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The comfort of kin : Samaritan community, kinship, and marriage /
In The Comfort of Kin Monika Schreiber presents a study of the social and religious life of the modern Samaritans, with an emphasis on the kinship system and marriage patterns of the community.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
©2014.
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| Colección: | Brill's series in Jewish studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Author's Note; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Charts; Introduction: Who Are the Samaritans?; Part One Samaritan Ethnicity and Community; Chapter 1 A Community of Faith; Chapter 2 An Accidental People: A Survey of Samaritan History; Chapter 3 A Community of Practice; Chapter 4 No Exit, No Entrance? The Bounds of Community; Part Two Samaritan Family and Marriage; Chapter 5 It's All in the Family: From Ethnic Identity to Practical Kinship; Chapter 6 Bintī li-ʼibn ʻammhā-My Daughter is for Her Cousin: Samaritan Marital Preferences
- Chapter 7 Too Close for Comfort? A Critical View of an Ancient LegacyChapter 8 Single, Samaritan, Male: A Local Discourse on Minority and Choice; Chapter 9 The Family Politic; Epilogue: Will the Samaritans Endure?; References; Subject Index; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Foreign Words Mentioned in the Text.