essay
The clan-based economy of biblical Israel
Symbiosis, symbolism, and the power of the past : Canaan, ancient Israel, and their neighbors from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina / proceedings of the Centennial Symposium, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and American Schools of Oriental Research, Jerusalem, May 29-31, 2000 • Winona Lake, Ind. • Published In 2003 • Pages: 445-453
By: Levine, Baruch A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this reconstruction of the kin-based economy of Ancient Israel utilizing biblical texts and archaeological evidence, with a particular focus on land ownership, the author argues that while clan property was inalienable during the premonarchic phase it was less so during the subsequent monarchic and postexilic phases, resulting in the eventual fragmentation of the clans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical and archival research
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Borrowing and lending
- Production and supply
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Israelites
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200–430 BC
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel; Palestinian territories
- NotesAdditional notes
- Baruch A. Levine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 453)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2003021117
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.