The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations in Early Monarchic Israel, with Reflections on Biblical Traditions in Judges and Kings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Contributors IX
5. Introduction: Palace-Clan Relations? On Structural Elements in the Socio-Political Organization of the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant and Their Archaeological Expressions 1
6. Insights into the Socio-Political Structure of the Kingdom of Yādiya/Samʾal 21
7. Beyond Purple and Ivory 49
8. Persistence and Adaption 77
9. From Vine to Wine: The Royal Economy of Tel Shimron during the Middle Bronze Age 115
10. Palace-Clan Relations Perspective on the Social and Political Structure of Iron Age Philistia 143
11. The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations in Early Monarchic Israel, with Reflections on Biblical Traditions in Judges and Kings 151
12. The Israelite Tribal System as Reflected in the Book of Joshua 181
13. Palace-Clan Relations and Redaction Criticism: The Case of Judg 3–5 197
14. Judges 9: A Lesson in Kingship and Kinship 215
15. General Index
16. Index of Selected Text Passages