Schlesinger and Greg Spinner who assisted me by reading various portions of the manuscript and by taking the time to talk over certain ideas; my students who over the years provided a sounding board for my ideas, especially Louie Bernstein and Adam Phillips; James Hanson, Muriel Kolinsky and Gary Stansell who assisted me in the task of proofreading and solving grammatical problems; and the staff at Sheffield Academic Press for being so helpful, with special thanks to my Desk Editor Steve Barganski. All of the above improved this book in some way and saved me from many errors. Any errors or deficiencies that remain in this book are solely my fault. Finally, as a small token of my gratitude and love for them, I wish to dedicate this book to my mother and father, Charlotte and Elliott Kaminsky. Author's Note: I have devocalized all occurrences of the Tetragrammaton throughout this manuscript in accord with Jewish practice. ABBREVIATIONS AB AnBib ANET ARM ASTI BA BASOR Bib BJS BZ BZAW Anchor Bible Analecta biblica J.B. Pritehard (e