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The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period
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Gershon Galil
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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This pioneering study wrestles with the perpetual problem of the structure of the Neo-Asssyrian society. Part I of this volume surveys all 446 Lower Stratum families in the period under review (800-600 B.C.), mentioned in 177 texts, mainly legal transactions, administrative records, court decisions, and letters. It also examines the terminology, the formulation of the texts, and the status of these families. Part II of this volume considers socio-economic and demographic issues, including family types, family size, marriage patterns, childless families, single-parent families, and more.
It is the most important and the most responsible study of the lower stratum of Neo-Assyrian society proposed to date, and it will be the point of departure of every study of this field in the future.
It is the most important and the most responsible study of the lower stratum of Neo-Assyrian society proposed to date, and it will be the point of departure of every study of this field in the future.
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Gershon Galil, Ph.D. (1983), Hebrew University, Jersualem, is Associate Professor and former Chair of the Jewish History Department at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on Biblical and ancient Near Eastern literature including The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah (Brill, 1996).
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eBook published on:
June 22, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9789047428183
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Main content:
406
eBook ISBN:
9789047428183
Keywords for this book
Assyria; Family; Slaves; Tenants; Infertility; Marriage; Deportees; Rations; Peasants
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in social history, the history of the ancient Near East, the history of the Assyrian Empire, the history of Ancient Israel, as well as anthropologists, and Bible scholars.
