The Gift in Antiquity

by Michael L. Satlow

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444350242
• ISBN13: 9781444350241
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"