01510nam a2200181Ia 4500 220922s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780907459514090745951X eng BS1199.P6 .F89 1985 Frick, Frank S. 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 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. Bible. Old Testament.Jews Politics and government.Criticism, interpretation, etc. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2022-09-21 24.50 0 BS1199.P6 .F89 1985 00027927 2022-09-21 00:00:00 2022-09-21 BK 42008 42008