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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (8) |
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2 | (1) |
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The Structure of the Book |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (6) |
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9 | (19) |
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1.1 Vines, Figs Trees and Their Possessors |
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9 | (4) |
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1.2 When Theologians Write about Biblical Farmers |
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13 | (4) |
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1.3 The Ambiguity of Terminology |
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17 | (4) |
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1.4 Ottoman Land Categories |
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21 | (3) |
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1.5 Pre-Islamic Land Categories |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (28) |
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28 | (10) |
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2.2 Pre-Ottoman Musha' Tenure |
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38 | (4) |
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2.3 Musha' in the Hebrew Bible? |
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42 | (11) |
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2.4 Other Aspects of Ancient Palestinian Farming |
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53 | (3) |
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3 The Myth of the Helpless Peasant |
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56 | (11) |
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3.1 Collective Exclusivity and Bargaining Power |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (2) |
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4 New Perspectives on Land Passages |
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4.1 Poor Naboth (1 Kgs 21) |
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67 | (8) |
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4.2 Were Estates Established on Patrimonial Land (1 Sam, 8:14)? |
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75 | (5) |
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4.3 The Shunamite's Usufruct (2 Kgs 8:1-6) |
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80 | (2) |
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4.4 Ruth, Naomi and Elimelech's Land Share |
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82 | (8) |
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4.5 Latifundia, Absentee Landlords and Landless Farmers |
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90 | (17) |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (39) |
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5.1 When Theologians Write about Ancient Credit |
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111 | (2) |
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5.2 Joseph and the Hungry Egyptians: Taxes as Rent |
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113 | (3) |
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5.3 Debt, Interest and Usury |
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116 | (9) |
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5.4 A Simulation of Farm Credit |
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125 | (13) |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (5) |
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150 | (16) |
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6.1 Patronage versus Kin? |
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151 | (5) |
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6.2 Compulsory versus Breakable Relations: King and Patron |
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156 | (3) |
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6.3 The King: Patron of the Poor? |
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159 | (4) |
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6.4 Biblical Prophets as Patrons? |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (61) |
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7.1 The Sons of a Wife of a Son of the Prophets (2 Kgs 4:1-7) |
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166 | (3) |
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7.2 Nehemiah 5: Freeing Debt Slaves? |
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169 | (13) |
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7.3 Job Who Must Have Sinned but Never Did |
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182 | (10) |
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192 | (30) |
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222 | (5) |
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Part III No Crisis in Yehud |
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227 | (6) |
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227 | (3) |
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8.2 Xerxes' Temple Destructions and the Priestly Document |
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230 | (3) |
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9 Financing Production and Commerce |
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233 | (14) |
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9.1 Seventh-year Debt Cancellation Semittah |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (5) |
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9.3 The Ban on Interest against the Merchants of Benjamin |
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239 | (4) |
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9.4 The Jubilee beyond Sentimental Piety |
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243 | (4) |
| General Conclusion |
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247 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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250 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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252 | (30) |
| Index of Biblical References |
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282 | (3) |
| Index of Authors |
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285 | (7) |
| Index of Subjects |
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