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Author Lemos, T. M. (Tracy Maria)

Title Marriage gifts and social change in ancient Palestine, 1200 BCE to 200 CE / T.M. Lemos.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2007 under title: Asymmetries of exchange : marriage gifts and the social structure of ancient Palestine from Iron I to the Roman period.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-273) and indexes.
Contents Biblical evidence for marriage gifts -- Postexilic evidence for marriage gifts -- Anthropology and the study of marriage gifts -- The social structure of Ancient Israel from Iron I to the Babylonian exile -- The social structure of Palestine in the Second Temple period -- Final analysis and conclusions -- Appendix : marriage gifts among Judeans living in Babylonia during the sixth century BCE.
Summary Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that draws heavily on anthropological research, cultural theory, archaeological evidence and historical-critical methods, T.M. Lemos posits that shifts in marriage customs in ancient Palestine were directly related to wider social changes.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Includes occasional entries in Hebrew and Ancient Greek.
Subject Marriage customs and rites -- Palestine -- History -- To 1500.
Marriage customs and rites.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Social change -- Palestine -- History -- To 1500.
Social change.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Palestine -- History -- 70-638.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lemos, T.M. (Tracy Maria). Marriage gifts and social change in ancient Palestine, 1200 BCE to 200 CE. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521113496 (DLC) 2010293281 (OCoLC)432978531
ISBN 9780511749827 (electronic book)
0511749821 (electronic book)
9780511750564 (ebook)
0511750560 (ebook)
9780521113496 (hardback)
0521113490 (hardback)

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