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Chieftains of the highland clans : a history of Israel in the twelfth and eleventh centuries B.C.

Print Book, English, 2012
2012 reprint edition View all formats and editions
Wipf & stock, Eugene, oregon, 2012
History
xxiii, 186 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm.
9781620322086, 1620322080
1391321132
Machine generated contents note: 1.Identifying Early Israel
2.Writing Israel's History
3.The Complex Chiefdom Model
4.Archaeological Analysis of the Iron I Highlands
Geographic Scope
Methodology
Inherent Difficulties
5.The Archaeological Portrait of the Iron I Settlement
Sources
Settlement Map
Distribution of Material Culture
Highland Economy
Temporal Change in the Settlement Pattern
Mortuary Evidence
Other Archaeological Correlates
Summary: Israelite Complex Chiefdoms?
Boundaries of the Highland Settlement
6.Ancient Near Eastern Sources for the Highland Settlement
7.A Social History of Highland Palestine, 1200-1000 B.C
8.The Hebrew Bible as Source for the Highland Settlement
9.Highland Israel in the Hebrew Bible
10.Conclusions: Toward a Cultural History of Early Israel