Index of Subjects
administrative structures
37, 44, 51-52, 63, 67, 78, 82, 85, 90-91, 137, 139
– centralized
45, 47-50, 53, 55, 69, 72-73, 75, 77, 80, 84-86, 98, 100-02, 105, 148-49, 152, 157, 187
– decentralized
9, 45-49, 54-55, 72, 75, 77, 80, 84, 86, 88, 94, 97-98, 102, 105, 112, 121-26, 128, 142-43, 147, 151-52, 156-57
affiliation
2, 13, 22, 28, 67, 108, 148, 168
– salience of,
49-50, 54, 69, 88, 122, 132, 173
allotrios
173
Amon, Ammonites
71, 75-78, 92-94
archaeology
5, 6, 14, 26, 41, 43-44, 52, 187
– survey boundaries
45
Amarna
46, 49, 54, 74
artefacts
1, 3, 11, 15, 26, 185, 187
Assyria
47, 48, 56, 92
autakeia
107
Babylon
47, 56, 98
barbaros
164-65, 173-75
behaviour
3, 4, 32, 34, 39, 99, 123, 127, 130, 133-35, 137, 141-45
– double standards
36-38, 41, 83, 161
– ethos/practice
7, 35, 52, 104, 109-10, 185
– honour/shame
36-38, 41, 48, 83, 163
– norms
7, 12, 33, 35-36, 48, 153, 159-61, 175
– symbols
26, 29, 31
Benjamin
1, 45, 151, 153, 155-59, 165-67, 173-74, 177-78
bêt ’āb
51, 53, 56
Bethel
98, 166-67, 172
Beth Horon
166-67
Bethlehem
61, 151, 153-55, 158-59, 165, 172-73, 175, 182
Canaan, Canaanites
52, 66, 111, 124-26, 132, 137-43, 146-48, 166
chiefdom
83-90, 95
culture
3, 14, 20, 25-27, 57, 61-62, 103, 105, 111-14, 116, 119, 169
– ‘cultural stuff’
25-28, 30-31, 42, 59, 68
– parallels
5-6
– rules/values
4, 5, 12, 35-36, 97, 130, 137, 140, 164, 173
– literature
1-4, 7, 9-11, 41-42, 54, 56-58, 62-63, 65-66, 68, 70, 78, 95, 101, 110, 123-24, 185-86
Dan
43, 45, 53, 58, 61, 116, 120
Egypt
43, 46, 56, 84, 88, 169
emic/etic
13, 16, 18, 28, 35, 105, 110-11
Ephraim
1, 45, 50, 77, 79-80, 148, 151, 153-56, 158-59, 165-67, 171-74, 176, 178-79
– ‘remote parts’
153, 171-73, 176, 179
epigraphy
5, 6, 15, 41, 43, 51, 53, 74, 94, 187
eroticism
100, 130-31
Eshtaol
61, 116
ethnicity
18-22, 24-31, 101-03
– as aspect of identity
2, 14, 20, 28, 31-33, 140
– content
23, 27, 31, 60
family
– as aspect of identity
2, 33, 52, 103, 140-41
– as security
37, 39, 50, 54, 56, 67, 107, 139-40, 147, 160-61, 168, 182
– basic social unit
34-36, 39, 52, 54, 56, 67, 136, 161, 182, 185
– interrelation with settlement
9, 51-53, 92, 105, 121-22, 139
– memories
23-24, 33, 62, 68
– patrilocal
107, 118-20, 170, 172
folklore
7, 9, 41, 53, 56-58, 63, 66, 68-69, 72, 74, 95-96, 99-106, 112-14, 116-18, 119, 121-24, 126-28, 130, 137, 147-48, 152-55, 187-88
– wild man
104
frame, framework
9, 55, 57, 68-69, 72-78, 91, 98-99, 101-02, 105-06, 117, 123-24, 126-28, 148, 151-53, 155-57, 187-88
gender roles
107, 108, 123, 130-31, 135-36, 143, 146, 172
gēr
156, 159, 168-71, 174
Gezer
166
Gibeah
1, 46, 61, 68, 70, 151-59, 165, 168, 171-75, 177-83
gift
108, 160-61, 163-64, 176-82
Gilead
1, 53, 68, 71, 73, 75-76, 78, 81-82, 91-96
ḥātān/ḥōtēn
154, 168, 170, 172-73, 175-76, 183
hereditary knowledge
61-62
history
10, 41-42, 45-46, 53, 54, 58, 60, 63-64, 69, 104, 111, 117, 122, 128-29, 173, 186-87
– memories
12, 23, 55, 62, 65
– object of study
4-6, 8, 15, 18
– context
4, 9, 11-12, 43, 68, 72, 100, 112, 154, 188
homogenization
28-29, 31, 59, 69
hospitality
3, 130-32, 136-37, 141, 144-45, 152, 154-55, 158-65, 175-82
household
4, 35, 37, 51-54, 56, 68, 76, 81, 87, 90, 110, 118, 123, 131, 133, 135-42, 145-46, 151, 154, 163-64, 169, 173, 176, 178, 185
– autonomy
52, 71, 84-85, 93, 97, 106-09, 111, 112, 117, 120-22, 143, 159, 162, 169
– custodian
136-38, 142-48
– threshold
108, 111, 134, 136, 141-44, 147, 183
identity
– as security
36-38, 50, 53-54, 56, 97, 107, 139, 142, 147, 152, 160-61, 168, 178
– aspects of
2, 14, 20-22, 31-33, 52, 103, 126, 140-41, 154
– contingency of
28, 32, 38-39, 52, 59, 103, 138, 140, 161
– formation
17-18, 31, 35, 56, 60, 66
– local v. regional/national
27-29, 36, 45, 47-50, 52-59, 64, 66-69, 71-72, 75, 95-96, 98, 100, 103, 112, 117, 124-27, 130-32, 139, 143, 148-49, 152, 155-57, 175, 187-88
– relationality of
27, 32-34, 38-39, 54, 103, 134, 138, 161
– social identity
8, 17, 19, 29, 31, 35, 38-39, 58, 103, 137, 185
Iron Age
9, 44-47, 49, 53-57, 62, 66-69, 72, 74, 88, 92, 94, 97, 102-03, 115, 123, 128-29, 155, 185-86
’išša
93, 116, 118, 137, 170, 172
Jabbok
91-92
Jabin
124-26, 138-39, 141
Jeroboam
53, 79, 80, 172
Jerusalem
45, 47, 50, 79, 157-58, 166-67
Jezreel
45, 49-50, 167
Jotham
75, 79, 90-91, 94
Judah
44-45, 47-48, 55-56, 63, 67, 69, 99-100, 116, 139, 141, 151, 153-56, 158-59, 165-67, 172-73, 176-78
Kedesh
124, 141
Kenites
138-43, 146
Kibzaim
165, 172
kinship
4, 17, 35, 37, 51, 52, 53, 75, 85, 87, 110, 138, 139, 169, 170, 176
– fictive
23, 37, 110-11, 139, 161-62, 164, 169, 175
– politics
55, 71, 76, 78, 80, 82-83, 85, 88-89, 91, 95, 125
known/unknown
143, 162-64, 173, 175, 179-80
Late Bronze Age
9, 44-47, 49, 54-55, 67, 74, 167-68, 186
leadership
71, 72, 75-79, 81, 83, 88-89, 91, 171
– eligibility
82, 84-87, 90, 93-95
Levi
1, 46, 70, 151, 153-56, 158-59, 165-66, 169, 171-78
loyalty
14, 52, 67, 69, 144
– fluctuating
52, 61, 71, 86, 104, 116, 124, 126, 132, 137, 140-43, 146, 151, 166, 170, 172
– to family
2, 9, 38-39, 49-50, 53-54, 56, 88, 128, 137, 146, 148, 160-61, 170, 172, 182, 185
Manasseh
45, 50, 73, 79-80, 91-92, 166, 171-72
marginal
46, 100, 102, 106, 148, 171, 173, 177
– man
169, 174
– social group
83, 140, 143
marriage
3, 61, 97-100, 106-22, 136, 153, 161, 163
– endogamy/exogamy
97, 104-06, 109-12, 115, 117-18, 181
– household autonomy
97, 170, 171
– local endogamy
115-16
meaning
1-5, 7, 9-12, 42, 59, 63-65, 69, 72, 95, 103, 105, 110, 128, 147, 151, 156, 182, 185-88
memory
9, 12, 23-26, 29-31, 34, 42, 44-46, 54-57, 59-69, 72, 95, 106, 116, 127, 161, 187
Merenptah
43, 54
Mesha
92
methodology
1, 4, 5, 8, 10-11, 16, 18-19, 24, 41, 95, 110, 123, 185-88
migration
14, 28, 140-41, 169
military muster
48, 52, 67, 71, 75-76, 94, 124, 126, 138, 140-41
mišpāḥâ
51, 53
Moby Dick
4, 12
multipolity decentralized land
46, 49, 71, 76, 91, 93, 125, 143, 147
Naphtali
76, 123-24
narrative
2-3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18-19, 24, 26, 29, 44, 57-59, 62-64, 72, 155-56, 186
– shared
30, 31, 34, 65-70, 77-78, 83, 94-95, 101, 104, 106, 124, 127, 130, 148, 152, 188
– trajectory
72, 75-76, 78, 80, 82, 122, 152, 157, 182
nationalism
14, 27-29, 58, 67-69, 72-75, 77-78, 80, 82, 94-96, 101, 106, 112, 122, 127, 135, 148-49, 151-52, 157, 168, 186
nokrî
18, 173-75
’ōrēaḥ
174, 177
other, otherness
6, 15, 17, 21-25, 29-35, 39, 54, 58-63, 66-69, 71, 75, 78, 97, 99, 102-03, 111-12, 122, 125, 140, 151, 156, 168, 173, 185
Philistia, Philistines
61, 97-99, 101-06, 112, 116-17, 120, 122
pîlegeš
74, 76, 80, 87, 89, 151, 154-59, 168, 170, 172-73, 175-76, 181, 183
polemics
61, 79-80, 106, 112, 117, 153-58, 171, 182
Ramallah
45, 50, 167
religion
3, 37, 50, 94, 111, 117, 186-88
– as aspect of identity
2, 13-15, 20, 32-33, 50
riddle
97, 99-100, 102, 105, 112-17, 119-21
šālōm
138-39, 143
Samaria
50, 79
– ostraca
53, 92
settlement
43, 45-46, 50, 54, 61, 71, 86-88, 91-93, 95, 99, 101, 106, 115-18, 125, 165-68
–
see family – interrelation with
Shechem
46, 49-50, 68, 71, 74-75, 79-80, 82, 86-91, 95-96, 165, 172
social institution
3, 97, 109-10, 118, 157, 159-60, 164-65, 170, 175
social landscapes
42, 45, 47, 48, 67, 86, 92, 94, 126, 163, 165, 172, 174-75
– socio-politics
9, 44, 46-49, 53, 56-58, 69, 71-72, 75, 77-78, 82-83, 91, 97-98, 104, 112, 115, 123, 139, 152, 173
– structures
2, 19, 35-36, 38, 45-46, 48-49, 55-56, 67, 80, 83-84, 86-87, 108, 122, 133-35, 144, 155-56, 171, 175
social literacy
33-34, 38, 62, 97, 119-20, 122, 126, 142, 143, 178, 180, 182, 185
social space
123, 133-35, 138, 141-46, 162, 165, 173
social pyramid
2, 51-53
status
37, 77-78, 80-82, 85, 87, 89-90, 93, 95, 168-71
– achieved/ascribed
82-84, 86-87, 93
storytelling
3, 9, 62-64, 125
Tel Batash
116
temporary association
52, 61, 71, 86, 99, 105, 116, 124-26, 137-39, 151, 167, 185
Timnah
61-62, 66, 97-99, 101, 105, 112, 115-22
Tob
77, 92
Transjordan
47, 73, 75, 77, 92, 94, 171
tribe
2, 9, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49-55, 58, 61, 66, 73, 76, 84, 93, 116, 118, 124-125, 127, 130, 139-41, 151-59, 168, 171, 174-75, 179, 182
– territory
46, 50, 53, 116, 153, 165-68, 171, 173, 178
verisimilitude
3, 7, 41, 42, 56, 58, 64, 66, 129
xenos
164, 173-75
Zebulun
76, 124
zônâ
76, 87, 93
Zorah
61-62, 66, 68, 116-18, 121