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.
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PrefaceAbbreviations Part 1: IntroductionCultivating Curiosity: Methods and Models for Understanding Ancient Economies Marvin Lloyd MillerPart 2: Economic Indications from the Hebrew BibleThe “Successful, Wise, Worthy Wife” of Prov 31:10–31 as a Source for Reconstructing Aspects of Thought and Economy in the Late Persian / Early Hellenistic PeriodEhud Ben ZviMore than Friends? The Economic Relationship between Huram and Solomon ReconsideredGary N. KnoppersAgrarian Economy through City-Elites’ Eyes: Reflections of Late Persian Period Yehud Economy in the Genealogies of ChroniclesLouis JonkerAncient Comparisons, Modern Models, and Ezra–Nehemiah: Triangulating the Sources for Insights on the Economy of Persian Period YehudPeter AltmannPart 3: Economic Indications from Other Literary Sources: פרו ורבו and the Seventh Year: Complementary Strategies for the Economic Recovery of Depopulated YehudPhilippe GuillaumeExploitation of Depopulated Land in Achaemenid JudahLisbeth S. FriedThe Achaemenid Policy of ReproductionJosef WiesehöferThe Economy and Administration of Rural Idumea at the End of the Persian PeriodDiana EdelmanPart 4: Economic Indications from ArchaeologyForces of Decline and Regeneration: A Socioeconomic Account of the Iron Age II Negev DesertYifat ThareaniThe Rural Economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the Settlement History of the District SystemOded LipschitsIndexesIndex of AuthorsIndex of ScripturePrefaceAbbreviations Part 1: IntroductionCultivating Curiosity: Methods and Models for Understanding Ancient Economies Marvin Lloyd MillerPart 2: Economic Indications from the Hebrew BibleThe “Successful, Wise, Worthy Wife” of Prov 31:10–31 as a Source for Reconstructing Aspects of Thought and Economy in the Late Persian / Early Hellenistic PeriodEhud Ben ZviMore than Friends? The Economic Relationship between Huram and Solomon ReconsideredGary N. KnoppersAgrarian Economy through City-Elites’ Eyes: Reflections of Late Persian Period Yehud Economy in the Genealogies of ChroniclesLouis JonkerAncient Comparisons, Modern Models, and Ezra–Nehemiah: Triangulating the Sources for Insights on the Economy of Persian Period YehudPeter AltmannPart 3: Economic Indications from Other Literary Sources: פרו ו.ר.בו. and the Seventh Year: Complementary Strategies for the Economic Recovery of Depopulated YehudPhilippe GuillaumeExploitation of Depopulated Land in Achaemenid JudahLisbeth S. FriedThe Achaemenid Policy of ReproductionJosef WiesehöferThe Economy and Administration of Rural Idumea at the End of the Persian PeriodDiana EdelmanPart 4: Economic Indications from ArchaeologyForces of Decline and Regeneration: A Socioeconomic Account of the Iron Age II Negev DesertYifat ThareaniThe Rural Economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the Settlement History of the District SystemOded LipschitsIndexesIndex of AuthorsIndex of Scripture
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9781575064130
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2015-11-11
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229 mm
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