The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period by Galil, Gershon

The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004155121)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period by Galil, Gershon

The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period

$226.00
The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period by Galil, Gershon

The Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period

$226.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This pioneering study wrestles with the perpetual problem of the structure of the Neo-Asssyrian society. Part I of this volume surveys all 446 Lower Stratum families in the period under review (800-600 B.C.), mentioned in 177 texts, mainly legal transactions, administrative records, court decisions, and letters. It also examines the terminology, the formulation of the texts, and the status of these families. Part II of this volume considers socio-economic and demographic issues, including family types, family size, marriage patterns, childless families, single-parent families, and more.
It is the most important and the most responsible study of the lower stratum of Neo-Assyrian society proposed to date, and it will be the point of departure of every study of this field in the future.

Author: Gershon Galil
ISBN-10: 9004155120
ISBN-13: 9789004155121
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2007
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.55w x 1.17d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 146
By Gershon Galil
By Gershon Galil
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Gershon Galil, Ph.D. (1983), Hebrew University, Jersualem, is Associate Professor and former Chair of the Jewish History Department at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on Biblical and ancient Near Eastern literature including The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah (Brill, 1996).

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