The sacred economy of ancient Israel / Roland Boer ; cover design by Mark Abrams and Dilu Nicholas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Roland, 1961- author.

Series:

Library of ancient Israel.

Library of Ancient Israel

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics in the Bible.

Sociology, Biblical.

Jews--History--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Economics--Religious aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel offers a new reconstruction of the economic context of the Bible and of ancient Israel. It argues that the key to ancient economies is with those who worked on the land rather than in intermittent and relatively weak kingdoms and empires. Drawing on sophisticated economic theory (especially the Régulation School) and textual and archaeological resources, Roland Boer makes it clear that economic "crisis" was the norm and that economics is always socially determined. He examines three economic layers: the building blocks (five institutional forms), periods of relative stability (three regimes), and the overarching mode of production. Ultimately, the most resilient of all the regimes was subsistence survival, for which the regular collapse of kingdoms and empires was a blessing rather than a curse. Students will come away with a clear understanding of the dynamics of the economy of ancient Israel. Boer's volume should become a new benchmark for future studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611645552

1611645557

OCLC:

923514390