Satlow The Gift in Antiquity

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-51788-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Ancient World: Comparative Histories

The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 originalessays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss's notion ofgift-giving to the study of antiquity.
* Features a collection of original essays that coversuch wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greekwedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Romanand Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religiousgifts
* Organizes essays around theoretical concerns ratherthan chronologically
* Generates unique insights into gift-giving andreciprocity in antiquity
* Takes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to thestudy of ancient history

Autoren/Hrsg.

Satlow, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
Series Editor's Preface x
Preface xii
1 Introduction 1
Michael L. Satlow
2 Ceremonial Gift-Giving: The Lessons of Anthropology from Maussand Beyond 12
Marcel Hénaff
3 Alms, Blessings, Offerings: The Repertoire of Christian Giftsin Early Byzantium 25
Daniel F. Caner
4 Gift-Giving and Power Relationships in Greek Social Praxis andPublic Discourse 45
Marc Domingo Gygax
5 Fictive Giftship and Fictive Friendship in Greco-Roman Society61
Zeba Crook
6 Ovid Negotiates with His Mistress: Roman Reciprocity fromPublic to Private 77
Neil Coffee
7 "Can't Buy Me Love": The Economy of Gifts inAmorous Relations 96
David Konstan
8 Without Patronage: Fetishization, Representation, and theCirculation of Gift-Texts in the Late Roman Republic 107
Sarah Culpepper Stroup
9 Roses and Violets for the Ancestors: Gifts to the Dead andAncient Roman Forms of Social Exchange 122
Nicola Denzey Lewis
10 Graffiti as Gift: Mortuary and Devotional Graffiti in theLate Ancient Levant 137
Karen B. Stern
11 Marriage Gifts in Ancient Greece 158
Beate Wagner-Hasel
12 Charity Wounds: Gifts to the Poor in Early Rabbinic Judaism173
Gregg E. Gardner
13 Barter Deal or Friend-Making Gift? A Reconsideration of theConditional Vow in the Hebrew Bible 189
Anne Katrine Gudme
14 Neither Mauss, nor Veyne: Peter Brown's InterpretativePath to the Gift 202
Ilana F. Silber
15 Gifts for God, Gifts for Rabbis: From Sacrifice to Donationin Rabbinic Tales of Late Antiquity and Their Dialogue with EarlyChristian Texts 221
Galit Hasan-Rokem
Index of Subjects and Names 245
Index of Ancient Sources 253

Über Autor(innen)

Michael L. Satlow is Professor of Religious Studies andJudaic Studies at Brown University. He is the author ofCreating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice (2006);Jewish Marriage in Antiquity (2001); Rabbinic Rhetoricsof Sexuality (1995) and numerous essays on Jews and Judaism inantiquity.