State Formation in the Hebrew Bible: An Institutional Economic Perspective

This article analyzes the changing approach to state formation in the stories of Joshua, Saul, David and Solomon. These stories are here scrutinized for features of emerging constitutional and institutional economic governance. This article inquires as to why initially a rather federalist structure...

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Main Author: Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2013, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 391-422
Further subjects:B transaction costs
B institutional economic governance
B state formation
B Property Rights
B wealth creation
B defense costs / attack
B anarchy / violence
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