Chieftains of the Highland Clans : A History

This engaging study explores the nature of ancient Israelite politics and society prior to the rise of the monarchy around 1000 B.C. Applying a new anthropological model known as the bcomplex chiefdomb and drawing on archaeological evidence of twelfth- and eleventh-century highland Palestine, Robert D. Miller presents a new picture of the sociopolitical life of early Israel -- a picture sure to be widely discussed.

Robert D. Miller II, S.F.O., is associate professor of Sacred Scripture at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland

Acknowledgments

ix

Preface

xiii

List of Figures

xvi

Abbreviations

xviii

1. Identifying Early Israel

1

(2)

2. Writing Israel's History

3

(3)

3. The Complex Chiefdom Model

6

(9)

4. Archaeological Analysis of the Iron I Highlands

15

(14)

Geographic Scope

15

(2)

Methodology

17

(5)

Inherent Difficulties

22

(7)

5. The Archaeological Portrait of the Iron I Settlement

29

(62)

Sources

29

(1)

Settlement Map

29

(12)

Distribution of Material Culture

41

(11)

Highland Economy

52

(12)

Temporal Change in the Settlement Pattern

64

(5)

Mortuary Evidence

69

(4)

Other Archaeological Correlates

73

(8)

Summary: Israelite Complex Chiefdoms?

81

(1)

Boundaries of the Highland Settlement

82

(9)

6. Ancient Near Eastern Sources for the Highland Settlement

91

(6)

7. A Social History of Highland Palestine, 1200-1000 B.C.

97

(7)

8. The Hebrew Bible as Source for the Highland Settlement

104

(8)

9. Highland Israel in the Hebrew Bible

112

(13)

10. Conclusions: Toward a Cultural History of Early Israel

125

(2)

Appendix: Key to Iron I Sites in Figures

127

(10)

Bibliography

137

(46)

Index

183

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Chieftains of the Highland Clans : A History of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B. C.

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