The ancient Mediterranean social world : a sourcebook / Zeba A. Crook. [print]

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unmediated

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volume

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9780802873569

Subject(s):

Sociology, Biblical -- Sources

LOC classification:

BS670.O11.A535 2020

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Contents:

Economy -- Kinship -- Patronage

Honor -- Shame -- Collectivism -- Gossip -- Space -- Gender

Ritual, Domestic -- Ritual, Public -- Purity -- Alternate States of Consciousness -- Healing

Loyalty -- Friendship and Gifts -- Limited Good and Envy

Deviance -- Mockery and Secrecy -- Evil Eye

Subject: What was the ancient world like? Ancient sources tell us a great deal about the cultural patterns and values that prevailed in the Mediterranean of the biblical periods: how they constructed identity how they exercised control over groups, space, gender, and dress how they thought of friendship how they participated in social and economic exchange how ritual functioned and how kinship was constructed what healing practices, evil eye, and altered states of consciousness tell us about their sciences how they talked about each other behind their backs, and why The Ancient Mediterranean Social World makes the rich social context of the ancient Mediterranean available to readers through succinct introduction of key ideas, thoughtful selection of translated primary sources, and extensive cataloging of relevant primary sources. Zeba Crook brings together leading scholars to write on twenty different topics, from patronage to gender to loyalty to evil eye. Each chapter opens with an introduction to the topic, offers a short list of secondary sources, and an extensive list of primary sources. The passages in each chapter reflect the vast array of sources roughly from Homer to Augustine, including epigraphical, papyrological, literary, historical, philosophical, biblical, and dramatic texts. This authoritative volume serves as a ready reference for the novice and experienced scholar alike. AMAZON "Makes the rich social context of the ancient Mediterranean available to readers through the selection of translated primary sources and by emphasizing the interrelatedness of the topics"-- Provided by publisher. https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Mediterranean-Social-World-Sourcebook/dp/0802873561/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780802873569&qid=1591376568&sr=8-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS670.C766.A535 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001906052

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I: Institutions -- Economy -- Kinship -- Patronage

Part II: Social Interaction -- Honor -- Shame -- Collectivism -- Gossip -- Space -- Gender

Part III: Social Interactions with God and the gods -- Ritual, Domestic -- Ritual, Public -- Purity -- Alternate States of Consciousness -- Healing

Part IV: Social Commodities -- Loyalty -- Friendship and Gifts -- Limited Good and Envy

Part V: Social Subterfuge and Control -- Deviance -- Mockery and Secrecy -- Evil Eye

What was the ancient world like? Ancient sources tell us a great deal about the cultural patterns and values that prevailed in the Mediterranean of the biblical periods: how they constructed identity how they exercised control over groups, space, gender, and dress how they thought of friendship how they participated in social and economic exchange how ritual functioned and how kinship was constructed what healing practices, evil eye, and altered states of consciousness tell us about their sciences how they talked about each other behind their backs, and why The Ancient Mediterranean Social World makes the rich social context of the ancient Mediterranean available to readers through succinct introduction of key ideas, thoughtful selection of translated primary sources, and extensive cataloging of relevant primary sources. Zeba Crook brings together leading scholars to write on twenty different topics, from patronage to gender to loyalty to evil eye. Each chapter opens with an introduction to the topic, offers a short list of secondary sources, and an extensive list of primary sources. The passages in each chapter reflect the vast array of sources roughly from Homer to Augustine, including epigraphical, papyrological, literary, historical, philosophical, biblical, and dramatic texts. This authoritative volume serves as a ready reference for the novice and experienced scholar alike. AMAZON "Makes the rich social context of the ancient Mediterranean available to readers through the selection of translated primary sources and by emphasizing the interrelatedness of the topics"-- Provided by publisher.

https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Mediterranean-Social-World-Sourcebook/dp/0802873561/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780802873569&qid=1591376568&sr=8-1

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