The ecological-evolutionary theory, migration, settler colonialism, sociology of violence and the origins of ancient Israel

This paper looks at the question of the origins of ancient Israel from the perspective of four social-scientific based approaches. These are the ecological-evolutionary theory developed by Gerhard Lenski, theories of migration and settler colonialism and a sociological approach to violence developed...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pekka Pitkänen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1210717