The Life and Times of First-Century Palestine

2010 by Saint Mary s Press Living in Christ Series Document #: TX001246 The Life and Times of First-Century Palestine Family The family was the central social institution of biblical Times . Family ties shaped economic relations: a son would typically take the trade of his father; a few wealthy families often owned the majority of land in a given society. Family ties were central to religion: priests could be drawn from Levitical families only, and high priests from certain elite families only. Families strongly influenced politics. Sons followed their fathers as kings, and the Roman Senate was open to a few powerful, aristocratic families only. Loyalty to one s family was the essential value in biblical cultures. Ideally, even marriages took place within the same family (endogamous marriages). Unions between cousins were preferred: Jacob married the daughters of his uncle Laban (see Genesis 28:2; see also Genesis 24:4, Tobit 1:9).

The Life and Times of First-Century Palestine Family The family was the central social institution of biblical times. Family ties shaped economic relations: a son would typically take the trade of his father; a few wealthy families often owned the majority of land in a given society.

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