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The gift in antiquity / edited by Michael L. Satlow.

Contributor(s): Satlow, Michael L
Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient world--comparative histories: Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444350241 (hardback : alk. paper); 1444350242 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Gifts -- History | Civilization, AncientLOC classification: GT3050 | .G55 2013Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Michael L. Satlow Ceremonial Gift-Giving: The Lessons of Anthropology from Mauss and Beyond / Marcel Hénaff Alms, Blessings, Offerings: The Repertoire of Christian Gifts in Early Byzantium / Daniel F. Caner Gift-Giving and Power Relationships in Greek Social Praxis and Public Discourse / Marc Domingo Gygax Fictive Giftship and Fictive Friendship in Greco-Roman Society / Zeba Crook Ovid Negotiates with His Mistress: Roman Reciprocity from Public to Private / Neil Coffee "Can't Buy Me Love": The Economy of Gifts in Amorous Relations / David Konstan Without Patronage: Fetishization, Representation, and the Circulation of Gift-Texts in the Late Roman Republic / Sarah Culpepper Stroup Roses and Violets for the Ancestors: Gifts to the Dead and Ancient Roman Forms of Social Exchange / Nicola Denzey Lawis Graffiti as Gift: Mortuary and Devotional Graffiti in the Late Ancient Levant / Karen B. Stern Marriage Gifts in Ancient Greece / Beate Wagner-Hasel Charity Wounds: Gifts to the Poor in Early Rabbinic Judaism / Gregg E. Gardner Barter Deal or Friend-Making Gift? A Reconsideration of die Conditional Vow in the Hebrew Bible / Anne Katrine Gudme Neither Mauss, nor Veyne: Peter Brown's Interpretative Path to the Gift / Ilana F. Silber Gifts for God, Gifts for Rabbis: From Sacrifice to Donation in Rabbinic Tales of Late Antiquity and Their Dialogue with Early Christian Texts / Galit Hasan-Rokem
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West GT3050 .G55 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903566368

Includes bibliographical references.

1 Introduction / Michael L. Satlow Satlow, Michael L. 1 -- 2 Ceremonial Gift-Giving: The Lessons of Anthropology from Mauss and Beyond / Marcel Hénaff Hénaff, Marcel 12 -- 3 Alms, Blessings, Offerings: The Repertoire of Christian Gifts in Early Byzantium / Daniel F. Caner Caner, Daniel F. 25 -- 4 Gift-Giving and Power Relationships in Greek Social Praxis and Public Discourse / Marc Domingo Gygax Gygax, Marc Domingo 45 -- 5 Fictive Giftship and Fictive Friendship in Greco-Roman Society / Zeba Crook Crook, Zeba 61 -- 6 Ovid Negotiates with His Mistress: Roman Reciprocity from Public to Private / Neil Coffee Coffee, Neil 77 -- 7 "Can't Buy Me Love": The Economy of Gifts in Amorous Relations / David Konstan Konstan, David 96 -- 8 Without Patronage: Fetishization, Representation, and the Circulation of Gift-Texts in the Late Roman Republic / Sarah Culpepper Stroup Stroup, Sarah Culpepper 107 -- 9 Roses and Violets for the Ancestors: Gifts to the Dead and Ancient Roman Forms of Social Exchange / Nicola Denzey Lawis Lawis, Nicola Denzey 122 -- 10 Graffiti as Gift: Mortuary and Devotional Graffiti in the Late Ancient Levant / Karen B. Stern Stern, Karen B. 137 -- 11 Marriage Gifts in Ancient Greece / Beate Wagner-Hasel Wagner-Hasel, Beate 158 -- 12 Charity Wounds: Gifts to the Poor in Early Rabbinic Judaism / Gregg E. Gardner Gardner, Gregg E. 173 -- 13 Barter Deal or Friend-Making Gift? A Reconsideration of die Conditional Vow in the Hebrew Bible / Anne Katrine Gudme Gudme, Anne Katrine 189 -- 14 Neither Mauss, nor Veyne: Peter Brown's Interpretative Path to the Gift / Ilana F. Silber Silber, Ilana F. 202 -- 15 Gifts for God, Gifts for Rabbis: From Sacrifice to Donation in Rabbinic Tales of Late Antiquity and Their Dialogue with Early Christian Texts / Galit Hasan-Rokem Hasan-Rokem, Galit 221.

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