Portrayals of economic exchange in the book of Kings [electronic resource] / by Roger S. Nam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nam, Roger S.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 112.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics in the Bible.

Bible. Kings--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the growing proliferation of literature concerning the social world of the Hebrew Bible, scholars continue to face the challenge of a proper understanding of ancient Israel’s economies. Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings is the first monographic study to use an anthropological approach to examine the nature of the economic life behind the biblical text. Through Karl Polanyi’s paradigm of exchange as a methodological control, this book synthesizes Semitic philology with related fields of Levantine archaeology and modern ethnography. With this interdisciplinary frame, Nam articulates a social analysis of economic exchange, and stimulates new understandings of the biblical world.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1. The Economies of Ancient Israel

2. Economic Anthropology

3. Symmetrical Reciprocity in the Book of Kings

4. Asymmetrical Redistribution in the Book of Kings

5. Market Exchange in the Book of Kings

6. A Social Analysis of Exchange in the Book of Kings

7. Summary and Conclusions

Select Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Subject Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-49640-1

9786613591630

90-04-22416-5

OCLC:

779828591

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004224162 DOI