Babatha's Orchard : The Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold

Content: Cover
 Babatha\'s Orchard: The Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold
 Copyright
 Dedication
 Acknowledgements
 Contents
 List of Figures
 Prologue: Re-telling an Ancient Jewish Family Tale
 1. Archival Ethnography
 The Meaning of Ethnography
 Ethnography of the Village
 The Nature of Archival Ethnography
 Outlining Archival Ethnography
 One Answer to the Problem of Not Physically \'Being There\'
 A New Approach to Not Physically \'Being There\'
 Making the Best of the Evidence
 A Prelimary Assumption on the Archive
 Conclusion
 2. Nabatea and the Nabateans The History of the NabateansThe Contiguity of Nabatea and Judea
 Nabatea
 The Early Period
 The Anthropology of Nomadism
 The Later History of the Nabateans
 The End of the Nabatean Kingdom
 The Ethnic Identity of the Nabateans
 Explaining Ethnic Identity
 Nabatean Identity as Ethnic
 Relationships between Nabateans and Judeans
 3. Life in Maoza
 The Environment and the Location of Maoza
 Date-Palm Cultivation
 The Distinctive Nature of the Date-Palm and its Cultivation
 Irrigation
 Peasant Economics
 Peasant Economics and the Ancient Mediterranean World Debt and the Fragility of Peasant LifeEveryday Life for Men and Women
 Dowries
 4. Muqimu Borrows Money from his Wife (94 ce)
 Being There
 The Contract
 Looking Forward
 5. Archelaus Purchases a Date-Palm Orchard (99 ce)
 Being There
 Archelaus
 Archelaus as a Strategos
 Archelaus, a Nabatean Novus Homo and his Father
 \'Abi-\'Adan, daughter of \'Aptaḥ, son of Manigares
 The Assumed Prior Conversation Between \'Abi-\'Adan and Archelaus
 The Terms of the Contract
 Date and Place
 The Operative Section
 Confirmation of Title Clause
 Warranty and Indemnity Apportionment, Tax, and Registration ProvisionPenalty Provision
 Confirmation of Title for the Purchaser, his Heirs, and Assignees
 The Attestation Clause
 Conclusion
 6. Archelaus Rescinds his Purchase
 The Fact of the Rescission of Archelaus\' Purchase
 Why was the Purchase by Archelaus Rescinded?
 Current Explanations
 P. Yadin 1 and the Rescission of P. Yadin 2
 The Law of Universal Succession
 7. Shim\'on Purchases a Date-Palm Orchard (99 ce)
 A Larger Property with A Different Name
 A Higher Purchase Price
 The Role of the Son of Lutay
 The Son of Lutay\'s First Name The Central Aspects of the Role of the Son of Lutay in the TransactionThe Son of Lutay, \'Abi-\'adan, Shim\'on, and the Grant
 Archelaus as signatory to P. Yadin 3
 The Personal Dimensions
 Shim\'on and \'Abi-\'adan
 Shim\'on and Archelaus
 8. P. Yadin 4: Its Character and Parties
 P. Yadin 4 as a Grant, not a Guarantee
 The Penalty Clause in P. Yadin 2 and 3
 The Corresponding Provision in P. Yadin 4: Its Initial Similarity and the Character of the Deed
 The Parties to P. Yadin 4
 The Grantor
 The Grantee
 P. Yadin 4 as the Grant Mentioned in P. Yadin 3: Further Evidence