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Economic keystones : the weight system of the kingdom of Judah / / Raz Kletter



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Autore: Kletter Raz Visualizza persona
Titolo: Economic keystones : the weight system of the kingdom of Judah / / Raz Kletter Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina: 389.10933
389/.1/0933
Soggetto topico: Weights and measures, Jewish
Excavations (Archaeology) - Palestine
Soggetto geografico: Palestine Antiquities
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 CONCLUSIONS
Appendices 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 Names
Sommario/riassunto: This 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 th
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ISBN: 1-281-81434-2
9786611814342
0-567-34422-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827901803321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 276.