03455nam 2200649Ia 450 991045309760332120200520144314.01-281-81434-297866118143420-567-34422-3(CKB)1000000000555297(EBL)436645(OCoLC)320325500(SSID)ssj0000143478(PQKBManifestationID)11162146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143478(PQKBWorkID)10112814(PQKB)10741557(MiAaPQ)EBC436645(Au-PeEL)EBL436645(CaPaEBR)ebr10250953(CaONFJC)MIL181434(OCoLC)893334326(EXLCZ)99100000000055529719981119d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomic keystones[electronic resource] the weight system of the kingdom of Judah /Raz KletterSheffield, Eng. Sheffield Academic Pressc19981 online resource (305 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;276Description based upon print version of record.1-85075-920-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH; Chapter 2 THE DATE; Chapter 3 DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND THE BORDERS OF JUDAH; Chapter 4 THE TYPOLOGY; Chapter 5 THE METROLOGY OF THE WEIGHTS; Chapter 6 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 7 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 8 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND THE HEBREW OSTRACA; Chapter 9 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND OTHER NEAR-EASTERN WEIGHT SYSTEMS; Chapter 10 THE QUESTION OF ROYAL WEIGHTS; Chapter 11 THE UNINSCRIBED WEIGHTS OF JUDAH; Chapter 12 CONCLUSIONSAppendices 1. CATALOGUE OF INSCRIBED JUDAEAN WEIGHTSAppendices 2. ADDENDA (WEIGHTS ADDED BETWEEN 1991 AND 96); Appendices 3. JUDAEAN INSCRIBED WEIGHTS (ARRANGED BY SITE); Appendices 4. THE JUDAEAN UNINSCRIBED WEIGHTS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; Index of Place NamesThis book presents a full picture of the weight system of Iron Age Judah, based on archaeological finds, historical sources and biblical texts. This book offers a complete picture of the weight system of Iron Age Judah, involving a careful study of the typology, date, context, weight standards, inscription and function of hundreds of weights (with a full catalogue). As against the common view, the author suggests that all the weights belong to one system based on one basic sheqel standard. The weights are mostly not 'royal weights' and have nothing to do with Josiah's reform. The 'sheqel of thJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;276.Weights and measures, JewishExcavations (Archaeology)PalestinePalestineAntiquitiesElectronic books.Weights and measures, Jewish.Excavations (Archaeology)389.10933389/.1/0933Kletter Raz894907MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453097603321Economic keystones2111378UNINA