{"product_id":"the-gift-in-antiquity-isbn-9781444350241","title":"The Gift in Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and learned dialogue with Marcel Mauss’s \u003ci\u003eThe Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies,\u003c\/i\u003e published ninety years ago. The essays engage Mauss’s model, offering critique and nuance, and sometimes push Mauss’s insights far beyond what he had imagined. While many anthologies are useful for the one or two essays they contain, this volume offers a tightly organized collection useful as a reader in classics, religion, or anthropology courses.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rousing demonstration of the lessons to be learned from Marcel Mauss’s early insight that gift-giving offers a privileged way to understand social relations and social obligations. The book brims with the excitement of scholars from different disciplines building on a common theoretical tool to offer new perspectives on topics in their own fields as well as on the foundational concept of the gift itself. It is a book that all scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, as well as all scholars interested in the gift, will want to read.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid I. Kertzer, Brown University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his seminal essay \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), French sociologist Marcel Mauss proposed an original theoretical framework for thinking about gift-giving practices. Emphasizing that all gifts were “total social facts” that created bonds of reciprocity between communities and individuals, Mauss’s framework has been fundamental in anthropological research. \u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e applies Mauss’s notion of gift-giving as a catalyst in strengthening group bonds to the study of antiquity. This thought-provoking collection of 14 original essays covers such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts, along with wider theoretical and methodological reflections. Collectively, the essays open up a cross-cultural dialogue that generates new ways of thinking about both antiquity and theories of gift-giving and reciprocity. \u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e offers illuminating insights into the enduring value of Mauss’s work and the influential nature of reciprocity and exchange throughout the course of history. \u003c\/p\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  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eABOUT THE EDITOR \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael L. Satlow is Professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University. He is a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Self in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and the author of \u003ci\u003eCreating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); \u003ci\u003eJewish Marriage in Antiquity \u003c\/i\u003e(2001); \u003ci\u003eTasting the Dish: Rabbinic Rhetorics of Sexuality \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), and numerous essays on Jews and Judaism in antiquity.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and learned dialogue with Marcel Mauss’s \u003ci\u003eThe Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies,\u003c\/i\u003e published ninety years ago. The essays engage Mauss’s model, offering critique and nuance, and sometimes push Mauss’s insights far beyond what he had imagined. While many anthologies are useful for the one or two essays they contain, this volume offers a tightly organized collection useful as a reader in classics, religion, or anthropology courses.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rousing demonstration of the lessons to be learned from Marcel Mauss’s early insight that gift-giving offers a privileged way to understand social relations and social obligations. The book brims with the excitement of scholars from different disciplines building on a common theoretical tool to offer new perspectives on topics in their own fields as well as on the foundational concept of the gift itself. It is a book that all scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, as well as all scholars interested in the gift, will want to read.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid I. Kertzer, Brown University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his seminal essay \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), French sociologist Marcel Mauss proposed an original theoretical framework for thinking about gift-giving practices. Emphasizing that all gifts were “total social facts” that created bonds of reciprocity between communities and individuals, Mauss’s framework has been fundamental in anthropological research. \u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e applies Mauss’s notion of gift-giving as a catalyst in strengthening group bonds to the study of antiquity. This thought-provoking collection of 14 original essays covers such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts, along with wider theoretical and methodological reflections. Collectively, the essays open up a cross-cultural dialogue that generates new ways of thinking about both antiquity and theories of gift-giving and reciprocity. \u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e offers illuminating insights into the enduring value of Mauss’s work and the influential nature of reciprocity and exchange throughout the course of history.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and learned dialogue with Marcel Mauss’s \u003ci\u003eThe gift: Forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies\u003c\/i\u003e, published ninety years ago. The essays engage Mauss’s model, offering critique and nuance, and sometimes push Mauss’s insights far beyond what he had imagined. While many anthologies are useful for the one or two essays they contain, this volume offers a tightly organized collection useful as a reader in classics, religion, or anthropology courses.” - \u003ci\u003eJohn S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Gift in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rousing demonstration of the lessons to be learned from Marcel Mauss’s early insight that gift-giving offers a privileged way to understand social relations and social obligations.  The book brims with the excitement of scholars from different disciplines building on a common theoretical tool to offer new perspectives on topics in their own fields as well as on the foundational concept of the gift itself.   It is a book that all scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, as well as all scholars interested in the gift, will want to read.” - \u003ci\u003eDavid I. 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