Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical interpretation series ; v. 112.Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9789004224162
  • 9004224165
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings.DDC classification:
  • 222.5067
LOC classification:
  • BS1335.6.E35 .N836 2012
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One The Economies of Ancient Israel; 1.1. Presuppositions and Methods; 1.2. The Text of Kings as a Source; 1.3. The Text of Kings as History; 1.4. The Economies of Ancient Israel: A Survey of Research; 1.5. Conclusions; Chapter Two Economic Anthropology; 2.1. Theories of Political Economy; 2.1.a. Classical Political Economy; 2.1.b. Karl Marx; 2.1.c. Max Weber; 2.2. The Pioneering Economic Anthropologists; 2.3. Karl Polanyi; 2.3.a. The Great Transformation; 2.3.b. Reciprocity; 2.3.c. Redistribution; 2.3.d. Market Exchange.
2.3.e. The Problem of Terminology2.4. Reactions to Polanyi; 2.4.a. Economic Anthropology; 2.4.b. Assyriology; 2.4.c. The Informal Economy; 2.4.d. Biblical Studies; 2.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Three Symmetrical Reciprocity in the Book of Kings; 3.1. Reciprocity in the Ancient Near East; 3.2. Reciprocity among Polities; 3.2.a. King Solomon and King Hiram of Tyre; 3.2.b. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; 3.2.c. Hezekiah and Merodach-Baladan; 3.3. Non-elite Reciprocity; 3.3.a. Refusing Reciprocity to Subvert; 3.3.b. Offering Reciprocity to Empower.
3.3.c. Non-Elite Reciprocity as Informal Economy3.3.d. Historical Considerations; 3.4. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Four Asymmetrical Redistribution in the Book of Kings; 4.1. The Redistributive Economy in Pre-Exilic Israel; 4.1.a. Iron Age IIA (980-840/830 bce): State Formation; 4.1.b. Iron Age IIB (840/830-732/701 bce): Neo-Assyrian Threat; 4.1.c. Iron Age IIC (732/701-605/587 bce): Foreign Hegemony; 4.2. State Redistribution; 4.2.a. Solomonic Redistribution; 4.2.b. Temple Redistribution; 4.2.c. The Exception to State Redistribution: Patrimonial Land; 4.3. International Redistribution.
4.3.a. The Items of Tribute4.3.b. The Ideology of Tribute; 4.4. Theoretical Reconsiderations: The Reciprocity of Redistribution; 4.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Five Market Exchange in the Book of Kings; 5.1. Did Ancient Israel Know Price-Determining Markets? The State of the Question; 5.2. Possible References to Market Exchange; 5.2.a. 1 Kings 9:26-28; 10:11-12, 22, 28-29: Solomon's Long-Distance Trade; 5.2.b. 1 Kings 20:34: Israelite Merchants in Damascus; 5.2.c. 2 Kings 6:24-25; 7:1-18: Price Movements in Besieged Samaria; 5.2.d. 2 Kings 4:1-7: The Widow's Sale of Oil.
5.3. References to Silver5.4. Did Israel Know Price Setting Markets?; 5.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Six A Social Analysis of Exchange in the Book of Kings; 6.1. Ancient Israel as a Mixed Economy; 6.2. Ancient Israel as an Informal Economy; 6.3. The Economic System of Israel and Judah; 6.3.a. The Local Economy; 6.3.b. The International Economy; Chapter Seven Summary and Conclusions; 7.1. Overall Summary and Conclusions; 7.2. Directions for Future Research: Post-exilic Portrayals of Economic Exchange; Select Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors; Subject Index.
Summary: Drawing on the Polanyian categories of reciprocity, redistribution and market trade, this book examines the exchange narratives within 1 and 2 Kings in an effort to clarify the nature of the economic structures behind the biblical text.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)439999

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One The Economies of Ancient Israel; 1.1. Presuppositions and Methods; 1.2. The Text of Kings as a Source; 1.3. The Text of Kings as History; 1.4. The Economies of Ancient Israel: A Survey of Research; 1.5. Conclusions; Chapter Two Economic Anthropology; 2.1. Theories of Political Economy; 2.1.a. Classical Political Economy; 2.1.b. Karl Marx; 2.1.c. Max Weber; 2.2. The Pioneering Economic Anthropologists; 2.3. Karl Polanyi; 2.3.a. The Great Transformation; 2.3.b. Reciprocity; 2.3.c. Redistribution; 2.3.d. Market Exchange.

2.3.e. The Problem of Terminology2.4. Reactions to Polanyi; 2.4.a. Economic Anthropology; 2.4.b. Assyriology; 2.4.c. The Informal Economy; 2.4.d. Biblical Studies; 2.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Three Symmetrical Reciprocity in the Book of Kings; 3.1. Reciprocity in the Ancient Near East; 3.2. Reciprocity among Polities; 3.2.a. King Solomon and King Hiram of Tyre; 3.2.b. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; 3.2.c. Hezekiah and Merodach-Baladan; 3.3. Non-elite Reciprocity; 3.3.a. Refusing Reciprocity to Subvert; 3.3.b. Offering Reciprocity to Empower.

3.3.c. Non-Elite Reciprocity as Informal Economy3.3.d. Historical Considerations; 3.4. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Four Asymmetrical Redistribution in the Book of Kings; 4.1. The Redistributive Economy in Pre-Exilic Israel; 4.1.a. Iron Age IIA (980-840/830 bce): State Formation; 4.1.b. Iron Age IIB (840/830-732/701 bce): Neo-Assyrian Threat; 4.1.c. Iron Age IIC (732/701-605/587 bce): Foreign Hegemony; 4.2. State Redistribution; 4.2.a. Solomonic Redistribution; 4.2.b. Temple Redistribution; 4.2.c. The Exception to State Redistribution: Patrimonial Land; 4.3. International Redistribution.

4.3.a. The Items of Tribute4.3.b. The Ideology of Tribute; 4.4. Theoretical Reconsiderations: The Reciprocity of Redistribution; 4.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Five Market Exchange in the Book of Kings; 5.1. Did Ancient Israel Know Price-Determining Markets? The State of the Question; 5.2. Possible References to Market Exchange; 5.2.a. 1 Kings 9:26-28; 10:11-12, 22, 28-29: Solomon's Long-Distance Trade; 5.2.b. 1 Kings 20:34: Israelite Merchants in Damascus; 5.2.c. 2 Kings 6:24-25; 7:1-18: Price Movements in Besieged Samaria; 5.2.d. 2 Kings 4:1-7: The Widow's Sale of Oil.

5.3. References to Silver5.4. Did Israel Know Price Setting Markets?; 5.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Six A Social Analysis of Exchange in the Book of Kings; 6.1. Ancient Israel as a Mixed Economy; 6.2. Ancient Israel as an Informal Economy; 6.3. The Economic System of Israel and Judah; 6.3.a. The Local Economy; 6.3.b. The International Economy; Chapter Seven Summary and Conclusions; 7.1. Overall Summary and Conclusions; 7.2. Directions for Future Research: Post-exilic Portrayals of Economic Exchange; Select Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors; Subject Index.

Drawing on the Polanyian categories of reciprocity, redistribution and market trade, this book examines the exchange narratives within 1 and 2 Kings in an effort to clarify the nature of the economic structures behind the biblical text.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.