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Patriarchal Government

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Government.

Patriarchal government is the household-and-clan rule of the founding fathers, in which the head of the family exercised authority over descendants, servants, and dependents before the rise of national institutions in Israel.

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