Tag: 1 Samuel 8
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Prosperity: Dencentralization
After a twelve-day hiatus, I return to my series on the "Cycle of Prosperity." My last three posts dealt with the cultural environment that gave birth to the explosion in modern prosperity originating in Europe. I suggested that there are at least four cultural features related to the Judeo-Christian heritage that have had an impact…
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Household: Household and the Israelite Monarchy
Israel functioned as a federation of tribes, clans, and households in early centuries, but with the rise of the monarchy (c. 1000 B.C.E.), the family and household came under increasing pressure. The centralized monarchy sought more control over every aspect of life. Leo Perdue writes in his essay The Israelite and the Early Jewish Family…