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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.
Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews. Looking Back,Looking Ahead Locating Places. In Section 1, you read about Jerusalem (juh•ROO•suh•luhm) the constant fighting between the Judah (JOO•duh) Israelites and the Canaanites.The tribes of Israel longed for peace.
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.
Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples.
Timeline of Ancient Israel. A New Religion: Monotheism. A New Ethics: The Ten Commandments. The Kingdom of Ancient Israel. A Prophetic Tradition. Losing a Homeland. Further Study
This two-part article examines how the community structure of ancient Israel’s agrarian culture pro-duced key social norms for each interdependent community (part 1) and then shows how the three groups fell outside of those norms and thus needed special provisions (part 2).
Family and Social Structure: The family was the basic unit of society. It was patriarchal, with the eldest male as the head of the household. Families were organized into clans, tribes, and, according to biblical tradition, the twelve tribes of Israel. Law and Justice: The Israelites followed a legal system based on religious principles. The ...
