TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frick,Frank S.
TI  - The Formation of the State in Ancient Israel: a survey of models and theories 
T2  - The Social world of biblical antiquity series,
SN  - 090745951X
AV  - BS1199.P6 F75 1985
U1  - 933 19
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Sheffield, England, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
PB  - Almond
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Politics in the Bible
KW  - Jews
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - To 70 A.D
KW  - Agriculture in the Bible
KW  - Ancient Israel
KW  - Society
N1  - 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
ER  -