{"product_id":"the-gift-in-antiquity-9781444350241","title":"The Gift in Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael L. Satlow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ceremonial Gift-Giving: The Lessons of Anthropology from Mauss and Beyond 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarcel Hénaff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Alms, Blessings, Offerings: The Repertoire of Christian Gifts in Early Byzantium 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel F. Caner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gift-Giving and Power Relationships in Greek Social Praxis and Public Discourse 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarc Domingo Gygax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Fictive Giftship and Fictive Friendship in Greco-Roman Society 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZeba Crook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ovid Negotiates with His Mistress: Roman Reciprocity from Public to Private 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “Can’t Buy Me Love”: The Economy of Gifts in Amorous Relations 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Without Patronage: Fetishization, Representation, and the Circulation of Gift-Texts in the Late Roman Republic 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Culpepper Stroup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Roses and Violets for the Ancestors: Gifts to the Dead and Ancient Roman Forms of Social Exchange 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicola Denzey Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Graffiti as Gift: Mortuary and Devotional Graffiti in the Late Ancient Levant 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren B. Stern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Marriage Gifts in Ancient Greece 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeate Wagner-Hasel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Charity Wounds: Gifts to the Poor in Early Rabbinic Judaism 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregg E. Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Barter Deal or Friend-Making Gift? A Reconsideration of the Conditional Vow in the Hebrew Bible 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Katrine Gudme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Neither Mauss, nor Veyne: Peter Brown’s Interpretative Path to the Gift 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIlana F. Silber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Gifts for God, Gifts for Rabbis: From Sacrifice to Donation in Rabbinic Tales of Late Antiquity and Their Dialogue with Early Christian Texts 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGalit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects and Names 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Ancient Sources 253\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530088390999,"sku":"9781444350241","price":100.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gift-in-antiquity-9781444350241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}