The Gift in Antiquity
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:12th Mar '13
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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 <
ISBN: 9781444350241
Dimensions: 254mm x 180mm x 20mm
Weight: 612g
272 pages