Agriculture in Iron Age Israel

by Oded Borowski

This book deals with agriculture as practiced in ancient Israel from the settlement to the destruction of the First Temple. It describes crops and trees cultivated by the Israelite farmer and the methods and tools used in cultivation. The information is gathered from both literary and archaeological sources, with the Old Testament supplying most of the literary information. The author attributes several innovations to the biblical peasant: large-scale...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575061740
• ISBN13: 9781575061740
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"