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" THE PROCESS OF LATIFUNDIALIZATION MIRRORED IN THE ORACLES PERTAINING TO 8TH CENTURY B.C.E. IN THE BOOKS OF AMOS, HOSEA, ISAIAH AND MICAH (ISRAEL, JUDAH, LAND TENURE) "
D. N. Premnath
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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127069
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TL40768
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8409352
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D. N. Premnath
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THE PROCESS OF LATIFUNDIALIZATION MIRRORED IN THE ORACLES PERTAINING TO 8TH CENTURY B.C.E. IN THE BOOKS OF AMOS, HOSEA, ISAIAH AND MICAH (ISRAEL, JUDAH, LAND TENURE)\ D. N. Premnath
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Graduate Theological Union
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1984
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Th.D.
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1984
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310
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This dissertation seeks to analyze the process of latifundialization reflected in the eighth century oracles of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Micah and explore the relevance of the eighth century prophetic message for the society of modern India. A hypothetical reconstruction of the systemic social history of the eighth century Israelite and Judahite societies forms the basis of this analysis. In this study a comparative and historical sociology serves as the key methodological component. Chapter I sets forth the categories to be used in research and research strategy. The categories pertain to the process of latifundialization. The process of latifundialization (growth of large estates, to put it in simple terms) is defined in its systemic interrelatedness in terms of the changes that take place in the spheres of production (factors of production--land, labor, capital--and nature of production) and distribution (consumption, systems of exchange and distributive systems.) Chapter II offers a hypothetical reconstruction of the social reality of eighth century Israel and Judah. The key points of the proposal are as follows: (a) The eighth century B.C.E. was a period of unprecedented growth and economic prosperity as indicated by regional specialization, demographic changes, intensive colonization, and thriving trade and commerce; (b) The beneficiaries of this growth were the ruling class who managed to extract the surplus from the peasants; (c) The surplus, thus extracted, went to support the elaborate life style of the elite; (d) the outcome of this one-sided growth and distribution of wealth contributing to the impoverishment of the peasantry is characterized as the process of latifundialization. Chapter III attempts to test extensively the hypothesis proposed in chapter II against eighth century oracles of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Micah. Through this analysis, it is aimed at demonstrating how significant aspects of the oracles not covered by previous exegesis can be explained and/or illumined by the process of latifundialization hypothesized in chapter II. In the concluding section, the relevance of the eighth century prophetic message for the society of modern India is explored.
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Social sciences; Ancient civilizations; 0579:Ancient civilizations
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Graduate Theological Union
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