Chieftains Of The Highland Clans
Subtitle: A History Of Israel In The Twelfth And Eleventh Centuries B.C. (The Bible in Its World)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: May 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780802809889
Subjects: Ancient Near East; History of religion; BCE to c 500 CE; Religion - Church History; Jewish - Ancient; History - General History; Religion; Ancient World; Judaism - History; Antiquities & Archaeology; History
First sentence: A study of the political and social nature of "Israel" at the close of the 2d millennium B.C. involves many distinct issues, demanding what some may call faddish methodological preoccupation.
Description: "An illuminating social history of ancient Israel, Chieftains of the Highland Clans offers an unusually thorough and original reconstruction of Israelite society prior to the rise of the monarchy around 1000 B.C. Using the latest archaeological research and anthropological theory, Robert Miller presents a picture of what life was like in early Israel." "Ethnographic evidence from diverse cultures suggests the "complex chiefdom" model as the most appropriate for the archaeology of twelfth- and eleventh-century highland Palestine. This model details the economic and political realities of pre-state societies with ascribed rank and hierarchical political control. As he applies and fine-tunes the complex chiefdom model, Miller illustrates areas of potential correspondence and contradiction between his reconstruction and the biblical text. Students of archaeology, Palestine, and the Hebrew Bible will not want to miss Miller's fresh conclusions about the sociopolitical nature of early Israel."--BOOK JACKET.