The Gift in Antiquity (Ancient World: Comparative Histories)
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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
The Gift in Antiquity (Ancient World: Comparative Histories)
