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The Gift in Antiquity

Part of the Ancient World: Comparative Histories series
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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 giftsOrganizes essays around theoretical concerns rather than chronologicallyGenerates unique insights into gift-giving and reciprocity in antiquityTakes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to the study of ancient history

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Product Details
Wiley-Blackwell
1444350242 / 9781444350241
Hardback
394
12/03/2013
United States
English
280 p.
25 cm