Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine : 1200 BCE to 200 CE (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Biblical evidence for marriage gifts; 2. Postexilic evidence for marriage gifts; 3. Anthropology and the study of marriage gifts; 4. The social structure of ancient Israel from Iron I to the Babylonian exile; 5. The social structure of Palestine in the Second Temple Period; Final analysis and conclusions; Appendix: marriage gifts among Judeans living in Babylonia during the 6th century BCE.