Portrayals of economic exchange in the book of Kings /

Portrayals of economic exchange in the book of Kings /

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 anthropolo...

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Main Author: Nam, Roger S.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 112.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.

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Bible. > O.T. > Kings > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Economics in the Bible.

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Call Number: BS1335.6.E35 N36 2012

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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004224162
ISSN:0928-0731 ;
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