Palace-clan relations in the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant: textual and material approaches
Recent studies have demonstrated that ancient Near Eastern societies considered themselves as part of one social fabric, divided not by mode of life or place of residence, but according to traditional associations of kin. Kinship relations appear to maintain their essential integrity over long perio...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2025]
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| Series: | Archaeology of the biblical worlds
volume 6 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783111411330 |
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| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111411330 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9783111411330 Verlag, Cover: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111411330/original 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Hannes Bezzel, Karen Covello-Paran, Joachim J. Krause, Omer Sergi |
| Summary: | Recent studies have demonstrated that ancient Near Eastern societies considered themselves as part of one social fabric, divided not by mode of life or place of residence, but according to traditional associations of kin. Kinship relations appear to maintain their essential integrity over long periods of time, even within complex political organizations. In the past it was common to view state formation as an evolutionary process - from tribe to state - during which former kinship relations and tribal identities dissolve in face of the political identity imposed by the "state". Today, however, it seems that there were no evolutionary relations between the tribe and the state, as they both represent identities that coexist at the same time. It is against this background that a common structural element of ancient Levantine polities emerges: their fragmented nature, mostly based on an overarching concept of kinship. This book presents studies of different polities and societies from the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant and beyond, highlighting their kin-based social and political structures, interactions, and ultimate formations, as may be gleaned from both material and textual sources Frontmatter -- VPreface -- Contents -- IXList of Contributors -- 1Introduction: Palace-Clan Relations? On Structural Elements in the Socio-Political Organization of the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant and Their Archaeological Expressions / / Omer Sergi, Karen Covello-Paran, Joachim J. Krause, Hannes Bezzel -- 21Insights into the Socio-Political Structure of the Kingdom of Yādiya/Samʾal / / Herbert Niehr -- 49Beyond Purple and Ivory / / Aaron Schmitt -- 77Persistence and Adaption / / Elisabeth Wagner-Durand -- 115From Vine to Wine: The Royal Economy of Tel Shimron during the Middle Bronze Age / / Karen Covello-Paran -- 143Palace-Clan Relations Perspective on the Social and Political Structure of Iron Age Philistia / / Aren M. Maeir -- 151The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations in Early Monarchic Israel, with Reflections on Biblical Traditions in Judges and Kings / / Omer Sergi -- 181The Israelite Tribal System as Reflected in the Book of Joshua / / Joachim J. Krause -- 197Palace-Clan Relations and Redaction Criticism: The Case of Judg 3-5 / / Hannes Bezzel -- 215Judges 9: A Lesson in Kingship and Kinship / / Kristin Weingart |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9783111411330 9783111411927 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783111411330 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |