Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine

by T.M. Lemos

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In Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine, 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:110764321X

ISBN13:9781107643215

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:310 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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