The Jewish Family in Antiquity / edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen.

  • Shaye J. D. Cohen.
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1993-2020
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Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 1993-2020.
Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 1993-2020.

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vii, 167 pages : Grayscale Illustration ; pages cm.

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Contents

Part One: Assumptions and Problems -- Part Two: Parents, Children, and Slaves -- Part Three: Rabbinic Law -- Part Four: By Way of Comparison: Some Greek Families.
Introduction -- ‘Family/ies’ in Antiquity: Evidence from Tannaitic Literature and Roman Galilean Architecture -- Parents and Children in the Jewish Family of Antiquity -- Parents and Children: A Philonic Perspective -- Jewish Mothers and Daughters in the Greco-Roman World -- Slavery and the Ancient Jewish Family -- Reconsidering the Rabbinic ketubah Payment -- Some Greek Families: Production and Reproduction.

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Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])

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  • 9781946527387