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Michael L. Satlow. Jewish Marriage in Antiquity. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2001. xxvi, 431 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2005

Tal Ilan
Tal Ilan
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The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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This book contains a full review of Jewish marriage in antiquity, beginning with biblical injunctions, but focusing primarily on postbiblical material and specifically on rabbinic literature. It is divided into three parts: 1. Thinking about Marriage, in which Satlow describes how and why Jewish marriages were planned, 2. Marrying, in which he describes the process of marriage itself, and 3. Staying Married, in which married life and its consequences are at issue. In each of these parts Satlow correctly attempts to draw a line between the ideals of marriage as portrayed in the sources and what actually went on, as far as these allow us a glimpse of reality.

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Rabbinic Period
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AJS Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , November 2004 , pp. 354 - 356
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© 2004 by the Association for Jewish Studies

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