Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine

Informationen zum Autor Jack Pastor Klappentext Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period. It establishes that the single factor of the economy which united all aspects of life in ancient society was land.Through study of a wide variety of sources, including the New Testament and classical authors, Jack Pastor looks at who owned land, and how they came to possess it. He examines the various ramifications of landownership in ancient society to ascertain its effect on livelihoods, government policies and revenues. A special emphasis is placed on debt and famine as social and economic problems with ties to the landholding structure. Zusammenfassung Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations, Note on Quotations, Translations, and Transliterations, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 THE PERSIAN PERIOD, 3 THE EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 4 THE LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 5 THE HASMONEANS, 6 THE EARLY ROMAN PERIOD, 7 THE HERODIAN PERIOD, 8 JUDEA UNDER DIRECT ROMAN RULE, 9 EPILOGUE: FROM YAVNEH TO BAR KOKHBA, 10 CONCLUSIONS, Appendix: weights and measures, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Jack Pastor, Pastor Jack
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9780415642873
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64287-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; RELIGION / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / World, Religion: general, Judaism, Ancient History, General and world history