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    Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on Dalit Rom-Shiloni\u27s Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts between the Exiles and the People Who Remained (6th–5th Centuries BCE): Edited by Mark Leuchter

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    This collection of essays are based on a special review session at the 2014 SBL Annual Meeting addressing Dalit Rom Shiloni\u27s monograph Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts between the Exiles and the People who Remained (6th–5th Centuries BCE) (Bloomsbury, 2013). Rom Shiloni\u27s work examines texts that derive from or reflect upon the social turbulence of the neo-Babylonian period and its effects within ancient Judahite society. The essays reflect the responses of various specialists in prophetic texts that fall within Rom Shiloni\u27s discussion, concluding with a response from Rom Shiloni to the other contributions

    Delegitimizing a Witness: Composition and Revision in Joshua 22

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    In Joshua 22, after the Transjordanian tribes fulfill their obligations they construct an altar by the River Jordan. In response, the Cisjordanian tribes assemble to wage war, yet a civil war is averted when they learn that this altar serves no sacrificial purpose. This article argues that Joshua 22 is the product of a base layer, an account of the Transjordanian tribes erecting an altar by the River Jordan, and a supplemental layer that revises and reshapes the cultic function of this altar

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