The Gift in Antiquity
Michael Satlow
The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss’s notion of gift-giving to the study of antiquity.
• Features a collection of original essays that cover such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts
• Organizes essays around theoretical concerns rather than chronologically
• Generates unique insights into gift-giving and reciprocity in antiquity
• Takes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to the study of ancient history
• Features a collection of original essays that cover such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts
• Organizes essays around theoretical concerns rather than chronologically
• Generates unique insights into gift-giving and reciprocity in antiquity
• Takes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to the study of ancient history
Категорії:
Рік:
2013
Видання:
1
Видавництво:
Wiley-Blackwell
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
272
ISBN 10:
1444350242
ISBN 13:
9781444350241
Файл:
PDF, 3.89 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013