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The Formation of the State in Ancient Israel : a survey of models and theories / Frank S. Frick.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Social world of biblical antiquity series ; 4.Publication details: Sheffield, England ; Decatur, GA, U.S.A. : Almond, 1985.Description: 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 090745951X
  • 9780907459514
  • 0907459528
  • 9780907459521
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Formation of the state in ancient Israel.DDC classification:
  • 933 19 FRI
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.P6 F75 1985
  • HN660
Contents:
I. The cultural evolutionary hypothesis and the origins of the Israelite state: Anthropology and history -- Overview of the cultural evolutionary hypothesis -- State formation studies and the problem of comparability -- II. Early Israel as a segmentary society -- III. Early Israel as a chiefdom -- What is a chiefdom? -- The archaeology of chiefdoms -- IV. Agriculture and social change in early Israel -- A. The agricultural environment of the Palestinian Hill Country -- Meteorological variables in the central highlands -- Soil fertility in the highlands -- B. Agricultural technology and social change in early Israel -- Agricultural terracing in the highlands -- Agricultural productivity, demography and settlement patterns -- Tel Masos, agriculture, and the archaeology of chiefdoms -- Technology and agriculture -- V. The path to statehood: A synthesis
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Books Hamu Mukasa Library Open Access / General collection; Level 1 933 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 159916

Includes indexes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216).

I. The cultural evolutionary hypothesis and the origins of the Israelite state: Anthropology and history -- Overview of the cultural evolutionary hypothesis -- State formation studies and the problem of comparability -- II. Early Israel as a segmentary society -- III. Early Israel as a chiefdom -- What is a chiefdom? -- The archaeology of chiefdoms -- IV. Agriculture and social change in early Israel -- A. The agricultural environment of the Palestinian Hill Country -- Meteorological variables in the central highlands -- Soil fertility in the highlands -- B. Agricultural technology and social change in early Israel -- Agricultural terracing in the highlands -- Agricultural productivity, demography and settlement patterns -- Tel Masos, agriculture, and the archaeology of chiefdoms -- Technology and agriculture -- V. The path to statehood: A synthesis

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