Jewish Marriage in Antiquity / / 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 shou...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENT
- ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I. Thinking about Marriage
- Chapter One. WHY MARRY?
- Chapter Two. METAPHOR AND MYTH
- Chapter Three. MARRIAGE AND LAW
- PART II. Marrying
- Chapter Four. SHREDS OF REAL MARRIAGE
- Chapter Five. MAKING A MATCH
- Chapter Six. ENDOGAMY AND EXOGAMY
- Chapter Seven. CUSTOMS AND RITUALS OF MARRIAGE
- Chapter Eight. IRREGULAR UNIONS
- PART III. Staying Married
- Chapter Nine. THE ECONOMICS OF MARRIAGE
- Chapter Ten. THE IDEAL MARRIAGE
- CONCLUSIONS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SUBJECT INDEX
- INDEX OF PREMODERN SOURCES
- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS