The Economy of Ancient Judah in Its Historical Context edited by Marvin Lloyd Miller, Ehud Ben Zvi, and Gary N. Knoppers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knoppers, Gary N., 1956-2018, editor.

Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951- editor.

Miller, Marvin Lloyd, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Economic conditions.

Economics in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Genre:

History.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dynamics of ancient Judah's economy are among the most important, but also neglected and least understood, aspects of ancient Israel's history. The essays in this volume address this gap from a multidisciplinary perspective, involving archeology, biblical studies, economics, epigraphy, ancient history, Jewish studies, and theology. The essays focus on particular issues in the economy of ancient Judah and its neighbors during the late monarchy and the Neo-Babylonian, Persian, and Hellenistic periods. Some of them evaluate the theoretical models used to understand the inner workings of ancient agrarian economies, while others explore rural economies, the forces of regeneration and degeneration in particular regions, the settlement histories of different areas, and the exploitation of depopulated land in Judah and Idumea. Essays in the volume also address population growth, urbanization, the role of diverse temple towns (such as Babylon and Jerusalem) in regional market economies, the literary portrayal of patron-client relationships, symmetrical and asymmetrical relations in international trade, and the views of urban elites toward agrarian economic developments. Yet others discuss family economics-policies of reproduction, gender roles, family size, and household hierarchies-in Judah and ancient Persia. Many of the essays appearing in this volume were originally delivered as papers in special sessions devoted to these topics at annual meetings of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and the European Association of Biblical Studies. The scholars participating in this international project conduct their research at institutions in Canada, Germany, Israel, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States.

Contents:

The Achaemenid Policy of Reproduction, by Josef WiesehöferThe Economy and Administration of Rural Idumea at the End of the Persian Period, by Diana Edelman; Part 4 Economic Indications from Archaeology; Forces of Decline and Regeneration: A Socioeconomic Account of the Iron Age II Negev Desert, by Yifat Thareani; The Rural Economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the Settlement History of the District System, by Oded Lipschits; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture; Index of Other Ancient Sources

Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; Cultivating Curiosity: Methods and Models for Understanding Ancient Economies, by Marvin Lloyd Miller; Part 2 Economic Indications from the Hebrew Bible; The "Successful, Wise, Worthy Wife" of Proverbs 31:10-31 as a Source for Reconstructing Aspects of Thought and Economy in the Late Persian / Early Hellenistic Period, by Ehud Ben Zvi; More Than Friends? The Economic Relationship between Huram and Solomon Reconsidered, by Gary N. Knoppers

Part 1. Introduction

Cultivation curiosity: methods and models for understanding ancient economies / Marvin Lloyd Miller

Part 2. Economic indications from the Hebrew Bible

The "Successful, wise, worthy wife" of Proverbs 31:10-31 as a source for reconstructing aspects of thought and economy in the late Persian/early Hellenistic period / Ehud Ben Zvi

More than friends? The economic relationship between Huram and Solomon reconsidered / Gary N. Knoppers

Agrarian economy through city-elites' eyes: reflections of late Persian period Yehud economy in the genealogies of Chronicles / Louis Jonker

Ancient comparisons, modern models, and Ezra-Nehemiah: triangulating the sources for insights on the economy of Persian period Yehud / Peter Altmann

Part 3. Economic indications from other literary sources

פְרוּ וּרְבוּ and the seventh year: complementary strategies for the economic recovery of depopulated Yehud / Philippe Guillaume

Exploitation of depopulated land in Achaemenid Judah / Lisbeth S. Fried

The Achaemenid policy of reproduction / Josef Wiesehöfer

The economy and administration of rural Idumea at the end of the Persian period / Diana Edelman

Part 4. Economic indications form archaeology

Forces of decline and regeneration: a socioeconomic account of the Iron Age II Negev Desert / Yifat Thareani

The rural economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the settlement history of the district system / Oded Lipschits.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781575064147

1575064146

OCLC:

919068426