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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 August 2010
      31 March 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511750564
      9780521113496
      9781107643215
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750564
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 318 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 310 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
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    Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
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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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    'This Yale doctoral dissertation is noteworthy for its use of anthropological theory.'

    Source: International Review of Biblical Studies

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