TY - BOOK AU - Fritz,Volkmar AU - Davies,Philip R. TI - The Origins of the ancient Israelite states T2 - Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series SN - 9781850756293 AV - BS1197.D257.O754 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Sheffield, Eng. PB - Sheffield Academic Press KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - History of Biblical events KW - Congresses KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - State, The N1 - "Colloquium 'The formation of a state. Historical, archaeological and sociological problems in the period of the united monarchy in Israel'."--P. 22; "Held on behalf of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem."--P. 22; 1 and indexes; Introduction; Philip R. Davies --; Opening remarks; Volkmar Fritz --; Historiography of ancient Palestine and early Jewish historiography : W.G. Dever and the not so new biblical archaeology; Thomas L. Thompson --; The construction of the Davidic state : an exercise in historiography; Baruch Halpern --; Sociological and biblical views of the early state; Christa Schafer-Lichtenberger --; From patronage society to patronage society; Niels Peter Lemche --; Bare bones : putting flesh on the economics of ancient Israel; David Hopkins --; Saul ben Kish in history and tradition; Diana Edelman --; Re-reading Samuel (historically) : 'Etwas mehr Nichtwissen' / Graeme Auld --; Sources and composition in the history of David; Nadav Naaman --; Monarchy and re-urbanization : a new look at Solomon's kingdom; Volkmar Fritz --; The 'ban' in the age of the early kings; Walter Dietrich; 2 ER -