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date: 03 March 2021

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This article examines the economic worlds that correspond to the timeline of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible from the conquest to the return from exile. During this period, Israel and Judah transformed from small subsistence-based tribal economies to more centralized organization, at least partially due to external military threats. Both the northern kingdom and eventually the southern kingdom fell to the Assyrian and Babylonian empires respectively, and the forced migrations instigated socially disembedded economies in the exile and repatriation. Even though these ancient economic modalities are largely assumed and unstated, critical analysis of the historical books requires a thoughtful understanding of the economic world behind these texts.

Keywords: Judah, Israel, economy, archaeology, social-scientific approaches, Iron Age, trade, centralization

Roger S. Nam

Roger S. Nam, Professor of Hebrew Bible Emory University

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