Frick, Frank S.  <br/><br/>
The formation of the state in ancient Israel :   a survey of models and theories / 
Frank S. Frick 
 - Decatur, GA,   :   Almond,   1985 
 - 219 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Social world of biblical antiquity series ;   219 .
<br/><br/>I. The cultural evolutionary hypothesis and the origins of the Israelite state: Anthropology and history -- Overview of the cultural evolutionary hypothesis -- State formation studies and the problem of comparability -- II. Early Israel as a segmentary society -- III. Early Israel as a chiefdom -- What is a chiefdom? -- The archaeology of chiefdoms -- IV. Agriculture and social change in early Israel -- A. The agricultural environment of the Palestinian Hill Country -- Meteorological variables in the central highlands -- Soil fertility in the highlands -- B. Agricultural technology and social change in early Israel -- Agricultural terracing in the highlands -- Agricultural productivity, demography and settlement patterns -- Tel Masos, agriculture, and the archaeology of chiefdoms -- Technology and agriculture -- V. The path to statehood: A synthesis.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780907459514090745951X  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Old Testament.Jews Politics and government.Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1199.P6   / .F89 1985