Footnote 3 – Ancient Israel Through a Social Scientific Lens

Which does not mean that Israelite society was actually “egalitarian.” As the present book shows, during the time of the Monarchy, Israelite society became extremely stratified. It did, however, retain an “ethos” or “ideology” of equality. This was explained by Faust in his recent BAR article on the apparent lack of Israelite burials (“Early Israel: An Egalitarian Society,” 39:04).