The sacred economy of ancient Israel

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Author

Roland Boer

Publication

2015 - Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky

Language

English

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivesacredeconomyofa0000boer
ISBN-139780664259662
ISBN-100664259669
Library of Congress Control Number2014035971
OCLC Control Number896791490

and 2 more

Better World Books9780664259662
Open LibraryOL31044772M

Classifications

DDC933
LCCBS670 .B64 2015
LCCBS670.B64 2015

Description

"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"--

Subjects

Topics

Jews History Economics Religious aspects Biblical SociologyRELIGION / AncientSociology, biblical

Times

To 70 A.D To 70 A.D.

Series Statement

Library of Ancient Israel

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