"He Will Take the Best of Your Fields": Royal Feasts and Rural Extraction

In 1 Sam 8:10-18, the judge Samuel warns the people who demand a king to rule over them that, among other things, he will conscript their sons into his armies; compel them to work on his plantations and reap his harvests; take their daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers; and take the best of...

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Main Author: Yee, Gale A. 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press [2017]
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 4, Pages: 821-838
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel (Antiquity) / King / Banquet / Agriculture / Food production
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NCE Business ethics
Further subjects:B FASTS & feasts in the Bible
B Bible. Samuel, 1st
B KINGS & rulers in the Bible
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
B RITES & ceremonies in the Bible
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