Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine - 1200 BCE to 200 CE (Hardcover)

In Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine, T. M. Lemos traces changes in the marriage customs of ancient Palestine over the course of several hundred years. The most important of these changes was a shift in emphasis from bridewealth to dowry, the latter of which clearly predominated in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Whereas previous scholarship has often attributed these shifts to the influence of foreign groups, Lemos connects them instead with a transformation that occurred in Palestine s social structure during the very same period. In the early Iron Age, Israel was a kinship-based society with a subsistence economy, but as the centuries passed, it became increasingly complex and developed marked divisions between rich and poor. At the same time, the importance of its kinship groups waned greatly. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that draws heavily on anthropological research, cultural theory, archaeological evidence, and historical-critical methods, Lemos posits that shifts in marriage customs were directly related to these wider social changes.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	T. M. Lemos (Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Language and Literature)
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-11349-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament > General Books > Christianity > The Bible > New Testament Promotions
LSN:	0-521-11349-0
Barcode:	9780521113496

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