Portrayals of economic exchange in the book of Kings / by Roger S. Nam.
With the growing proliferation of literature concerning the social world of the Hebrew Bible, scholars continue to face the challenge of a proper understanding of ancient Israel’s economies. Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings is the first monographic study to use an anthropological...
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| Superior document: | Biblical interpretation series, v. 112 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical interpretation series ;
v. 112. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | With the growing proliferation of literature concerning the social world of the Hebrew Bible, scholars continue to face the challenge of a proper understanding of ancient Israel’s economies. Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings is the first monographic study to use an anthropological approach to examine the nature of the economic life behind the biblical text. Through Karl Polanyi’s paradigm of exchange as a methodological control, this book synthesizes Semitic philology with related fields of Levantine archaeology and modern ethnography. With this interdisciplinary frame, Nam articulates a social analysis of economic exchange, and stimulates new understandings of the biblical world. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1280496401 9786613591630 9004224165 |
| ISSN: | 0928-0731 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Roger S. Nam. |