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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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Cover; Babatha's Orchard: The Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Prologue: Re-telling an Ancient Jewish Family Tale; 1. Archival Ethnography; The Meaning of Ethnography; Ethnography of the Village; The Nature of Archival Ethnography; Outlining Archival Ethnography; One Answer to the Problem of Not Physically 'Being There'; A New Approach to Not Physically 'Being There'; Making the Best of the Evidence; A Prelimary Assumption on the Archive; Conclusion; 2. Nabatea and the Nabateans |
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The History of the NabateansThe Contiguity of Nabatea and Judea; Nabatea; The Early Period; The Anthropology of Nomadism; The Later History of the Nabateans; The End of the Nabatean Kingdom; The Ethnic Identity of the Nabateans; Explaining Ethnic Identity; Nabatean Identity as Ethnic; Relationships between Nabateans and Judeans; 3. Life in Maoza; The Environment and the Location of Maoza; Date-Palm Cultivation; The Distinctive Nature of the Date-Palm and its Cultivation; Irrigation; Peasant Economics; Peasant Economics and the Ancient Mediterranean World |
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Debt and the Fragility of Peasant LifeEveryday Life for Men and Women; Dowries; 4. Muqimu Borrows Money from his Wife (94 ce); Being There; The Contract; Looking Forward; 5. Archelaus Purchases a Date-Palm Orchard (99 ce); Being There; Archelaus; Archelaus as a Strategos; Archelaus, a Nabatean Novus Homo and his Father; 'Abi-'Adan, daughter of 'Aptaḥ, son of Manigares; The Assumed Prior Conversation Between 'Abi-'Adan and Archelaus; The Terms of the Contract; Date and Place; The Operative Section; Confirmation of Title Clause; Warranty and Indemnity |
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Apportionment, Tax, and Registration ProvisionPenalty Provision; Confirmation of Title for the Purchaser, his Heirs, and Assignees; The Attestation Clause; Conclusion; 6. Archelaus Rescinds his Purchase; The Fact of the Rescission of Archelaus' Purchase; Why was the Purchase by Archelaus Rescinded?; Current Explanations; P. Yadin 1 and the Rescission of P. Yadin 2; The Law of Universal Succession; 7. Shim'on Purchases a Date-Palm Orchard (99 ce); A Larger Property with A Different Name; A Higher Purchase Price; The Role of the Son of Lutay; The Son of Lutay's First Name |
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The Central Aspects of the Role of the Son of Lutay in the TransactionThe Son of Lutay, 'Abi-'adan, Shim'on, and the Grant; Archelaus as signatory to P. Yadin 3; The Personal Dimensions; Shim'on and 'Abi-'adan; Shim'on and Archelaus; 8. P. Yadin 4: Its Character and Parties; P. Yadin 4 as a Grant, not a Guarantee; The Penalty Clause in P. Yadin 2 and 3; The Corresponding Provision in P. Yadin 4: Its Initial Similarity and the Character of the Deed; The Parties to P. Yadin 4; The Grantor; The Grantee; P. Yadin 4 as the Grant Mentioned in P. Yadin 3: Further Evidence |
| Summary |
This work considers the story behind papyri discovered in 1960 in the Cave of Letters by the Dead Sea. The archive contains various contracts and deeds entered into by a Jewish woman named Babatha, daughter of a land owner named Shim'on, at the end of the first century |
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Explaining the Future Transfer of the Orchard |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Nabataeans -- History
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Nabataeans -- Social life and customs
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Nabataeans
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Letters, Cave of the (Israel) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001938
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Israel -- Cave of the Letters
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016945505 |
| ISBN |
9780191079894 |
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0191079898 |
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9780191079900 |
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0191079901 |
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9780191821349 |
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0191821349 |
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