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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.
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.
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