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

Lemos, T. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521113490 ISBN 13: 9780521113496

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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T. M. Lemos traces changes in the marriage customs of ancient Palestine over the course of several hundred years. 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 wider social changes.

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'This Yale doctoral dissertation is noteworthy for its use of anthropological theory.' International Review of Biblical Studies

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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.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521113490
• ISBN 13: 9780521113496
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310