Sharing with the Gods: Aparchai and Dekatai in Ancient Greece
- Submitting institution
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University of Nottingham, The
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 1498613
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198706823.001.0001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- ISBN
- 9780198706823
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Research for this monograph (373 pages) was extensive in geographical and chronological scope (eighth to first centuries B.C.). It combined close analysis of epigraphic, literary and material evidence all over the Mediterranean in investigating the pervasive practice of ‘first-fruits’ and ‘tithing’ in Greek religion. The book drew on this to explore the phenomenon from both communal and individual perspectives, and to engage with concepts (‘belief’, ‘gratitude’, ‘thanks-giving’) with Christian overtones. The research was interdisciplinary and involved the critical application of anthropological insights on rituals, belief and gift-giving.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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