Download or read book Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings written by Roger S. Nam and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the Polanyian categories of reciprocity, redistribution and market trade, this book examines the exchange narratives within 1 and 2 Kings in an effort to clarify the nature of the economic structures behind the biblical text.