The Ancient Mediterranean Social World: A Sourcebook 1st Edition Zeba A. Crook

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802873561
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802873569
• Author(s): Zeba A. Crook

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

Table contents:

Introduction.
1: Institutions.
2: Economy.
3: Kinship.
4: Patronage.
5: Social Interaction.
6: Honor.
7: Shame.
8: Collectivism.
9: Gossip.
10: Space.
11: Gender.
12: Social Interaction with God and the Gods.
13: Ritual, Domestic.
14: Ritual, Public.
15: Purity.
16: Alternate States of Consciousness.
17: Healing.
18: Social Commodities.
19: Loyalty.
20: Friendship and Gifts.
21: Limited Good and Envy.
22: Social Subterfuge and Control.
23: Deviance.
24: Mockery and Secrecy.
25: Evil Eye.
Bibliography.
Contributors.

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