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Two main social structures competed in ancient Israel. The people were united under the monarchy, which organized the state for administrative and taxation purposes. At the same time, the Israelites held fast to their tribal associations.
A class of artisans arose beside it. Additional strata emerged in the course of the monarchical period: royal functionaries, merchants, and government officials. It remains, however, impossible to reconstruct a satisfactory picture of the overall social stratification of ancient Israel.
My analysis of this dynamic is driven by the question of why there are two different maps of Israel’s land. One set of maps spans from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Jordan River in the east and a second set reaches from the Sea to the River Euphrates.
Book contents. Frontmatter; Introduction; 1 Political, social, and economic life in the Land of Israel, 66–c. 235; 2 The Diaspora from 66 to c. 235 ce; 3 The uprisings in the Jewish Diaspora, 116–117; 4 The Bar Kochba Revolt, 132–135; 5 The legal status of the Jews in the Roman Empire; 6 Jewish art and architecture in the Land of Israel ...
As a result of this direct economic interdependence, mobile groups interacted with the villagers on many levels (for example, social and political). Many people lived in small villages made up of single-family homes.
This chapter discusses the social history of ancient Israel, arguing for a careful balance between sociological theory and anthropological knowledge on the one hand, and exegetical and historical investigation on the other.
28 kwi 2021 · This chapter examines the social structure of ancient Israel from the time of its emergence at the beginning of the Iron Age to the downfall of the kingdom of Judah in the sixth century bce.
