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Norman K. Gottwald · 1979
A comprehensive sociological study of early Israelite religion and society during the pre-monarchic period, examining tribal structures, settlement patterns, and the relationship between Yahwistic religion and egalitarian social organization in ancient Canaan.
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Early Israel's social order was a tribal egalitarian system where kinship, land, and mutual aid resisted monarchy and class hierarchy.
belonging
the body of persons in it, arranged in separate living groups, are bound together with various cross-ties which constitute a network of identifications and activities
TYS-RC-407it was incumbent on Israelites to advance loans in kind to needy beth-avoth without charging interest, and this practice of mutual aid probably fell first to the mishpahah
TYS-RC-403the mishpahah obligated and facilitated interaction between beth-avoth in various forms of mutual aid and even, in last resort, took into itself the inheritance and survivors of decimated beth-avoth
TYS-RC-434obedience-and-authority
political functions were diffused throughout the social structure or focused in temporary ad hoc role assignments; early Israel was tribal with fiercely resisted tendencies toward the chiefdom
TYS-RC-410these assignments carried a built-in tendency for strong leaders to usurp more than their share of assigned power and, particularly, to try to pass on their power to their sons
TYS-RC-447faith-and-doubt
the question of the boundaries between the feasts of the mishpahoth and the regularly observed all-Israelite festivals is posed
TYS-RC-3926 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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