RARE comprehensive monograph on the socio-economic position of royal officials in ancient Israel on the basis of Biblical text, archeological data and inscriptions (especially seals) by Prof. Izabela Jaruzelska (b.1953), lecturer at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and University of Warsaw. Contains introduction, chronological table, an extensive bibliography, indices of personal and geographic names,and epigraphic and biblical references, as well as summaries in French and Polish. 240x170mm. 240 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Rear cover slightly wrinkled. Cover edges/corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Separate errata page edge wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare out-of-print monograph on ancient bureaucracy, of great interest to scholars of the Bible, the ancient Near East and economics, is in good condition.