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An assignment for my first year seminar course asked students to research the social and economic background and context of ancient Israel\u2019s prophets (they read Amos and Micah as part of the course\u2019s assigned readings). I always like to check and see how easy or difficult it is to find useful materials. Below are some sources I found on Google Books which can be previewed and read there at least in part and which contain relevant information.<\/p>\n

Hebrew Life and Literature<\/i><\/a> by Bernard Lang
Eighth-Century Prophets: A Social Analysis<\/a><\/i> by D. N. Premnath
Life in the Ancient Near East<\/a><\/i> by Daniel Snell
Mesopotamia and the Bible<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>edited by Chavalas and Younger
Israel\u2019s Prophets and Israel\u2019s Past<\/a><\/i>
Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible<\/a><\/i> by Bruce Malchow
Covenant Economics<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by Richard Horsley
God and the Social Process<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by Louis Wallis
The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible<\/a><\/i> by David Pleins
Contending for Justice<\/a><\/i> by Walter Houston
The Oxford History of the Biblical World<\/a><\/i>, edited by Michael Coogan
The Hebrew Prophets<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by James Newsome
The Bible: An Introduction<\/a><\/i> by Jerry Sumney
History of Israelite Religion<\/i><\/a> by Alpertz
The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible<\/a><\/i> edited by Leo Purdue
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time<\/i><\/a> by Marcus Borg<\/p>\n

These are just the ones that seemed relatively recent, reliable and relevant. But even if students searched Google Books and chose older books<\/a> over these, they still could find some useful information.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thinking that perhaps I should create a blog entry like this for every research assignment I give to my students. Then, when I receive something the bibliography for which didn\u2019t get much beyond Wikipedia, I can show what sorts of sources I found using Google. Perhaps then I won\u2019t get too many complaints about low grades.<\/p>\n

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