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Prophets and Markets: The Political Economy of Ancient Israel

Prophets and Markets: The Political Economy of Ancient Israel

Silver, M.

Hardcover

Series: Population and Community Biology

Economics

ISBN10: 0898381126
ISBN13: 9780898381122
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 31 1982
Pages: 306
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.46
Language: English
5 by predations of the sea peoples. However, the weakening of Mycenean seapower, the destruction of the Hittite kingdom, and finally, the limitation on Philistine strength resulting from the alliance between David and the king of Tyre in the eleventh century, combined to open up for the Phoenicians, in the first quarter of the first millennium B. C. E. vast overseas trading areas (Oded 1979a, p. 228). By the end of the eleventh century, pottery from Cyprus, after a long absence could once again be found in Israelite-occupied sites (Albright 1960, p. 47). The expansion of the sea trade in the Mediterranean in which, judging by the song of Deborah (Judg. 5), the northern tribes of Asher and Dan (?) (see figure 1-2) would have parti- cipated, was accompanied by the inauguration of camel caravans trans- porting the goods of southern Arabia to and through Israel (see Bulliet 1975, especially p. 36). Military victories over the Philistines and Syrians, receipts of tribute, and the collection of tolls from the control of trade routes together with the general revival of trade all contributed to Israel's growing wealth. Indeed, the David-Solomon period (most of the tenth century) is often portrayed as the peak of Israelite economic development. In fact there is precious little extra- biblical evidence supporting this portrayal. For example, in spite of the reported activity of David and Solomon's scribes, only one example of 6 Hebrew writing from this period, the Gezer Calendar, has been found.

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