Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Two methodological viewpoints: the priestly and the prophetic
- 2 Description, interpretation, and explanation: modes of analysis
- 3 Levels of observation and of analysis: making the right choices
- 4 “What is going on here?” The role of the observer and the beginnings of theory
- 5 The search for useful concepts: evil and charisma
- 6 The making of a theory
- Epilogue
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Index of biblical citations
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Two methodological viewpoints: the priestly and the prophetic
- 2 Description, interpretation, and explanation: modes of analysis
- 3 Levels of observation and of analysis: making the right choices
- 4 “What is going on here?” The role of the observer and the beginnings of theory
- 5 The search for useful concepts: evil and charisma
- 6 The making of a theory
- Epilogue
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Index of biblical citations
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- The Death of HerodAn Essay in the Sociology of Religion, pp. xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992