The sacred economy of ancient Israel

1. Verfasser: Boer, Roland, 1961- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2015.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xix, 308 pages ; : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Library of ancient Israel.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: On economics and the ancient world
  • The question of theory
  • Of bread, beer, and four-legged friends
  • Clans, households, and patrons
  • Feeding the nonproducers, or, (e)states
  • The many faces of plunder, or, tribute-exchange
  • Spiral of crises
  • Conclusion: A subsistence regime for today?