Identity and Community in Biblical World: Collected Essays on Identity and Community from Biblical Perspectives

Contents: Foreword. Society for Biblical Studies in India (SBSI). Introduction. 1. SBSI Biennium 2018 Presidential Address Identity, Community and Biblical Narratives. 2. Quest for Identity in Community Formation: Biblical Perspectives. 3. Quest for Identity in Community Formation: Ancestral Narratives for Model Communities in the Book of Genesis. 4. The Chronicler's Blueprint for Israel's Identity in Community Formation Reflections from 1 Chronicles 1:1-2 Chronicles 9:31. 5. The Role of Human Being in Identity Formation in Wisdom and Poetry. 6. Quest for Israelite Identity in the Exilic Prophets. 7. The Matthean Community: Diverse, Complex and Overlapping. 8. Early Evidences on the Identity of Matthean Community. 9. Quest for Identity Traits in Community Formation: Luke-Acts. 10. Quest for Identity in Community Formation in the Gospel of John and its Relevance to the Indian Context. 11. Identity Formation of the Christian Community in 1 Peter: Dialectic of Continuity and Discontinuity. 12. Redefining Mammon: Implicit and Ignored Teachings of Jesus on Wealth from Socio Economic Approach. 13. The Significance of Torah in the Book of Proverbs. 14. The Rich in Matthew: A Socio-Economic Reading.

The Society for Biblical Studies in India (SBSI) has been addressing vital issues in its conferences and seminars. This book is the outcome of SBSI Biennium 2018, where scholars from various regions in India presented papers on identity and community formation from Biblical perspectives. Collection of articles in this book exposes how identity and community formation are interrelated in Biblical literature.