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9780802809889

Chieftains of the Highland Clans : A History of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B. C.

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    9780802809889

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    080280988X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-02
  • Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

This engaging study explores the nature of ancient Israelite politics and society prior to the rise of the monarchy around 1000 B.C. Applying a new anthropological model known as the bcomplex chiefdomb and drawing on archaeological evidence of twelfth- and eleventh-century highland Palestine, Robert D. Miller presents a new picture of the sociopolitical life of early Israel -- a picture sure to be widely discussed.

Author Biography

Robert D. Miller II, S.F.O., is associate professor of Sacred Scripture at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xiii
List of Figures xvi
Abbreviations xviii
1. Identifying Early Israel
1(2)
2. Writing Israel's History
3(3)
3. The Complex Chiefdom Model
6(9)
4. Archaeological Analysis of the Iron I Highlands
15(14)
Geographic Scope
15(2)
Methodology
17(5)
Inherent Difficulties
22(7)
5. The Archaeological Portrait of the Iron I Settlement
29(62)
Sources
29(1)
Settlement Map
29(12)
Distribution of Material Culture
41(11)
Highland Economy
52(12)
Temporal Change in the Settlement Pattern
64(5)
Mortuary Evidence
69(4)
Other Archaeological Correlates
73(8)
Summary: Israelite Complex Chiefdoms?
81(1)
Boundaries of the Highland Settlement
82(9)
6. Ancient Near Eastern Sources for the Highland Settlement
91(6)
7. A Social History of Highland Palestine, 1200-1000 B.C.
97(7)
8. The Hebrew Bible as Source for the Highland Settlement
104(8)
9. Highland Israel in the Hebrew Bible
112(13)
10. Conclusions: Toward a Cultural History of Early Israel 125(2)
Appendix: Key to Iron I Sites in Figures 127(10)
Bibliography 137(46)
Index 183

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