Portrayals of economic exchange in the book of Kings / by Roger S. Nam.

• Superior document: Biblical interpretation series, v. 112
• Author: Nam, Roger S.
• 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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1. The Economies of Ancient Israel -- 2. Economic Anthropology -- 3. Symmetrical Reciprocity in the Book of Kings -- 4. Asymmetrical Redistribution in the Book of Kings -- 5. Market Exchange in the Book of Kings -- 6. A Social Analysis of Exchange in the Book of Kings -- 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index.