Lower Stratum Families in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Gershon Galil, Ph.D. (1983), Hebrew University, Jersualem, is Associate Professor and former Chair of the Jewish History Department at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on Biblical and ancient Near Eastern literature including The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah (Brill, 1996).

• CONTENTSIntroductionPART ONEChapter One The SourcesChapter Two A Survey of the Lower Stratum FamiliesChapter Three The Terminology, the Formulation of the Texts, and the Status of the PeoplePART TWOChapter Four Family TypesChapter Five Family SizeChapter Six Marriage PatternsChapter Seven Childless FamiliesChapter Eight Children’s Age Chapter Nine Single-Parent FamiliesChapter Ten Numerical Proportions among Family MembersChapter Eleven The Number of Generations in the FamilySummary Bibliographical Abbreviations IndicesI. Index of Sources II. Index of Names III. Index of TermsIV. Index of Subjects