The formation of the state in ancient Israel : a survey of models and theories - Frick, Frank S. (Decatur, GA: Almond, 1985)
I. The cultural evolutionary hypothesis and the origins of the Israelite state: Anthropology and history -- Overview of the cultural evolutionary hypothesis -- State formation studies and the problem of comparability -- II. Early Israel as a segmentary society -- III. Early Israel as a chiefdom -- What is a chiefdom? -- The archaeology of chiefdoms -- IV. Agriculture and social change in early Israel -- A. The agricultural environment of the Palestinian Hill Country -- Meteorological variables in the central highlands -- Soil fertility in the highlands -- B. Agricultural technology and social change in early Israel -- Agricultural terracing in the highlands -- Agricultural productivity, demography and settlement patterns -- Tel Masos, agriculture, and the archaeology of chiefdoms -- Technology and agriculture -- V. The path to statehood: A synthesis.
Keywords: Bible. Old Testament.Jews Politics and government.Criticism, interpretation, etc