Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period. It establishes that the single factor of the economy which united all aspects of life in ancient society was land. Through study of a wide variety of sources, including the New Testament and classical authors, Jack Pastor looks at who owned land, and how they came to possess it. He examines the various ramifications of landownership in ancient society to ascertain its effect on livelihoods, government policies and revenues. A special emphasis is placed on debt and famine as social and economic problems with ties to the landholding structure.

The Economy of Roman Palestine presents a description of the economy of the province of Judea-Palestina in the Roman era (AD70 to AD400) on the basis of a broad selection of primary rabbinic sources and a considerable volume of archaeological findings. The period studied is characterised by demographic growth and corresponding economic development. The work describes the agricultural and agrarian structure of the province, the pattern of settlement, trade, and other aspects, depicting an economy based to a great extent on an open market.

Hayim Lapin examines the economic geography of fourth-century Roman Galilee. Drawing on literary and archaeological material for the distribution of cities, villages, roads and other features of trade and marketing, and making use of the central-place theory, the author attempts to reconstruct models of the regional economy of northern Palestine, and to examine the degree of economic integration in the region. As a contribution to the historiography of Jews and Palestine in antiquity, Hayim Lapin argues that the economic, social and cultural landscape inhabited by residents of fourth-century Palestine was in many ways shaped by its Roman provincial administrative setting and political economy. Thus key aspects of the history of later Roman Palestine, and particularly of Jews, need to be reexamined.

A seminal work on the history and sociology of land ownership and distribution in Palestine, written by two renowned scholars of agricultural economics and social theory. Ettinger and Oppenheimer analyze the historical, legal, and economic factors that have shaped the complex and often contested system of land tenure in Palestine, with a focus on the pre-1948 era. Their book offers a sophisticated and nuanced perspective on a crucial issue in Middle Eastern politics and society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Series: Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Section 1 - The Jewish people in the first century Historial geography, political history, social, cultural and religious life and institutions Edited by S. Safrai and M. Stern in cooperation with D. Flusser and W.C. van Unnik Section 2 - The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud Section 3 - Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature

Hayim Lapin examines the economic geography of fourth-century Roman Galilee. Drawing on literary and archaeological material for the distribution of cities, villages, roads and other features of trade and marketing, and making use of the central-place theory, the author attempts to reconstruct models of the regional economy of northern Palestine, and to examine the degree of economic integration in the region. As a contribution to the historiography of Jews and Palestine in antiquity, Hayim Lapin argues that the economic, social and cultural landscape inhabited by residents of fourth-century Palestine was in many ways shaped by its Roman provincial administrative setting and political economy. Thus key aspects of the history of later Roman Palestine, and particularly of Jews, need to be reexamined.Survey of contentsCentral Places in Theory and Practice: Description of Central-Place Models - Some Implications of Theoretical Landscapes - Markets and Hierarchy in Later Roman Palestine. Landscape, Archaeology, and Settlement Pattern: Describing the Data - Five Archaeological Survey of Israel Regions - The Data as a Whole - Regional Integration? Reconstructions of an Economic Landscape in Northern Palestine: Large Settlements and the Roman Road System - Proposed Reconstruction of an Upper Tier - Settlement Distribution and Rural Marketing - Models of a Lower Tier - From Theoretical Landscape to Historical Region. Aspects of the Geography of Marketing in Palestinian Literature: Aspects of a Geography of Marketing - Aspects of a Marketing System - Conclusions. Toward a Regional History of Northern Palestine in Late Antiquity: Political and Administrative - Economic - Cultural - Toward a Regional History. Bibliography. Index of Sources: Rabbinic Texts, Hebrew Bible, New Testament - Classical and Patristic Texts - Papyri and Inscriptions. Index of Authors. Index of Subjects.

Examines how socioeconomic relations between Judaean elites and non-elites changed as Palestine became part of the Roman Empire.