Jewish Marriage in Antiquity

by Michael L. Satlow and Michael L Satlow

Marriage today might be a highly contested topic, but certainly no more than it was in antiquity. Ancient Jews, like their non-Jewish neighbors, grappled with what have become perennial issues of marriage, from its idealistic definitions to its many practical forms to questions of who should or should not wed. In this book, Michael Satlow offers the first in-depth synthetic study of Jewish marriage in antiquity, from ca. 500 B.C.E. to 614 C.E...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069100255X
• ISBN13: 9780691002552
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"