TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schloen,J.David
TI  - The house of the father as fact and symbol: patrimonialism in Ugarit and the ancient Near East 
T2  - Studies in the archaeology and history of the Levant
SN  - 9789004369849
AV  - GN778.32.M628 S35 2001
U1  - 939/.4 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Winona Lake, Ind.
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bronze age
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Iron age
KW  - Kinship
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - fast
KW  - Dwellings, Prehistoric
KW  - Social archaeology
KW  - Ugarit (Extinct city)
KW  - Syria
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004369849
ER  -