The house of the father as fact and symbol : patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East /
Schloen, J. David, 1962-
The house of the father as fact and symbol : patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East / by J. David Schloen. - 1 online resource (xv, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Studies in the archaeology and history of the Levant ; 2 Harvard Semitic Museum publications . - Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 2. Harvard Semitic Museum Publications E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004365230. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-395) and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences -- The Sense and Reference of Human Works -- Rethinking Social Systems -- The Patrimonial Ethic and the Spirit of Antiquity -- Rationalization and Its Discontents -- Before the Bourgeoisie -- Mediterranean Historical Demography -- Demography and Domestic Space in Ancient Israel -- Models of Bronze Age Near Eastern Society -- Canaanite Feudalism as Seen from Ugarit -- The Two-Sector Model: Ugarit and the “Asiatic Mode of Production” -- Patrimonial Society in the Bronze Age Near East -- House Plans and Neighborhood Organization -- The House of ͻIlu: Canaanite Gods and Human Society -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Texts Cited -- Index of Ancient Terms -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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The first two volumes on patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East, this book opens with a lengthy introduction on the interpretation of social action and households in the ancient world. Following this foundation, Schloen embarks on a societal and domestic study of the Late Bronze Age kingdom of Ugarit in its wider Near Eastern context.
9789004369849
10.1163/9789004369849 DOI
2001016112
Bronze age--Middle East.
Iron age--Middle East.
Kinship--Middle East.
Antiquities.
Bronze age.
Dwellings, Prehistoric.
Iron age.
Kinship.
Social archaeology.
Ugarit (Extinct city)
Middle East--Antiquities.
Syria--Antiquities.
Middle East.
Syria.
Syria--Ugarit (Extinct city)
GN778.32.M628 / S35 2001
939/.4
The house of the father as fact and symbol : patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East / by J. David Schloen. - 1 online resource (xv, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Studies in the archaeology and history of the Levant ; 2 Harvard Semitic Museum publications . - Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 2. Harvard Semitic Museum Publications E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004365230. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-395) and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences -- The Sense and Reference of Human Works -- Rethinking Social Systems -- The Patrimonial Ethic and the Spirit of Antiquity -- Rationalization and Its Discontents -- Before the Bourgeoisie -- Mediterranean Historical Demography -- Demography and Domestic Space in Ancient Israel -- Models of Bronze Age Near Eastern Society -- Canaanite Feudalism as Seen from Ugarit -- The Two-Sector Model: Ugarit and the “Asiatic Mode of Production” -- Patrimonial Society in the Bronze Age Near East -- House Plans and Neighborhood Organization -- The House of ͻIlu: Canaanite Gods and Human Society -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Texts Cited -- Index of Ancient Terms -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The first two volumes on patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East, this book opens with a lengthy introduction on the interpretation of social action and households in the ancient world. Following this foundation, Schloen embarks on a societal and domestic study of the Late Bronze Age kingdom of Ugarit in its wider Near Eastern context.
9789004369849
10.1163/9789004369849 DOI
2001016112
Bronze age--Middle East.
Iron age--Middle East.
Kinship--Middle East.
Antiquities.
Bronze age.
Dwellings, Prehistoric.
Iron age.
Kinship.
Social archaeology.
Ugarit (Extinct city)
Middle East--Antiquities.
Syria--Antiquities.
Middle East.
Syria.
Syria--Ugarit (Extinct city)
GN778.32.M628 / S35 2001
939/.4