Social and Economic Life in Second Temple Judea

Synopsis

Family Life And Marriage. Basic Household Structures ; Household Size And Larger Population Estimates ; Life In The Household ; Marriage : Finding A Partner, Marriage Gifts And Dowry Arrangements, The Economics Of Divorce ; Summary -- The Status Of Women And Children. Roles And Responsibilities Of Women ; The Status Of Widows ; Children : Roles And Responsibilities Of Male Offspring, Roles And Responsibilities Of Daughters ; Responsibilities Toward Parents ; Inheritance ; Debt Slavery ; Summary -- Work And Financial Exchanges. Occupations : The Challenges Of Farming, Animal Husbandry, Other Occupations ; Financial Exchanges ; Borrowing And Lending : Interest, The Practice Of Surety, Bribery ; Summary -- Taxation And The Role Of The State. Taxation In An Advanced Agrarian Economy : Anthropological Perspectives ; Persian Period ; Prolemaic Period ; Seleucid Period ; The Hasmoneans ; Roman Period ; Summary -- The Ethics Of Wealth And Poverty. Ethics Of Wealth And Poverty In The Wisdom Literature : Contradictions In The Book Of Proverbs, Skepticism In The Books Of Job And Ecclesiastes, Ben Sira And Social Ethics, Second Temple Instructions And Question Of An Afterlife ; Apocalyptic Eschatology, Economics, And Social Ethics : 4qinstruction And The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Epistle Of Enoch And The Gospel Of Luke, Wisdom And Apocalypticism ; The Question Of Social Location ; Summary. Samuel L. Adams. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.