This is the third of a three-part, cross-cultural study analyzing kinship in the Mediterranean world. The Herodian family serves as a test case for analyzing Jewish kinship structures and family systems of the Second Temple period, and thus providing the data for an analysis of biblical kinship. In this third part, the focus is on the economics of kinship, specifically: dowry, indirect dowry, bridewealth, inheritance, and the symbolic values they communicate.
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Kristin Hanson (1990) studied this question.
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