Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel

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Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
Año de publicación
2008
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inglés
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This paper offers a critique on state formation theories used in the explanation of the rise of the biblical United Monarchy. The last three decades of archaeological and biblical research have shown that there is no firm evidence for speaking of a kingdom or empire of David and Solomon in ancient . Thus what is proposed here is to evaluate the archaeological record through the data provided by the ethnological record of the Middle East, keeping the biblical stories apart from this interpretation. The analysis of the dynamics and structure of Middle Eastern "tribal states" and "chiefdom societies", including here the practice of patronage bonds, gives us important keys for understanding Palestine?s societies. The historical perspective that appears is one different from the Bible's stories and from modern ideas such as "states" and "nations", offering us instead a better methodology for reconstructing ancient Palestine's historical past.
Fil: Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; Argentina
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STATE FORMATION
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE
BIBLE
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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spelling Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of IsraelPfoh, Emanuel OresteSTATE FORMATIONARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL/PALESTINEBIBLEPOLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6This paper offers a critique on state formation theories used in the explanation of the rise of the biblical United Monarchy. The last three decades of archaeological and biblical research have shown that there is no firm evidence for speaking of a kingdom or empire of David and Solomon in ancient . Thus what is proposed here is to evaluate the archaeological record through the data provided by the ethnological record of the Middle East, keeping the biblical stories apart from this interpretation. The analysis of the dynamics and structure of Middle Eastern "tribal states" and "chiefdom societies", including here the practice of patronage bonds, gives us important keys for understanding Palestine?s societies. The historical perspective that appears is one different from the Bible's stories and from modern ideas such as "states" and "nations", offering us instead a better methodology for reconstructing ancient Palestine's historical past.Fil: Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; ArgentinaTaylor & Francis2008-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/137978Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste; Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel; Taylor & Francis; Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament; 22; 1; 5-2008; 86-1131502-7244CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09018320802185127info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/09018320802185127info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:32:54Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/137978instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:32:55.042CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
title Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
spellingShingle Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
STATE FORMATION
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE
BIBLE
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
title_short Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
title_full Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
title_fullStr Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
title_full_unstemmed Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
title_sort Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
author Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
author_facet Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv STATE FORMATION
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE
BIBLE
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
topic STATE FORMATION
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE
BIBLE
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper offers a critique on state formation theories used in the explanation of the rise of the biblical United Monarchy. The last three decades of archaeological and biblical research have shown that there is no firm evidence for speaking of a kingdom or empire of David and Solomon in ancient . Thus what is proposed here is to evaluate the archaeological record through the data provided by the ethnological record of the Middle East, keeping the biblical stories apart from this interpretation. The analysis of the dynamics and structure of Middle Eastern "tribal states" and "chiefdom societies", including here the practice of patronage bonds, gives us important keys for understanding Palestine?s societies. The historical perspective that appears is one different from the Bible's stories and from modern ideas such as "states" and "nations", offering us instead a better methodology for reconstructing ancient Palestine's historical past.
Fil: Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; Argentina
description This paper offers a critique on state formation theories used in the explanation of the rise of the biblical United Monarchy. The last three decades of archaeological and biblical research have shown that there is no firm evidence for speaking of a kingdom or empire of David and Solomon in ancient . Thus what is proposed here is to evaluate the archaeological record through the data provided by the ethnological record of the Middle East, keeping the biblical stories apart from this interpretation. The analysis of the dynamics and structure of Middle Eastern "tribal states" and "chiefdom societies", including here the practice of patronage bonds, gives us important keys for understanding Palestine?s societies. The historical perspective that appears is one different from the Bible's stories and from modern ideas such as "states" and "nations", offering us instead a better methodology for reconstructing ancient Palestine's historical past.
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Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste; Dealing with Tribes and States in Ancient Palestine: A Critique on State Formation Theories in the Archaeology of Israel; Taylor & Francis; Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament; 22; 1; 5-2008; 86-113
1502-7244
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