Patronage in Ancient Palestine and in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader

by Emanuel Pfoh

Patron-client relationships have been documented and studied by anthropologists and sociologists since the 1950s. They are known in rural settings and urban locations alike, and virtually in every region of the world. But it was only in the last decades of the twentieth century that this analytical model was slowly incorporated into the socio-political interpretation of biblical texts and other ancient Near Eastern sources. The patronage model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914490088
• ISBN13: 9781914490088
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"