Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Note on Quotations, Translations, and Transliterations; INTRODUCTION; Famine and landownership; Dietary needs; Population; The size of plots; Land uses; THE PERSIAN PERIOD; The food crisis; THE EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD; The Ptolemaic period; THE LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD; Hellenistic reform; The evil decrees; THE HASMONEANS; The famine of 160 BCE; Jonathan; Simon; John Hyrcanus I; Judah Aristobolus I; Alexander Yannai; Shlomzion; THE EARLY ROMAN PERIOD; Gabinius; John Hyrcanus II; THE HERODIAN PERIOD; Archelaus
Summary
Land and Economy in Ancient Palestine is a study of the economic crises throughout the Second Temple Period
