This book explores a variety of biblical texts in order to clarify
and better understand the relationship between the individual and
the community in ancient Israel. Although much of the argument is
focused upon Deuteronomy and the deuteronomistic history, other
pentateuchal and prophetic texts are also probed. In particular,
certain instances of divine retribution that are corporate in
nature are explored, and it is argued that such punishments are
quite common and completely understandable of the basic theological
ideas that are operative in such cases. The examination turns to
other biblical texts that appear to reject the notion of corporate
divine retribution (e.g., Ezekiel 18). Here the focus is on whether
these texts do in fact reject all forms of corporate divine
retribution and how large a shift these texts signal in the
biblical understanding of the relationship between the individual
and the community. Finally, Kaminsky asserts that certain
theological features explored in this study can be used by those
scholars who argue that the enlightenment idea of individualism
needs to be balanced by a renewed philosophical and theological
emphasis on the individual's responsibility to the larger
society.>
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