Corvée in the Kingdom of Israel: Israelites, ‘Canaanites', and Cultural Memory

Archaeological evidence of certain cultural traits supports the witness of some biblical passages that the (northern) kingdom of Israel was ethnically diverse, with non-Israelite populations in the northern lowlands. Texts in Judges 1 and 1 Kings 9 stating that ‘Canaanites', etc., were subjecte...

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Auteur principal: Houston, Walter (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage [2018]
Dans: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Année: 2018, Volume: 43, Numéro: 1, Pages: 29-44
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Bibel. Altes Testament / Bibel. Juge 1 / Bibel. Könige 1. 9 / Bibel. Könige 1. 12 / Israël (Antiquité) / Histoire 900 avant J.-C.-700 avant J.-C. / Cananéens / Israélites (Motif)
Classifications IxTheo:HB Ancien Testament
KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
ZB Sociologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B cultural memory
B Ethnicity
B kingdom of Israel
B Corvée
B Northern Kingdom
B Canaanites
B Forced Labour
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Résumé:Archaeological evidence of certain cultural traits supports the witness of some biblical passages that the (northern) kingdom of Israel was ethnically diverse, with non-Israelite populations in the northern lowlands. Texts in Judges 1 and 1 Kings 9 stating that ‘Canaanites', etc., were subjected to forced labour, the corvée, either by Israelite tribes or by Solomon, should be regarded as texts of cultural memory, justifying the actual practice of the kingdom of Israel in the ninth and eighth centuries BCE in restricting the corvée to non-Israelites. This article proposes that these texts should be placed alongside the story of the rebellion against the house of David in 1 Kings 12, which, although in its present form is written from the point of view of Judah, carries clear traces of its origin as cultural memory in Israel. Taken together, the texts suggest that the kingdom avoided imposing the corvée on ethnic Israelites.
ISSN:1476-6728
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089215692183